Union County IL Archives Biographies.....Keith, L. D. 1865 - 
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Author: George Washington Smith (1912)

   L. D. KEITH, M. D. Such rapid strides have been made in the medical
profession during late years, that the practitioner who would keep abreast of
modern progress must ever be on the alert to take advantage of the various
discoveries and inventions constantly being made, and consequently the physician
of today finds a large part of his time given to study and research in order
that he may attain success among his fellows. The members of the profession in
Illinois are fully capable of holding their own with those of other sections of
the country and of maintaining the high standard set by those who have gone
before them, and one who has met with a measure of success in his chosen calling
is Dr. L. D. Keith, whose field of practice is the progressive city of Anna,
Union county. Dr. Keith is a native of this county, having been born in the town
of Balcom, in 1865, and is a son of Benjamin B. and Sarah I. (Corzine) Keith.
The former was born in Tennessee, near the town of Murfreesboro, in 1833, and
died in Union county, Illinois, January 3, 1911, and the latter, a native of
North Carolina, born in 1830, also passed away here.

    The early education of Dr. Keith was secured in the public schools of his
native community, and for ten years he was engaged in school teaching here, in
the meantime entering Ohio Wesleyan College, Delaware, from which he was
graduated in 1890, with the degree of A. B. His medical training was obtained in
Louisville, Kentucky, being graduated from the college there in 1896, at which
time he came to Anna and established himself in practice. His ability was soon
recognized, and aided by a sympathetic nature and pleasant personality he was
enabled to build up a lucrative clientele. From 1898 until 1900 he served very
satisfactorily as coroner of the county. Dr. Keith maintains his membership in
the county, and state medical organizations. Fraternally, he is a member of Anna
Lodge No. 520, of the Masonic fraternity.

   In 1891, Dr. Keith was united in marriage with Miss A. Parker, who was born
in Union county, the daughter of Dr. D. A. and Susan Parker, and to this union
there have been born three children: Roy, who is fifteen years of age; May, who
has reached the age of eight years; and John, who is four. Both the Keith and
Parker families are well known in this section.


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Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, its People, and its Principal
Interests

BY
George Washington Smith, M. A.
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED

THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK 1912


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