Bio: Willard, Lee M. MD (1868 – 19??)

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Surnames: Willard, Penywell

---Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913.

Willard, Lee M. MD (2 October 1868 – 19??)

LEE M. WILLARD, M. D., who is engaged in the practice of medicine at Wausau, was born October 2, 1868, a son of V. R. Willard. He began the study of medicine after graduating from the Merrill High School with the class of 1885, entering the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Chicago, Ill., where he was graduated in 1891. Dr. Willard then gained practical experience in the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, where he practiced from 1891 until 1892, in October of the latter year coming to Wausau, where he has remained.  

Dr. Willard is a member of the Marathon County Medical Society, the Wisconsin State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. In 1894 he was united in marriage with Miss Eva M. Penywell, a daughter of M. F. Penywell, of Chicago. He is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery at Wausau, and is identified also with the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Elks, while his social connections are with the Wausau Club and the Wausau Country Club.