. A group of distinguished physicians and surgeons of Chicago; a collection of biographical sketches of many of the eminent representatives, past and present, of the medical profession of Chicago. 7. Until he had reached the age of fifteen years his only educa-tional advantages were those afforded by the poorly taught, meagerlv equip-ped country schools of three-quarters of a century ago. He had scarcelypassed his seventeenth birthday when he resolved to follow the course oi emi-gration and woo fortune in the West. Fayette county, Indiana, was his firstobjective point, and there he made his ho
. A group of distinguished physicians and surgeons of Chicago; a collection of biographical sketches of many of the eminent representatives, past and present, of the medical profession of Chicago. 7. Until he had reached the age of fifteen years his only educa-tional advantages were those afforded by the poorly taught, meagerlv equip-ped country schools of three-quarters of a century ago. He had scarcelypassed his seventeenth birthday when he resolved to follow the course oi emi-gration and woo fortune in the West. Fayette county, Indiana, was his firstobjective point, and there he made his home with Absalom Manlove and hiswife, to whom he was related by ties of consanguinity. Mrs. Manlove (neeMary Rea), being his cousin. They were endowed with innate nobility ofcharacter, and their assistance and encouragement proved of inestimableworth to their young kinsman. In later years he led their daughter. PermeliaMellie, to the altar, and throughout his long and useful life, and when honorswere heaped high upon his head, he never failed to recognize the prominentpart in his career which was played by her unselfish devotion, her lovingsympathy, her wise counsels and her practical
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