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Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)

JOHN WAULER MAHAN.

    John Wauler Mahan, secretary-treasurer of the Mahan Jewelry Company of
Colorado Springs, was born in Paoli, Indiana, in 1867 and comes of Scotch-Irish
ancestry. His father. Samuel Mahan, was also a native of Paoli, Indiana, born in
the year 1826, and in the place of his nativity he was married to Miss Sarah
Dougherty, a native of that place. She died in the year 1901 and is still
survived by her husband, who yet resides near his native town.

    John Wauler Mahan was reared in the vicinity of Paoli, Indiana, upon the old
home farm, and attended the country schools. Between the ages of sixteen and
twenty-one years, he took up the profession of teaching, which he followed in
the rural schools, but on attaining his majority he turned his attention to
commercial pursuits by learning the watchmaker's trade in Paoli and since 1889
he has been continuously engaged in the jewelry business. He arrived in Colorado
in 1895, at which time he took up his abode in Boulder, and a year later he
removed to Leadville, where he opened a store, continuing there until 1902. In
the latter year he became a resident of Pueblo, where he worked at his trade for
two years, and in 1904 he removed to Albuquerque. New Mexico, where he was
employed at the jewelry trade for one year. On the expiration of that period he
became a resident of Ouray, Colorado, where he lived for a year, and in 1906 he
made his way to Colorado Springs, where he worked for the Johnson Jewelry
Company until 1914. He then bought an equity in the business and the firm name
was changed to the Mahan Jewelry Company, with Mr. Mahan as secretary, treasurer
and manager. He is now active in control of the house and the business is one of
gratifying and extensive proportions. He is thoroughly familiar with every phase
of the business and of the work connected therewith and is well qualified to
assume executive control over the undertaking. He is likewise secretary and
treasurer of the Elliott-Johnson Investment Company of Colorado.

    On the 25th of February, 1889, at Paoli, Indiana, Mr. Mahan was united in
marriage to Miss Ella Hollingsworth and to them have been born four children.
Dwight Hollings-worth was born in 1891 and was an instructor in military service
at Austin, Texas; he was commissioned second lieutenant, having in eleven months
risen from the rank of private and is in the aviation branch of the service. The
others are: Judith, born in Brandenberg, Kentucky, in 1893; Frank W., who was
born in Leadville, Colorado, in 1901; and James Samuel, born in Pueblo, Colorado
in 1904.

    Mr. Mahan's military service covers connection with the Reserve Watch of
Colorado. He affiliates with' the Presbyterian church and he gives his political
allegiance to the republican party. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and is
interested in all of its projects for the general good. His has been an active
and useful life marked by steady progress, bringing him to a prominent position
in commercial circles of Colorado Springs.


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HISTORY OF COLORADO

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME III

CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1918


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