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J. J.
MAGRUDER, M. D.
The medical profession demands a
high order of ability and
conscientiousness in the performance
of duty. Possessing the requisites
of the successful physician, Dr. J.
J. Magruder is enjoying an extensive
and profit able practice in
Columbus. He was born in Somerset;
Ohio, December 10, 1847, and is a
son of Dr. E. R. Magruder, a native
of Maryland, who became a resident
of this state in 1833. He had
studied medicine in Baltimore,
Maryland, and practiced in Somerset,
Ohio, from the time of his removal
to the Buckeye state until his
death, in 1877. His wife, who bore
the maiden name of Mary McKinney,
was a. native of Pennsylvania. and
died in the same year in which her
husband's death occurred, only two
weeks intervening between the dates
at which they passed away.
Dr. J. J. Magruder spent his boyhood days in his
father's home and was sent to the
public schools and later had the
advantage of instruction in St.
Vincent's College at Wheeling, West
Virginia. Whether natural
predilection, environment, or
deliberate choice had most to do
with shaping his business career it
is impossible to determine, but at
all events he entered upon a work,
in which he has displayed good
ability. He read medicine with his
father, and continuing his studies
in the east was graduated from the
Long Island Medical College at
Brooklyn, New York, with the class
of 1872. He then joined his father
in active practice but after a short
time became connected with the army
as acting assistant surgeon,
continuing in that position until
1875. He was on duty most of the
time in New Mexico. In 1875 he
returned to his native city, where
he engaged in practice until 1879,
when he went to the Athens (Ohio)
Asylum as first assistant physician.
He remained there for a year and
then again located at Somerset,
where he practiced continuously
until 1891, since which time he has
been a member of the medical
fraternity of Columbus. He has been
chief of staff of St. Anthony's
Hospital since it was founded, was
physician at St. Mary's Academy,
also at St. Vincent's Orphans' Home
and at Notre Dame Academy. He is
accorded a liberal private practice,
and his understanding of the complex
problems that continually confront
the physician is manifest in the
excellent results which attend his
efforts to restore health and
prolong life.
In 1875 Dr. Magruder was married to Miss
Margaret. O'Neill, a native of
Zanesville, Ohio. They became the
parents of nine children, all of
whom are yet living, with the
exception of one son, Jesse J., who
was killed in a street railway
accident when twelve years of age.
Dr. Magruder is a member of the
Knights of Columbus, and in
professional lines is connected with
the Columbus Academy of Medicine,
the State Medical Association, and
the American Medical Association. He
is very highly respected as a man
and citizen, as well as physician,
possessing those sterling traits of
character which in every land and
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JOSEPH RAINIE
McGAW.
About 1861 one might have seen a lad
of eleven years carrying the Ohio
State Journal from Campbell Station
to Senecaville. covering six miles
on the round trip. His circulation
numbered twelve copies of the paper.
That boy is today the enterprising
president of the firm of Jones,
Witter & Company, conducting an
extensive wholesale dry-goods
business in Columbus. He was born in
Senecaville, Guernsey county, Ohio,
in 1850. His father. James McGaw,
was a native of Maryland and went to
Guernsey county in 1841. A tanner by
trade he followed that business for
many years and met with a fair
measure of success in his
undertakings. He became well known
and his death was deeply regretted,
when in 1882 he passed away, having
for four years survived his wife,
who died in 1878. She bore the
maiden name of Margaret Rainie and
was of Scotch-Irish parentage.
Joseph Rainie McGaw was reared in Senecaville and
attended the public schools until
thirteen years of age. It was while
he war still a school boy that he
delivered the twelve copies of the
Ohio State Journal. After putting
aside his text-books he went to
Barnesville, Ohio, where he carried
papers and did other work until
fifteen years of age. At that time
he went upon the road as a traveling
salesman for W. H. Jones and
remained there until the removal of
the firm to Zanesville in 1865. He
continued with the house as a
salesman until 1880 and in the
meantime, in 1874, the business was
moved to Columbus, the firm being
reorganized under the name of Jones
& Garner. Mr. McGaw's business
ability was recognized and he was
admitted to a partnership in the
business under the style of Jones.
Witter & Company. When the business
was incorporated in 1906 he was
chosen its president and has
continued in the position to the
present time. Thus he was
successively promoted through all of
the departments and positions until
he became the chief executive
officer. He is a splendid example of
the successful self-made man; who
owes his advancement entirely to his
individual efforts, his persistent
purpose and his indefatigable
energy. The business has shown a
steady growth from its inception and
is today one of the leading
wholesale dry-goods and notion
houses of Columbus, being the second
largest concern in the city. In
their sales they cover the territory
of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky. Michigan
and West Virginia. Aside from his
connection with this house Mr. McGaw
is also a director of the
Hayden-Corbett Chain Company.
On the 18th of June, 1871, Mr. McGaw was married to
Miss Myra Robinson, of Athens, Ohio,
who died in 1906. leaving a son. W.
Ray. who was born in 1872, and is a
salesman with the firm of Jones.
Witter & Company. Mr. McGaw is a
member of the Columbus Country Club
and of the Masonic fraternity. He is
fond of outdoor sports, and when
leisure permits he indulges in those
interests. His mental and physical
activity, the only capital which he
brought to the starting point of his
business career, has enabled him to
reach success. Early in his business
life he performed all of the duties
that devolved upon him, however
humble and however small the
recompense, conscientiously and
industriously. His strict integrity,
business conservatism and judgment
have always been so uniformly
recognized that he has enjoyed
public confidence, to an enviable
degree and naturally this has
brought him such a lucrative
patronage that through times of
general prosperity and general
adversity alike he has witnessed a
steady increase in his business
until today it is one of the most
flourishing in its line in the city
of Columbus. |
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