Edward Thomas Abrams
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Edward Thomas Abrams | |
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| Born | November 20, 1860  |
| Died | May 20, 1918 (aged 57) |
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| Occupation | Surgeon, politician |
Edward Thomas Abrams (November 20, 1860 – May 20, 1918) was an American physician.
Abram was born on November 20, 1860, to Michael and Lydia Chegwyn Abrams, came from Cornwall, England. Abrams was born in a miner's cabin in Eagle River, Michigan, November 20, 1860. His early life was a period of hard struggle to gain an education. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, he was apprenticed to a blacksmith; he then began to teach at a country school to earn the money which would enable him to go to college. After obtaining in 1883 a Bachelor of Science degree at Valparaiso, he attended Dartmouth Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1889. Later he did postgraduate work at Long Island College Hospital, and in 1902 Olivet conferred on him the honorary degree of Master of Arts. The doctor began his practice in Centennial, Michigan, and later removed to Dollar Bay, where he spent the remainder of his life.
In 1890, he was married to Ida L. Howe, of Howell, Mich. One child, a daughter, was born to them, but died in early infancy. He was survived by his wife, several sisters and two brothers, one of whom, James Abrams, was a physician at Calumet, Mich.
