Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Larned, Ezra R, 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 September 7, 2007, 8:38 pm Author: Genealogical & Biographical Record EZRA R. LARNED, M. D. To be a descendant of men who aided the colonies in their struggle for liberty is to belong to the proudest nobility of which America can boast. Many of the best citizens of the present age are those who trace their lineage to Revolutionary forefathers. It is seldom, however, that we find a family with so many representatives in the early struggles as the one of which Dr. Larned, of Joliet, is a member, for he has twenty-three different claims to membership in the Society of Colonial wars, having had twenty-three ancestors in those wars. In addition to belonging to this organization, he is also identified with the Illinois Chapter, Sons of the Revolution. About 1630 William Larned came to America from the parish of Bermondsey, County Surrey, England, settling in Woburn, Mass. In later years the family removed to Connecticut. His son, Isaac, who was born in Surrey February 25, 1623, took part in the Indian war in 1656; he married Mary, daughter of Isaac Sterns. Their son, Isaac, Jr., was a private in the Indian war in 1675 and was wounded in the fight with the Narragansetts during that year. By his marriage to Sarah Bigelow, he had a son William, who married Hannah Bryant, and made his home at Thompson, Conn. Next in line of descent was Simon, a farmer at Thompson. The latter's son, Thaddeus, was born and reared in that place, where for years he was a prominent agriculturist and a justice of the peace. During the Revolutionary war he served in defense of colonial interests and endured all the hardships incident to those days of struggle, exposure and conflict. One brother, Simon, was in the Revolution and was the founder of the Society of "Cincinnatus." Another brother, Jesse, died of wounds received in campaigns in New York state. George, son of Thaddeus, was for years the owner of Larned's mill at Thompson, where he engaged in the manufacture of cotton. On retiring from business he removed to Wickford, R. I., where he died. He married Maria C. Read, who was born in Thompson, and was a daughter of William Read, of that place. Albert, son of George and Maria C. (Read) Larned, was born in Thompson, Conn., but came to Illinois in early life and engaged in the manufacture of lumber in Chicago with W. E. Frost & Co. He still lives in that city, but is now retired from business. He married Elizabeth Wharton, who was born in Powhatan, Ohio. Her father, William Wharton, a native of Powhatan, Baltimore County, Md., removed to Ohio, where he platted and named the village of Powhatan, and for years he was the leading man of that town, being mayor, postmaster and justice of the peace, as well as the proprietor of a general store. His father, Thomas Wharton, was born in Derbyshire, England, and there engaged in the manufacture of cotton. Crossing the ocean to Maryland he engaged in the same business at Powhatan, and later settled in Powhatan, Ohio, where his declining years were spent. Dr. Larned was one of three children, of whom one is deceased, and one, Mrs. Mary Malkoff, resides in Chicago. One of his lineal ancestors, Lieut.-Col. James Talcott, was commander-in-chief of the colonial forces during King Phillip's war. An uncle of the doctor, Col. Daniel Read Larned, served during the early part of Civil war as captain and assistant adjutant-general on the staff of Major-General Burnside. In 1864 he was breveted major, and the next year, in recognition of his gallantry, was made lieutenant-colonel, being mustered out of the volunteer service with that rank. In 1879 he was made paymaster with the rank of major and later became chief paymaster of the department of California and Columbia. In 1890 he was promoted to be deputy paymaster-general at Washington, D. C., which responsible office he held until his retirement in 1892. The boyhood years of Dr. Larned's life were passed in Chicago, Ill., where he was born January 23, 1868. When twenty years of age he graduated from the Chicago high school. Afterward he traveled through the United States, and in Mexico and British Columbia. In 1892 he took up the study of medicine, which he carried on under the preceptorship of Dr. Milton Jay for one year. He then entered Rush Medical College, from which, after four years of study, he graduated in 1897. He came at once to Joliet, where he located at No. 310 Eastern avenue and where he has since engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery. He is connected with the Alumni of Rush Medical College, is past officer in the Nu Signa Nu, an honorary member of the Chicago Academy of Science, and belongs to the Chicago, Will County and State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. In politics he is a Republican and, in religious connection a member of the Central Presbyterian Church. In Rockford, Ill., he married Camilla, daughter of Henry Don Kersley, who came from Marquette, Mich., to Illinois and settled in Rockford, where his daughter was born. Dr. and Mrs. Larned have one son, Albert Dougall Larned. 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/larned931gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 5.8 Kb