Effingham County IL Archives Biographies.....Paugh, John C. 1841 - 
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Author: Lake City Publishing Co.

JOHN C. PAUGH, M. D., is a well-known physician and surgeon of Mason, and
President of the Village Board. In the years of his residence here he has not
only won a prominent place among the medical fraternity of the county, but is
recognized as one of the leading and influential citizens. He is a man of genial
and kindly disposition, has a wide acquaintance, and is very popular.

  Dr. Paugh is a native of Indiana, Springville, Lawrence County, being the
place of his birth, and the date August 10, 1841. He is a son of Dr. P. G.
Paugh, also a native of Indiana, and of German descent, who lost his father
during his infancy. Having attained to mature years, Dr. Paugh wedded Miss Sarah
Scoggins, and unto them were born three children. Sarah, the eldest, married
Newton Young, now a retired merchant of Altamont, Ill. Mary is the widow of
Joseph Cook, who died in Paris, Ill.; they had three children, two of whom,
Lincoln and Eva, are living in Terre Haute, Ind. William was twice married. He
wedded Miss Lon Edwards, and they had two daughters and a son: Gertrude, wife of
William Morton, of St. Louis; Grundy; and Lola, deceased, wife of Russell Clark,
a lawyer of Chicago. For his second wife, William Paugh wedded Miss Emma
McAckren, of Mattoon, Ill. His death occurred in June, 1890.

  Dr. Paugh, Sr., after the death of his first wife was married to Miss Eliza A.
Cook. She too was a native of Indiana, and was of German and Scotch descent.
They became the parents of seven children, two sons and five daughters, of whom
four are yet living: John C., Amelia, Isabel and Laura. Martha, Nancy and
Joseph, who were the third, fourth and fifth children in order of birth, are now
deceased. Amelia is the wife of Andrew T. Douglas, of Mason, by whom she has a
son, William. Isabel is the wife of Oscar Davis, a farmer near Mason, and they
have three children: Laura, Paul and Garrison E. Laura, the youngest daughter of
Dr. Paugh, Sr., resides with her parents.

  The Doctor removed with his family to Illinois in 1865, locating in the
village of Mason, where he has since resided. He opened an office and
successfully engaged in the practice of his profession until about five years
ago, since which time he has lived a retired life. He is now eighty-seven years
of age, and his wife is in her seventy-fifth year. They have traveled life's
journey together as man and wife for fifty-three years.

  Dr. John C. Paugh spent his boyhood days in Springville, Ind., and acquired
his literary education in the public schools of that locality. After arriving at
man's estate, he decided to enter the profession which his father followed, and
became a student in Rush Medical College of Chicago, from which institution he
was graduated in 1869. He had come to Mason with the family in 1865, and after
his medical studies were completed, he returned to this place. In the practice
of medicine he has won an enviable reputation for his skill and ability, and has
secured a large and lucrative practice.

  The lady who bears the name of Mrs. Paugh was in her maidenhood Miss Marian
Woods, daughter of John and Vienna (Herrick) Woods, the former a native of
Virginia, and the latter of Indiana. The marriage of the Doctor and his wife was
celebrated January 27, 1870, and their union has been blessed with five
children: Anna V., Alice M., Garrison B., Wilhur J. and Albert.

  In his social relations, the Doctor belongs to Mason Lodge No. 217, A. F. & A.
M.; Cedar Lodge No. 211, I. O. O. F.; and Little Wabash Lodge No. 1202, M. W. A.
In politics, he is a stanch supporter of Republican principles, and is now
serving as President of the Village Board of Mason. He owns a good home
property, besides ten acres of land on the edge of town, a forty-acre tract a
mile east of Mason, and seventy-six acres in Union Township. His possessions
have all been acquired through his own efforts. The Doctor is quiet and
unostentatious in manner, yet his many excellencies of character and qualities
of sterling worth have made him one of the most highly respected citizens of
this community.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties
Chicago: Lake City Publishing Co.
1893


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