History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the
Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical
Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc.  Chicago, Goodspeed Bros., & Co.,
Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L.
Goodspeed. Henry County.

HON. JOHN L. MEGENITY, editor and attorney of Paoli, is a native of Henry
County, Ky., where he was born July 31, 1833.  He was raised and educated
in Kentucky, receiving quite a liberal education for that day at the
select schools, in some of which the higher branches were taught.  Until
the age of sixteen he lived upon a farm, but at that unusually early
period of his life he began teaching school, and continued for about ten
years, employing his vacations much of the time in the study of the law in
the office of Judge DeHaven.  In December, 1859, he came to Orange County
and here has resided since.  He began teaching in Greenfield Township,
continuing there and elsewhere until 1863, when he was elected on the
Democratic ticket County Surveyor, serving for one year.  The next year he
was elected County Clerk, and was re-elected in 1868.  In 1873 he was
appointed to fill the unexpired term of the same office, occasioned by the
death of John C. Lingle.  In the fall of 1874, he was elected to the
office of Joint Representative of Orange and Washington Counties.  In 1872
he began the practice of law in partnership with Judge Mavity and T. B.
Buskirk, but left in 1873, when was appointed clerk.  After his
legislative term he commenced the practice with T. B. Buskirk, continuing
until 1878, when he bought the Paoli "News", which he has since conducted
in connection with his legal business. October 10, 1861, he married Miss
Mary A. Critchfield, of Greenfield Township.  Mr. Megenity is a leading
Democrat of the county, and a member of the Royal Arch Degree in Masonry;
he is also an Odd Fellow.  His wife is a member of the Regular Baptist
Church.

Megenity DeHaven Lingle Mavity Buskirk Critchfield
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Paoli-Orange-IN Washington-IN

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