Dr. A. J. Axtell

DR. A. J. AXTELL, one of the leading physicians in Bloomington, Monroe Co., Ind., was born October 18, 1827, in Washington County, Penn., where he was reared until nine years of age. He then went to Knox County, Ohio, with his parents, Thomas and Mary (Weir) Axtell, natives of Pennsylvania, entered the Martinsburg College, attended two years, and afterward taught school for some time. In 1847, he began to study medicine with Drs. Connors & Welsh, in Noble County, Ohio, continuing for three years.

In 1850, he entered the regular practice of his profession there, and four years later removed to Greene County, Ind., remaining there for nearly twenty years. In 1873, he came to Bloomington, where he has since been successfully engaged.

In August, 1863, he was elected Captain of Company A, Ninety-seventh Indiana Volunteers, organized in Terre Haute, and sent to Memphis, Tenn., where, on account of ill health, he was compelled to resign. He has served two years as Coroner of Monroe County.

On November 7, 1850, he was married to Susan M. Gilkerson, daughter of Thomas C. and Sarah Gilker-son, of Noble County, Ohio. They have had nine children, seven of whom are living--Charles J., William F., Mattie, Henry O., Mary B., Harry A. and an infant. Dr. Axtell is Secretary of a Masonic Lodge, is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Church.
Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884. - Monroe County, Indiana Bloomington Twonship CIty pg. 551

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