Dr. T. A. BLAND, a pioneer citizen of Greene County, died at his home in Chicago, January 3. His body was cremated and the ashes were sent to Washington, D. C, for permanent interment. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah BLAND, North Carolina Quakers, who bought a tract of land in this (Richland) Township in 1820 near the Union Bethel church house, north of Bloomfield. The log house just north of that church was the birthplace of Dr. BLAND on May 21, 1830.As a young man he was studious, and from early years he had a hungry mind; he borrowed books from Judge CAVINS and Lawyer Rousseau and other early scholars of this place.He married Mary C. DAVIS, when twenty-two years old.As a physician he practiced medicine in Worthington, and in 1864 accepted a commission for Gov. MORTON as a special surgeon in the army.For nearly ten years himself and wife were engaged in the publishing business, and in 1878 they located at Washington, D. C. and followed lecturing and literary work. Since 1899 he had lived in Chicago, where he was secretary of the American Medical Union.∼medical doctor, publisher, Indian Rights Activist, founder of the National Indian Defense Association "NIDA", publisher of "The Council Fire & Arbitrator"
Dr. T. A. BLAND, a pioneer citizen of Greene County, died at his home in Chicago, January 3. His body was cremated and the ashes were sent to Washington, D. C, for permanent interment. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah BLAND, North Carolina Quakers, who bought a tract of land in this (Richland) Township in 1820 near the Union Bethel church house, north of Bloomfield. The log house just north of that church was the birthplace of Dr. BLAND on May 21, 1830.As a young man he was studious, and from early years he had a hungry mind; he borrowed books from Judge CAVINS and Lawyer Rousseau and other early scholars of this place.He married Mary C. DAVIS, when twenty-two years old.As a physician he practiced medicine in Worthington, and in 1864 accepted a commission for Gov. MORTON as a special surgeon in the army.For nearly ten years himself and wife were engaged in the publishing business, and in 1878 they located at Washington, D. C. and followed lecturing and literary work. Since 1899 he had lived in Chicago, where he was secretary of the American Medical Union.∼medical doctor, publisher, Indian Rights Activist, founder of the National Indian Defense Association "NIDA", publisher of "The Council Fire & Arbitrator"
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