Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Hamlin, George B, 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, 9:59 am Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County GEORGE B. HAMLIN, M. D., of Frankfort Station, one of the county's prominent physicians, was born in Odell, Livingston County, Ill., February 4, 1866, a son of Dr. Thomas H. and Ellen (Bateman) Hamlin. His paternal ancestors were of English stock. His grandfather,Thomas Hamlin, came from England to the United States in an early day and settled in Huntingdon, Pa., where he followed the occupation of a veterinary surgeon for many years. As early as 1848 he settled in Livingston County, Ill., where the remaining years of his life were passed. Dr. Thomas H. Hamlin was a native of Huntingdon County, Pa. When a boy he accompanied his parents to Illinois, and his youthful years were passed at Odell. In young manhood he studied medicine. Later he turned his attention to veterinary surgery, which he followed in Livingston County, and also owned a farm there. In 1895 he came to Frankfort Station, and has since made his home with his son. He has been an expert in his chosen occupation, being recognized as a skilled practitioner and thoroughly familiar with diseases of animals and their methods of treatment. His wife was born on Lake Superior while her parents were going from New York to Chicago. She died in 1892, leaving an only son and child. The early education of our subject was obtained in Odell and Dixon, Ill. He began the study of medicine in 1889, Dr. John Johnson being his preceptor. Later he entered the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College, from which he graduated in 1893. He spent two years as resident physician in the Chicago Homeopathic Hospital, having been appointed to the position prior to his graduation, so that he had only six months to serve after graduating. While a student he was chosen for this position through a competitive examination out of a class of fifty-two. During his college course he did much work among the county poor, whom he furnished with medical services gratuitously. October 1, 1893, he came to Frankfort Station and established an office. His success was so great that in 1893, in order to secure adequate accommodations, he built an office and dispensary. His practice has steadily grown, and now requires all of his attention. He has also given some time to the study of dentistry, attending the dental department of the Northwestern University. This study he took up, not with the intention of following the dental profession, but in order that he might acquire a broader knowledge of general medical work. Fraternally he is connected with Mount Joliet Lodge No. 42, A. F. & A. M.; Modern Woodmen of America; and Odell Lodge No. 464, I. O. O. F., at Odell. In 1889 Dr. Hamlin married Miss Emma Emerson, of Chadwick, Ill. She was a daughter of Dr. John Johnston, but was adopted and reared by her grandparents, Emerson, whose name she took. Her grandfather, Dr. R. G. Emerson, was for years a prominent physician at Chadwick, Ill. She was educated in the Dixon Normal School and taught school for several years prior to her marriage, her work being principally in the schools of Black Oak, Ill. She still retains a deep interest in educational work, as well as in all movements looking toward the progress of the people, mentally and morally, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 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/hamlin1108gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb