Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Keys, C. W. 1844 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  C. W. KEYS, physician, Hutsonville, Ill. Among the large list of physicians of
Crawford County, none are more worthy of a sketch in this work than Dr. Keys. He
was born in Knox County, Ohio, December 13, 1844, to John and Elenor (Gappen)
Keys. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, where he was raised and married.
In 1824 emigrated to Knox County, Ohio, and in 1865 to Greene County, Ind.,
where he died in 1877, aged about sixty-nine. His occupation was that of a
farmer. He was of German descent. The Doctor's mother was of English descent,
born in Pennsylvania in 1810, and is now living with her children in Greene
County, Ind. She is the mother of eight children; of the six now living the
Doctor is the third child. His early life was spent at home assisting to till
the soil of his father's farm. He was educated from the common schools and the
Bloomington University. In 1867, he began the study of medicine with Dr. A. J.
Axtell, of Bloomington, and in 1870 entered upon the practice of his profession
at Salisbury, Ind. In 1872, he removed to Cincinnati, Ind., and in August, 1873,
came to Hutsonville, where he has since resided, engaged in practicing medicine,
and has built up a good practice and is considered one of the best physicians of
the town. He is a graduate from the Keokuk Medical College, at Keokuk, Iowa. In
1871, he married Emma M. Cook, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of T. B. and
Harriet (Gibbins) Cook, natives of Ohio, who are now residing at Salisbury, Ind.
The Doctor has been blessed with three children, of whom two are now living,
viz., Pearl and Henry. He has been a member of the Town Board for several years.
Is an active member of the K. of H., Osmer Lodge, No. 2330, and the State
Medical Association, the Wabash Valley Association and the Crawford County
Association. In politics, is united with the Republican party.

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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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