Dr. David Nelson Mahon and Elizabeth Neill

---

---

Husband Dr. David Nelson Mahon ^{1 2}

---

           Born: 1797 or 1798 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Aug 1876 1
         Buried:  - Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA

---

         Father: Rev. Samuel Mahon (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Anne Duncan (      -      ) 2

---

       Marriage: 1829 1

---

   Other Spouse: Julia Montgomery (      -Aft 1876) 1 - 1851 1

---

---

Wife Elizabeth Neill ¹

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1838 1
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Rev. William Neill (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

---

---

Children

---

1 F Mary Mahon ¹

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

2 M William Mahon ¹

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

---

General Notes: Husband - Dr. David Nelson Mahon

---

He was brought up partly in the family of his uncle, Judge Jonathan Walker, of Bedford, Pennsylvania, and partly in the family of his uncle James Duncan, Esq., of Carlisle. He enjoyed the advantages of cultivated society and early instruction, and when sufficiently advanced in his studies, was sent to Dickinson College from which institution he graduated with the degree of A. B. in the year 1815. He immediately afterwards entered the office of Dr. James Gustine, of Carlisle, and whilst a student of medicine attended lectures in the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1820 with the degree of M. D. At the same time the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by his literary Alma Mater.
In 1821 he received the appointment of Assistant Surgeon in the U. S. Navy and soon after went to sea on board the "Constellation" under the command of Commodore Ridgely. The cruise of the ship continued three years, which was quite sufficient for the young doctor.
On his return to the U. S. he visited Natchez, Mississippi, where his preceptor, Dr. Gustine, had, in the mean time, located, but he preferred the freedom and independence of his native state, and soon after settled in Carlisle where he spent the remainder of his life.
Intellectually, Dr. Mahon stood far above the average of men. He was fond of the classics, rather than of science. He had an excellent memory and could repeat Homer, Horace and Shakespeare at pleasure. As a physician he might be taken as a model. He was careful, not only in diagnosis, but in the administration of remedies. He held in contempt every species of deception and quackery and was unwilling that medicine should be praised for what does not belong to it. In his intercourse with his fellows he was frank and courteous, and in consultation often yielded his judgment when there was no necessity for it. His inclinations led him into the special department of medicine rather than into surgery or obstetrics; and besides, he was unwilling to adopt the American idea of dispensing the medicine which he prescribed. As a consequence his practice was limited in a great measure to the borough in which he lived. Medicine with him was a profession rather than a business or a trade; and in his department no man ever possessed the confidence of the people in a higher degree. In the sick room as elsewhere he had a suavity of manner and of speech which made him a favorite among the educated and refined.

1 Conway P. Wing, D.D., History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations (Philadelphia, PA: James D. Scott, 1879), Pg 188.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 157.