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��� Surnames: MAHONEY, JOHNSON, CENEWETH, CECIL, SMETHERS, SMELSER
From the "History of Huntington County, 1914", page 618
JOHN W. MAHONEY
The agricultural interests of Wayne township are ably represented by
John W. Mahoney, who is
carrying on extensive operations on the "Nowely Blue Grass Farm," a
200-acre tract in section 26,
lying immediately east of Banquo. Born in this township March 6, 1851,
he is a son of Hugh and
Ruth E. (Johnson) Mahoney.
The Mahoney family was founded in the United States by James Mahoney,
the grandfather of John,
who was born in Ireland and emigrated to the United States in young
manhood. He first settled in
Tennessee, but several years after his marriage removed to Rush county,
Indiana, and during the
thirties took up his residence in Huntington county in the vicinity of
Mount Etna, there entering land
from the Government and in time becoming one of his locality's sterling
and substantial citizens.
Through a life of industry and persistent effort he accumulated a goodly
tract of land, and his many
admirable traits of character won him the esteem and respect of the
people in his adopted
community. Hugh Mahoney was born in Tennessee, and was a lad when he
accompanied his parents
to Rush county, Indiana, where he was reared and educated. He came with
his father to Huntington
county when still a youth and was here married, settling on a farm and
continuing to follow the
pursuits of the soil until his death in 1861. Like his father, he was a
man of strong character and an
industrious workman, and his earnest efforts brought him a competency
and the confidence of those
among whom he spent his life. He married Ruth E. Johnson, who was a
native of Huntington county,
and they became the parents of six children, of whom four are now
living: Mary A., who is the wife
of Frank Ceneweth, a prosperous farmer of Wayne township; John W., of
this review; James F., of
Wayne township; and Harriet A., the wife of Henry Cecil, a resident of
Huntington, Indiana.
The boyhood and youth of John W. Mahoney were passed on the home farm
and the greater part of
his education was secured in the school of experience, as his assistance
was constantly needed on
the homestead and he was given little opportunity to attend the district
school. He has been a close
observer all of his life, however, and has gained a thorough knowledge
of a wide range of subjects,
At the age of eighteen years he started out to make his own way. in the
world, his father having died
when he was but ten years old, and since then he has been
self-supporting. He was married April
30, 1881, to Miss Lena Smethers, and at that time they settled on a
tract of sixty acres of land, in
which he owned a half interest. From time to time he has added to his
land, to his buildings and to his
improvements, and he now has one of the handsome farms of the township,
equipped with the most
modern appliances and machinery and stocked with fine cattle. As a
business man he has shown his
ability and strict integrity, and his standing as a citizen is high.
Mr. and Mrs. Mahoney have two children: James Fremont, a graduate of the
public schools, who is
assisting his father in operating the homestead; and Florence, who is
the wife of Clinton Smelser,
who lives on a part of Mr. Mahoney's farm and has one child. Although
Mr. Mahoney's is now past
sixty years of age he is still active and alert, takes am interest in
the matters pertaining to his farm and
to his community, and apparently has many years of usefulness before
him. He is a member of
Mount Etna Lodge No. 304, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is past
grand thereof, a member
of the Grand Lodge, and popular with his fellow Odd Fellows. In
political matters he gives his
support to the republican party, but has never bad the desire to hold
public office.
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