O. P. SALA, M. D., Bloomington. Born in Grant Co. Dec. 22, 1845; a son of E. M. Sala, M. D. (deceased), who was one of the oldest doctors of Grant Co.; O. P.'s father and grandfather were physicians, and, from a small boy, it was his aim to be a physician; he always attended his father in his practice and read medical books, and thus fitted himself for college; graduated at Keokuk Medical College in 1867, and commenced practice at once at Franklin Center, Lee Co., Iowa; he established himself at Bloomington in 1869. The Doctor enlisted, when a boy of 15 years of age, in 1861, in Co. A, 1st Iowa V. C.; was mustered out in 1866; re-enlisted during the war, and was sent through Texas with Gen. Custer; Co. A was Gen. Custer's body-guard; he was with the regiment all through the war; was mustered out at Austin, Tex. In 1867, he was married to Miss Mary J. Stewart, of Iowa, by whom he has four sons; Mrs. Sala died Nov. 14, 1880. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.; is Past Grand, and has passed all the chairs. The Doctor has a continually growing practice, which he justly merits. His father, E. M. Sala, was born in Lancaster, Penn., Oct. 15, 1815; the family of which he was one removed to the State of Ohio a few days after his birth; when he was old enough, he was clerk in his father's drug store until the age of 21, when he attended medical college at Louisville, Ky., where he graduated and received his diploma. He was married to Miss Susan Schelenberger in 1839, and removed to West Point, Iowa, where he practiced his profession until the year 1845, when he removed to Beetown, Wis., where he remained until 1857; during the cholera in Beetown, his services cannot be forgotten by those who knew him; from Beetown he removed to Ashley, Mo., where he remained for two years, and from there he returned to West Point, where he remained for fifteen years; from there he removed to Patch Grove, Wis., where he remained for about two years; thence he went to Dallas, Tex., where he remained about seven months, when he returned to Rock Island, Ill., where he lived for some time, when he returned to Beetown, Wis., where he remained till his death. Dr. Sala was a member of the Masonic fraternity for some thirty years; among his Masonic brethren he was looked upon as a true and upright Mason; he was always ready and at his post in time of need; he always met his brethren upon the level, acted with them by the plumb, and parted with them upon the square; he died Nov. 15, 1880.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.