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Ira L. Welch
Humboldt County
Born in Cortland county, New York, on December 18, 1828. He came with his father's family from Cortland county, New York, to Cleveland, Ohio, when about three years of age. He was educated in Seville Academy at Seville, Ohio, and at Oberlin College in the same state. He entered upon his duties at these institutions of learning with a zealous hope of obtaining a liberal education, but after two years of immoderate application, he was obliged to abandon his plans on account of failing health. With returning health he began the study of medicine and later took a course of lectures in Charity Hospital Medical College at Cleveland, Ohio. He subsequently took a course of lectures in the University of Wooster, and in 1879 he graduated from that institution. He has been in constant practice since 1867. He was married to .Miss Susan E. Dix on April 19, 1851, in Seville, Ohio. The doctor is not actively identified with any church, but his sympathies are largely with liberal Christianity. He is a member and ex-president of the Fort Dodge Medical Society, member and ex-president of the Boone Valley Medical Society, member of the Iowa State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He was for several years Worshipful Master of the Masonic lodge at Humboldt, and also a member of Delta Chapter No. 51, Royal Arch Masons, at Fort Dodge and of Cavalry Commandery, No. 24, as well. He served as county treasurer for four years following January 1, 1874, and was a member of the house of representatives representing the district then composed of Humboldt and Wright counties in the Twenty-first General Assembly. In politics he is a Republican who firmly adheres to their doctrine.
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