Biography of John Lark Stockdale, MD, Talladega, Alabama

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JOHN LARK STOCKDALE

     John Lark Stockdale, of Talladega, Alabama, was born in Edgefield District, S. C., 
     August 12, 1831.  He is the son of the Rev. James S. Stockdale, and grandson of John 
     Stockdale, who emigrated to Charleston, S. C., from County Down, Ireland, in 1791.  
     His mother's maiden name was Sarah Lark, daughter of John Lark, of Edgefield District, S. C.  
     His education was acquired principally at Talladega High School, in which school he was 
     subsequently made Professor of Ancient Languages and Mathematics.  He commenced the study 
     of medicine in 1850, under the guidance of Drs. Moore and Taylor.  In 1854 he graduated 
     from the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, with the degree of M. D.  He 
     subsequently attended lectures at the Augusta Medical College, Georgia, and at the Medical 
     College of Nashville, Tenn.  He commenced the practice of his profession near Talladega, 
     Alabama, in the spring of 1854....  He married in 1865 Annie E., daughter of Maj. J. Terry, of Talladega...

Ref:  Stone, R. French, M. D., BIOGRAPHY OF EMINENT AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, 1894, 
      Carlon & Hollenbeck, Publishers, Indianapolis, p. 486.