DR. JOHN MARENBURG
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Dr. Marenburg was born in 1816, of a noble family, in Styria, a province of the Empire of Austria, at the castle of Marenburg, the hereditary family property since the time of Rudolph of Halsburg. In his eleventh year he was sent to the military academy of Weiner-Neustadt, and remained there eight years as a student; and after completing his extended studies, entered the army as a first lieutenant in a regiment of infantry, and was advanced in a short time to captaincy. He left the army in 1842, tired of the monotony of the service, and went to Vienna, where he followed his natural inclination for scientific and literary studies. The medical science especially attracted his attention, and made him a constant attendant of the lectures at the renowned Josephinium, a medical academy at Vienna. The revolutionary year 1848, ended his pursuits and brought him into politics, taking an active part in siding with the people against the absolute government of the country. The final overthrow of the revolutionary party and the capture of Vienna by Field Marshal Windishgrady, compelled him to fly for his life and leave the country and his home. He went to Schleswig-Holstien and entered the army against the Danes, but had to leave again after the suppression of the war by Austrian troops. He went then to England, and from there to New York, in 1851; practiced medicine in Baltimore, Cincinnati and Covington, and finally landed in Petersburg, Illinois, in 1855, where he remained until 1870, when he removed to Havana, where he has remained to this time, actively engaged in the practice of his profession. He is of the Homoepathic school of medicine, and among our most successful practitioners. His services are often called for in adjoining counties. His family is two adopted daughters, very pleasant and educated young ladies, who enliven his pleasant home, on Orange street, Havana, Illinois, and whose taste in the ornamentation of the grounds make it one of the best in the city.

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