H.A. Mix, M.D.

History of Ogle County, 1878, p.631 :

"youngest son of Wm. J. Mix, Sr., M. D., deceased, one of the earliest settlers of Ogle Co.; the subject of this sketch was born in Oregon, in this Co., July 13, 1838.; At an early age he developed a natural taste for anatomy, having, when only ten years of age, put together the entire parts of a skeleton; at the age of twelve he dissected a human body and exposed every muscle; after studying medicine for three years, with Dr. E. S. Potter, of Oregon, he attended Rush Medical College, graduating from that institution in Februarv, 1864.; He immediately entered the service as 2d Asst. Surgeon of the 64th I. V. I., and was made in Sept. following, 1st Asst. Surgeon; during Sherman's campaign, was one of the operating staff of the first division of the 16th corps, being appointed to that position over many older surgeons, on account of his surgical skill; in May following he was made Surgeon of the 64th I. V. I.; in June, 1865, he was selected as one of the three surgeons in the Army of the Tennessee, to form a board of medical examiners and served as such until the close of the war.; He then returned to Rush Medical College and took a course of lectures on diseases of women and children.; He then commenced the practice of medicine in partnership with Dr. E. S. Potter, in Oregon, and continued as such until 1874, when he started for himself and has continued so up to the present time, having a large and lucrative practice; the same year he built his fine residence, which is an ornament to his native town, he married Adeline A. Perry, in Lynnville, in this Co., July 11, 1868; have one son, Morton P., born July 19, 1873."  d.1908, burried Daysville Cemetery.

married : Adeline A. Perry Mix