Reeder Smith Brigham, M.D., was born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, June 10,
1832. He had but poor advantages in early life, but, being of an inquiring mind,
resolved to educate himself, and nobly struggled against adversity. In 1860, he
married Miss Mary Goe, of Zenia, Ohio, by whom he has had five children, and
with whom he has lived happily for sixteen years. For a while his occupation was
teaching. He then became a student at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
after which he traveled and delivered lectures on various subjects. In 1856,
began the study of medicine; in 1864, entered the United States Navy, serving
one year as midshipman; graduated in the Homeopatic Medical College of St.
Louis, and settled as physician in Cairo in 1867.
Contributed 2022 Apr 23 by Norma Hass, extracted from 1876 Altas of the State of Illinois, pages 98, 106, and 238.
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