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Below is a family biography included in The History of McLean County, Illinois published by Wm. LeBaron, Jr. Co. in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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M. FALOON, M. D., Bloomington. Another of the old settlers and physicians of Bloomington is Dr. M. Faloon, who is a native of Carlisle. Cumberland Co., Penn.; he attended and became a graduate of the Eclectic Medical College, of Cincinnati; he also became a graduate in allopathy in Philadelphia; also has a certificate of attendance of a full course of the Eurescopian system; he is a thorough botanist, frequently having herbs sent to him from the laboratories of different colleges, for the purpose of learning their medical qualities; he is also the propounder of different medicines now before the public, prominent among which is Dr. Faloon’s Tonic, Dr. Faloon’s Instant Relief and many other well-known remedies. The Doctor has been in constant practice for twenty-six years, and has been practicing in Bloomington for the past nineteen years; he has many friends who can vouch for his ability and skill as a physician.
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