General Notes

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Isaac Neal Tindall, M.D., was born in Shelby county, Indiana, on a farm four miles south of Shelbyville, August 25, 1854.  He attended the public schools of the county during the winter months, and worked on his father's farm during the summer until he completed the course of instruction given in the common schools and then entered the high school of Shelbyville, where he remained until he graduated in 1876.  Immediately after graduating from the high school, he entered the office of Dr. John W. Parrish, M.D., at Shelbyville, and commenced the study of medicine.  The following winter he entered the Eclectic Medical institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he continued his studies until he graduated in 1879.  After graduating from the medical college he opened an office for the practice of his profession in Shelbyville, Indiana, where he continued until his death February 2, 1882.  Although his professional career was short, he had already built up a large practice and gave promise of becoming one of the leading physicians of Shelbyville.  His father and mother, George A. and Sallie A. (McCann) Tindall, were native of Kentucky, and came to Shelby county early in the history of the county.