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Lincoln, Joseph C

soldier, physician, surgeon, was born May 22, 1844, in Albany, N. Y. He received his education at the Lawrence university of Appleton, Wis.; and in 1871 graduated from the Rush Medical college of Chicago, Ill. During the civil war he was a member of the first regiment of Minnesota volunteers. He has a large practice in Bowling Green, Ohio; is a member of the board of examining surgeons for pensions; and in 1892 was the republican candidate for congress from the Toledo district.

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