Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ..sketches of prominent ..citizens ..the governors of the state ..the presidents of the United States . ILLIAM H. BISSELL, Gov-ernor 1857-60, was born3 April 25, 1811, in the|HT State of New York, nearPainted Post, Yates ^ His parents were obscure,honest, God-fearing people,who reared their children under the dailyexample of industry and frugality, accord-ing to the custom of that class of Easternsociety. Mr. Bissell received a respecta-ble but not thorough academical assiduous applicatio
Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ..sketches of prominent ..citizens ..the governors of the state ..the presidents of the United States . ILLIAM H. BISSELL, Gov-ernor 1857-60, was born3 April 25, 1811, in the|HT State of New York, nearPainted Post, Yates ^ His parents were obscure,honest, God-fearing people,who reared their children under the dailyexample of industry and frugality, accord-ing to the custom of that class of Easternsociety. Mr. Bissell received a respecta-ble but not thorough academical assiduous application he acquired a-3%>^V knowledge of medicine, and in his earlymanhood came West and located in Mon-roe County, this State, where he engaged in thepractice of that profession. But he was not enam-ored of his calling: he was swayed by a broaderambition, to such an extent that the mysteries of thehealing art and its arduous duties failed to yield himfurther any charms. In a few years he discoveredhis i hoice of a profession to be a mistake, and whenlie approached the age of 30 he sought to beginanew. Dr. Bissell, no doubt unexpectedly to him-self, discovered a singular facility and c
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