James V. Rawlings, M. D.

    James V. Rawlings, M. D., Wirt, Jefferson County, is a native of Jefferson County, and was born on a farm in Lancaster Township, January 3, 1859. His parents are James E. and Margaret (Walker) Rawlings, natives of Jefferson County, Indiana, and of England. His grandfather Vincent Rawlings was a native of Kentucky, and was one of the early settlers of Clark County, Indiana, and afterward came to this county; was a tanner by trade, but became a farmer in Lancaster Township, where he lived to a good old age.

    The father of Dr. Rawlings lives in Lancaster Township, on a farm. Dr. Rawlings was reared on a farm. Dr. Rawlings was reared on a farm, and was educated at the college in Danville, Indiana. He studied medicine with Dr. J. W. Flanders, of Dupont, Indiana, and graduated in the spring of 1887, at the college of Physicians and Surgeons, of Baltimore, Maryland. He began the practice of medicine at Wirt, has a large practice thus far, and a fine promise for future work.

Source: Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. By John M. Gresham & Co., 1889.