Dr. M.J. Belden - 1879

BELDEN, ATKINSON

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Date: 10/10/2009 at 21:34:27

M.J. BELDEN, physician, Canton. Mr. Belden is one of the most honored citizens of Canton; he has been a resident of Canton and in the practice of medicine since 1854. He was born in Steuben Co., N.Y., where in early life he received a preparatory education which fitted him for the study of medicine, after which he entered the Steuben College, and received a thorough medical education. He is genial in manner, generous in his feelings, enterprising and public spirited, and in him Canton has a citizen she could ill afford to be without. In 1862, Dr. Belden married Miss Celia Atkinson; they have one child, Lutie. - 1879 History of Jackson county Iowa, pg 757.