Dr. David LaCount, M.D. (1881)

Birth: May 16, 1828

Death: April 12, 1908 (Age 79)

Burial: Hillside Cemetery (Chilton, Calumet County, Wisconsin)

David LaCount M.D., was born St. Lawrence Co., New York in the town of Madrid, May 16, 1828. He was of French descent and came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1837. His father engaged in lumbering and farming at Manitowoc Rapids. In 1851, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Seilly and graduated from Rush Medical College, at Chicago, in 1856. He commenced his practice in Calumet County, at Stockbridge. He then moved to Chilton in 1857, and was married that year to Miss Green, of Chilton. In 1861 LaCount enlisted as Assistant Surgeon in the 14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, but his health failing, he resigned, and came home, resuming his practice in Chilton. He is United States Examining Surgeon for the Military Department and in 1881 was elected Mayor of the City of Chilton. He and his wife had one daughter.