History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 923, Vermont Township
Columbus McCurdy, physician and surgeon, Vermont, was born in
McDonough Co., Ill., in 1844. His father, Alex. McC., a miller, was
born in Virginia, but emigrated to McDonough Co. in an early day; in
1843 he married Eliza Renner; in 1847 he settled in Vermont, where he
followed his vocation until his death in 1851; his widow died in 1875.
The only survivor of the family is the subject of this sketch, who
thoroughly educated himself at the common schools, studied medicine
under Drs. Taylor & Clark, and subsequently graduated at the
Eclectic Medical Institute in Cincinnati, O. In 1873 he married
Caroline Freeman, daughter of Marshall Freeman, a pioneer. Dr. McC. is
regarded as both learned and skilled in his profession.
