Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Firebaugh, I. L. 1847 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  DR. I. L. FIREBAUGH, physician and surgeon, Robinson, a son of David
Firebaugh, and whose portrait appears in this volume, was born July 14, 1847, in
Crawford County, Ohio. At the age of eight years, he removed with his parents to
Crawford County, Ill., and settled on a farm four miles west of Robinson, where
he grew to manhood, engaged from the age of nine in running a steam engine in
his father's saw-mill. His educational facilities during his boyhood were
limited, and confined to the common schools of the county. In 1867, when twenty
years or age, he entered the State University of Indiana, which he attended for
nearly four years. He then taught school two winters and operated a saw-mill two
summers, after which he began the study of medicine under Dr. Meserve, remaining
with him six months, and then entered the Miami Medical College, Ohio. He
attended lectures two winters and one summer, studying in the meantime under Dr.
J. C. McKenzie, a professor in the college. He passed a competitive examination,
and was placed on the staff of resident physicians of the Cincinnati City
Hospital. He remained in this institution one year, and then received a diploma
from the Miami Medical College. His studies completed, he now came to Robinson,
and commenced the practice of his chosen profession. He was married, October 20,
1881, to Miss Mary, daughter of Thomas J. Sims. They have one son-William
Charles, born September 15, 1882. The Doctor's father, David, was born November
22, 1812, in Harrison County, Ohio. He is a son of Philip, a blacksmith by
trade, who died at Indianapolis, Ind., and Barbara Vangundy, a native of
Pennsylvania, who died in Illinois. They were the parents of eight children,
viz.: David, Jacob, Martha, Rebecca, Barbara, Elizabeth, Mary and Joseph. David
had but little chance of education. He worked with his father in the shop during
his younger days. He was married, 1836, to Mary Ludwig, born July 2, 1818, in
Berks County, Penn. She was a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Redca) Ludwig,
natives of Pennsylvania. The result of this union has been nine children, viz.:
Samuel L.; William H., wholesale hardware merchant, Texas, was in the Commissary
Department in the late war; David was killed February 13, 1877, on account of
having refused a drunken man a drink; H. C., attorney in San Francisco, Cal.; L.
L.; Charles W., is a partner with William H.; Joseph, is Assistant Cashier of
the Robinson Bank; Mary J.; Chester, attorney at Robinson. The parents reside in
Robinson. Mary, the wife of our subject, was born April 28, 1858, in Crawford
County, Ill. She is a daughter of Thomas J. and Arminta M. (Ellege) Sims; the
former a native of Edgar County, Ill., born 1830, and the latter of Kentucky,
born 1828. They came to Crawford County. April 15, 1853, where the father
engaged in blacksmithing for some time, and then, in partnership with N. S.
Brown, he built the brick mill now owned by John Newton, in which he engaged
until 1878, when he withdrew on account of ill health. He died April 27, 1878.
Was a member of the I. O. O. F. His consort is still living, and blessed him
with eleven children, five of whom survive; viz.: Mary, John T., Stella, Roy and
Cloyd. The parents were members of the Christian Church.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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