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Doctor E. K. Crothers was born October 29, 1826, at Mount Pleasant, Jefferson county, Ohio. Attended Medical Department of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, 1847-8, and Jefferson Medical College, Phila- delphia, Pa., 1849-50 where he graduated. Located in Bloomington, Ill., July 4, 1850, where he continued in practice until his death, April 23, 1893. Dr. Crothers was one of the charter members of the McLean County Medical Society. He married Miss M. L. Depew, who afterward graduated in medicine and aided her husband very materially in his office practice.
Doctor H. M. Dally was born in Putnam county, Illinois, 1854. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Indianapolis, Ind., 1881. Located in Kempton, Illinois, 1882-1902, and Bloomington, Illinois, October, 1902, to present time (1904). Married Rose E. Hannah.
Doctor A. T. Darrah was born in Delaware county, Ohio, March 17, 1836. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1865. Located at Tolono, Champaign county, Illinois, 1865-1883, and Bloomington, Illinois, from 1883 until his death, September 4, 1889. Married Elizabeth J. Fugate.
Doctor Eliza Dawson was born - - Graduated - -. Located in Blooming- ton, Illinois Present location unknown.
Doctor D. T. Douglas was born in Morristown, New Jersey, July 7, 1842. Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1871. Located in Selma, Illinois, 1871, and Colfax, Illinois, 1883. Married Mary L. Pierson. Died 1909.
Doctor R. W. Dunlap was born near Lexington, Ky., July 4, 1817. He graduated May, 1839, at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky. Two years thereafter he took a supplemental course in Philadelphia and New York. Immediately after graduating he located in Danville, Ky. In 1856, he located in Bloomington, lIlinois. In 1861, he returned to Kentucky, having a temporary residence in Bloomfield, Nelson county, until after the war when he returned to Danville, Ky., and there remained until his death, July 24, 1885. He was an active practitioner ah his life. Was a charter member of the American Medical Association. President of Kentucky Medical Association in 1879. Upon the creation of the Ken- tucky State Board of Health, he was appointed a member by the Gov-
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ernor and remained a member during his life. Dr. Dunlap was greatly respected by all the members of the McLean County Medical Society. His remains are buried in the Danville Cemetery, Kentucky.
Doctor Charles S. Elder was born in Waterloo, New York, May 7, 1835. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1863. Located in Chenoa, Illinois, 1863, where he is still in active practice (1904). In 1869, he married Miss Mary E. Martin, of Bloomington, Illinois. He died April 12, 1911.
Doctor George W. Elder was born February, 1809. Graduated in Phila- delphia Medical College, Penn. - Practiced in U. S. Army, Bloomington, Illinois and LeRoy, Illinois. Died August, 1892. Married Mary Baker.
Doctor Guilford D. Elder was born at Prairie DeLong, Illinois, November 27, 1845. Moved to Bloomington, Illinois, 1852. Graduated at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1877. Located in Danvers, Illinois, 1877-98 and Bloomington, Illinois, 1898, until present time (1904). Married Miss Julia Reed of Bloomington, Illinois. Died October 1, 1906.
Doctor Horace W. Elder was born November 28, 1859 in Bloomington, Illinois. Attended city schools, including High School, from which he finished in 1876. Attended Philadelphia School of Pharmacy two years, 1879-80. Clerked in drug store until 1885. That year was married to Miss Ella Slater. Attended Marion Sims Medical School two years, Barnes Medical School two years, from which he graduated in the spring of 1893. Took post-graduate course at Jefferson Medical School, Phila- delphia, one year. Has practiced medicine in Bloomington since 1895. Member McLean County Medical Society, American Medical Association, and Illinois State Medical Association. Also member staff Bloomington Free Polyclinic for five years. Member Brokaw Hospital staff and St. Joseph's Hospital staff. He died October 24, 1930. Dr. Horace Elder was the son of Dr. William A. Elder. Dr. William A. Elder, Dr. Charles S. Elder, and Dr. Guilford D. Elder were brothers.
Doctor William A. Elder was born in Watertown, Seneca county, New York, March 3, 1826. Graduated March, 1847, from Medical Department University of Missouri, St. Louis. Was resident physician at Marine Hospital at St. Louis one year. Practiced in St. Louis 1848-49-50, Bloom- ington, llinois, July 1, 1851, until his death, January 3, 1895. Was Pres- ident of the McLean County Medical Society, 1875. Was a charter member of the society. Was a member of medical staff at St. Joseph's Hospital. Married Mary Owens.
Doctor J. H. Fenelon was born December 11, 1864, in Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin. Graduated, 1889 at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois. Practiced in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, 1889-95, and Bloom- ington, Illinois, 1895, to present time (1904). Is a member of the medical staff St. Joseph's Hospital. Married Miss Mary Slattery, of Bloomington, Illinois. Practiced until his death, March 3, 1941.
Doctor T. D. Fisher was born in Ligonier, Westmoreland county, Pa., October 1, 1826. Attended one course of lectures in Western Reserve Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated at Rush Medical Col- lege, Chicago, Illinois, session of 1856-7. Located in Leroy, Illinois, May, 1853, where he was in continued practice until his death, April 6, 1902.
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Doctor D. M. Foster was born in Lexington, Kentucky, February 12, 1817. Graduated from Medical Institute, Louisville, Kentucky, 1841. Located in Oak Grove, Kentucky, 1841-51; Heusted county, Arkansas, 1852-57; Natchez, Mississippi, 1857-64; Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 1864-73, and Bloomington, Illinois, from 1873 to present time (1904). The doctor retired from practice some years since and engaged in the drug business until recently. Married Miss Mary L. Hawks.
Doctor A. L. Fox was born in Danville, Pa., January 23, 1846. Graduated at University of Michigan, 1870. Practiced in Michigan 1870-85; Oregon, 1885-93; and Bloomington, Illinois, 1893 to present time (1904). Married Miss C. V. Deems.
Doctor J. R. Freese was born in New Jersey. Attended lectures in Penn- sylvania Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. Located in Bloomington, Illinois in 1854. Was one of the charter members of the McLean County Medical Society and its first Secretary. Returned to Philadelphia before the war and has been completely lost sight of.
Doctor C. Judson Gill was born in New Jersey, 1836. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1866. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, where he practiced from 1866-76, when he moved to Riverside, California, where he now resides. (1904). In 1863, he married Miss Sophie Crist; second wife Miss Emma Crist, 1865; and third wife, Miss I. L. Kimball, in 1899. Died December 6, 1904, in Cali- fornia.
Doctor F. H. Godfrey was born in Newton, Hamilton county, Ohio, December 14, 1847. Graduated at Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1877. Located in Bellflower, McLean county, Illinois, 1877. In 1890 moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where he has been in continued practice until the present time (1904), with the exception of some time in Lon- don, England, taking a special course in ophthalmic surgery and diseases of the eye, nose and throat. Has been a member of medical staff St. Joseph's Hospital for a number of years. Married Miss Mercie White, of Bloomington, Illinois. (Deceased) .
Doctor Daniel O. Golding was born June 23, 1870, at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1890, and New York Post Graduate M. & H., 1891. Practiced in Connecticut Home and Hospital, 1890-91, Nebraska one year, Iowa three years, Arrowsmith, McLean county, Illinois, where he now resides (1904). Married Miss Fannie Brown.
Doctor R. Earl Gordon was born in Carlyle, Illinois, September 5, 1872. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri, March 27, 1893. Located in El Paso, Illinois, December, 1894, where he still continues in practice (1904). July, 1894, he married Miss Delia C. Chappell of Rolla, Mo. Is local Surgeon for Illinois Central R. R. Co.
Doctor J. C. Graham was born, 1×50, in Rhode Island. Graduated from the Western Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio, 1873, and University of New York, 1875. Resident Physician Cleveland City Hospital 1873-74. Located in Lexington, Illinois, 1875-89. Located in Detroit, Michigan, 1890-91, since which time he has been in La Port City, Iowa. Married - - .
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Doctor Elias Gray was born February 20, 1821, in Middletown, Ohio. Was Assistant Surgeon 30th Iowa Regiment 1862-63 and Assistant Surgeon 58th Mississippi (colored). Was first Secretary of Illinois Board of Health. Died in Chicago, June 30, 1896.
Doctor William E. Guthrie was born in Abingdon, Illinois, 1857. Grad- uated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1881, and entered the firm of White and Guthrie. Married in 1882 to Miss Letta Smith. Elected County Physician March, 1884, and held that position until departure for Europe, 1888-9. One year at Berlin and London at clinics, studied with Von Bergman, Bramann, Oelshausen, Landau and Virchow at Berlin and with Treves at London. In 1892, commenced practice alone; 1886, appointed surgeon L. E. & W. R. R .; 1896, appointed surgeon C. & A. R. R .; 1899, spent five months in Munich studying with Amann. Was a member of World's Congress of Gynecologists at Amsterdam in 1899. One of medical staff of Brokaw Hospital. In 1900, withdrew from general practice and since then limits his practice to surgery. (Deceased).
Doctor O. E. Haering was born in Dodge county, Wisconsin, February 6, 1861. Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1886. Practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinois, since that time with the exception of eight (8) months spent in Europe in 1889, where he at- tended medical lectures in University of Berlin. Married Miss Mary A. Lampel.
Doctor T. T. Haering was born February, 1833, at Frickenhausen, King- dom of Bavaria, Germany. Graduated at Munich, Bavaria, 1860, and came to the U. S. of America same year. Practiced medicine in Dodge county, Wisconsin, two years. Was Assistant Surgeon in the 9th Army Corps during Rebellion. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1867, where he was also engaged in the drug business in connection with his practice. He still practices his profession (1904). Married
Doctor John Haig was born September 5, 1855, near Scotland, Indiana. Graduated from Miami Medical College, 1880. Located in Scotland, In- diana, 1880; Downs, Illinois, 1883; and Leroy, Illinois, 1884. Is at present time Postmaster at Leroy, Illinois. Married Miss Sallie M. Forbes, who died - - 1900. Second wife, Miss Catherine F. Nelson.
Doctor J. W. Hall was born in Georgetown, Kentucky, August 27, 1868. Graduated at Kentucky School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1890. Located at Erlanger, Kentucky, 1890-92; Bloomington, Illinois, 1892- 1903; and Chicago, Illinois, 1903, to present time (1904). Married Miss Gertrude Crumbaugh, who died 1900.
Doctor William Hallam was born in Louisville, Illinois, April 2, 1851. Graduated from Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, 1874. Practiced at Centralia, Illinois, one year; Grayville, Illinois, twelve years. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1887, where he practiced until his death, January 23, 1898.
Doctor Lewis Joseph Hammers was born in Woodford county, Illinois, August 14, 1877. Graduated in medicine and surgery at College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1902. Lo- cated January 1, 1903, in Lexington, Illinois. September 12, 1900, married Miss Minnie Berger, of Dalton Station, Cook county, Illinois.
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Doctor Edson B. Hart was born in 1868 in El Paso, Illinois. Graduated June, 1901, from Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois. Served one year as interne at Lincoln Hospital, New York, and May 1, 1902 located in Bloomington, Illinois. Married Miss Louie Howell April 25, 1911. He died July 18, 1939.
Doctor C. E. Hayward was born in Brimfield, Illinois, - - . Took State Board of Health examination 1877. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1886. Located in Morton, Illinois, 1877, and Cropsey, Illinois, 1880, where he has been in practice until the present time. Married Elvira Hayward.
Doctor A. T. Henton was born - - . Practiced on ten (10) years limits Certificate 1878 - - . Married Miss Boyd of Wilmington, Ohio.
Doctor William Hill was born in Middletown, Butler county, Ohio, March 12, 1829. Attended lectures at Laporte, Indiana, 1849, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1851-53. Graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1856; Illinois Army Certificate 1856-61; Surgeon 48th Illinois Regiment Infantry 1861-62. In 1856, located in Salem, Illinois, where he practiced ten (10) years, including time spent in army as surgeon during Civil War. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, at close of war, where he still continues in practice (1904). Was President of "District Medical Society," 1873, and McLean County Medical Society, 1880; Vice- President State Medical Society, 1882. Was a member of (House) 32nd General Assembly of Illinois 1880-82. First wife Miss Ellen Carr; second wife Miss Frances Roach. After locating in Bloomington, Dr. Hill paid special attention to Surgery but at the same time did a general practice.
Doctor Edward P. G. Holderness was born in Manchester, England, November 5, 1832. Came to this country when a child. Graduated from Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri, 1860, and Bellevue Hos- pital Medical College, New York, in 1875. Practiced in Pleasant Hill, Illinois, 1860-61. Located in Towanda, Illinois 1861-75, and in Chenoa, Illinois, 1875, to present time (1904). Married Miss Lucinda A. Mitchell, June, 1860.
Doctor Z. L. Hoover was born in Gettysburg, Pa., 1824. Graduated at Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, Session of 1846-47. Located in Germantown, Ohio, 1845-6, Germantown, Indiana, 1848, and Blooming- ton, Illinois in 1851, where he continued in practice until his death April 7, 1886. He was a charter member of the McLean County Medical Society and one of the most successful and popular physicians in the county. Married Miss Alice Ann Allen of Bloomington, Illinois.
Doctor W. L. Horn was born in McLean, Illinois, - - 1860. Graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1905. Located for- merly at Arrowsmith, McLean county, Illinois, but at present resides at Boulder, Colorado, December, 1903-1904. Married Miss Mary Brock in 1884.
Doctor Silas Hubbard was born in Mayville, Chautauqua county, Ver- mont, May 1, 1821. Graduated from Castleton Medical College, Castleton, Vermont, in 1842. Located in Buffalo, New York, 1842-1855. Practiced in Bloomington, Illinois, from 1855-58, and in Hudson, Illinois, from
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1858-1900, when he moved to East Aurora, New York, where he con- tinues in practice (1904). Married Miss Julia F. Read of Buffalo, New York.
Doctor M. D. Hull was born in Salem, Marion county, Illinois, September 20, 1851. Graduated in medicine at Louisville Medical College in 1876. Practiced in Salem in partnership with Dr. J. A. Davenport till the fall of 1877. Moved from Salem to Arrowsmith, McLean county, Illinois, in October, 1877, and remained there in practice till January, 1894, when he moved to Bloomington, Illinois, and has since then practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Died September 8, 1921.
Doctor Eliza J. Hyndman was born September 3, 1849, in Coatsburg, Adam county, Illinois. Graduated from Northwestern University Med- ical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1897. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1897, where she still continues in practice (1904). (Deceased).
Doctor F. O. Jackman was born October 23, 1858, at Norwalk, Ohio. Graduated from Northwestern University Medical College, Chicago, Ill., March 29, 1887. Located in Topeka, Kansas; Jacksonville, Illinois, and Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. The doctor served on the staff of physicians in the Insane Asylum of these places. Unmarried. Died May 30, 1932.
Doctor E. B. Johnson was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1830. Grad- uated in Louisville, Kentucky, 1851. Located in Georgetown, Kentucky, after leaving college, thence to Atlanta and McLean, Illinois, where he died, 1884. Married Miss Jennie Keens.
Doctor Albert Gallatin Jones was born December 21, 1827, in West Newton, Pa. Graduated from Chicago Medical College, now North- western University Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1862. After graduating, located in Farmington, Illinois; Menlo, Guthrie county, Iowa; and Lexington, Illinois, where he now resides (1904). November 25, 1851, married Miss Isabella McCoy, of Wayne county, Ohio.
Doctor N. F. Jordan was born in Tollesboro, Kentucky, May 18, 1863. Graduated at Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1883. Located in Tollesboro, Kentucky, 1887; Mansfield. Illinois, 1887-8; and Blooming- ton, Illinois, in 1888, until his death, December 28, 1903. Married Miss Wallingfred.
Doctor A. F. Kaeser was born December 9, 1878, at Highlands, Illinois. Graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, Session of 1901. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1901-1904. Died Jan. 30, 1940.
Doctor L. S. Keith was born January 16, 1858, in Lebanon, Indiana. Grad- uated at Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1887. Located in Congerville, Illinois, 1889-96, and Towanda, Illinois, 1896 to present time (1904). Married Miss Carrie M. Merrill.
Doctor O. A. Kell was born in Salem, Illinois, 1871. Graduated from Barnes Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri, 1887. Located in Danvers, McLean county, Illinois, 1898-1901, and Kankakee Hospital for Insane, 1901-1904.
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Doctor S. L. Kerr was born August 11, 1823, in Washington county, Pa. Examination by State Board of Health. Located in East Liberty, Allin county, Indiana, May, 1850, where he remained until the spring of 1856, removing to Kappa, Illinois, April, 1857. Located in El Paso, Woodford county, Illinois, where he continued in practice until his death, in 18 - - .
Doctor T. W. Keys was born January 18, 1838, in Ireland. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Keokuk Medical College, Iowa, February 25, 1879. Located in Leroy, Illinois, June, 1869, where he has been prac- ticing medicine continuously ever since - thirty-five years. He married Miss Jennie Magill at Lexington, Illinois, October 8, 1865. (Deceased).
Doctor William J. Kirk was born October 27, 1833, in Simpsonville, Kentucky. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Louisville College of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, 1853. Located in Atlanta, Illinois, 1855, where he practiced until his death, March 25, 1887. His first wife Marie Verder, who died in 1865; his second, Olive J. Morris, whom he married in 1870, still survives.
Doctor M. S. Kopf was born in Paris, France, - -. Served in the French army in Algiers, Africa - Time Limit. Settled in Freeberg, Illinois, in 1851. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1867, where he practiced until his death, 1887. Married Miss Elizabeth Weis.
Doctor J. E. Kunkler was born December 16, 1866, in Eureka, Illinois. Graduated at Physio-Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1896. Located in Chicago, Illinois in 1897-98 and Bloomington, Illinois, 1898, to present time (1904). Married
Doctor James S. Lackey was born March 14, 1836, in Richmond, Ken- tucky. Married Miss Sallie Didlake, November 9, 1858. Graduated from Chicago Medical College, March 6, 1864. Practiced at Towanda, Illinois, until 1867. Spent one year at Augusta, Woodford county, Arkansas. Located in Stanford, McLean county, Illinois, 1868, where he remained until 1871, when he removed to Normal, Illinois, where he practiced until 1880, returning to Stanford, Illinois, where he continued in practice until 1899, when he retired and removed to Astoria, Oregon, where he died August 16, 1903, and was cremated. First wife died in Normal, Illinois, September 26, 1879. Second wife was Mrs. Madaline Nafziger.
Doctor R. G. Laughlin was born in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary, 1827. Graduated in University of New York, 1850. Practiced medicine in New Metamora, Washington county, Ohio, 1850-56, when he located in Heyworth, McLean county, Illinois. In 1862, he entered the Union army as Major of 94th regiment volunteers. Was promoted to Lieut. in 94th Reg. I. V. I. Received an honorable commission as Col. of the Illinois Volunteers from Governor and subsequently breveted Col. and Brigadier General by the President of the United States. Dur- ing last year of service he was Inspector General of the 13th Army Corps. In 1866 he returned to Heyworth, Illinois, and resumed the prac- tice of medicine. February, 1871, he located in Bloomington, Illinois, where, after several years of practice, he died about 1881. He was seventeenth President of the McLean County Medical Society. Married Miss - - Turner.
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Doctor Julius Lehman was born in Dresden, Saxony, 1826. Attended lectures three years at University of Prague and graduated at Uni- versity of Leipsic, 1850. Practiced in Sandusky City, Ohio; Bellevue, Ohio; Terre Haute, Indiana; and Bloomington, Illinois, 1883. He finally moved to Stanford, McLean county, Illinois, where he engaged in the drug business. Married -
Doctor Jehu Little was born in Washington county, Indiana, October 6, 1833. He received his education in the common schools and in Marshall College, Marshall, Illinois, and in the State Normal University, Normal, Illinois. He received his medical education in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, in Long Island Hospital Medical College, Brook- lyn, New York, and in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania. Of the two latter he is a graduate. He was wardmaster of the hospital of the 33rd Illinois Vol. Inf. from October 3, 1861, till January 3, 1862; was Hospital Steward in the regular army from October 9, 1862, until January 12, 1863; was Assistant Surgeon of the 26th Mo. Vol. Inf., from January 12, 1863, until October 27, 1864, and Surgeon of the 110th U. S. Vol. Inf., from September 5, 1865 until February 6, 1866. He was detailed July 16th, 1864, to stay with the wounded soldiers after the three days' battles around Tupelo, Mississippi, and fell into the hands of the enemy and was held as a prisoner of war, but was released at Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, in September, 1864. He practiced medicine at Leroy, McLean county, Illinois, from July, 1866, until No- vember, 1876, and in Bloomington, Illinois, from May, 1877, to December, 1904. He was Secretary of the McLean County Medical Society from 1878, until 1880, was President of same in 1886, and Treasurer of same in 1896 and 1897. He has been a member of the McLean County Medical Society since April, 1866, of the Illinois State Medical Society since May, 1866, and of the American Medical Association since June, 1882. He was married to Miss Helen M. Humiston, February 7, 1867, at Sharon, Henry county, Illinois. (Deceased) .
Doctor A. H. Luce was born February 28, 1816, in Wayne county, New York. Graduated from Geneva Medical College, New York, in 1842. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, the same year he graduated and con- tinued in practice, with the exception of one year in Leroy, Illinois, until his death, September 5, 1893. He was one of the charter members of the McLean County Medical Society, and its first President, also its fourteenth. In 1864, he was elected President of the Illinois State Medical Association. Dr. A. H. Luce was one of the substantial mem- bers of the medical profession, rather retiring in disposition, scorning anything like display to attract attention. For years he was the prin- cipal surgeon of McLean county, in fact was at the head of the profession as consulting physician. He was also a member of St. Joseph's Hospital Medical staff. For several years previous to his death, he was physically unable to meet all demands for his professional services. His death was universally regretted by the general public and particularly the medical profession in county and state. His first wife Miss Lucy Parke and his second wife Miss Lucinda Dawson:
Doctor Hiram C. Luce was born December 26, 1839, in Erie county, Pennsylvania. Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1860. He spent one year in Missouri, entered the U.S.A. 1861 as Assist- ant Surgeon, 4th Illinois Cavalry, promoted to Surgeon in 1863. Was
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honorably mustered out of the service at the close of the war and re- turned to Bloomington, Illinois, where he continued to practice until 1874, at which time he removed to Indianapolis, Indiana, and retired from practice. He was elected thirteenth President of McLean County Medical Society. He returned to Bloomington, Illinois, and died February 27, 1888. Was a member of the John A. Logan Post 146, G. A. R. Mar- ried Miss E. Hanna, March 16, 1870, at Attica, Indiana.
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