JOHN B. LARKIN, M.D., was born in Burlington, Vt., June 24, 1833.  He is the
son of Daniel and Ann (Bradford) Larkin, natives of the north of Ireland,
where they were reared, married, and resided until 1829, when they emigrated
to this country, and after residing a short time in Canada located
permanently in Vermont.  The father died in 1863.  His widow is yet living
in Vermont.  John B. Larkin, until seventeen years of age, resided with his
parents upon a farm, receiving a common school education.  He then worked in
a cotton and woolen-mill at Newburg, N.Y., until the winter of 1852, when he
went South, and after visiting New Orleans and other points, found
employment on a flat-boat.  In 1854 he came to Ripley County, Ind., where he
taught school, and then went to Shelbyville, Ill., where he attended an
academy, taught school and began the study of medicine.  After attending
medical school at Ann Arbor, Mich., he began practice at Huron, Ind.  August
11, 1862, he enlisted as a recruit, was then promoted Assistant Surgeon, and
later Surgeon, and served until the close of the war.  Soon after coming
home he located at Mitchell, where he has since remained, following his
profession.  He has since graduated at the Hospital Medical College,
Louisville, with one of his class honors.  He was united in marriage with
Miss Maggie Kincaid, December 27, 1867, born in Shelbyville, Tenn., in 1842.
To this union have been born four children, viz.:  Mamie K., Frederick,
Fannie L. and Grace.  Dr. Larkin is the Secretary of the Board of United
States Examining Surgeons for Pensioners, located at Mitchell.   He is a
member of the Odd Fellows' order, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and one
of the progressive and public-spirited men of Mitchell.


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