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Below is a family biography included in The History of Posey County, Indiana by John C. Leffel and published by Standard Publishing Company in 1913.  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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Dr. Samuel O. Rawlings, one of the oldest physicians in Posey county, was born in Olney, Ill., September 10, 1845. His father, Lloyd Rawlings, was born in Ohio and moved to Illinois at an early day. He was one of the “forty-niners,” and while in the gold fields of California had an encounter with a grizzly bear and came off second best, being disabled and disfigured for life. He died in 1885. Dr. Rawlings began the study of medicine in his native county under the tutorship of Dr. M. Vancouglan, and entered the Cincinnati College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1869, graduating therefrom in 1873. He located in New Harmony in 1871, where he has resided and practiced his profession ever since. He was married to Miss Alice Youngblood, of Poseyville, Ind., in May, 1877. Seven children have blessed this union, four of whom survive. Elbert, one of the sons, is a druggist in Washington State; another, Claude, is a physician, a sketch of whom is found elsewhere in this volume. The doctor still does some practice for his old customers. The first wife died in 1909. He was married in 1912 to Miss Mary Givens. Politically he is a Democrat.

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This family biography is one of 232 biographies included in The History of Posey County, Indiana by John C. Leffel and published in 1913 by Standard Publishing Company.  For the complete description, click here: Posey County, Indiana History and Genealogy

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