Hancock-Summit County OhArchives Biographies.....Firmin, Lorenzo 1808 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   DR. LORENZO FIRMIN, retired physician, Findlay, was born March 31, 1808, in
South Wilbraham, Mass., son of John Firmin. Our subject when a lad learned the
trade of shoe-making with his father in South Wilbraham (now Hampden), Mass.,
with which he was connected in the East till 1834, when he came West to
Richfield, Summit Co., Ohio, and entered into partnership with Dr. Secretary
Rawson in a tannery, which he continued in until 1841, when he sold out to O. M.
Oviatt, of Richfield. In 1841 he came to Findlay, Ohio, read medicine with Dr.
Bass Rawson and graduated in the profession. He practiced at Benton, this
county, till 1847, when he returned to Findlay, where he has been favorably
known since. He was married June 28, 1838, to Clara H., daughter of Dr.
Secretary Rawson. They have no children. Dr. Firmin has always been a
public-spirited and liberal man. He is a clever financier and has accumulated a
handsome competence. He and his lady are worthy members of society, esteemed by
all who know them.




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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Findlay Township and Village




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