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Born 1831, Hamilton Township
From The History of Warren County, Ohio (1882)
J. L. MOUNTS, M. D., Morrow, was born in Hamilton Township, Warren Co., Ohio, on the old Mounts farm, Aug. 19, 1831, and was the seventh in a family of eleven children. Ac the age of 2 years, he went to live with his uncle, Matthew Leonard on an adjoining farm, and there remained until he was 21 years old. He attended the district school in the winter; attended the Lebanon Academy in the winter of 1849-50, and one year at the Ohio Wesleyan University. He taught school one year at the Zjar Schoolhouse In 1852, he commenced the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. J. T. Couden; he attended lectures at the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated. He at once entered upon the practice in partnership with his preceptor, in Morrow, which partnership has continued until the present time, except during his absence in the army. Dr. Mounts was Assistant Surgeon of the 31st
As printed in The History of Warren County, Ohio (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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