Among the older people, the name of Doctor Main is always spoken with
respect, and they will tell you at once that he was not only a fine
physician, but a gentleman of the first order, whose influence was
always toward the uplifting of all with whom he came in contact. For a
number of years he was the only doctor in Unity, where he had a large
practice.
Dr. Main was born in Albion, May 25, 1831. By the law of heredity,
young Main, whose father was a teacher as well as a farmer, showed an
aptitude for study. He taught school in Freedom and Thomaston, and was
sent to China Academy, to the Medical College at Castleton, Vermont,
and finally to Harvard, where he was a private tutor. He was for
some years a private pupil of Oliver Wendell Holmes, giving special
attention to microscopy. He married Miss Ferrie Williams and settled in
Unity. They had one son, Dr. Frederick W. Main of Jackson, Michigan.
During the Civil War, Dr. Main served as assistant surgeon in the
Second Maine Regiment. In 1872 he went to Jackson, Michigan, where
he became one of the well-known physicians of central Michigan. He
belonged to the Masonic Fraternity and was also a member of the G. A. R.