MAGOUN, Peter E., M. D., Webster, then Concordia Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 638. Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. Magoun, Peter Ernest, M. D., well-known physician of Vidalia, is a son of Simon Peter and Elizabeth (Forman) Magoun, and was born May 11, 1883, at Minden, La. Simon Peter Magoun was a native of Natchez, Miss., born May 16, 1840, and was a graduate of the University of Nashville, with the degree of A.B. He then began a course in medicine at the same institution, and in the midst of these studies the Civil war broke out and he left to join the 23d Louisiana volunteer infantry. He was with the army of Tennessee and served under Gen. Johnston until the death of that great officer, and took part in every engagement of that famous command and was wounded. When peace was declared he was a prisoner at Rock Island, Ill. He then returned to Concordia parish and farmed, taught school and practiced medicine. The medical practice was mostly gratuitous, as there was no other regular doctor in that vicinity. He led this kind of life from 1865 to 1900, when he became an invalid and died of pneumonia Feb. 17, 1903. Elizabeth Forman daughter of Rev. Ephraim Forman, a Methodist minister, was born June 12, 1850, in Amite county, Miss. She married Mr. Magoun in 1873, and is now living at Monterey, La. They were the parents of 7 children, 4 dying in infancy, and 3 now living, as follows: P.C. Magoun, born 1874, farmer on the old homestead on Black River ; Dr. P. E. Magoun, the subject of this sketch; K. S. Magoun, born 1888, farmer on the old homestead on Black River. Dr. Magoun's maternal grandfather was Rev. Ephraim Forman, who died in Amite county, Miss., aged 73 years, and the maternal grandmother, Amanda (Roberts) Forman, died from paralysis at the age of 92. The paternal grandfather was Hyrum S. Magoun, who was born in 1810 at Boston, Mass. He graduated at the Berkshire medical college with the degree of M. D. in 1837. After graduating, he practiced medicine at Woodville, Miss from 1838 to 1848, and then removed to Natchez, where he remained until 1852 when he moved to Concordia parish. He practiced medicine, and managed a plantation of 4,000 acres. He was a surgeon in the Confederate army, and died in 1863 from the effects of a wound. He owned about 800 slaves valued at from $200 to $1,500 each. This was a total loss at the close of the war. He also had about 600 bales of cotton burned, his house robbed, his wife beat by a band of marauders, and the family left destitute. Dr. Magoun's paternal grandmother was Mrs. Pruit, a native of Woodville, Miss., who married Mr. Magoun in 1848, and died in 1867 in Concordia parish. The paternal great-grandfather graduated from the medical department of Bowdoin college, Me., in 1828. Dr. P. E. Magoun remained in Minden, the place of his birth, only a few months when the family moved to Concordia parish, where he spent his youth and received an elementary education in the country schools. He attended the Louisiana State university 1 session, 1901-02, and then pursued the study of medicine at Tulane university 3 terms. Following this, he went to the University of Louisville, where he graduated in 1906 with the degree of M. D. The same year he obtained the certificate of the Louisiana state board of examiners and began to practice medicine in Catahoula parish. Since 1910 he has been in Concordia parish, and has acquired a large and lucrative practice. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World. Jan. 23, 1907, Dr. Magoun married Lucile A., daughter of N. S. Dickson, a civil engineer of Natchez, Miss. His paternal ancestors came from Scotland and his maternal from Ireland.