BARDWELL, THOMAS S.

BARDWELL

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The History of Linn County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a
biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and
local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of the Northwest, history of
Iowa, map of Linn County, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, &c. ;
illustrated.
Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1878

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BARDWELL, THOMAS S., physician and surgeon, Marion; born in Pendleton, Madison Co., N.
Y., May 20, 1827; in 1837, he came with his parents to Rock Island, Ill. His father, Leonard
BARDWELL, was a physician, and was appointed Contract Surgeon at Rock Island, for the U. S.
Government, in 1838; served in that position abut a year, then removed to davenport, Iowa; resided
in that vicinity until 1841, then they came to Marion, Thomas S. having commenced the removal of
their household goods to this place the year previous. In 1841, Leonard BARDWELL purchased
for $50 in gold a squatter's claim to Round Grove, situated ten miles north of Marion, in what is
now Otter Creek Tp.; he was one of the first physicians of this place. Thomas S. BARDWELL
commenced making a farm at Round Grove in 1841, and from that time until 1849, he followed
farming pursuits, and was prosecuting the study of medicine during the same period, under his
father's tuition; he graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Missouri, at St.
Louis, class of 1849 and 1850; in 1850, he commenced practice at Marion. In 1863, he entered the
U. S. service as Surgeon of the 9th I. V. C. [Iowa Voluntary Calvary]; served in that capacity until
the close of the rebellion, then returned to Marion, and has been in practice here ever since. Soon
after he left the army he was appointed Postmaster at Marion, and served about three years. The
Doctor was editor of the Marion and Linn Co. Democrat several years. The doctor's father was born
at Belchertown, Mass., in 1802; he died in 1847.