Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1917 — AN OLD PRACTICIONFR DEAD [ARTICLE]

AN OLD PRACTICIONFR DEAD

j pr. Hannibal Landon Died at Remington Saturday, Aged 76. Dr. ; ilaunibal Landon, for rhore than ’forty years engaged in the practice of medicine in the town of Remington, died at his home in that I place Saturday, aged almost 7 6 year®. He had been in.rather poor health for the past three years, but had continued to practice medicine most of the time until the past few weeks. ■ ■ ' Dr. Landon was born in Franklin county, Ohio, March 25, 1841, and was of English descent. He attended Otterbein university at Westerville, Ohio, graduating in the scientific course. He took up the ?tudy of medicine at Westerville in 1862. He graduated from the Starling Medical college at Columbus, Ohio, in 1864 and, being a member of the Ohio National Guard, he with other members of his company was called into service and spent four months under General Butler at City Point, Virginia, near Richmond, The regiment was discharged in the fall of 1864, but in the “spring of ’65, a call being made for army surgeons, Dr. Landon was commissioned assistant surgeon in the 18 Sth Ohio and served with that regiment in the department of Tennessee under General Thomas until the close of the war. After the war he went to* Philadelphia and: attended Jefferson Medical college, graduating from that institution In 1866, after which he located in practice at Ligonier, Indiana, where he remained eight years. He located in Remington in 1874 and had resided there continuously since that time. Dr. Landon’s first wife was a sister of the late Josiah Allman of Remington and an aunt of J. D. Allman of Rensselaer. She died some twenty years ago.leaving two sons, Chauncey and O. F. Landon, both of Whom are dentists and are located at Peoria, Illinois. Dr. Landon was later married' to Miss Florence Chamberlin, who with one daughter survive him. For many years he was a promi-, nent member of the Christian church at Remington. The funeral was held at Remington Monday afternoon.