Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Hand, Dr. A. F. 1816 - 
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Author: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", 1882

DR. A. F. HAND, Morris. The subject of this sketch may be classes among the 
early settlers of Grundy County, having come to Morris in the spring of 1847, 
and resided here ever since. He was born in 1816 in the town of Shoreham, Vt., 
on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, directly opposite Fort Ticonderoga, 
and within a stone's throw of where Ethan Allen embarked to cross the lake in 
that famous surprise of his on the British forces. At the age of eighteen, he 
left the home of his parents and came West, stopping for a short time at 
Logansport, Ind., at the residence of his half-brother, Rev. Martin POST. He 
next found his way to Jacksonville, Ill., and two years later, entered the 
Freshman class as a student in Illinois College, graduating in the scientific 
course of that institution four years afterward. We next find our subject at 
Louisville, Mo., where he taught school two years, and returning to 
Jacksonville again, entered the medical department of Illinois College and 
three years later obtained his diploma as Doctor of Medicine. He now began the 
practice of his profession, and spent two years with the distinguished Dr. 
Charles CHANDLER, of Chandlerville, Ill. In the spring of 1847, through the 
influence of Hon. Perry ARMSTRONG, subject was induced to come to Morris, 
where he has since resided and practiced medicine. Now, at the age of sixty, 
with a moderate competence in store, he has declared his intention of retiring 
form the active pursuit of his profession, and enjoying the fruit of his 
labors. Dr. HAND was married May 1, 1850, in Morris, to Sarah E. CLARK, born 
March 17, 1827, in Philadelphia, a daughter of Job CLARK, a boot and shoe 
merchant of Milford, Conn. They have three children - Eduella Clark, Truman A. 
and Oliver H. Dr. HAND is a United States Surgeon for examining pensioners. He 
is a Republican in politics.

[Source: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 
Historical Publishers, Lake Side Building, 1882]

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