JERE D. EGGLESTON
MERIDEN: Physician and Surgeon
Dr. Eggleston was born in Long Meadow, Mass., Octoher 28, 1853, and was educated at Williams College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York city. His professional life has been spent principally at Windsor Locks and Meriden, eleven years in all having been spent in the city. He has been a member of the board of aldermen and city physician, and is a republican in politics. Dr. Eggleston is a man of great personal energy, and attained his education by his own exertions, first earning money for the purpose on a farm, and afterwards by teaching school. His father was Jere D. Eggleston, who died when the subject of this sketch was in infancy. The death of Dr. Eggleston's mother followed while he was still a youth, leaving him dependent upon himself. He is a son-in-law of the Hon. Thomas Duncan of Windsor. He married the oldest daughter of that gentleman, Miss Libbie Duncan, in 1881. There have been four children as the result of the union, three of whom are now living. Dr. Eggleston is a member of Meridian Lodge, No. 77, F. and A. M. of Meriden, and of the order of Odd Fellows.
Source: Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut - 1891, Compiled and Published by J. A. Spalding, Hartford Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1891
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