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- SIMON LOCK LORD, M.D., Edgerton; was born in Livingston,
- York Co., Me., on Wednesday, March 8, 1826; he was the son
of James and Olive LORD, the fathers of whom were both Revolutionary
soldiers. The subject of this sketch was the youngest of eight
children, seven sons and one daughter; his early life was spent
upon a farm, when not attending a district school; at the age
of 15 years he entered a High School at Cornishville, Me., which,
with Parsonsfield Seminary, furnished him an academic education;
he began the study of medicine and surgery in 1848, under the
instruction of Drs. PEABODY, of Buxton, and TOMPSON, of Cornish,
and attended medical lectures at Bowdoin College, Me., Tremont
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- Medical School, Boston, and Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
from the last of which he received his degree in medicine and
surgery; his first attempt at practice was in his native State,
from which he removed in 1854 to Dubuque, Iowa; in the spring
of 1858, he changed his location to Edgerton, Rock Co., Wis.,
his present residence. At the outbreak of the rebellion, he tendered
his services to Gov. Randall, and was commissioned as Assistant
Surgeon of the 13th W.V.I.; a few months afterward he was promoted
to be Surgeon of the 32d W.V.I., with which he served until the
expiration of three years, when ill-health compelled him to resign.
Upon restoration to his usual health and vigor, he resumed the
practice of medicine and surgery.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, pp. 846-847; lithograph from same book, p. 837.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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