Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Brannon, Londus, M D ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com November 10, 2007, 11:01 am Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County LONDUS BRANNON, M. D. Both in Manhattan, this county, where he formerly engaged in practice, and in Joliet, where for some years he has had his office in the Barber building, Dr. Brannon is well known as a skillful physician and surgeon, one who, by careful study in the best colleges, by clinical work in hospitals, and by practical experience in the building up of a large practice, is fitted to hold a high place in the ranks of his profession. Since he came to Joliet, in December, 1895, he has made a specialty of gynecology and major and minor surgery, and has had a large hospital practice beside his private professional work. Dr. Brannon was born in Decatur County, Ind., November 25, 1857. His father, John, a native of New Jersey, was a young boy when the family removed to Franklin County, Ohio, and settled on a farm. When thirty years of age he removed to Indiana, settling at Forest Hill, where his subsequent years were spent. During the Mexican war he served as a member of an Ohio regiment. His death occurred May 2, 1893, when he was seventy-six years of age. He married Sarah Marker, who was born in Franklin County, Ohio, of Pennsylvanian parentage. She is still living at the old Indiana homestead. Of their five children, Laura resides with her mother; Mrs. Isophene Wright, of Greensburg, Ind., is a professional nurse and a graduate of the Illinois Training School for Nurses; Weller cultivates the home farm; George H. is a practicing physician in Manhattan, this county; and Londus, the second son, forms the subject of this sketch. He was educated in the public schools and Hartsville College, and at the age of seventeen began to teach school, it being his aim to earn enough to secure a medical education. When he was nineteen he began the study of medicine with Dr. J. L. Wooden. In 1878 he entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, from which he graduated in 1882, with the degree of M. D. In February, 1883, he came to Will County, opening an office at Manhattan, where he remained until the spring of 1894. Before settling in Joliet he took a course of eighteen months' study and experimental work in the Presbyterian, Cook County, Chicago Polyclinic and other large hospitals of Chicago, and availed himself of the splendid opportunities that city offered for clinical training, whereby he could gain a larger experience than could be gained during a lifetime in a general practice. The last twelve months he spent as house physician and surgeon in the Post-Graduate hospital on the west side, from which he received a diploma in November, 1895. For several years Dr. Brannon was instructing surgeon at the Silver Cross hospital in Joliet. In 1893 he was appointed pension examiner and was chosen secretary of the board, serving for three years. A change of administration in 1896 caused his resignation. He is connected with the Chicago and Will County Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. In politics he is a Democrat. He was made a Mason before leaving Decatur County, and is now identified with Mount Joliet Lodge No. 42, A. F. & A. M. At one time he was connected with the Odd Fellows. He was married in Peotone, Ill., to Miss Lizzie A. Jones, who was born in Wilton Township, this county, and is a daughter of Robert Jones, a native of Yorkshire, England. Dr. and Mrs. Brannon, and their niece, Miss Edna Brannon, have a pleasant home at No. 313 Richards avenue. Additional Comments: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/brannon1119gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb