KING, E. H.

KING, CASE

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Date: 10/4/2001 at 08:51:37

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

E. H. KING, physician and surgeon, cor. Fifth avenue and Second street; was born in De Witt Co., Illinois, Aug. 21, 1841; he was brought up in Clinton, the county seat of that county; when the war broke out, he enlisted in Co. B, 107th Regt. I. V. I.; was in the service until the close of the war; he was not absent from duty, nor would he receive a furlough during the whole time; he returned a non-commissioned officer with his company, in July, 1865; after his return, he came to Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa; studied medicine, and graduated in the spring of 1868 at Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago; he came to Clinton, March 21, 1868, and engaged in his profession ; since then he has built up a large and successful practice; has occupied the same office on the corner of Fifth avenue and Second street. He is a member of the Homeopathic State Medical Society and the American Institute of Homeopathy. Dr. King's father and grandfather and his great-grandfather were physicians. Dr. King married Miss H. M. Case, of Fairfield, Iowa, a native of Ohio, Sept. 1, 1868; they have two sons-Walter J., born May 23, 1873, and George H., Aug. 9. 1875.