. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . ion inThilips College at Exeter, New afterward went to Providence, RhodeIsland, where he completed a course in theUniversity grammar school, and he afterwardattended Scofield Business College, fromwhich he won a diploma on the 11th of Novem-ber, 1867. Determining to engage in the prac-tice of medicine as his life work, he enteredJefferson Medical College at Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, and was graduated witli theclass of ISC, lie was afterward appointed atrustee of the insane hospital at , where he remained from 1880


. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . ion inThilips College at Exeter, New afterward went to Providence, RhodeIsland, where he completed a course in theUniversity grammar school, and he afterwardattended Scofield Business College, fromwhich he won a diploma on the 11th of Novem-ber, 1867. Determining to engage in the prac-tice of medicine as his life work, he enteredJefferson Medical College at Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, and was graduated witli theclass of ISC, lie was afterward appointed atrustee of the insane hospital at , where he remained from 1880 to 1883,after which he was offered a position as assist-ant superintendent, hid declined. Enteringupon the active practice of medicine, he thereengaged in the prosecution of his professionfor a number of years, lie was appointed ajustice of the peace in Maine by GovernorDavis on the 5th of January. 1881, and on theCith of April. 1882, he was appointed examin-ing surgeon as a member of the pension hoard,lie located in Litchfield April 22, 1886. and. DK. C. W. JOHNSON LIBRARY OF 1HE UNIVERSITY 0/ ILLINOIS PAST AM) PEESENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTS 241 has since been a member of the profession here,active in practice and laboring with success inthe alleviation of human suffering. The pub-lic and the medical fraternity accord him highrank and bis acknowledged skill has won hima very liberal patronage. On the 7th of June, is; I. in Lubec, Maine,Dr. Johnson was united in marriage to MissAllie Ryerson, and unto them were born twochildren. Simeon Ryerson, the elder, is apracticing physician at Divernon, Illinois, andwas named in honor of bis maternal grand-father. He is a graduate of DePauw Uni-versity of Indiana, where he completed biscourse in 1895, and also of the University ofIllinois, completing a course in the medicaldepartment with the class of 1898. Theyounger child, a daughter, died when seventeenmonths old. In bis political views Dr. Johnson is a stal-wart Republican and keeps wel


Size: 1420px × 1760px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidpastpresento, bookyear1904