Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Fahrner, John, M D 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

JOHN FAHRNER, M. D., who has been engaged in the general practice of medicine 
in Joliet since 1882, is a descendant of an old German family, and was born in 
Marienbad, Bohemia, Austria, February in 1854, a son of Dr. Valentine and Mary 
A. (Tauber) Fahrner, natives of the same county. His father received excellent 
advantages in his native land, and after graduating from the University of 
Prague with the degree of M. D., he engaged in practice in Marienbad. From 
there, in 1854, he came to the United States, establishing an office in 
Chicago, where he made his home until 1868. After a year in Europe, in 1869 he 
settled in Mokena Township, this county, and two years later came to Joliet, 
where he built up a general practice. He died in this city in July, 1879, when 
seventy-five years of age. His wife preceded him in death some years, passing 
away in Joliet May 28, 1873. They were the parents of one son and two 
daughters, but one of the daughters died at twelve years of age; the other, 
Mrs. Catharine Lehner, makes her home in Joliet Township. The earliest 
recollections of the subject of this sketch are associated with Chicago, which 
he remembers as a small city, widely differing from the present metropolis. 
His primary education was obtained in parochial schools, after which he took a 
classical course in St. Joseph's College. In 1868 he returned to Europe with 
his parents, and a year later settled with them in this county. Under his 
father's instructions he gained his first knowledge of the medical science, 
with whom he studied and whom he also assisted in practice for a number of 
years. Possessing a talent for the profession and a genuine love for it, he 
readily acquired a knowledge of its intricacies. In 1879 he matriculated in 
Bennett Medical College of Chicago, from which he graduated in 1882, after a 
three years' course. Returning to his home county he opened an office in 
Joliet, and has since established a large and growing office practice. He has 
his office on the corner of Center and Oneida streets. Movements relating to 
the profession receive his attention and assistance, and he is actively 
connected with the Illinois Eclectic Medical Society. In national politics he 
supports Democratic principles, but in local affairs believes in supporting 
the men best calculated to represent the people. When he finds enterprises are 
calculated to promote the prosperity of the city he gives them his unqualified 
support. He is connected with St. John's Roman Catholic Church and St. 
Aloysius Branch No. 21, of the Western Catholic Union. December 28, 1875, in 
Joliet, Dr. Fahrner and Miss Magdalena Kachelhoffer were united in marriage. 
Mrs. Fahrner was born in this city, to which her father, F. X. Kachelhoffer, 
came in an early day from Alsace and engaged in the mercantile business here. 
The doctor's children are John, Pius, Angela, Walter, Alphonse, Charlotte, 
Frederick, Esther, Arthur, Julius and Elsie.

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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