Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Cromwell, Philip I 
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PHILIP I. CROMWELL, M. D., of Wilmington, one of the leading physicians and 
surgeons of the county, was born at Lake George, Warren County, N. Y., July 
12, 1848, a son of James and Sarah C. (Bradshaw) Cromwell. He was named after 
his grandfather, Philip I. Cromwell, who for years made his home at Carlisle, 
N. Y., where he was proprietor of a hotel and a prominent man in public 
affairs. For years James Cromwell, M. D., carried on a general practice at 
Lake George, meantime gaining recognition as the most skillful physician in 
the town. In the latter town he died in 1874, when he was sixty-four years of 
age. Wherever he made his home it was his custom to identify himself with 
movements tending toward the advancement of local interests. In religious 
belief he was an Episcopalian and for years served his church as an elder and 
senior warden. His wife survived him for years, dying at Lake George at the 
age of eighty-one. Their six children were as follows: Edward, who enlisted in 
the Civil war and was killed at the second battle of Bull Run; John B., of 
Denver, Colo.; Philip I.; James J., who is the only representative of the 
family now at Lake George; Mary E., wife of Jerome M. Hubbell; and Ellen B., 
who  married Thomas N. Conant and lives at Dekalb, Ill.

The education of our subject was received principally at Glens Falls, N. Y. 
From an early age he manifested an interest in medical pursuits and as a boy 
determined that he would some day be a physician. With this object in view, in 
1867 he entered Albany Medical College at Albany, N. Y., from which he 
graduated in 1870. During the following year he held a position as physician 
to the Albany city dispensary. Afterward he joined his parents at Lake George. 
After about one year he located at Cleveland, N. Y., where he established 
himself in practice. It was his belief, however, that he could succeed better 
in the west, and he therefore decided to come to Illinois. In 1874 he opened 
an office at Dekalb, Ill., where he remained for fourteen years, but the 
demands of his constantly increasing practice finally undermined his 
constitution and a complete change of climate was rendered necessary. In 1887 
he went to Colorado, hoping that the genial air of the mountain regions would 
prove health-restoring. In this hope he was not disappointed. During the two 
years he remained in that state he engaged in practice at Sterling and also 
served as coroner of Logan County. On his return to Illinois in 1889 he 
settled at Wilmington, where he has since built up a very large practice. It 
has always been his aim to keep abreast with the developments made in the 
science of medicine, and to this end he reads current medical literature and 
keeps in touch with various medical societies. He is a member of the 
Desplaines Valley Medical Association and the Illinois State Medical Society.

Always believing in protection of home industries, Dr. Cromwell naturally 
found himself in accord with Republican principles. However, in 1896, when his 
party declared for a gold standard, he, being in sympathy with the movement 
looking to the free coinage of silver, allied himself with the silver forces. 
Both as mayor and as alderman he has been active in advancing the welfare of 
Wilmington and promoting its interests. He is interested in secret society 
work and is connected with the Masons and Odd Fellows. His first wife, who was 
Catherine Hallagan, and whom he married in 1874, died in 1891, leaving four 
children, namely: Edward G., a physician and surgeon at Henry, Ill.; Harry D.; 
Clinton B., who is teaching school at Custer Park, this county; and George B., 
who is in the United States navy. The present wife of Dr. Cromwell bore the 
maiden name of Adeline Hudson and was united with him in marriage in 1898.

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

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