History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . s only five years of age when his parents came to thiscounty. He was given a good common school education and at the age whenmost boys of today are in school, he enlisted in the local military companywhich was being raised in his county. Although he was only sixteen yearsof age when the Civil War opened, his excess of patriotic zeal made up forhis lack of years, and as soon as the opportunity offered itself he enlisted inCompany A, One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment Indiana VolunteerInfantry, and served out his t
History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . s only five years of age when his parents came to thiscounty. He was given a good common school education and at the age whenmost boys of today are in school, he enlisted in the local military companywhich was being raised in his county. Although he was only sixteen yearsof age when the Civil War opened, his excess of patriotic zeal made up forhis lack of years, and as soon as the opportunity offered itself he enlisted inCompany A, One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment Indiana VolunteerInfantry, and served out his term of enlistment. As soon as he came backfrom the front he began the study of medicine in the office of Drs. R. and L. H. Kennedy at Belleville and later enrolled as a student inRush Medical College of Chicago. He was compelled to borrow the moneywith which to pay his school expenses, and for this he paid twelve per cent,compound interest. In the spring of 1868 he began the practice of medicinenear Bloomington, Indiana, but remained there only about a year. On March. -? r-t^/z^a^^s ^^v-^ .-vy^
Size: 1364px × 1831px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidhistoryofhendric01hadl
