Founder of the town of Macksburg which bears his name. He was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, October 18, 1837, and was five years of age when in November, 1842, his parents removed to Coshocton, Ohio. They were in very limited financial circumstances, so at the age of ten years he started out to make his own way in the world beginning work on the Parks farm in his home neighborhood. The following year he had the privilege of attending school for three months a year. In the spring of 1856, Mr. Mack went to Crawford county, Illinois, where he procured employment in a sawmill, but being ambitious to engage in other work spent his leisure hours devoted to the study of medicine. Two year later he came to Madison county making the journey by steamboat to Des Moines. On August 22, 1858, Mr. Mack married Hannah J. Bonham. In 1864 he and his family traveled to Ohio, where he completed his studies attending the Medical School in Cincinnati, after which he returned to Grand River and began the practice of medicine. In his political views, Dr. Mack was a stalwart republican from the time he cast his first presidential ballot for Abraham Lincoln. He never faltered in his allegiance to the party and he was a delegate to many county conventions. At one time he was elected by a large majority to the office of county coroner but did not fill the position on account of the demands of his practice. Later he was elected to represent his county in the twenty-second and twenty-third general assemblies and made a most credible record as a member of the house of representatives. He was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church and took an active part in all branches of its work.

Founder of the town of Macksburg which bears his name. He was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, October 18, 1837, and was five years of age when in November, 1842, his parents removed to Coshocton, Ohio. They were in very limited financial circumstances, so at the age of ten years he started out to make his own way in the world beginning work on the Parks farm in his home neighborhood. The following year he had the privilege of attending school for three months a year. In the spring of 1856, Mr. Mack went to Crawford county, Illinois, where he procured employment in a sawmill, but being ambitious to engage in other work spent his leisure hours devoted to the study of medicine. Two year later he came to Madison county making the journey by steamboat to Des Moines. On August 22, 1858, Mr. Mack married Hannah J. Bonham. In 1864 he and his family traveled to Ohio, where he completed his studies attending the Medical School in Cincinnati, after which he returned to Grand River and began the practice of medicine. In his political views, Dr. Mack was a stalwart republican from the time he cast his first presidential ballot for Abraham Lincoln. He never faltered in his allegiance to the party and he was a delegate to many county conventions. At one time he was elected by a large majority to the office of county coroner but did not fill the position on account of the demands of his practice. Later he was elected to represent his county in the twenty-second and twenty-third general assemblies and made a most credible record as a member of the house of representatives. He was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church and took an active part in all branches of its work.