DR. A. M. BIRD
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Alfred Morgan Bird, of Mason City, Illinois, was born in Uniontown, Pa., April 19, 1842, the son of Dr. M. and E. A. Bird, both of Fayette county, Pa. The ancestors of Dr. M. Bird came from England to Virginia. The subject of this sketch was the fourth child of his parents. His mother is still living, being sixty-one years of age; his father died July 24, 1871, in his sixty-fourth year, at Princeton, Kentucky, where the family now reside. Dr. A. M. Bird received his literary education principally at the St. Louis High School and at Cumberland University, of Lebanon, Tennessee. Having selected the profession of medicine for a life employment, he began the study of the same in Princeton, Kentucky. His health failing him, he was compelled temporarily to relinquish his studies and travel in the middle and western states until returning health enabled him to resume his studies, which he did in Leavenworth, Kansas. He then attended Rush Medical College, at Chicago, Illinois, and here graduated. After visiting his friends in Princeton, Kentucky, he returned to the Prairie State, and began the practice at Greenview, Illinois, which was continued for one year, when he located in Mason City, and formed a co-partnership with Dr. Conover, which was continued until Dr. Conover's death, since which time he has continued the practice alone. He was married, October 23, 1873, to Mary, daughter of J. C. Bondon, D. D., late President of Lincoln University, Lincoln, Illinois. Dr. Bird enjoys a lucrative practice, which his rare abilities and abundant preparation fairly entitle him to, and we know of no reason why he should not continue to hold the high position in his profession for years to come, which he now so unostentatiously enjoys.

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