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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Edwin Ruthven WILLARD, physician and surgeon, Wilmington; born in Aurora, Erie Co., 
N. Y., Aug. 29, 1829; his father, Samuel WILLARD, was the son of Nathaniel WILLARD, 
of Lancaster, Mass.; he received his education at Fowler's and McElvane's seminaries, 
in the States of New York and Michigan, and commenced the study of medicine in the 
office of Samuel NILES, M. D., in 1848; attended Rush Medical College, Chicago, 
graduating at that institution in 1852, locating at Wilmington, his present home, 
the same year. Served as Vice President of Will Co. Medical Society in 1861, 
Secretary in 1865, President in 1876 and member of the Board of Censors of the 
same; he is also a member of the Illinois State Medical Society and the American 
Medical Association; his contributions to medical literature consist of papers on 
"Puerperal Fever," "Inversion of the Uterns," "Extraordinary Surgical Cases," 
"Perineal Section," "Placenta Preavia," "Diphtheria," etc.; he has also furnished 
the press with frequent contributions. During the war of the rebellion he was 
Surgeon of the 13th I. V. C.; held also the different positions of brigade, division 
and post surgeon; he continued in active service in the medical department until 
after the close of the war, and during his term of service was at the following battles: 
Shiloh, siege of Vicksburg, Bayou Metre, Austin, Little Rock, Benton, Batesville, Pine 
Bluff, Arkadelphia, OkoIona, Litile Missouri River, Prairie de Ann, Camden, Jenkins' 
Ferry, Cross, Roads, Mount Elba, Douglas Landing and Monticello. Served as Supervisor 
in 1866 - 67, School Inspector several terms and member of the City Council in 1866-67. 
In 1868, he engaged in the drug business, under the firm name of WILLARD & FOX, and, 
the following year, purchased his partner's interest; owns 315 acres of land, valued at 
$15,750, and city property valued at $10,000; Married Sept. 27, 1853, to Miss Ann 
MCINTOSH, who was born in New York; five children by this union - George E., now 
practicing medicine in the city of Chicago; Eugene S., Marcia G. A., Samuel and 
Daniel McI. The Doctor has been in the constant practice of his profession in this 
vicinity since 1862.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.