Biography of T. P. Bicknell, M. D., page 681.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

T.P. Bicknell, M.D., deceased,---Although not a resident of De Kalb County, 
there are few who will be longer remembered by the early settlers than Dr. 
Bicknell.  He was a native of Chenango County, N.Y., and received his 
education in his native State.  In 1846, realizing the more favorable 
opportunities offered a young man in the West, he moved to Northern Indiana 
and settled in Lisbon, Noble County, at that time little more than an 
wilderness.  Being a skillful physician, he soon gained a wide reputation in 
Noble, De Kalb, Steuben and surrounding counties, and he was obliged to ride 
night and day in all kinds of weather.  From constant exposure his health 
became impaired and for several years he was unable to engage in active 
practice.  Such was the confidence reposed in him and his skill that when he 
was unable to visit patients they were brought to him from miles away on 
cots.  In 1854 Dr. Bicknell was elected to represent Noble County in the 
convention to revise the Constitution of the State of Indiana, and was the 
youngest member of the convention.  In 1861 he was the first Examining 
Surgeon appointed in his district, and was  twice appointed by Governor 
Morton as Surgeon (first of the Thirtieth  and second of the forty-fourth 
Regiment), but was obliged to decline on account of his health.  Dr. 
Bicknell died in 1863, leaving a large circle of friends to mourn his 
loss.  He was married in New York to Lydia Myers, and to them were born 
three children---Hattie, Thompson O. and H. M.  Mrs. Bicknell resides in 
Fort Wayne.

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