| Note* | | "JOHN R. KEARNEY, M. D.,
was born January 27, 1856, in Andrew County, Missouri. His father was a native of Knox County. Ohio, and his mother of Boone County, Missouri. When quite young John entered a printing office at Falls City, Nebraska, to learn the trade of printer. He also began to study medicine under the tutorship of Dr. W. W. Shaw of that city, though really at that time not much more than a boy, and continued under his instruction for six years. From Falls City he went to Ohio, where he worked on a farm in order to obtain sufficient money to enable him to take his first course of lectures. He attended the Louisville Medical College, and after leaving that institution he subsequently entered the St. Louis Medical College, from which he graduated in March, 1877. He also graduated from the Bellevue Hospital College in 1881. Dr. Kearney has worked his own way through life, and is entitled to great credit for the manner in which he has built up his successful practice. In July, 1877, he commenced practicing his profession at New Point. Politically he stands independent. The doctor was married in Mound City, Missouri, July 4, 1879 to Miss Lida Bloomer, daughter of Allen Bloomer, of this township. They have one child, Elmer Frank, born April 22. 1880. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church."1 |