J. B. PAUL, M.D.
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Dr. Paul was born in Solon, Maine, April 30, 1823, and received his education at an Academy in that State. Was principal in the public schools, in Houston, in 1846-'7; in Calais, in 1847-'8; and in a ward school, in Bangor, Maine, in 1848-'9-'50. On account of ill health (bronchitis, and apparently incipient phthisic) he emigrated to the west, in 1851. Was principal of the Fourth Ward School, in Peoria, Illinois from 1851 to '55, during which time his attention was turned to medicine and surgery, as a life business. Came to Mason county, in 1855, and was instrumental in bringing order out of chaos in the public schools of Havana, over which he presided during the years 1855-'6-'7. Having received the degree of M.D., from Rush Medical College, he opened an office in Havana, the following summer, for the practice of medicine. He was married, in Dexter, Maine, in 1848, to Miss Lovina G. Lawton, and an unusually bright and interesting family enliven their pleasant home. Dr. Paul and wife became identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1858, and now constitute its strength and stay. The Doctor's experience furnishes another illustration of "that where there is a will, there is a way." He left home at the age of sixteen years, with a worldly estate of ninety-three cents. We find him to-day, well-to-do, self educated, and a valuable experience, with medical and literary abilities attained to but by few.

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