* DAVIS, J. I., M. D.
* DONAHUE, Maurice H., Judge |
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J. I. DAVIS, M. D. Among the medical
practitioners of Perry county is numbered Dr. J. I. Davis, of
Shawnee, whose practice here is quite extensive for one whose
connection with the profession covers but seven years.
He was born in Brookfield, Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1874, and
came to Perry county with his parents, William E. and
Elizabeth (Morris) Davis. His father was a native of
South Wales and became identified with industrial interests in
Perry county, Ohio. Here he became engaged in
contracting and operating in iron ore, coal and clay, carrying
on business on a very extensive scale. He died in June,
1900, at the age of sixty-eight years, and his wife passed
away in 1898 at the age of sixty-three years. She was a
native of Wales of both were of the highest respectability.
They became the parents of twenty-one children, eleven of whom
are yet living and are residents of Shawnee. In the
family were Edward, who is engaged in contracting in Shawnee;
William W., a coal operator; Philip, who died at
the age of twenty-four years; the Doctor; Gomer and
Morgan, who are engaged in the clay and brick business;
Ebenezer, who died at the age of twenty-one years;
George A., who is superintendent of the store of the Congo
Coal Company, at Modoc, Ohio; Thomas, who is in the
clay and brick business; Margaret, the wife of
Herbert Davis; Elizabeth, the wife of Alexander
Humphrey; Abigail, the wife of Hays Parker (Packer)*; Ellen,
the deceased wife of Frank Clark; and Ruth, the
deceased wife of Jacob Scheuster.
Dr. Davis, of this review, pursued his preliminary
education in the public schools of Ohio and afterward
continued his studies in the Ohio State University at
Columbus. When he had acquired a good literary education
to serve as the foundation upon which to rear the
superstructure of professional knowledge he began preparation
for the practice of medicine and entered the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, and later was graduated at
the Ohio Medical University, at Columbus, in the class of
1894. He was in the Protestant Hospital on the house
staff for one year and since 1895 he has lived in Shawnee,
where he has built up a good practice. He has pursued a
post-graduate course in Chicago at the West Side Post-Graduate
College and in the New York Polyclinic. He is
continually reading and studying in order to advance in his
chosen profession, and his proficiency is now widely
acknowledged, as is indicated by the liberal patronage
accorded him.
(*SHARON WICK'S NOTE: Per email from
Abbie Davis,
Hays Parker's real name was Hays Packer) |
JUDGE MAURICE H. DONAHUE.
The legal profession demands not only a high order of ability
but a rare combination of talent, learning, tact, patience and
industry. The successful lawyer and the competent, judge must
be a man of well balanced intellect, thoroughly familiar with
the law and practice, of comprehensive general information,
possessed of an analytical mind and a self control that will
enable him to lose his individuality, his personal feelings,
his prejudices and his peculiarities of disposition in the
dignity, impartiality and equity of the office to which 'life,
property right and liberty must look for protection.
Possessing these qualities. Judge Maurice H. Donahue
merits the high honor which was conferred upon him by his
election to the circuit court of the fifth Ohio circuit.
The Judge was born in Monroe township, this county, on
the 10th of May, 1863. His paternal grandfather was a son of
Maurice Donahue, who owned a large estate in
Canicknacurra, Ireland. Herbert Donahue,
his eldest son, involved this estate and the grandfather of
our subject came to America with his family owing to these
reverses. The family name was originally O'Donoghue and
the old estate had been in possession of the family for many
generations. Maurice Donahue, the father of our
subject, was born at Carricknacurra, Ireland. He was a stone
mason and contractor and with his brother John had most
of the stone contracts on the Muskingum river improvements.
He married Miss Louisa O'Neill, a
daughter of Patrick O'Neill, who married
Christina Austenberg, a member of a wealthy German
family and a native of the fatherland. On completing her
education Mrs. O'Neill went with her brother,
who was the owner and captain of a vessel, upon a voyage
around the world. In New York she met Patrick
O'Neill, who had just come from Ireland. It was almost a
case of love at first sight, and the young people plighting
their troth were married. Mrs. O'Neill
accompanied her husband to his home in Philadelphia, where he
became a very prosperous and prominent man. He owned extensive
coal mines at Nelsonville, but after successfully operating
his mines for a time he met with reverses in the east and came
to Perry county, Ohio, locating upon a farm in Monroe
township. After her father had met with financial reverses,
Mrs. Donahue, his daughter, engaged in teaching
school in Monroe township. She had acquired a superior
education in Philadelphia and was therefore well prepared for
such a work. Mr. Donahue, the father of our
subject, died March 10, 1863, and his wife passed away
February 4, 1902. They left one son besides our subject,
namely, Charles A. Donahue, who was educated in the
schools of this county and is now a member of the firm of
Donahue & Spencer; and one daughter. Mary, who is
married and resides in Kansas. Two children, Laurence
and Tena, died shortly after reaching maturity.
Judge Donahue, of this review, has spent
his entire life in Perry county and pursued his literary
education in the public schools. At the age of sixteen years
he began teaching school, which profession he followed for
five years, being superintendent of the Corning public schools
two years of that time. When seventeen years of age he took up
the study of law under the tutorship of A. H. Wiard,
formerly of Perry county. Having been admitted to the bar at
Columbus in 1884 he located for practice in Corning, this
county, and in 1887 was elected prosecuting attorney of the
county, filling the position so capably that he was re-elected
in 1890. He then removed to New Lexington, where he discharged
the duties of the office in addition to the superintendence of
a large private practice. He became a member of the firm of
Donahue & Donahue, and later Donahue,
Spencer & Donahue, the partners being
Charles A. and Maurice H. Donahue and Judge C.
E. Spencer. Since the elevation of our subject to the
circuit bench the firm is Donahue & Spencer. In 1900
our subject was elected judge of the circuit court and is now
serving on the bench.
In 1889 was celebrated the marriage of Judge
Donahue and Miss Martina Johnson, a daughter of
J. J. Johnson, president of the Perry County Bank, of New
Lexington, who has also been quite prominent in public
affairs, serving for two terms as county sheriff and for a
similar period as county treasurer. Unto the Judge and his
wife were born two children: Zita and Pauline,
but the latter died at the age of eleven-months.
In connection with his practice Judge Donahue
has also been active in the control of important enterprises
in this portion of the state. He is now the president of The
Coyle Coal Company, operating mines at Nugentville, Ohio, and
is also president of The Bear Run Coal Company. He is likewise
president of the Board of Trade of New Lexington. In politics
he is a Democrat and is a member of the Catholic church. The
practice of law has been his real life work and at the bar as
well as on the bench he has won marked distinction. A man of
unimpeachable character, of unusual intellectual endowments,
with a thorough understanding of the law, patience, urbanity
and industry. Judge Donahue took to the
bench the very highest qualifications for the most responsible
office of the state government and his record as a judge has
been in harmony with his record as a man and a lawyer,
distinguished by unswerving' integrity and a masterful grasp
of every problem which has presented itself for solution. |
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