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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Andrew MELVILLE, physician and surgeon, Peotone; born in Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 2, 1840; 
when 5 years of age, he emigrated with his parents to Canada, where he lived until 17 years 
of age, engaged in his studies, when, in 1854, he commenced the study of medicine, which he 
pursued for three years in Canada; in 1857, he went to New York and finished his studies; 
in March, 1862, he engaged with the Allan line of steamers as Emigrant Surgeon, running 
between Glasgow, Scotland, and New York, after which he went as Assistant Surgeon in the 
79th Regt. of Highlanders from New York, remaining with the regiment eighteen months; on 
account of ill health he then resigned, returning to Canada; he graduated in June, 1864; 
then purchased in Prescott, Can., the drug jobbing business of his old preceptor, which 
he ran for three years; then practiced medicine for three years in Traverse City, Mich., 
when he came to Peotone in 1870, where he has since followed his profession. He married 
June 13, 1866, Catherine MELVILLE; they are the parents of three children - Frederick 
W. W., Andrew H. and Anna Bella.