"History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Co.'s, Indiana"
Goodspeed Bros. and Co., 1884


JOHN H. FAUCETT, M.D., is a native of Orange County, Ind., born September,
1840, son of William and Mary A. (Higgins) Faucett, and is of English
origin.  The father of Dr. Faucett was a native of North Carolina, and his
mother was born in Tennessee.  The parents of Dr. Faucett immigrated to
Indiana in 1820, and settled in Orange County, and here his father died in
1848.  The early life of the subject of this mention was spent in service
for his mother and attending the district school.  In 1861 Dr. Faucett
enlisted in the United States Army, in Company K, Forty-ninth Indiana
Volunteers.  He was at the siege of Vicksburg, where he was wounded.  He was
honorably discharged in 1863.  In 1866 Dr. Faucett began the study of
medicine in the office of Dr. Riley, near Kecksville, Martin Co., Ind.  In
1874 he graduated from the Missouri Medical College at ST. Louis, but prior
to this date had done some medical practice.  He first located at Trinity
Springs, Martin Co., Ind., where he remained until 1876, when he came to
Fayetteville, Indian Creek Township, Lawrence County, and here he continues
in the regular practice of his profession, in which he has been very
successful.  The marriage of Dr. Faucett occurred in 1876 to Miss Ida
Leonard, a native of Martin County, Ind., daughter of Samuel Leonard.
Mrs.Faucett died in 1880.  Dr. Faucett is a Republican and one of the
leading physicians of his county.


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