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Below is a family biography included in The History of McLean County, Illinois published by Wm. LeBaron, Jr. Co. in 1879.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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H. B. WRIGHT, physician and surgeon, Bloomington. The science of medicine is of such magnitude that years may be spent in the study of some particular part of it. Dr. H. B. Wright one of the well-established physicians of recognized ability of Bloomington, has spent much time in the study of that particular part of the medical science known as female diseases; he is a native of Otsego Co., N. Y.; was born Nov. 20, 1824. He is a graduate of the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago; he began his practice in Bloomington in 1869; his suite of rooms is located at 211 North Main street. Having a great many lady patients, the Doctor has taken special pride in fitting up his office and reception rooms; here he has every convenience, his office being supplied with choice medical works, fine cabinets of medicines, elegant adjustable chairs as well as many fine and rare specimens of anatomy and geology; since his practice here he has met with a gratifying success, having cured some cases of female diseases of twenty-two years’ standing; he is a pleasant, genial gentleman as well as a well-read physician, both of which are conducive to his success.

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This family biography is one of 1257 biographies included in The History of McLean County, Illinois published by Wm. LeBaron, Jr. Co. in 1879.  View the complete description here: The History of McLean County, Illinois

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