Campbell, Dr. Merritt Bates^{[1, 2]}

1843 - 1911  (68 years)

• Name	Campbell, Merritt Bates
  Title	Dr.
  Prefix	Dr.
  Nickname	MB
  Birth	29 Nov 1843	Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  	VT Vital Records: Name: Merritt Bates Campbell Gender: Male Birth Date: 29 Nov 1843 Birth Place: Williston, Vermont, USA Father Name: Alexander Campbell Mother Name: Alma ++++++++++++++ [From Alma Campbell's letter] Your grandfather, Merritt Bates Campbell was born at Williston, Vermont, November 29, 1843, the eldest of four children. He grew up in a Methodist parsonage, and was trained in the finest of New England culture and tradition. His heritage was not that of material wealth, but of the highest manners, morals and ethics. Plain living with high thinking was the precept and practice of this household.
  Gender	Male
  AFN	LWR2-N6D  [7]
  Birth	29 Nov 1843	Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  	VT Vital Records: Name: Merritt Bates Campbell Gender: Male Birth Date: 29 Nov 1843 Birth Place: Williston, Vermont, USA Father Name: Alexander Campbell Mother Name: Alma ++++++++++++++ [From Alma Campbell's letter] Your grandfather, Merritt Bates Campbell was born at Williston, Vermont, November 29, 1843, the eldest of four children. He grew up in a Methodist parsonage, and was trained in the finest of New England culture and tradition. His heritage was not that of material wealth, but of the highest manners, morals and ethics. Plain living with high thinking was the precept and practice of this household.
  Census	1850	Salem, Washington County, New York   [8]
  Census	2 Jul 1860	Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont   [6]
  Mil-Reg	Feb 1864	Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [9]
  	He served as a medical cadet in the US Army from Feb, 1864 until his discharge Dec 12, 1865, including time at hospitals in Readville, MA, and Manchester, NH.
  Grad from	1866	Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [10, 11, 12]
  	Address: Harvard Medical School
  	US School Catalog - he was a resident of Rutland, VT, while a student of Harvard [From Alma Campbell's letter] At the age of sixteen young Merritt was teaching school in a small town in Vermont, and spending all his spare time reading books borrowed from the old village doctor, this good man thought at first to forever discourage the young scientist, and started him with a long and dull treatise on the brain. But the youth was not to be discouraged, and after returning the book, and proving that he knew enough to talk about it, became an object of interest and was rewarded with more interesting ones, and many pleasant conversations. At nineteen he entered Harvard medical school and after one course of lectures became a medical cadet, and served for the remaining years of the Civil War in a base hospital near Boston. After finishing his medical course of two years, and receiving his diploma from Harvard, he became assistant to a practicing physician, but the restless pioneer spirit soon drove him westward, and his journey ended at Wilmington Illinois, a thriving country town.
  Residence	1873	Joliet, Will County, Illinois   [13]
  	[From Alma Campbell's letter] In 1873, the family moved a few miles north to the rapidly growing little city of Joliet where for fifteen years, in addition to his general practice, he was physician at the state penitentiary. Observations in this institution led to his first research work, he became much interested in the subject of crime, its cause and cure, and was led to believe that the primal cause was alcohol. He was an intense worker, both physical and mental, and felt that his health and strength were equal to any strain. During this period he sometimes kept at his work three days and nights without sleep.
  Occupation	1881	Joliet, Will County, Illinois   [14]
  	physician and surgeon
  	Address: Campbell's Block, Chicago at the corner of Van Buren
  Residence	Oct 1889	Claremont, Los Angeles County, California   [13]
  	Address: 1333 Mountain Avenue
  	[From Alma Campbell's letter] In the later eighties father's health began to fail, great overwork, both physical and mental, with nervous strain began to tell, and he developed trouble which demanded less strenuous work for a time. The winter of 1888-89 called for a visit to a warmer climate, and he and mother spent part of it in Mexico, where the accommodations were rather primitive, for tourist travel to Mexico was not developed very much at that time. The following fall father came to California by way of Panama, traveling across the isthmus on a little railway. His health greatly improved, he and mother came the following winter, at which time they bought the first orange grove set out in the San Gabriel valley, with trees brought from Italy by the owner Mr. Loop. This was near Claremont. The location was chosen because of the educational advantages offered by Pomona College, which was just started and had at that time only a preparatory school. Each year a college year was added and the first class was graduated in 1894. In the summer of 1891 the family moved to Claremont and took up their residence on the old ranch. During that year father bought and planted more land so that at one time he had nearly eighty acres of citrus trees.
  Occupation	1892	Patton, San Bernardino County, California   [13, 15]
  	founding Superintendent, until 1904,
  	Address: Patton State Hospital
  	[From Alma Campbell's letter] The following year however, he was appointed superintendent of the state hospital at Patton, which was then under construction. He held this position for twelve years, resigning in 1904. The family home was maintained on the ranch until 1902 and during this time from one to three children were always in preparatory school or college. Aunt Elizabeth Campbell, father's sister, lived with us on the ranch from 1895 or '96 until we moved at which time she went to live in Los Angeles. A house was built for the superintendent of the hospital that year and the home was moved to Patton in the spring. For the preceding ten years mother spent most of her time on the ranch but made frequent visits to Patton. Father, on the other hand, spent one day a week at home. During these years he worked hard and was confined closely. [From "Patton Remembered," pg. ii] A patchwork of six parcels of land totaling 360 acres and edging toward the foothills north of San Bernardino was selected in the spring of 1890 as the site for the fourth of California's mental hospitals, the Southern California Asylum for the Insane... [later the facility] was named the Southern California State Asylum for the Insane and Inebriates... The first building was completed in 1893. The asylum was declared open on August 1st and received first inmates on August 2nd. Dr. M. B. Campbell was the Medical Director. [From "Patton Remembered," pg. 5] First payroll, July 1893, shows M. B. Campbell, Medical Director, was paid $291.65 toward an annual salary of $3500.
  Residence	20 Jul 1898	Patton, San Bernardino County, California   [16, 17]
  	Address: Highland Precinct
  	Described as 5' 7", light complexion, blue eyes and dark hair; a physician, born in Vermont.
  Census	1900	Patton, San Bernardino County, California   [18]
  	Address: Patton State Hospital
  	Married, Head of House; Superintendent of Highland
  Residence	Between 1904 and 1908	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California   [13]
  	Address: 1608 Orange Street, [Now Wilshire Boulevard],
  	[From Alma Campbell's letter] Mother died at Patton on October 31, 1902, of pneumonia after an illness of one week. Two years later the family moved to Los Angeles where father bought a house at 1608 Orange Street now Wilshire Boulevard. Father was in practice there for four years.
  Census	27 Apr 1910	Heber, Imperial County, California   [19]
  	Address: 68 Heber Ranch East, Calexico Township
  	Calexico Township, April 27-28, 1910; Enumeration District 5; Series T624, Roll 77, pg 184. Address: 68 Heber Ranch East; 66 years old, widowed; married 41 years; farmer with a hay ranch, owner; farm schedule #49. Living with him was daughter Elizabeth R Campbell, age 29, single, "none" for occupation. Name: Merritt B Campbell Age in 1910: 64 Birth Year: abt 1846 [abt 1844]  Birthplace: Vermont Home in 1910: Calexico, Imperial, California Street: Heom Road Cart Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital status: Married Father's Birthplace: New York Mother's Birthplace: Vermont Native Tongue: English Occupation: Farmer Industry: Hay Ranch Employer, Employee or Other: Employer Home Owned or Rented: Own Farm or House: Farm Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Years Married: 41 Household Members: Name Age Merritt B Campbell 64 Elizabeth R Campbell 29
  Census	27 Apr 1910	Heber, Imperial County, California   [19]
  	Address: 68 Heber Ranch East, Calexico Township
  	Calexico Township, April 27-28, 1910; Enumeration District 5; Series T624, Roll 77, pg 184. Address: 68 Heber Ranch East; 66 years old, widowed; married 41 years; farmer with a hay ranch, owner; farm schedule #49. Living with him was daughter Elizabeth R Campbell, age 29, single, "none" for occupation. Name: Merritt B Campbell Age in 1910: 64 Birth Year: abt 1846 [abt 1844]  Birthplace: Vermont Home in 1910: Calexico, Imperial, California Street: Heom Road Cart Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital status: Married Father's Birthplace: New York Mother's Birthplace: Vermont Native Tongue: English Occupation: Farmer Industry: Hay Ranch Employer, Employee or Other: Employer Home Owned or Rented: Own Farm or House: Farm Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Years Married: 41 Household Members: Name Age Merritt B Campbell 64 Elizabeth R Campbell 29
  Death	1 Dec 1911	Heber, Imperial County, California   [1, 13, 20]
  	[From Alma Campbell's letter] In January, 1908, father had a very serious attack of pneumonia and although he got up from this, and with his usual energy attended to his business and did a good deal of manual work, he was never well again or free from pain. The previous year he had acquired some ranch land in the new and rapidly developing Imperial Valley and as soon as he was well enough, went down there, taking with him Walter Meack, the son of his cousin Laura. Cousin Laura lived with us during this time, about three months. After this summer father spent much of his time in Imperial Valley, his daughter Elizabeth (Aunt Bess) being with him most of the time. In the spring of 1911 father built a good bungalow on a fourteen-acre piece of land in the little town at Heber, where he died on December 1, 1911. Newspapers.com obituary index Name: Merritt B. Campbell Gender: Male Death Age: 68 Birth Date: 2 Nov [abt 1843]  Birth Place: Wiiliston . Residence Place: Hebef Death Date: Abt 1911 Death Place: California Obituary Date: 3 Dec 1911 Obituary Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America Child: F. A. Campbell Alma May Clarence M c-Call
  Name	Merritt Bates Campbell
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  Death	1 Dec 1911	Heber, Imperial County, California   [1, 13, 20]
  	[From Alma Campbell's letter] In January, 1908, father had a very serious attack of pneumonia and although he got up from this, and with his usual energy attended to his business and did a good deal of manual work, he was never well again or free from pain. The previous year he had acquired some ranch land in the new and rapidly developing Imperial Valley and as soon as he was well enough, went down there, taking with him Walter Meack, the son of his cousin Laura. Cousin Laura lived with us during this time, about three months. After this summer father spent much of his time in Imperial Valley, his daughter Elizabeth (Aunt Bess) being with him most of the time. In the spring of 1911 father built a good bungalow on a fourteen-acre piece of land in the little town at Heber, where he died on December 1, 1911. Newspapers.com obituary index Name: Merritt B. Campbell Gender: Male Death Age: 68 Birth Date: 2 Nov [abt 1843]  Birth Place: Wiiliston . Residence Place: Hebef Death Date: Abt 1911 Death Place: California Obituary Date: 3 Dec 1911 Obituary Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America Child: F. A. Campbell Alma May Clarence M c-Call
  Burial	Abt 5 Dec 1911	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California   [21]
  	Address: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
  Person ID	I61	Tree_1
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Campbell, Rev. Alexander,   b. 28 Sep 1816, Chesterfield, Essex County, New York d. 8 May 1882, North Granville, Washington County, New York (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Tracy, Alma,   b. 24 Mar 1822, Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont d. 4 Aug 1864, Center Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	9 Oct 1842	Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont   [3, 22]
  Census	1850	Salem, Washington County, New York   [8]
  Census	2 Jul 1860	Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont   [6]
  	Name: Alex Campbell Age: 43 Birth Year: abt 1817 Gender: Male Birth Place: New York Home in 1860: Shelburn, Chittenden, Vermont Post Office: Shelburn Dwelling Number: 933 Family Number: 936 Occupation: Meth Clergyman Personal Estate Value: 800 Household Members: Name Age Alex Campbell 43 Anny Campbell 34 M B Campbell 16 Charles Campbell 14 Elizabeth Campbell 12 Wm Campbell 2 Jane Shayer 48
  Family ID	F43	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pennington, Hannah Elizabeth,   b. 17 Nov 1849, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware d. 31 Oct 1902, Patton, San Bernardino County, California (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	16 Jun 1869	Wilmington, Will County, Illinois   [3, 13, 23, 24]
  	[From Alma Campbell's letter] ...the restless pioneer spirit soon drove him westward, and his journey ended at Wilmington Illinois, a thriving country town. Here he met and married Hannah Elizabeth Pennington, a girl of nineteen, who was a helpmeet indeed, and whose alert mind and ready sympathies shared his ideals and aspirations and rejoiced in his achievements... ...On June 16, 1869, she married Merritt Bates Campbell. The day was ushered in by a heavy frost, following several weeks of warm weather, and stoves were brought out and set up for the occasion. The wedding trip of this young couple took them as far as Bloomington and Springfield where they were caught in a heavy rain and father went to purchase an umbrella. Although characterized all his later life by extremely good and accurate taste, he was in his youth slightly color blind, and returned not with the green umbrella, which was wanted, but a beautiful blue one. And for the three days of their honeymoon they plodded around under this brilliant canopy. Their first meal in their own home was spread on a little drop leaf table, one of the pieces that father purchased at "secondhand" when he furnished the one room in which he slept and doctored his patients for three years.
  Census	22 Jul 1870	Wilmington, Will County, Illinois   [25]
  	Living with his wife, Lillie; also boarders: Mary McCabe, 19, a domestic servant born in Ireland; Charles Barton, 14, "does chores" born in Illinois; James Relark (?), age 27, a saloon keeper, born in Ireland.
  Census	15 Jun 1880	Joliet, Will County, Illinois   [26]
  	Address: 368 Eastern Avenue
  	Household includes John Campbell, age 26, a single cousin who is a physician. He was born in Ohio and both his parents were born in New England. Name: Merret B. Campbell Age: 36 Birth Date: Abt 1844 Birthplace: Vermont Home in 1880: Joliet, Will, Illinois, USA Street: Easterer Avenue House Number: 5 Dwelling Number: 368 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital status: Married Spouse's name: Hannah Campbell Father's Birthplace: Vermont Mother's Birthplace: Vermont Occupation: Physician Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age Merret B. Campbell 36 Hannah Campbell 30 Robert Campbell 10 Alma Campbell 7 Mary Campbell 3 Cora Campbell 1 William R. Pennington 57 Mary Pennington 56 John Campbell 26
  Residence	1881	Joliet, Will County, Illinois   [14]
  	Address: 46 Eastern Avenue
  Residence	1889–1890	Joliet, Will County, Illinois   [14]
  	Address: 319 Van Buren Avenue
  	Joliet City Directory, 1889-1890. Joliet, IL: W. F. Curtis and Co., 1890 Name: Merritt B. Campbell Residence Year: 1889, 1890 Residence Place: Joliet, Illinois, USA Residence Address: 319 Van Buren Business Address: 406 Eastern avenue N. Occupation: Physician And Surgeon
  Residence	14 Oct 1892	Claremont, Los Angeles County, California   [17]
  	Address: Lordsburg
  	Described as 5' 8", light complexion, blue eyes and dark hair; a physician, born in Vermont.
  Children	1. Campbell, Dr. Robert Alexander,   b. 9 Jun 1870, Wilmington, Will County, Illinois d. 23 Jun 1960, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California (Age 90 years)   2. Campbell, Alma Tracy,   b. 21 Sep 1872, Wilmington, Will County, Illinois d. 13 May 1938, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California (Age 65 years)   3. Campbell, Charles Merritt,   b. 30 Aug 1875, Joliet, Will County, Illinois d. Oct 1875, Joliet, Will County, Illinois (Age 0 years)   4. Campbell, Mary Pennington,   b. 28 Oct 1876, Joliet, Will County, Illinois d. 16 Sep 1958, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (Age 81 years)   5. Campbell, Cora Belle,   b. 18 Nov 1878, Joliet, Will County, Illinois d. 3 Aug 1966, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California (Age 87 years)   6. Campbell, Elizabeth Rice,   b. Jan 1881, Joliet, Will County, Illinois d. 25 Jan 1962, Huntington Park, Los Angeles County, California (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2023

  
  

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  Birth - 29 Nov 1843 - Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont Birth - 29 Nov 1843 - Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont Census - 1850 - Salem, Washington County, New York Census - 2 Jul 1860 - Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont Mil-Reg - Feb 1864 - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Grad from - Address: Harvard Medical School - 1866 - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Marriage - 16 Jun 1869 - Wilmington, Will County, Illinois Census - 22 Jul 1870 - Wilmington, Will County, Illinois Residence - 1873 - Joliet, Will County, Illinois Census - Address: 368 Eastern Avenue - 15 Jun 1880 - Joliet, Will County, Illinois Occupation - physician and surgeon,Address: Campbell's Block, Chicago at the corner of Van Buren - 1881 - Joliet, Will County, Illinois Residence - Address: 46 Eastern Avenue - 1881 - Joliet, Will County, Illinois Residence - Address: 1333 Mountain Avenue - Oct 1889 - Claremont, Los Angeles County, California Residence - Address: 319 Van Buren Avenue - 1889–1890 - Joliet, Will County, Illinois Occupation - founding Superintendent, until 1904,,Address: Patton State Hospital - 1892 - Patton, San Bernardino County, California Residence - Address: Lordsburg - 14 Oct 1892 - Claremont, Los Angeles County, California Residence - Address: Highland Precinct - 20 Jul 1898 - Patton, San Bernardino County, California Census - Address: Patton State Hospital - 1900 - Patton, San Bernardino County, California Residence - Address: 1608 Orange Street, [Now Wilshire Boulevard], - Between 1904 and 1908 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Census - Address: 68 Heber Ranch East, Calexico Township - 27 Apr 1910 - Heber, Imperial County, California Census - Address: 68 Heber Ranch East, Calexico Township - 27 Apr 1910 - Heber, Imperial County, California Death - 1 Dec 1911 - Heber, Imperial County, California Death - 1 Dec 1911 - Heber, Imperial County, California Burial - Address: Hollywood Forever Cemetery - Abt 5 Dec 1911 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  		Campbell, Merritt Bates, abt 1875
  		Campbell house - Claremont 1333 Mountain Avenue

  
  

  Headstones

  Campbell, Merritt Bates - d 1911 Hollywood Forever Cemetery

  
  

• Notes

  He was a physician and served as a surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War. He later was doctor at Statesville Penitentiary in Joliet, IL (1878-1890). His daughter Cora Belle Campbell was delivered by her father in the prison hospital; served as founding Superintendent of the State Hospital at Patton, California. [From Alma Campbell's letter] Your grandfather, Merritt Bates Campbell was born at Williston, Vermont, November 29, 1843, the eldest of four children. He grew up in a Methodist parsonage, and was trained in the finest of New England culture and tradition. His heritage was not that of material wealth, but of the highest manners, morals and ethics. Plain living with high thinking was the precept and practice of this household. [From Alma Campbell's letter] In January, 1908, father had a very serious attack of pneumonia and alt hough he got up from this, and with his usual energy attended to his business and did a good deal of manual work, he was never well again or free from pain. The previous year he had acquired some ranch land in the new and rapidly developing Imperial Valley and as soon as he was well enough, went down there, taking with him Walter Meack, the son of his cousin Laura. Cousin Laura lived with us during this time, about three months. After this summer father spent much of his time in Imperial Valley, his daughter Elizabeth (Aunt Bess) being with him most of the time. In the spring of 1911 father built a good bungalow on a fourteen-acre piece of land in the little town at Heber, where he died on December 1, 1 911. Calexico Township, April 27-28, 1910; Enumeration District 5; Series T6 24, Roll 77, pg 184. Address: 68 Heber Ranch East; 66 years old, widowed; married 41 years; farmer with a hay ranch, owner; farm schedule #49. Living with him was daughter Elizabeth R Campbell, age 29, single, "none" for occupation . [From Alma Campbell's letter] The following year however, he was appointed superintendent of the state hospital at Patton, which was then under construction. He held this position for twelve years, resigning in 1904. The family home was maintained on the ranch until 1902 and during this time from one to three children were always in preparatory school or college. Aunt Elizabeth Campbell, father's sister, lived with us on the ranch from 1895 or '96 until we moved at which time she went to live in Los Angeles. A house was built for the superintendent of the hospital that year and the home was moved to Patton in the spring. For the preceding ten years mother spent most of her time on the ranch but made frequent visits to Patton. Father, on the other hand, spent one day a week at home. During these years he worked hard and was confined closely. [From "Patton Remembered," pg. ii] A patchwork of six parcels of land totaling 360 acres and edging toward the foothills north of San Bernardino was selected in the spring of 1890 as the site for the fourth of California's mental hospitals, the Southern California Asylum for the Insane... [later the facility] was named the Southern California State Asylum for the Insane and Inebriates... The first building was completed in 1893. The asylum was declared open on August 1st and received first inmates on August 2nd. Dr. M. B. Campbell was the Medical Director. [From "Patton Remembered," pg. 5] First payroll, July 1893, shows M. B. Campbell, Medical Director, was paid $291.65 toward an annual salary of $3500. [From Alma Campbell's letter] In 1873, the family moved a few miles north to the rapidly growing little city of Joliet where for fifteen years, in addition to his general practice, he was physician at the state penitentiary. Observations in this institution led to his first research work, he became much interested in the subject of crime, its cause and cure, and was led to believe that the primal cause was alcohol. He was an intense worker, both physical and mental, and felt that his health and strength were equal to any strain. During this period he sometimes kept at his work three days and nights without sleep. [From Alma Campbell's letter] In the later eighties father's health began to fail, great overwork, both physical and mental, with nervous strain began to tell, and he developed trouble which demanded less strenuous work for a time. The winter of 1888-89 called for a visit to a warmer climate, and he and mother spent part of it in Mexico, where the accommodations were rather primitive, for tourist travel to Mexico was not developed very much at that time. The following fall father came to California by way of Panama, traveling across the isthmus on a little railway. His health greatly improved, he and mother came the following winter, at which time they bought the first orange grove set out in the San Gabriel valley, with trees brought from Italy by the owner Mr. Loop. This was near Claremont. The location was chosen because of the educational advantages offered by Pomona College, which was just started and had at that time only a preparatory school. Each year a college year was added and the first class was graduated in 1894. In the summer of 1891 the family moved to Claremont and took up their residence on the old ranch. During that year father bought and planted more land so that at one time he had nearly eighty acres of citrus trees . [From Alma Campbell's letter] Mother died at Patton on October 31, 1902, of pneumonia after an illness of one week. Two years later the family moved to Los Angeles where father bought a house at 1608 Orange Street now Wilshire Boulevard. Father was in practice there for four years. [From Alma Campbell's letter] At the age of sixteen young Merritt was teaching school in a small town in Vermont, and spending all his spare time reading books borrowed from the old village doctor, this good man thought at first to forever discourage the young scientist, and started him with a long and dull treatise on the brain. But the youth was not to be discouraged, and after returning the book, and proving that he knew enough to talk about it, became an object of interest and was rewarded with more interesting ones, and many pleasant conversations. At nineteen he entered Harvard medical school and after one course of lectures became a medical cadet, and served for the remaining years of the Civil War in a base hospital near Boston. After finishing his medical course of two years, and receiving his diploma from Harvard, he became assistant to a practicing physician, but the restless pioneer spirit soon drove him westward, and his journey ended at Wilmington Illinois, a thriving country town. (End of letter)

  
  

• Sources

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