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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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McCANN DUNN, physician and surgeon, Bloomington; Dr. McCann Dunn is another of the old reliable physicians of Bloomington; he is a native of Frederick Co., Va., was born April 7, 1821; he began the study of medicine in 1847; attended his first course of lectures at McDowell’s Medical College, known as the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis; graduated at the Medical College, Chicago, 1862. In 1850 he began practicing in Knox Co., Ill., where he remained three years; though in 1852, he began the practice of homoeopathy, believing this to be the true science of medicine. In 1853, he came to Bloomington, where he has since resided, devoting his time exclusively to his profession. He is President of the McLean County Homoeopathic Medical Society, which was organized in 1878; he also helped to organize the Illinois State Homoeopathic Medical Society.
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