Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Howland, Edward D 1858 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

EDWARD D. HOWLAND, M. D. Although still quite young in his profession and 
indeed in years, this gentleman is rapidly building up for himself a 
reputation as a skilled physician which gives promise of leading him to a 
front rank ere many years shall have passed over his head. He is a close 
student who is not content with the knowledge he has already obtained, but by 
every means in his power is constantly adding to it information regarding the 
latest discoveries and the theories of older and more skilled physicians. His 
quickness of apprehension, his mental culture and his honorable character give 
him popularity in society and a reputable name among his fellow-men. The 
parents of Dr. Howland are Elihu and Jane (Baldwin) Howland, natives of 
Litchfield County, Conn., who came to the Prairie State in 1840, and who at 
present reside in Ottawa, Ill. The father was a farmer and the early life of 
our subject was surrounded with the usual scenes and influences of country 
living. He was born in LaSalle County, this State, October 13, 1858, and 
obtained his fundamental education in the public schools. In the State Normal 
University at Normal, Ottawa High School and Mt. Carroll Seminary, he extended 
his fund of knowledge, and completed his general course of study. Having 
chosen medicine as the science to which to devote his energy, young Howland 
began reading in the office of R. M. McArthur, M. D., at Ottawa, and after a 
time entered Rush Medical College, Chicago. He pursued his studies there 
during the years of 1883-84, and then practiced one year with Dr. Wilcox in 
Michigan. After this practical application of the theories and principles of 
therapeutics he returned to Rush College in 1885, and was graduated therefrom 
the following year. On looking about for a field of labor he was led to 
Lockport, in which he located the year of his graduation. Dr. Howland is an 
Odd-Fellow, a Mason and a consistent member of the Baptist Church.

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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