Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . nough County. 111., was bornin Mound Township, this county. June IS, son of Henry and Catherine (Barber) Havens,natives respectively of New Jersey and Penn-sylvania, whose biographical record appearsin another i)lace in this volume. The this sketch grew up on a farm and attendedthe public schools of his neighborhood, receiv-ing his higher education at the Western Nor-mal at Bushnell. and the Northern IndianaNormal, at Valparaiso, Ind. In early manhoodhe pursued a course of study at Rush Med-ical College, Chicago, from which he was gra
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . nough County. 111., was bornin Mound Township, this county. June IS, son of Henry and Catherine (Barber) Havens,natives respectively of New Jersey and Penn-sylvania, whose biographical record appearsin another i)lace in this volume. The this sketch grew up on a farm and attendedthe public schools of his neighborhood, receiv-ing his higher education at the Western Nor-mal at Bushnell. and the Northern IndianaNormal, at Valparaiso, Ind. In early manhoodhe pursued a course of study at Rush Med-ical College, Chicago, from which he was grad-uated with the degree of M. D. in June, 1901,and in September of that year came to NewPhiladelphia and began practice, having beenlocated there ever since. He has already builtup a large practice which extends for milesthrough the surrounding country. Dr. Havensis credited with possessing those qualities ofhead and heart which assure him a successfulcareer in his chosen profession. He is fri-ternally associated with the I. O. O. F. and. H. S. LEIGHTY HISTORY OF McDONOU(.H COUNTY. 901 the M. \V. of A., and pnifcssionally is a mem-ber of the State and County Medical Societiesand the American Medical Association. HAVENS, Henry, ho has been ;ed infarmins in .Mound Township, McDonough Coun-ty. HI., nearly forty years, was born in War-ren County, .\. J., January 3, 1S2S. a son of\Villiani and Sarah (Nulton) Havens, of whomthe former was a native of New ,Iersey andthe latter of Pennsylvania. Henry Havensenjoyed somewhat the advantages of the pub-lic schools in the State of his birth, and theregrew up to mature years. On February 4, 1S54,he came to McDonougn County, and after re-maining there one year purchased a tract ofland a mile east of Bushnell. on which he ap-plied himself to farming. This land he soldin 186S, and moved to Mound Township, wherehe bought ICO acres of land on the FultonCounty line. Subsequently he purchased 260acres in Harris Township, Fulton County. Healso
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