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History of White County, Illinois
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F
. M. Aldridge, M.D., the well-known physician and surgeon, was
born near Mount Vernon, April 14, 1843, and was a son of Eli and Lavina (Kivit) Aldridge,
both natives of North Carolina. His professional education commenced under Dr. E. V. Spencer, physician and surgeon of Mt. Vernon, as preceptor, which took three years of study. One course of lectures was taken at Ann Arbor, and the graduating ones at the Western Reserve Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio, graduating in March, 1868. Previous to this he had been a farmer, and was married to Mary J. Black daughter of James and Nancy Black, of Posey County. It was after her death that he commenced to study for his profession. After his graduation he located in New Haven, where he married Fatima A. Hinch, daughter of Benjamin P. Hinch, by whom he had two children - Spencer (deceased), and Frances. Here he practiced for three years, gaining reputation and honor. When his wife died, in 1872, he south travel for his health and to partly savage his grief. For three years or more he was in Texas, sometimes in business and at others solely for pleasure. Returning he re-established himself in New Haven, and is to-day a leading surgeon. For many miles around, in White, Gallatin and Posey counties, his services are sought when cases of dangerous surgical operations require the hand of a skilled surgeon, and are usually attended with the most satisfactory results.
Submitted by Linda Roberts
[Author unknown] 1883. History of White County, Illinois. 946-947.
Note: Although this biography is from the History of White County, it is from the section on New Haven Township, across the county line to the south in Gallatin County.
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