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Below is a family biography included in The Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois published by Biographical Publishing Co. in 1894. 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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THOMAS ROBERTSON, M. D., a well known practicing physician of Steeleville, and a prominent representative of the fraternity in Randolph County, was born in Nova Scotia on the 8th of November, 1858, and is the eldest child of John and Nellie (McKenzie) Robertson, who were also natives of Nova Scotia, and still reside in that place.
The Doctor attended the public schools of his native town until eighteen years of age, thus acquiring a good English education, and then started out in life for himself. He came to Illinois and made his way to the home of an uncle, Dr. McKenzie, of Chester. There he again attended school for two years, after which he began earning his own livelihood, securing a position as clerk in the drugstore of E. E. Holbrook. There he was employed for a year and a-half, when he continued in the same line of business in the employ of his uncle, Dr. McKenzie. After two years spent in this way, he engaged in other work, but in the meantime he had been reading medicine with his uncle. In September, 1884, he entered the St. Louis Medical College, pursuing three courses of lectures in that institution, after which he was graduated there from, receiving his diploma on the 3d of March, 1887. Some months later he located in Steeleville, where he has since successfully engaged in general practice.
On the 10th of September, 1890, was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Robertson and Miss Minnehaha Cameron, a daughter of Archibald and Maggie (Fraser) Cameron, both of whom are natives of Nova Scotia. The young couple are prominent in this community, hold an enviable position in social circles, and have many warm friends and agreeable acquaintances. They were both reared in the faith of the Presbyterian Church. The Doctor is now a member of Steeleville Lodge No. 497, A. F. & A. M. In politics he is a Republican, and though he takes a warm interest in the success of his party, he has never sought or desired political preferment, wishing rather to give his entire time and attention to the practice of his profession.
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