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Ira L. Turman, M. D., a physician and surgeon of Cynthiana, Ind., was born at Grayville, Ill., February 15, 1877, and was raised on a farm, attending the common schools of his neighborhood and finished his literary education at Union Christian College at Merom, Ind. Afterwards he taught school one year and then began the study of medicine under Dr. J. M. Durham, of Grayville, Ill. He graduated from the University of Louisville, Ky., in 1894. In May of that year he located at Cynthiana, where he has since resided and practiced his profession. His ancestry, of English origin, were pioneer settlers of Indiana, coming from Bedford county, Virginia, in 1810. Dr. Turman belongs to the County, State and American Medical associations. He was president one year and secretary two years of the county society. He was married in August, 1895, to Miss Agnes Bixler, of Vanderberg county, Indiana. They had one child, Claude Kenneth, now a graduate of the Cynthiana High School. Mrs. Turman died in October, 1904. In March, 1906, Dr. Turman married Grace Bixler (nee Emmerson), of Gibson county. Dr. and Mrs. Turman have two children, Robert E. and Agnes Lucile. The Turman family are members of the Christian church, and Dr. Turman is a deacon in his church and director of the choir.