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GUENTHER, DR. JULIUS, Physician and Surgeon and Accoucher; office and residence, 1118 Maine street; born in Germany in 1827; arrived in New Orleans, La., in 1852, and in Quincy in 1857; moved to Coatsburg, Ill., in 1859, and to New Orleans in 1860, and returned to Quincy in 1866. He moved on his farm at Coatsburg in 1872, and returned to Quincy in 1875. He sent his family to Europe, and visited many of the Southern cities—Louisville and others. When his family returned from Europe, he visited New Orleans for the benefit of his wife’s health, and returned to Quincy in 1877, where he has permanently located. He was a physician in active practice in New Orleans during the yellow fever seasons of 1852-53, having charge as physician of the Charity Hospital in that city from 1853 until he left for the North. He married his wife in Germany in 1854, having returned to Europe for that purpose. She was a Miss Jaessing; had six children, three living: Clara, Emma, and Alfred. He is a Druid, Mason, and First Speaker of the Quincy Turner Society and Leiderkranz. Mrs. Guenther died Aug. 27, 1877.