Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Brannon, George H, M D 1863 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

GEORGE H. BRANNON, M. D., now located at Manhattan, enjoys a large practice in 
the town and surrounding country. Both he and his brother Londus are quite 
young, possessed of abundant energy and thoroughly skilled in their 
profession, having been graduated from well-known and reputable institutions. 
They are pleasantly located on Main Street. Dr. G. H. Brannon is the youngest 
in a family of five children born to John and Sarah (Marker) Brannon, of 
Decatur County, Ind. The father was born in New Jersey but later lived in 
Ohio, where he followed farming for some time. When about thirty years old he 
removed to the Hoosier State, choosing a location near Greensburg, where he is 
now living retired on a fine farm, he served throughout the Mexican War as a 
private. Mrs. Brannon was born in Butler County, Ohio. The worthy couple are 
now seventy-seven and seventy-four years of age, respectively. Mrs. Brannon 
belongs to the Presbyterian Church. The children are Laura, Isophene (now Mrs. 
Fescus) and Weller, all on the home farm, and the two brothers who live in 
Manhattan. The subject of this sketch was born near Greensburg, Ind., November 
25, 1863, and was reared on a farm, enjoying such educational advantages 
during his boyhood as could be obtained in the district schools. When sixteen 
years old he entered the college at Richmond, pursuing his studies in that 
excellent institution about four years and leaving one term prior to the 
completion of the course of study. When seventeen years old he had begun 
teaching, spending his vacations in pedagogical labors until he left the 
college, when he devoted himself entirely to the work for two years. During 
one year of this time he held the Principalship of the Harris City Schools, 
which occupied a commodious building 86x87 feet. Mr. Brannon had been studying 
medicine to some extent for several years, and in 1885 he took up the work 
more thoroughly under Dr. Clark, of Waynesburg. After reading, under that 
excellent preceptor two years, he entered the Hospital College of Medicine at 
Louisville, Ky., from which he was graduated in June, 1889. He came at once to 
Manhattan, where his brother was already located, and entered into partnership 
with him. In the few months which have elapsed since he began his labors, he 
has acquired an excellent reputation for general intelligence, professional 
skill and well-bred manners. He is not content to rest upon his oars, but is 
constantly adding to his store of professional knowledge by using the medium 
of medical journals and all the professional literature of the day. He belongs 
to the Alumni Association of his Alma Mater, and to Alert Lodge, No. 395, F. & 
A. M., in Indiana. His political adherence is given to the Democratic party. 
Londus Brannon, brother of our subject, was born in Decatur County, Ind., 
November 25, 1857. His early life was spent similarly to that of his brother, 
and in youth he also began the study of medicine. He was graduated from the 
Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati in 1882, and devoted the first year of his 
practice to the citizens of Greensburg, Ind., and vicinity. In 1883 he located 
in Manhattan, where, before his brother's arrival, he had secured a large 
practice. He had not only accomplished this, but he had earned the reputation 
of being a skillful practitioner, and had become very well liked by the 
community. He is considered one of the most enterprising citizens of the 
village, and one to whom added years will bring more extended knowledge and 
even greater success. Dr. Londus Brannon was married in October, 1887, to Miss 
Eliza Jones, the marriage ceremony taking place at the home of her parents in 
Peotone. The bride was born in Wilton Township, this county, and is the 
daughter of Robert and Elinor (Atkinson) Jones, natives of Yorkshire, England. 
Mr. Jones was for some years a prominent farmer in Wilton Township, but is now 
living retired at Peotone. Mrs. Brannon possesses the intelligence and culture 
which makes her a worthy companion of one of her husband's ability, and adds 
to the popularity of their home.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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