Dr. J. McCann
Another wise counsellor of the profession of the county is Dr. J. McCann, who was born in 1824 in Muskingum County, Ohio. The foundation of his wonderful mental and physical development, like that of that stalwarts of his early days, was laid while working on the farm of his father, Maxwell McCann. He mastered all that was taught in the common schools before reaching the age of twenty-one. In the spring of 1847 he entered the office of Drs. Beakman and Ball at Irville, Ohio, and attended lectures in the Starling Medical College, from which he graduated later. He began the practice in Licking County, Ohio. After his marriage to Miss Margaret Waters, daughter of Dr. R. A Waters of Irville in 1850, he located in Nashport, Ohio. In 1854 he removed to Irville where he remained in active practice until 1869, when he came to Delaware to give his four children the advantages of a college education; three of whom graduated from the "O. W. U." with high honors. After nearly fifty years of continual work in the profession he retired in 1904 from active work. Yet at the age of eighty-three he has attended some difficult cases with the same pleasure and skill as of many years ago. He has always been known as a true worker in his Master's vineyard from youth up, and today enjoys attending divine worship at Asbury M. E. Church more than ever. The doctor for many years was a member of the State and County Medical Societies. His earnest and active work in them was a great stimulus to the younger men. Notwithstanding his advanced age, his mind is as active and exact as ever, and he shows no bodily infirmities. His eldest daughter is a teacher in the public schools. The eldest son, Dr. Joseph McCann, followed in the footsteps of his illustrious father. He was born in 1854, and graduated from the "O W. U." in 1876. He read medicine with his father, and graduated from the Columbia Medical College in 1879. First locating in Radnor, Delaware County. Ohio, and afterward at Millville or Warrensburg, he soon accepted a tendered position at the Keeley Institute at Marysville, Ohio. After a few years, he was sent to Columbus, Ohio, to practice in the branch of the same Institute, where he is located now.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, Edited and compiled by James R. Lytle, Delaware, Ohio, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908