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    Dr. I. N. Rawles was born in Dyer County in 1857. He practiced in his home on corner of Main St. and McGaughey. When he passed away in 1917, Drs. E. H. Baird, J. P. Baird and O. Dulaney purchased the property for $10,000 and expaned the building to become the largest hospital in West Tennessee outside of Memphis.

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