Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 577-578 [Caldwell]

     DR. JOHN N. TODD, a prominent physician and surgeon of
Fredonia, Caldwell county, Kentucky, was born in Rutherford county,
Tennessee, December 22, 1859, and is a son of J. H. Todd, a native
of Tennessee.  The Todd family is of English-Scotch ancestry.  The
father was reared in his native state, becoming a teacher and
farmer, and in 1861 located in Webster county upon a farm.  His
custom was to teach in the winter and farm during the summer months. 
He was married in his native place to Mary Nichols, a native of
Tennessee.  They had eight children, as follows: William C., Thomas,
Joseph, Frank and Claude, all deceased; Lilian married George
Valiner, of Webster county; Laura married George Bell, of Illinois;
and Dr. Todd was the eldest of the family.  All the children were
born in Kentucky except our subject.
     When Dr. Todd was about fourteen years of age he left home to
live with Dr. Jefferson Holmen, in Clay, Kentucky, with whom he
later studied medicine until he was twenty-one years of age.  At
that age he began to practice medicine, going to Shady Grove,
Kentucky, and there remained until 1898, and then moved to Fredonia,
where he now conducts a very flourishing practice.
     Dr. Todd was first married in Webster county, in 1879, to Molly
Moore, a native of Webster, and she bore him two children, namely:
Annie, who married John Kemp, of Shady Grove; and Verna.  In 1888
Mrs. Todd died, and in 1889 Dr. Todd married Eliza Fox, of Hopkins
county, Kentucky, and to this union one child was born, Lockett. 
Her death occurred in 1896, and in 1898 he was married to Nellie
Lowery, the daughter of Mahlon B. Lowery, a farmer of Caldwell
county.  Mrs. Todd was born within sight of Fredonia.  Dr. Todd,
like his father before him is a Democrat, and is a member of the
Kentucky Medical Society, the Southwestern Medical Society and the
Caldwell County Medical Society.  He is a member of the Baptist
church, and has long been connected with the Masonic fraternity. 
Throughout the entire county Dr. Todd is well and favorably known,
and is a man who makes many friends.

Todd Valiner Holeman Moore Kemp Lowery
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Rutherford-TN Webster-TN IL Hopkins-KY

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