“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


RICHARD PEARDON, M.D., D.D.S.,  Palmyra; born in Devonshire, 
England, Jan. 18, 1843.  He came to America with his parents May 24, 
1846, locating in Eagle, Waukesha Co., Wis., where his parents still 
reside; was, in his youth, a farmer, and was interested in the study of 
medicine at an early age, and began the study of dentistry in 1868, 
entering the Philadelphia Dental College in 1870; he graduated, after a 
full course of study, Feb. 29, 1872.  The Doctor entered the Medical 
Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1874, graduating after a 
full course with the highest honors, March 10, 1876.  By close 
application to business for the past nine years, as well as his thorough 
course of study at the best medical and dental colleges in America, he 
has obtained a high position among Wisconsin physicians.  He is an 
active member of the State Dental Society; also of the Alumni 
Association of the Pennsylvania University.  The Doctor is a Republican 
in politics, liberal in religion, was baptized in the Protestant Episcopal 
Church, and is a member of Palmyra Lodge, No. 68, A., F. & A.M.


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