Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Mauk, John R. May 20, 1832 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Jackson Township
p. 580 & 581

John R. Mauk, M. D., is a native of Ohio, born in Muskingum County, May 20, 
1832, a son of George and Mary A. (Shutt) Mauk, his father a native of Ohio, 
and his mother of Lancaster County, Pa. His parents settled in Morgan County, 
Ohio, after their marriage, but in 1838 moved to Hocking County, Ohio. His 
father died in June, 1883. John R. Mauk spent his boyhood and youthful days on 
his father's farm. He received his early education in the common-schools, but 
afterward attained a higher degree at the Ohio University. He began his 
medical studies with Dr. Holland, of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, and attended 
lectures at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, graduating in 1859. In 
1862 he joined the Union army at Camp Centreville, Ohio, becoming a member of 
the Ninetieth Ohio Regiment, and served in the capacity of a soldier till 
November, 1864; was then discharged on account of physical disability. After 
his return from the army he resumed his medical studies. In 1865, after his 
health had somewhat recuperated, he commenced the practice of medicine at 
Pleasantville, Fairfield Co., Ohio. In the fall of 1869 he removed to East 
Germantown, Wayne Co., Ind., where he has built up a large practice, standing 
at the head of the profession in the county. The Doctor is a hard student, and 
his opinion in difficult cases is seldom wrong. As a consequence he is often 
called as counsel, his judgment of diseases being honored by men older in the 
profession than he, and of great importance to men younger. He is a member of 
the State Medical Association, Wayne County Medical Association, and the Union 
District Medical Association. Doctor Mauk is a member of the firm of W. D. 
Mauk & Brother, druggists, Cambridge City, Ind. He is a member of the Masonic 
and Odd Fellows fraternities; also a member of the Cambridge City Post, G. A. 
R. The Doctor has one son, W. H. Mauk, by his first marriage, who resides in 
Covington, Ind., county seat of Fountain County, engaged in the dry-goods 
trade, and is a popular business man. The Doctor was married in 1877 to Mary 
M. Dailey, of Washington Township, Wayne County. They have one daughter, Ada 
Mabel, four years old. Dr. Mauk is a member of the Christian church, and his 
wife of the Evangelical Lutheran church. At the spring election of 1884, held 
by the Republican party, the Doctor was chosen as one of the candidates for 
representation in the Indiana State Legislature. The Doctor received 2,300 
votes, there being four other candidates in the race, the nomination being 
equivalent to an election, there being in the county about 3,000 Republican 
majority. 

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