. Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Brown, Kewaunee and Door, Wisconsin . eived a liberal educational sixteen years old he commencedthe study of medicine, which he prose-cuted till the breaking out of the war ofthe Rebellion, when he entered the navalservice as surgeons assistant, remainingas such some four years, during whichperiod he was twice wounded while in theperformance of his duties. After the warhe resumed his medical studies, and ongraduating practiced in Chicago, 111.,later in Marquette, Wis., in 1870 comingto Sturgeon Bay, where he soon suc-ceeded i
. Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Brown, Kewaunee and Door, Wisconsin . eived a liberal educational sixteen years old he commencedthe study of medicine, which he prose-cuted till the breaking out of the war ofthe Rebellion, when he entered the navalservice as surgeons assistant, remainingas such some four years, during whichperiod he was twice wounded while in theperformance of his duties. After the warhe resumed his medical studies, and ongraduating practiced in Chicago, 111.,later in Marquette, Wis., in 1870 comingto Sturgeon Bay, where he soon suc-ceeded in building up a large and lucra-tive practice, and by his energy, sagacityand progressiveness became one of theforemost promoters of the welfare andimportance of the city. In 1875 hebought out McKinneys drug store, andthereafter devoted much of his time tothat business, as well as to his officepractice. In 1880 he bought the farm atCircle Ridge, built a dock there and con-verted it into a busy shipping place, giv-ing employment to a large number ofhands in the winter seasons, getting out. A. MacEacham, M, D. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 5S1 cedar. The Doctor died March 21, 18S4,at Brooksville, Fla., whither he had goneto purchase a winter home, and from anissue of a Sturgeon Bay paper of aboutthat date we glean the following: Hisdeath was a public loss, a temporarywound to the prosperity of Sturgeon Bay,and the principal business men felt thatone of the business props of the placehad been broken down. Probably one ofthe largest funeral processions ever seenon the peninsula followed his remains toBayside Cemetery. People from all partsof the county were there to show theirrespect and esteem for the departed, andit is safe to say that there was notanother person in the community moreuniversally beloved by the people in gen-eral than the deceased. * * * As a practi-tioner, he won the confidence and love ofall who employed him, and although whenestablished in the drug busines
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