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DR. J. J. WOLF, physician, Webb City, was born in Harrison county, Ind., June 11, 1835. His father, John Wolf, was born in Pennsylvania, and is of German descent, whose ancestors immigrated to America from the province of Hesse Cassel, in Germany, at an early day of the Americas. Mrs. Wolf’s maiden name was Mary Miller, a native of North Carolina, who died when Dr. Wolf was only a babe. Dr. W. was raised and educated in Harrison county, Ind., and attended the Keokuk, Iowa, Medical College, where he graduated in 1863. He began practicing in 1856 after reading a few years in Rock Island county, Ill. He located after graduating in Marion county, Iowa, and practiced there until 1873; he then removed to Guthrie county, Iowa, and remained there until 1875. In that year he came to Missouri, and in 1876 came to Webb City, and has since practiced here with an exception of two years, when his health was poor. He was married the first time in Indiana, Sept. 9, 1850, to Eliza Dunn, a lady of Scotch-Irish descent, but a Marylander by birth. She died Feb. 24, 1866. They had six children, three of whom are now living. His second marriage was in Marion county, Iowa, Nov. 18, 1866, to Miss Lucinda Anderson. They have had five children, four of whom are living, John A., deceased, Robert L., Lucinda, Agnes, and T. J. The Doctor is a member of the Methodist Church, and is a man of broad and thorough views.