Bio of MONAHAN, Dr. John Alexander (b.1865), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 632-635
JOHN ALEXANDER MONAHAN, M. D.
For thirty-five years Dr. John A. Monahan has been a resident of Minneapolis and
the profession, as well as the public, accords him a prominent position among
the medical practitioners of this city. He was born in the province of New
Brunswick, Canada, May 15, 1865, and his parents were Hugh and Betsey
(Humphries) Monahan, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Scotland.
In early life they went to Canada, settling near St. Andrews, in the province of
New Brunswick, where the father engaged in farming. The country was largely
undeveloped at that time and the family endured many of the hardships of pioneer
life, the father being obliged to carry flour upon his back for a distance of
twenty miles.
The common schools of New Brunswick, Canada, afforded John Alexander Monahan his
early educational privileges and in 1887 he came to Minneapolis, entering the
University of Minnesota, in which he completed a pharmaceutical course. He then
became a student in the medical department of Hamline University at St. Paul,
from which he was graduated in 1902, and afterward spent a year as intern at St.
Joseph's Hospital of that city, thus gaining valuable practical experience. He
has since maintained offices in this city and for the past fifteen years has
been a member of the surgical staff of St. Barnabas Hospital. Through broad
reading and close study of the cases that come under his care he is constantly
increasing his knowledge and promoting his efficiency and utilizes every
opportunity to perfect himself in his chosen vocation. He subordinates all other
interests to the demands of his profes­sion and has built up a large and
lucrative practice.
Dr. Monahan was married November 9, 1891, to Miss Ella Jordan of Annandale,
Minnesota, and they have become the parents of two daughters, Ethel and Eva. Dr.
Monahan is a thirty-second degree Mason and a Noble of Zuhrah Temple of the
Mystic Shrine and he is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks and the Automobile Club of Minneapolis. He keeps in close touch with the
advance­ment that is constantly being made in the field of medical science
through his mem­bership with the Hennepin County and Minnesota State Medical
societies and the American Medical Association. He holds to high standards in
professional service and his pronounced ability has won for him the respect and
esteem of his fellow prac­titioners and also of those to whom he has ministered,
while his personal qualities are those which make for enduring friendship.