Born on the 3d of October, 1823. His father Allen Boomer, with his family settled on a farm in Jefferson county, New York, when Albert was five years of age, and about 1839 immigrated to Boone county, Illinois, and settled on Garden Prairie, six miles east of Belvidere. Prior to his nineteenth year Albert received but little schooling, at no period more than four months in a year, at the ordinary common schools. He had, however, a great fondness for study, and finally obtained the consent of his father to attend an academy, if he would support himself. He taught during the next winter, and attended school the summer following; then for about three years he worked on the farm in summer and attended the academy during the winters. While thus engaged he employed some of his spare moments in reading medical books, becoming interested in the medical science, about 1849 began to give the subject his chief attention. He read first in the office of Dr. D. H. Whitney, and afterward with Dr. Lake, both of Belvidere. In the spring of 1853 he graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, and during that same year established himself in practice at Delhi, Delaware county, Iowa. At first, in connection with his professional business, he conducted a drug store, but in about five years traded this for land. In 1862 Dr. Boomer was appointed assistant surgeon of the 27th regiment Iowa Infantry, under command of Colonel Gilbert, and served in that capacity with great faithfulness until near the close of the war. Since his return from the army Dr. Boomer has lived on his farm, and latterly has tried to retire from medical practice, but his old neighbors, whose family physician, in some cases, he has been for more than twenty years, are reluctant to dispense with his valuable services, when he is at home. Aside from his professional duties, he has been honored with positions of honor and trust. He was for two years a member of the lower house of the state legislature, and for six years a member of the state senate. During his senatorial term in the fourteenth and fifteenth general assemblies he was a prominent member, and took a very decided stand on the temperance question, being a strong prohibitionist. Dr. Boomer has been a republican since the party was organized, and a member of the Methodist church for more than thirty years. On the 4th of July, 1846, he was married to Miss Charlotte A. Brownell, of Boone county, Illinois.

Born on the 3d of October, 1823. His father Allen Boomer, with his family settled on a farm in Jefferson county, New York, when Albert was five years of age, and about 1839 immigrated to Boone county, Illinois, and settled on Garden Prairie, six miles east of Belvidere. Prior to his nineteenth year Albert received but little schooling, at no period more than four months in a year, at the ordinary common schools. He had, however, a great fondness for study, and finally obtained the consent of his father to attend an academy, if he would support himself. He taught during the next winter, and attended school the summer following; then for about three years he worked on the farm in summer and attended the academy during the winters. While thus engaged he employed some of his spare moments in reading medical books, becoming interested in the medical science, about 1849 began to give the subject his chief attention. He read first in the office of Dr. D. H. Whitney, and afterward with Dr. Lake, both of Belvidere. In the spring of 1853 he graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, and during that same year established himself in practice at Delhi, Delaware county, Iowa. At first, in connection with his professional business, he conducted a drug store, but in about five years traded this for land. In 1862 Dr. Boomer was appointed assistant surgeon of the 27th regiment Iowa Infantry, under command of Colonel Gilbert, and served in that capacity with great faithfulness until near the close of the war. Since his return from the army Dr. Boomer has lived on his farm, and latterly has tried to retire from medical practice, but his old neighbors, whose family physician, in some cases, he has been for more than twenty years, are reluctant to dispense with his valuable services, when he is at home. Aside from his professional duties, he has been honored with positions of honor and trust. He was for two years a member of the lower house of the state legislature, and for six years a member of the state senate. During his senatorial term in the fourteenth and fifteenth general assemblies he was a prominent member, and took a very decided stand on the temperance question, being a strong prohibitionist. Dr. Boomer has been a republican since the party was organized, and a member of the Methodist church for more than thirty years. On the 4th of July, 1846, he was married to Miss Charlotte A. Brownell, of Boone county, Illinois.

Born on the 3d of October, 1823. His father Allen Boomer, with his family settled on a farm in Jefferson county, New York, when Albert was five years of age, and about 1839 immigrated to Boone county, Illinois, and settled on Garden Prairie, six miles east of Belvidere. Prior to his nineteenth year Albert received but little schooling, at no period more than four months in a year, at the ordinary common schools. He had, however, a great fondness for study, and finally obtained the consent of his father to attend an academy, if he would support himself. He taught during the next winter, and attended school the summer following; then for about three years he worked on the farm in summer and attended the academy during the winters. While thus engaged he employed some of his spare moments in reading medical books, becoming interested in the medical science, about 1849 began to give the subject his chief attention. He read first in the office of Dr. D. H. Whitney, and afterward with Dr. Lake, both of Belvidere. In the spring of 1853 he graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, and during that same year established himself in practice at Delhi, Delaware county, Iowa. At first, in connection with his professional business, he conducted a drug store, but in about five years traded this for land. In 1862 Dr. Boomer was appointed assistant surgeon of the 27th regiment Iowa Infantry, under command of Colonel Gilbert, and served in that capacity with great faithfulness until near the close of the war. Since his return from the army Dr. Boomer has lived on his farm, and latterly has tried to retire from medical practice, but his old neighbors, whose family physician, in some cases, he has been for more than twenty years, are reluctant to dispense with his valuable services, when he is at home. Aside from his professional duties, he has been honored with positions of honor and trust. He was for two years a member of the lower house of the state legislature, and for six years a member of the state senate. During his senatorial term in the fourteenth and fifteenth general assemblies he was a prominent member, and took a very decided stand on the temperance question, being a strong prohibitionist. Dr. Boomer has been a republican since the party was organized, and a member of the Methodist church for more than thirty years. On the 4th of July, 1846, he was married to Miss Charlotte A. Brownell, of Boone county, Illinois.