Dr. Daniel Wilson settled there in 1837. He was a botanic physician. He was probably the best known physician who has ever practiced there. He was a member of the German Baptist Church (Tunkers) and a Deacon among them. He occasionally preached for them, and conducted the exercises on funeral occasions. He died near there on the 27th of May, 1867. He was born in Kentucky June 5, 1801
Dr. John Zimmerman, a quadroon Pottawatomie Indian, was the next. He had previously practiced in South Solon, this county. He located in Somerford in about 1848. He was a Christian preacher, and organized the first Christian Church there. He afterward went to Liverpool, where he practiced for awhile, from about 1852. I knew him personally while he was living there. The boys over on the Little Darby called him Dr. "Rutabaga," on account of his being a "herb doctor." He was a good practitioner and an able preacher.
Dr. William Adams read medicine with Dr. Enoch Thomas, of London, Ohio, in about 1844. Practiced in Somerford two or three years, and moved to Clinton, Ill. Was a brother of Eli H. Adams, of Somerford Township. Dr. J. T. Colliver, of Jefferson, Ohio, married one of his daughters.
Dr. Andrew Summers located there about 1848, but did not remain long. He moved West.
Dr. Daniel Bell was there also for a time, and also a Dr. Ecord.
Dr. J. H. Grahnn settled there in about 1863. and remained about one year, when he moved to South Charleston, Ohio.
Dr. Edwin Guy Keifer, son of James and Deniza (Reed) Keifer, was born May 21, 1846, in Fairfield Township, Greene County, Ohio. He enlisted, August 15, 1862, in Company H, Forty-fourth Regiment Ohio Infantry, and was mustered out at the close of the war. He enjoyed the luxury of "sticking his legs under the mahogony" for one month at Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Gen. Rasser having surprised the camp at Beverly, Va., by night, taking in nearly the entire command, his regiment having been changed to a cavalry command. He commenced the study of medicine under John W. Greene, of Fairfield, Ohio, and graduated an M. D. at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1871. He located in Somerford in the spring of 1871, where he now lives. He married January 15, 1868, Miss Lou Snediker, of Fairfield, Ohio.
Dr. Milton C. Sprague, son of Dr. James B. Sprague, was born in Harmony Township, Clark County, Ohio, October 23, 1849; graduated at the Cincinnati Medical College in June, 1874. Practiced with his father in London, Ohio, until January, 1880, when he located at Somerford, Ohio. He married, August 20. 1874, Miss Alice C. Hurd, of Vienna, Clark Co., Ohio.