DR. G. W. PARKINS
Page 187

The gentleman whose name heads this article, is, we believe, the oldest practitioner in Mason county. He was born in Greenbrier county, Virginia, December, 1821, removed to Ohio in 1832, was educated for his profession, and began practice in Springfield, Ohio, and came to Illinois in 1850. Realizing that it was "not good for man to be alone," in the then somewhat primitive region of Illinois, he married, in 1853, March 9, to Mrs. R. Maxwell, widow of Gen. George W. Maxwell. The family consist of a son, now a young man of more than usual abilities, who is being educated in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Parkins are among our well-to-do, substantial people. They reside in a pleasant home, on the south side of the public square, in Havana, "and along the cool sequestered vale of life, they keep the noiseless tenor of their way," highly respected by their numerous friends and acquaintances. The Doctor is one of the few men who combine common sense, in large proportion, with his medical attainments, in the practice of his profession, and is consequently very successful.

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