Crawford-Clay County IL Archives Biographies.....Golden, John J. 1837 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  JOHN J. GOLDEN, M. D., hardware merchant, Hutsonville, whose portrait appears
in this work, is the youngest in a family of fourteen children, was born October
28, 1837, at Xenia, Clay Co., Ill. His early years were spent upon his father's
farm in his native place until about sixteen years of age, when he accompanied
his parents to Texas. Here he remained with his father, who was engaged in stock
raising, until 1859. In the meantime he had laid the foundation of a good
education at the public schools, but with no intention of entering upon a
professional career. His tastes were toward the trade of silversmith, but his
father, who was well to do, urged him to take up the medical profession. A
chance book on anatomy, which fell into his hands while in Texas, turned the
scale in favor of his father's wishes, and in 1859 he entered the St. Louis
School of Medicine. Here he entered with ardor upon the preparation for his
chosen profession, and was thus engaged when the war of the rebellion summoned
him to the field. While devoted to the profession he had learned to love, he
felt his highest duty called him to the defense of his country, and he at once
enlisted in Company K, of the Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry. Here his medical
ability found recognition, and he was soon made Hospital Steward, and
subsequently promoted to Hospital Surgeon. He shared the fortune of his regiment
through the war, however, and with them traveled, by land and water, 13,000
miles, and took part in thirty-two engagements. After serving to the end of the
war, and being mustered out at Little Rock, in 1865, he returned to Clay County,
Ill., and began the practice of his profession. Four years later he returned to
his college, completed his studies interrupted by the war, graduating in 1870,
and resumed his practice. In 1872, Dr. Golden removed to Hutsonville, Ill., and
the following year, in connection with his practice, engaged in the drug
business. He was appointed Postmaster in 1872, which he held until 1879, when he
sold his drug business and retired to his farm in the suburbs of the village. It
was his intention, at this time, to give up his riding practice and attend only
to office calls, but the force of business habits, and the burning of his
residence in the spring of 1882 has again brought him to the village, where he
has just embarked in the hardware business in partnership with R. W. Kennedy.
The earliest of Mr. Golden's ancestry in this country came from County Tyrone,
Ireland. His father, Edmond Golden, was born in the year 1776, in Virginia,
where he passed his youth and early manhood. He served as Captain in the war of
1812, and in 1815 he removed to Barbersville, Ky., and five years later to
Orange County, Ind., and there helped to erect the first court house in that
county. In 1830, he came to Clay County, Ill., and in 1853, to Wise County, Tex.
Here he entered largely in stock raising, and accumulated considerable property;
but the fate of war wrecked his fortunes. In 1865, he returned to Clay County,
Ill., where he died three years later. His mother, Mary (Cheser) Golden, was
born in Grayson County, Va., in 1780, and died in 1872, in Clay County, Ill. Her
father was William Cheser, a native of England, who emigrated to this country
very early. He was subsequently a soldier in the war of 1812. Dr. Golden was
married to Miss Mary E. Trinkle, a native of Covington, Ind., in 1864. In public
matters, as in business affairs, Dr. Golden has been animated by an energetic
spirit of enterprise. Receiving an injury during his army experience that has
prevented active professional practice of late years, he has turned his
attention to business, and in each case with marked success. Starting,
practically, upon his own resources, he accumulated a large estate in business
and farm property. He is a Republican in politics, and a public-spirited citizen.

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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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