Transcribed by Larry Fearneyhough

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To the self-made class of Scott county belongs Dr. Martin Lawrence McDonough. He hails from Pennsylvania, and was born in Pittsburg. When he was nothing but a child his parents moved to St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. McDonnough's father enlisted as a private in the civil war, and while the doctor was nothing but a small boy his mother died. Her death was soon followed by the death of his father, and Martin Lawrence McDonough, with two little brothers, were orphaned and left to shift for themselves as best they could. The two brothers have fared will - one becoming a stereotyper and perfecting pressman, and the other a mechanical and electrical engineer. Our subject was taken into the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Widbin, and English widow. As a child he attended the college school and as a youth the old Benton public schools, and later the Washington University, in which he was a member of the art department, paying his tuition by tinting in the art studio. While attending Washington University he was a pupil under Halsey McIves, president of the art department of the Columbian Exposition; Mrs. McNonnies, nee Mamie Fairchild, wife of the celebrated American sculptor, McMonnies; Prof. J. H. Fry and Carl Gutherz (both now of Paris, France); he also studied under Paul E. Harney, now the Upper Alton, Illinois. He began the study of dentistry under George Washington Bennett, and later on was associated with Profs, A. Murray and L. G. Howard, all of St. Louis. When he first began to study under Dr. Bennett he paid fifty dollars in good hard cash (every dollar he possessed on earth) for the privilege of working the first six months for nothing. After that he received a salary. The second six months he was paid $2.50 per week; for the third six months $5 per week, and the fourth and last six months, $8 per week. He came to Illinois in 1879 and practiced at various points until March 10, 1881, when he located in Winchester. In the fall of 1881 he was married to Miss Gipsey Chapman, youngest daughter of Hon. W. W. Chapman of Winchester. Seven children have been born to them - Joe C., Adelaide B., William W., Anna H., Elizabeth W., who died in infancy; Laura C. and Martin Barnes, Jr. Dr. McDonough is a Mason and a Woodman. He has served as a member of the board of education and also as a member of the auxilliary board of State charities. He stands high in his profession and enjoys an enviable reputation both as a dentist and citizen.