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- Joseph V. McGonagle was of Scotch / Irish descent. He had 7 brothers, a common school education, was a printer and publisher, Presbyterian, and a Democrat until 1884 when he became a Prohibitionist. He was 6' 3" tall, weighed 178 pounds, had a light complexion, brown hair, and gray eyes. He died September 28, 1889 at age 88 of a rupture (according to a family record). The Adams County Death Book 19, page 91 indicates he died of heart failure (an aneurysm?). The Forks of the Youghogheny, PA, where he was born, was at McKeesport where the Youghogheny joins the Monongahela River.
Joseph V. McGonagle Autobiography:
The following autobiography was found in a Dorwin family history book entitled, Pictorial Family Register, given to Thomas James Stafford in July, 2001, by his cousin, Kathleen Lenski whose mother was Charlotte Stafford.
Joseph McGonagle, the subject of these remarks, commenced to learn the art of printing in August, 1827, with David Christy, publisher of the Harrison county Telegraph, in Cadiz, Harrison Co., O., near which place I was raised from early boyhood. After serving four years, I entered into partnership with one Isaac Pepper in the publication of a new paper called the Cadiz Gazette. Soon sold my interest to my partner, and commenced teaching school. In 1837, I bought a half interest in the Cadiz Sentinel office, in partnership with Thomas Crawford, my brother-in-law. Sold out in the spring of 1844, and bought a farm in Franklin twp., Harrison Co., O., and followed farming until the summer of 1853. After selling my farm, I removed to Cambridge, Ohio, where I purchased the Guernsey Jeffersonian office, which paper I published until the fall of 1857, at which time I went into the grocery business. Not liking this, I sold out and bought an interest in the Ganesville (Ohio) Aunana office with Thomas W. Peacock of Topeka, Kansas. Sold my interest in the Aunana office in the fall of 1862, I removed to Coshocton, Ohio, and went into partnership with Asa G. Dimmick in the Coshocton Democrat office. Selling my interest in that office, I removed to Sidney, O., where I purchased half the Sidney Democrat office, and published that paper till the spring of 1874. After selling that office, I removed to Decatur Indiana, and purchased the Eagle office, and changing its name to the Decatur Democrat I continued its publication till July 1879, one year ago.
J. McGonagle
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1809 - 1889 (80 years)
