Biography - M Moyer
M. L. MOYER, physician, Butler, was born in Iredell County, N. C., March 19, 1850, son of J. M. and M. A. (KIMBALL) MOYER, he a farmer, born in Cabarrus County, N. C., April 7, 1820; she, also born in North Carolina, April 7, 1825. They had four children, two of whom are dead. Our subject received his primary education in the schools of Hillsboro, and commenced his business career as a carpenter, afterward trading in stock, dealing principally in the far South. In 1876, he began the study of medicine and attended the Medical College at Keokuk, Iowa, from which institution he graduated in 1880. He immediately located in Butler, where he has worked into a fine practice. The Doctor is an able and conscientious practitioner, having been and still is a hard student, leaving no modes or processes untouched that may increase his skill in his profession. He is a genial gentleman, and highly respected in the community where he has made his home. He has been for sixteen yeas a member of the Lutheran Church, and is an Odd Fellow and a Democrat.
Extracted 20 Nov 2016 by Norma Hass from 1882 History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois, Part 2 Biographical Department, page 204.
