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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

FERGUS O. MAHONY, M. D.
    Dr. Fergus O. Mahony, displaying marked ability in the performance of
professional duties as a physician and surgeon of El Dorado, is a native of the
city which is still his home, his birth having here occurred July 30, 1879. His
parents are Edmond and Mary R. (Klopher) Mahony, the former a native of County
Cork, Ireland, while the latter was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, her parents
having come to this section of the state from Sweden at a very early period in
the pioneer develop-' ment of Arkansas. The father was a tailor by trade and was
employed along that line by the Confederate government during the period of the
Civil war. Following the close of hostilities he worked for a time at his trade
in El Dorado and when he had acquired some capital he engaged in general
merchandising on his own account, being associated with that line of commercial
activity to the time of his death in 1889. His wife survived until 1897. Mr.
Mahony was filling the position of county treasurer of Union county when he
became ill and on account of the condition of his health he resigned, after
which he went to New Orleans for an operation. He never fully recovered and his
death ensued some time later.

    Dr. Mahony, whose name introduces this review, was educated in the
University of Arkansas until he had completed a three years' course of study,
after which he matriculated in the medical department of Tulane University at
New Orleans and there won his professional degree as a member of the class of
1908. In the summer of 1906, however, he entered upon the active work of his
professional career. That spring, after medical lectures at the university were
ended for the season, he went to Huttig, Union county, Arkansas, and acted as
physician in charge of a logging camp of the Union Sawmill Company. In the
following autumn he returned to the university and in the summer of 19 07 he
practiced in connection with Dr. R. A. Hilton of El Dorado. When he had
completed his university course he settled in Huttig, where he continued in
successful practice until 1914, when he returned to El Dorado and formed a
partnership with Dr. R. A. Hilton, an association that was maintained until the
death of the senior partner in 1916. Since that time Dr. Mahony has practiced
independently and in the intervening years has built up an enviable reputation
as a most capable, resourceful and successful general practitioner. During the
latter part of Governor Hays administration he was appointed a member of the
state hoard of health and in 1921 was elected president of the state hoard of
health, while at the same time he is filling the positions of .county health
officer and city health officer. His marked ability is widely recognized and it
is well known that he is keenly interested in everything that tends to bring to
man the key to the complex mystery which we call life. He thinks broadly,
studies deeply and carries his investigations far and wide into the realms of
medical and surgical science.

    In 1908 Dr. Mahony was married to Miss Minnie Lee Maguire of Fayetteville,
Washington county, Arkansas, and they have become parents of three children:
Minnie Lee, Fergus O. and Edmond Ossain. Dr. Mahony gives his political
endorsement to the democratic party and is now representing Ward 1, in the El
Dorado city council. He has membership in Roland Lodge, No. 594, A. F. & A. M.,
at Huttig, and is a member of Albert Pike Consistory, No. 1, A. & A. S. R., and
also of Al-Amin Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Little Rock. He belongs to El
Dorado Lodge, No. 133, I. O. O. F., and to El Dorado Lodge, No. 1129, B. P. O.
E. Along strictly professional lines his connection is with the Union County
Medical Society, the Arkansas State Medical Society and the American Medical
Association. While the major part of his time and efforts is given to his
professional interests and duties he nevertheless has found opportunity to aid
those projects which are looking to the benefit and upbuilding of the community
at large. He is a member of the Rotary Club, also of the Kamel Club and is a
consistent member of the Presbyterian church. All who know him attest the
sterling worth of his character and his devotion to duty, whether of a public or
private nature and hear testimony to his progressiveness in citizenship and his
hearty and effective endorsement of all those interests which are looking to the
benefit and welfare of the community and the commonwealth.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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