EZEKIEL FRIEND, retired physician, Saidora; was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., Dec. 30, 1815; he received his early education in the common schools of Cumberland and Franklin Cos., in which he resided some time prior to his removal to the West. In 1836, he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. A. W. Cooper, of Chambersburg, Franklin Co., and in 1839, commenced the practice of his profession; in the fall of 1841, he removed to Illinois, located in Cass Co., near Chandlersville, where, for many years, he was associated with Dr. Chandler in the practice of medicine. The Doctor removed to Mason Co., in the fall of 1854, and to his present home in August, 1855. On the llth of August, 1846, he was married to Miss Mary A. Ray, who was born in Kentucky, April 24, 1826; her death occurred Feb. 3, 1849; they had one child, John C., born July 16, 1847. He was married to Sarah Humphrey June 28, 1849; she was born in Indiana Feb. 1, 1824; died July 2, 1854; two children by this union:  Mary Jane and Thomas. He was married to his present wife, Mary E. Curry, Aug. 31, 1855; she was born in New York July 1, 1838, they have nine children:  George W., born July 26, 1856; Josephine, January, 1858; Ellen V., Oct. 20, 1859; Alice P., Aug. 16, 1862; Adaline, Nov. 29,1864; Charlotte E., June 7, 1867; Lucy A., Nov. 30, 1869; Charles H. F., Feb. 11, 1873; Theodore E., June 10, 1875. The Doctor is a son of John and Mary (Oliver) Friend; his mother was a daughter of Nicholas Bonner Oliver, who came from England and settled in Philadelphia, Penn. Dr. Friend has been in the active practice of his profession in Cass, Mason and adjoining counties, since 1841 (until within the past seven years), a period of nearly a quarter of a century.



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