Biography of Dr. James Milligan, pages 807 / 808.  History of De Kalb 
County, Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Dr. James Milligan, section 32, Troy Township, was born in Washington 
County, Pa., May 31, 1816, a son of James Milligan.  He was reared on a farm 
and received his education, attending a select school in his native county.  
He began the study of medicine with Dr. James P. Scroggs, and in 1842 
removed to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and began his practice.  In the winter 
of 1843-’44 he attended the Cleveland Medical College, and then returned to 
Tuscarawas County and continued his practice till 1853, when he came to De 
Kalb County and located in Butler, residing there till the fall of 1865, 
when he settled on his present farm.  He continued his practice till about 
1879, and since then has given it into younger hands.  He owns a fine farm 
of 240 acres, which is carried on by tenants.  He also owns a house and lot 
in butler.  Dr. Milligan was married Oct. 17, 1848, to Margaret Browning, a 
native of Jefferson County, Ohio, daughter of John F. Browning.  They have 
had a family of five children, all deceased.  Four died in childhood, and 
one daughter, Inez, died Oct. 10, 1877 at the age of eighteen years.

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