Biographical history of the members of the McLean County Medical Society of Illinois : one hundredth anniversary edition, Part 4

Author: McLean County Medical Society
Publication date: 1954
Publisher: Bloomington, Ill. : The Society
Number of Pages: 214


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Doctor Ferd C. McCormick was born September 17, 1874, in Normal, Illinois. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Northwestern Uni- versity Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, 1899. Located in Normal, Illi- nois, in 1899, and practiced there until 1903, when he located in Port Huron, Michigan. He later returned to Normal, Illinois, where he has been in practice the past thirty years. He is a member of the McLean County, and Illinois State Medical Societies. He did post-graduate work at the University of Michigan. He married Miss Estelle Baker, October 2, 1901. Died in 1945.


Doctor Nelson K. McCormick was born September 30, 1862, in Normal, Illinois. Graduated from Chicago Medical College, 1888. Located in Normal, Illinois, 1889, where he continues in practice. Is physician to Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home, at Normal, at present time (1904). Married Miss Mary Sudduth, of Normal, Illinois. Died July 26, 1919.


Doctor D. H. McFarland was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1831. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1870. Located in Heyworth, Illinois. Married on June 22, 1859, Mişs N. Dussen, of Franklin, Indiana, who was born in 1840 and died at her home in Heyworth, June 5, 1891. Dr. McFarland is still in practice, especially amongst his old friends and patrons who loathe to give him up.


Doctor William McIntosh was born October 3, 1865, in Mississippi. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Barnes Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri, session of 1894-5. August, 1896, he located in Anchor, McLean county, Illinois, where he continues to practice (1904). Married Miss Pearl E. Morris. Deceased.


Doctor John F. Mckenzie was born December 27, 1842, in Christian county, Kentucky. Attended lectures of 1872-3-4 at Louisville Medical College, Kentucky, graduating at latter session. Practiced in Bennetts- ville (?), Christian county, Kentucky, until November, 1874, when he removed to Bloomington, Illinois, where he practiced two years. He then located in Leroy, Illinois, practicing his profession until his death, April 15, 1896. Married Miss Mary Louise Dulcant.


Doctor Ernest Mammen was born September 22, 1855, in Oldenburg, North Germany; emigrated with his parents to Woodford county, Illi- nois, 1864. Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1884. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1884. County Physician, 1890, and served three (3) years. Studied in Berlin, Germany, one year, 1893-4, with Von Bergman, and others. He is a surgeon for the C. C. C. & St. L. R. R., and the B. & N. R. R. at present time (1904). Has been connected from its beginning with medical staff of Brokaw Hospital. Married Miss Sarah Melinda Parks. Dr. Mammen did first operation for radical cure of inguinal hernia and cholelithiasis in McLean county. He was appointed by President Wilson as the examining physician on


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the local war board to serve during the World War. He taught surgical diagnosis in St. John's University, Shanghai, China, 1923-24. Died in 1937.


Doctor George W. Mason was born August 8, 1850, at Polo, Illinois. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Chicago Medical College, March 3, 1880. He was valedictorian of his class. He served one year as interne in Mercy Hospital, Chicago, and then located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1882. Married Miss Jennis Rudd, of Little Rock, Arkansas. Died October 8, 1887. A few days previous to his death he was called to perform intubation on two children, suffering from diphtheria and con- tracted the disease, from which he died. He was a member of the medical staff of St. Joseph's Hospital.


Doctor A. W. Meyer was born in Bloomington, Illinois, December 13, 1869. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1897. Lo- cated in Bloomington, Illinois, 1897, where he is still in regular practice. He was Health Commissioner at Bloomington for nine years. He is a member of the McLean County, Illinois State, A. M. A., and American Association for the study of Goiter. Unmarried. Died 1947; cause - cardio-renal.


Doctor James F. Meyers was born December 29, 1856, at Luray, Licking county, Ohio. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, March 20, 1883. Dr. Meyers practiced medi- cine in Farmer City, Saybrook, and Rock Island, Illinois. He is now (1904) in active practice in the latter city. He holds the position of "Supreme Medical Director of the Court of Honor, Rock Island, Illinois." Married Miss Sarah Jane Johnson.


Doctor J. M. Miller was born in Richmond, Kentucky, - - . Graduated in Louisville, Kentucky, - - . Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1880. Died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Bloomington, Illinois, October, 1902.


Doctor Frank J. Mittan was born April 13, 1865, in DeWitt, Dewitt county, Illinois. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, class of 1891. Practiced in Colfax, Illinois from May 1, 1891, to Sep- tember, 1902, and at Decatur, Illinois, from August 1, 1903, to present time (1904). Married Miss Emma L. Butcher.


Doctor James Montgomery was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, August 28, 1837. Emigrated-to the United States of America, 1856. Commenced study of medicine 1861, when he entered the United States army as a private, Company F, 94th Illinois Volunteers. Was detailed to perform the duties of hospital Steward of regiment. In 1863, was appointed Steward of General Hospital at Brownville, Texas, in which position he studied medicine under Dr. E. A. Carothers, surgeon in charge. In 1864, he passed an examination before the regular examining board of the army at New Orleans, where he was appointed assistant to Med- ical Purveyors department of the Gulf, which he held until the close of the war. Upon returning to Bloomington, he read medicine in Dr. William Hill's office for two years and practiced at Downs, McLean county, Illinois, from 1868 until 1887, when he located in Bloomington, Illinois, where he died January 4, 1888.


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Doctor D. O. Moore was born in Cadiz, Ohio, August 21, 1838. Studied at Electic Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1850. Certificate from State Board (10 year limit). Located in Bloomington, IIlinois, 1863, and continued in practice until his death, March 15, 1901. Married Miss Elizabeth Wakefield. (Deceased).


Doctor John P. Moore was born in Womelsdorf, Berks county, Pennsyl- vania, August, 1847. Took first course in medicine at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, 1867. Second course at University of Penn- sylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he graduated March, 1869. Practiced with his father from 1869-71. Later located in Osborn City, Kansas, where he practiced until 1872. In 1874, he located in Bloom- ington, Illinois. After a few years, he left Bloomington for the West - some point in Oregon or California, where he was reported shipwrecked and drowned.


Doctor Thomas R. Mullen was born 1868, in Woodford, County Galway, Ireland. Graduated from Creighton Medical College, Omaha, Nebraska, 1896. Was house physician at Douglas County Hospital, Omaha, eighteen (18) months. In 1901, he spent six months in Dublin, Ireland, and Lon- don, England, hospitals. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, January 1, 1898, where he has been in active practice up to the present time (1904). Was a member of St. Joseph's Hospital staff. Married Miss Margaret Carrol, of Omaha, Nebraska, 1899. Died at Omaha, Nebraska, April 29, 1941.


Doctor Charles Menaphe Noble was born near Heyworth, Illinois, De- cember 16, 1850. He read medicine with Dr. W. T. Pollock at Heyworth. Graduated in medicine from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1876. Began the practice of medicine in McLean, Illinois, where he continued to practice for twenty-two years. On Feb- ruary 25, 1898, he removed to Bloomington, where he continues in the practice of his profession. Married Miss Minnie Stevenson June 1, 1876 (1905). (Deceased.)


Doctor Harrison Noble was born March 6, 1812, in Hamilton county, Ohio, about sixteen miles from Cincinnati. He read medicine one sum- mer at home and attended Ohio Medical College the fall of 1816 and received his diploma the following spring in 1847. In 1851 Rush Med- ical College of Chicago conferred on him an honorary diploma and degree of Doctor of Medicine. He came to Illinois in 1832 and settled on a farm one and one-fourth miles north of Heyworth, Illinois, where he resided until his death. He was one of the charter members of the McLean County Medical Society and served the Society as its President in 1856. He was president of the Illinois State Medical Society in 1856. He was a member of the Illinois Legislature in 1864-65. He married Miss Abbie Cook, March 21, 1833, who died January 2, 1845. In April, 1848, he married Mrs. Jane E. Marmon. Dr. Noble died August 12, 1870.


Doctor Joseph Price Noble was born July 5, 1868, at Heyworth, Illinois. Graduated in medicine and surgery April 25, 1893, at Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago. Married Miss Mary E. Wakefield June 1, 1893. Located in McLean, Illinois, where he has been practicing since graduation (1905). (Deceased).


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Doctor Robert Avery Noble was born April 16, 1877, in McLean, Illinois. Graduated from Northwestern University Medical School, June 18, 1901. Served as interne in Chicago Hospital and Assistant Instructor in Anatomy and Operative Surgery at Post-Graduate Hospital for two years. Located in Bloomington in 1903, where he continues in practice. Married Eleanor Goodman, May 14, 1903 (1905). (Deceased).


Doctor Stephen Wood Noble was born March 9, 1826, in North Bend, Hamilton county, Ohio. Graduated from the Ohio Medical College, Cin- cinnati, in 1848, and at once began the practice of his profession in Le- Roy, Illinois, in partnership with Dr. Cheney. After practicing in LeRoy seventeen years he moved to Bloomington in January, 1865, where he continued to practice until his last illness. He was a charter member of the McLean County Medical Society and served the society as its President in 1858, 1866 and 1868. He married Miss Amanda M. Green- man, February 21, 1854. He died March 14, 1871.


Doctor D. H. Nusbaum was born October 30, 1856, in Ontario, Ohio. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Western Reserve Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio, 1855, and Jefferson Medical College, Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania, 1888. Post Graduate course John Hopkins, 1899. Located in Cullom, Illinois, 1885-93, and Bloomington, Illinois, 1893-1903. At present time (1904) he is located at Storm Lake, Iowa. Was a mem- ber of St. Joseph's Hospital staff. Married


Doctor C. T. Orner was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, 1846. Graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1867. Lo- cated in Saybrook, Illinois, 1871-84, and Bloomington, Illinois, 1884 to present time (1904). Married Miss - - Carothers; second wife, Miss Edith J. Warren. (Deceased).


Doctor Charles Ross Parke was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, June 25, 1823. Attended three (3) courses of medical lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating at session of 1846-7. In 1847 located at Concordville, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. In 1848 moved west and located at Como, Whiteside county, Illinois, where he practiced until spring of 1849, when he ac- cepted the position of Surgeon to the Como Company en route overland to California. Fall of 1850 he practiced in Sacramento City. Returned to Illinois via Central America and located near Peoria, Illinois, where he practiced until August 1, 1852 - one year - when he moved to Bloomington, Illinois. In 1855, he accepted an appointment as surgeon in the Russian army, and was assigned to duty in Hospital at Simpher- opol, Crimea. After peace was declared, he was assigned to duty at the "Holy City" of Kiev. After two months in Kiev, he resigned his com- mission and returned home, spending some time in Berlin, Paris and London, arriving. in Bloomington, 1857. Was Surgeon in Chief St. Joseph's Hospital, Bloomington, Illinois, for twenty (20) years. Was charter member of McLean County Medical Society and eighth President, member Board of Pension Examiners during Cleveland's second admin- istration. Retired from practice December, 1902, and moved to Louis- ville, Kentucky. Married Mrs. Lucy Didlake Keith. (Deceased).


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Doctor F. J. Parkhurst was born in Jefferson county, Wisconsin, Graduated from Chicago Medical College 1880, at head of class. Located in Danvers, McLean county, Illinois, 1880, where he enjoys a lucrative practice. He is a member of the American Medical Association, Illinois State Medical Society, as well as the McLean County Medical Society. Married Miss - - Abbott. Died September 19, 1915 or 16.


Doctor Harvey Parkhurst was born in Sharon, Windsor county, Vermont, February 20, 1823. Attended one course of medical lectures in Wood- stock, Vermont, one in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and one in Buffalo, New York, where he graduated session of 1850-51, February 25. Prac- ticed in Prairieville, Berry county, Michigan. Located in Danvers, McLean county, Illinois, 1850, where he practiced until his death, January 6, 1902. Married Miss - -


Doctor William Patch was born March 23, 1860, at Kingsville, Ohio. Graduated February 15, 1885, at Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Located in Ellsworth, Illinois, 1890-95; Stanford, Illinois, 1895 to 1900, and Henry, Illinois, 1900 to present time (1904). Married Lina Laiker.


Doctor A. R. Penniman was born June 20, 1864, at North Bloomfield, Ohio. Graduated, 1895, from National Medical College, Washington, D. C. Located in practice at Carrollton, Illinois from June, 1895, to 1899, and Stanford, Illinois, from 1899 to present time (1904). Married Miss Debby Leach, of Jerseyville, Illinois.


Doctor J. R. Pierce was born in Champaign county, Ohio, February, 1834. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1858, and entered upon the practice of medicine and surgery at Danvers, McLean county, Illinois, immediately upon graduation. In 1862, he entered the Medical Department of United States Army and in 1863 was commissioned Surgeon of the 56th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Died in Vicks- burg, Mississippi, of pernicious intermittent fever. Dr. Pierce was a young man of unusual promise, and his untimely death was deeply regretted by those who know him best.


Doctor W. L. Pollock was born May 4, 1850, in Logan City, Ohio. Grad- uated, 1871, at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Practiced in Normal, Illinois, from 1871-73, moved to Heyworth, McLean county, Illinois, thence to Englewood, Illniois; 1894 to Boone county, Iowa, and at present, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Married Miss Lettie Bingham.


Doctor J. W. Read was born October 17, 1837, in Batavia, New York. Graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, 1867. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1867, where he continued in practice until 1868, and from 1868 to 1870 at Colfax, Illinois. 1870 he located in Newark, New Jersey. Has not been heard from since 1875, then in Newark. Was Secretary of the McLean County Medical Society, 1868.


Doctor Ernest S. Reedy was born February 3, 1872, at Metamora, Wood- ford county, Illinois. Graduated at Marion Sims Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri, 1898. Located in Colorado City, Colorado, May, 1898, and Bloomington, Illinois, 1899, where he continues in practice (1904). Married Miss Josephine Ator.


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Doctor W. H. Reedy was born February 14, 1848, in Clairfield county, Pennsylvania. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1876. Practiced before graduating. Located in Towanda, Illinois, 1874. Married Miss Sarah J. Slemmons.


Doctor E. R. Roe was born in Lebanon, Ohio, June, 1813. Graduated at Louisville Medical College, 1841. Practiced at Dayton, Ohio, 1836-7, thence to Anderson, Indiana, 1840, then 1840 to Shawneetown, Illinois, then 1849-52 at Jacksonville, Illinois, 1852-61, Bloomington, Illinois, thence into Army as Lieut. Col. Regiment Illinois Volunteers. After the war he was appointed U. S. Marshall Southern District of Illinois, headquarters at Springfield, Illinois. Was twice president of McLean County Medical Society, 1856 and 1861.


Doctor A. E. Rogers was born May 24, 1870, in McLean county, Illinois. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1897. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1897, where he continues in practice (1904). Mar- ried Miss Sadie Paul, of Stanford, Illinois.


Doctor Thomas P. Rogers was born in 1812. Graduated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located in Washington, Woodford county, Illinois, and in Bloomington, Illinois 1850. Dr. Rogers was one of the charter members of the McLean County Medical Society and its first Treasurer. He was a member of the Illinois Legislature (House), session 1872 to 1880 - 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st. Married Callie Burhans. Died -


Doctor E. E. Sargent was born August 19, 1868, at Higginsport, Ohio. Graduated from Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1893. Lo- cated in Leroy, McLean county, Illinois, 1893, where he still continues in practice (1904). He was a member of the A. M. A., Illinois State, and I. C. R. R. Surgeons. He did post-graduate work at New York, Phila- delphia and Chicago. He married Miss Nellie R. Sidels in 1896. He died February, 1934.


Doctor Charles C. Sater was born in Franklin county, Indiana, October 10, 1840. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Miami Medical Col- lege, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1872. Same year married Miss Helen M. Mc- Caughey. Was three (3) years in Union Army, Company B, 19th Ind. Vol., 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps (Iron Brigade). Was severely wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. After the war he located in Hud- son, Illinois. Was Pension Examiner in Bloomington, Illinois, last two years of President Cleveland's first administration. Was Assistant Physi- cian for the Insane at Jacksonville, Ill., 1893-4-5-6. Since leaving Jack- sonville, Illinois, has been located in Atlanta, Ill.


Doctor Mrs. E. A. Shaw was born - - . Graduated - Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 18 - - . Was President of the McLean County Medical Society, 1877. Present location unknown.


Doctor R. W. Shinn was born July 11, 1850, at Bethel, Illinois. Grad- uated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1879. Located at Fielding, Illinois, 1879 to 1883 and Chenoa, Illinois, 1884 to present time (1904). Married Miss Elizabeth Watkins.


Doctor L. H. Skaggs was born in Monroe county, Virginia, October 13, 1835. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Rush Medical College,


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Chicago, Illinois, 1863. Located in Ellsworth, Illinois, in 1872. Served as Assistant Surgeon, 94th Regiment, Illinois Vol. Infantry during rebellion, 1863 to 1865. After the war, he returned to Ellsworth, McLean county, Illinois, where he is now practicing his profession. Married Miss Ella Henton.


Doctor G. M. Smith was born in Plymouth, Washington county, Ohio, January 21, 1845. Graduated in medicine and surgery in Cleveland Medical College, Ohio, 1869. In 1882, post-graduate course in Cincinnati and also in Chicago, Illinois, 1886. In 1869, located in N. Lewisburg, Ohio, and in 1883, Bloomington, Illinois. Married Miss Levina E. Hol- lingsworth in 1870. Was Mayor of Bloomington, Illinois, 1894. Died November 17, 1896, in Bloomington, Illinois.


Doctor George R. Smith was born August 21, 1859, in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from the Chicago Medical College, 1887. Located in Bloomington in 1887, where he continues in practice (1904). Was mem- ber of U. S. Pension Board of Examiners in Bloomington, Illinois, during President Cleveland's second administration. Also a member of medical staff of St. Joseph's Hospital. Married Miss Clara Carlton.


Doctor J. Whitefield Smith was born September 9, 1863, in Pike county, Illinois. Graduated from Keokuk Medical College, Iowa, in 1891. Located in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, 1891-5. Was superintendent of the Illinois Asylum for Feeble Minded Children, Lincoln, Illinois, 1895-97. Attended course in ophthalmology in Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital and courses at the University of Cambridge in England in 1897. Located in Blooming- ton, Illinois, 1897, making specialty of diseases of the eye and ear. Was member of surgical staff of Brokaw Hospital since 1898; on staff of St. Joseph's Hospital for ten years, later serving as consulting surgeon. In 1909 and 1913 received diplomas from Drake University and Iowa State University Medical Schools; given honorary degree of doctor of laws by Blackburn University, 1916. Was oculist and aurist for Alton Railroad for several years; eye and ear specialist at the Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Normal, Illinois; president of McLean County Medical Society in 1902-03. He was a member of McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., Fellow of American College of Surgeons, and American Association of Railway Surgeons. He married Miss Florence Anabel Hillyer in 1887 (deceased) ; one son - Bernard; married Mrs. Hester B. Williams, April 12, 1923. He died November 19, 1939; cause, heart disease.


Doctor Lee Smith was born in Hudson, McLean county, Illinois, May 8, 1832. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1856, locating in Bloomington, Illinois, where he is still practicing his profes- sion (1904). During winter of 1862-3 was in General Hospital in Washington, D. C. as contract surgeon. Dr. Smith has been an active, energetic practitioner, neither weather nor patient's inability to remun- erate, deterred him from performing his professional duties. For years, he was a valuable member of the medical staff of St. Joseph's Hospital, in Bloomington, Illinois. He was twenty-sixth President of McLean County Medical Society. Married Miss Elizabeth Rogers. (Deceased).


Doctor L. E. Spear was born May 19, 1841, in Cape Vincent, New York. Graduated from Medical Department University of Michigan, March 31,


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1869. Located in Niles, Michigan, - - and Shirley, Illinois, 1881 to date (1904). Married Miss Ella Hart. Dr. Spear served on Board of U. S. Pension Examiners 1889 to 1893, during President Harrison's admin- istration.


Doctor E. T. Stahl was born April, 1836, at Mt. Pella, Somerset county, Pennsylvania. Was in the Union Army from 1861 to August 1865. Served as Hospital Steward, 11th Regiment, Indiana Vol. ten months in 1863, and Captain of Company G., U. S. C. Infantry, November, 1863-5. He attended course of medical lectures at University of Mich- igan in 1872-3. Also regular course at Bellevue Hospital Medical Col- lege, New York City, 1873-4, graduating with the class. Practiced in Seymour, Illinois, from April to July, 1874, in Chicago, July, 1874 to March 1875; Bloomington, Illinois, March, 1875; Mackinaw, Illinois, 1887, where he died, September 25, 1887.


Doctor J. H. Stein was born March 1, 1851, in St. Louis, Missouri. Grad- uated from Pope or Dr. McDowell's Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri, 1875. Located in St. Louis, Missouri, 1875 to 1877; Bloomington, Illinois, 1878 to 1882; and Mackinaw, Illinois, 1892 until present time (1904) Married -


Doctor S. L. Stevens was born November 12, 1874, in Bloomington, Illi- nois. Graduated May 20, 1902, from College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, Illinois. Located at Dalton City, Illinois, February 12, 1903, having been engaged in hospital work from time of graduation. Married Miss Vida E. Uppendake.


Doctor A. E. Stewart was born August 1, 1843, in Randolph Grove, McLean county, Illinois. Graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located in Randolph, McLean county, Illi- nois. Was Assistant Surgeon 94th Illinois Vol. Infantry during War of the Rebellion. Was a member of Illinois Legislature (House) two sessions - 1872-1876, 28th and 29th General Assembly. Married Miss Emily Stewart. Died in Bloomington, Illinois, April 4, 1899, respected and loved by all.


Doctor George W. Stipp was born January 27, 1799, Frederick county, Virginia. Was appointed one of eight Medical Inspector Generals, during the War of the Rebellion. Located in Xenia, Ohio - - ; Indianapolis, Indiana, - - ; Bloomington, Illinois, 1846. Was a charter member of the McLean County Medical Society. Married first, Mrs. Frances G. Reed of Xenia, Ohio. Second wife, Miss Sarah Harris, of Dayton, Ohio. He died August 22, 1879.


Doctor E. M. Stretch was born January 2, 1852, in McLean county, Illi- nois. Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1878. Located in Shirley, Illinois, 1878 to 1881. Died October 19, 1881. Married Miss Ellen Rogers.


Doctor Frank A. Stubblefield was born in Salem, Illinois, November 12, 1855. Graduated in medicine and surgery March 18, 1882, at Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri. Practiced seven (7) years in Green- field, Illinois; fourteen (14) years in El Paso, Illinois, and one year in Peoria, Illinois. Is now one of the physicians at Central Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville, Illinois. Married Miss Mary A. Montgomery, of Brighton, Illinois.




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