ROBERT G. RIDER
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Dr. Rider was born March 14, 1831, in Palmyra, Portage county, Ohio. When about five years old, his parents removed to near Logansport, Indiana, where his father died. The mother then removed with the family to Pennsylvania, where the Doctor attended the common schools till the age of fifteen years, when he entered Jefferson College, at Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, continuing there four years. He then commenced reading, in Washington, Pennsylvania, continuing there three years. He then attended medical lectures, in the Iowa Medical University, at Keokuk, Iowa. In the spring of 1853 he went south, and settled near Mobile, Alabama. He remained in practice until the fall of 1856, when he came to Mason county, and settled where the town of Topeka now stands. In the spring of 1857, he married Harriet M., daughter of Aaron Littell, late of that vicinity. In the fall of 1862, he recruited Co. K, 85th Vol. Inf., was elected Captain, and soon after promoted to Major, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. He resigned his commission, in Savanah, Georgia, returned home and resumed his profession. In the spring of 1876, he removed to Havana, where he continues the practice of medicine, and the superintendence of a fine farm, south of Forest City. The medical qualifications of Dr. Rider are of a high order, and a varied experience in his profession to which few men attain. He stands second to none in his profession in Mason county.

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