History of Lee County, Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY. 71
The parents are members of the Eastern Star and Mr, Farver is
connected also with Ashton Lodge, No. 531, A. F. & A. M., and has
filled almost all of the offices in the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen
of America. He gives his political allegiance to the republican
party and has always been active in public affairs. For four
years he served as mayor of Ashton and his administration was
constructive, businesslike and progressive, characterized by the
accomplishment of a great deal of important work. Mr. Farver is
a man of high character, industrious and enterprising and his
honesty and uprightness have always merited him the confidence
and respect of his neighbors.
JOHN B. WEREEN, M. D.
Dr. John B. Werren, engaged in the practice of medicine at
Dixon since 1909, was born in Franklin county, Tennessee, on the
11th of November, 1871, and is a son of John B. and Susan (Zwallan)
Werren, both of whom were natives of Switzerland. They
left the land of the Alps in 1868 to come to the United States and
after crossing the Atlantic made their way into the interior of the
country. For some years they were residents of Tennessee and
in 1896 removed northward to Lake Forest, Illinois. The mother
is now deceased, but the father is still living at Lake Forest, where
he is engaged in the grocery business.
At the usual age Dr. Werren entered the public schools and
therein continued his studies mitil he had completed the course.
He afterward became a student in the Normal School at Winchester
Tennessee, and at a later date attended the Lake Forest Academy.
His professional course was pursued in the Bennett
Medical College of Chicago, from which he was graduated with the
class of 1900. He then located for practice at Orland, Illinois,
where he remained for a year, and next went to Grand Detour,
Illinois, where he contmued until 1909. That year witnessed his
arrival in Dixon, where he has since engaged in general practice.
He is a member of the Lee County Medical Society, the Illinois
State IMedical Society and the American Medical Association.
In October, 1900, Dr. Werren was imited in marriage to Miss
Cora E. Schumaker, of Chicago. He is a republican in politics and
manifests a citizen's interest in the questions of the day but has had'
neither time nor inclination for public office. He is well known in