"Dr. Charles E. Thurmon is a well know representative of the medical fraternity in Milton & is in his practice has advanced beyond mediocrity & become recognized as a capable exponent of the great scientific principles which underline his chosen profession. He was born July 25 1853, near Milton and is a son of William H. and Lucy L. (Smith) Thurmon. His father came to Pike CO., in the early '40 with his parents and both Mr. & Mrs. William H. Thurmon are now living upon the old family homestead near Milton, his life having been given to agricultural pursuits, his well improved farm being the visible evidence of his activity & energy in former years. Dr. Thurmon was reared to the occupation of farming & assisted in the labors of field & meadow until his 20th year, at which time he obtained a certificate to teach school. He spent the following 10 years as an instructor in the country and graded schools of Pike CO., and was an able educator, imparting with clearness & readiness to other the knowledge that he had acquired. During the latter part of the decade he took up the study of medicine under the instruction of Dr. Evan Scott, of Time, and afterward attended a full course of lectures in MO. Medical College of St.Louis, MO., and was graduated in the class of 1885. He entered upon the active practice of his profession in Pearl , Pike CO., where he also conducted a drug store for 6 1/2 years. On the expiration of that period he retired from mercantile life to devote his attention exclusively to his professional duties & removed to Milton, where he had since practice with gratifying success, having a large & growing patronage. He has kept in touch with the advancement made by the medical fraternity and in addition to a large private practice he was acting a railroad surgeon for the Chicago and Alton railroad during his residence in Pearl. He was the originator and proprietor of a tobacco cure that is fast gaining wide spread reputation. Dr. Thurmon was married Dec. 18, 1888, to Miss Mary B. Hayden and unto them have been born 2 children. Charles R. who died in infancy, and Edward V. Thurmon, who is living with his parents in Milton.

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