JAMES COZAD M. D.

Physician and Surgeon; Andalusia; was born in Mercer, Mercer Co., Penn., on July 9, 1836 ; owns 170 acres of land in Edgington Township, valued at $6,000, and property in Andalusia valued at $3,000 ; he moved with his parents to Lee Co., Iowa, in 1846 ; to Whiteside Co., Ill., in 1851, where he taught school, and studied medicine preparatory to taking a collegiate course of medical instruction; he graduated at Rush Medical College, on Jan. 24, 1866 ; he is a member of the Iowa and Illinois Central District Medical Association; is also a member of the Illinois State Medical Society, and of the American Medical Association ; in 1866, he came to Andalusia, Rock Island Co., and has since resided here and practiced his profession ; in politics he is a Republican, and has been Supervisor of his town; on Dec. 11, 1867, he married Miss Martha Mitchell, of Fulton, Whiteside Co., Ill.: she is the daughter of David Mitchell, deceased, who was the first County Treasurer of that county, and an efficient Deacon of the Presbyterian Church; Dr. Cozad has two sons, James M. and Louis E., and two daughters, Clara I. and Letitia G.

 

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