Chatham County GaArchives Biographies.....McLaughlin, James Thomas 1882 - living 1913
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   JAMES THOMAS MCLAUGHLIN, D. D. S. One of the leading dental practitioners of
Appling county, Georgia, and a man who has done much to advance the interests of
his city and county, is James Thomas McLaughlin, D. D. S., of Baxley, who has
acquired distinction in his chosen profession by close application, thorough
mastery of the principles of the science and a delicacy and accuracy of
mechanical skill so necessary in this important calling. Dr. McLaughlin was born
February 7, 1882, in Wayne county, Georgia, on his father's-farm, located near
Odum, and is a son of J. A. and Rebecca (O'Quinn) McLaughlin, natives of
Georgia, and now residents of Odum, where the father, a machinist by trade, has
of recent years been engaged in the mercantile business. Dr. McLaughlin's
maternal and paternal grandfathers served as soldiers in a Georgia regiment
during the war between the states.

   His great-grandfather was Scotch and French, was born in North Carolina and
was named James McLaughlin. His grandfather was also named James.

   James Thomas McLaughlin was five years of age when he was taken by his
parents from the Wayne county farm to Brunswick, Georgia, wheje he commenced his
education in the public schools. He was eleven years old when the family removed
to Waycross, and after spending three years there and a like period in
Statesborough, went to Fitzgerald, a locality in which the family remained two
years. After finishing the graded course in the public schools, Dr. McLaughlin
attended Black-shear high school, and on being graduated therefrom became a
student in the Dental College, from which he was graduated in 1908 with high
honors, being especially commended by his college preceptors for excellence in
his work. Subsequently he took a course in the Southern College of Pharmacy, at
Atlanta, and on leaving that institution began the practice of his profession at
Bristol, but after one year there changed his field of operations to Baxley.
Here he has established a most .satisfactory professional business, his careful
and skillful work having given him a high reputation. He has well appointed
offices, the mechanical equipments of which are of modern design, while all work
is executed with scrupulous fidelity and the utmost skill. The Doctor enjoys
marked popularity and esteem in professional, fraternal and social circles, and
is recognized as an able and progressive business man, energetic and public
spirited. He belongs to the Blue Lodge of Masonry, the Knights of Pythias and
the Woodmen of the World.

   Dr. McLaughlin was married October 4, 1905, to Miss Jessamond Dae Carter,
daughter of Dr. L. A. Carter, of Nashville, Georgia, and they have one child,
James Treyvance, a bright lad of six years. Dr. and Mrs. McLaughlin are faithful
members of the Missionary Baptist church, and are widely and favorably known in
religious and social circles.



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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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