John J. Mawhiney Biography


	This biography appears on page 1843-1844 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	JOHN J. MAWHINEY, one of the honored residents and influential 
citizens of Charles Mix county, is a native of the old Keystone state 
of the Union, having been born in Pennsylvania, on the 21st of June, 
1833. He passed his boyhood days in his native county, in whose common 
schools he received his early educational training. He has subsequently 
been engaged in teaching and has proven particularly successful. He has 
been employed in pedagogic work in five different states in the Union, 
finally retiring from the labors of this profession in 1897. For a 
number of years he devoted his attention to teaching during the winter 
terms and engaged in farming during the summer seasons. After he came 
to South Dakota he became the owner of a farm and was there engaged in 
farming and stock raising until he disposed of the property, since 
which time he has resided in Wagner, where he is the owner of good 
property, including his pleasant home, while he is also the owner of 
town property in other places in the county. He has been a stanch 
advocate of the principles of the Republican party from the time of its 
organization, and was elected to the office of justice of the peace, 
and is now serving in that capacity, while for the past three years he 
has been a member of the school board. He and his wife are zealous and 
devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in whose work they 
are actively concerned.

	Mr. Mawhiney was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Force, and they 
have four children.