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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 18872 he began the practice of law in
partnership with Judge Mavity and T. B. Buskirk, but left in 1873, when he
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.

"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA"  GOODSPEED BROS.
1884.



Submitted by: Diana Flynn <ivie@tima.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997