Claim: Daniel Kimball Pearsons graduated in medicine at Woodstock and later became a farmer in Ogle County, Illinois and after awhile moved to Chicago.
Evidence: He graduated in medicine at Woodstock, and practiced in Chicopee, Massachusetts until 1857. He became a farmer in Ogle County, Illinois in 1857. In 1860, he moved to Chicago, where he rapidly accumulated a large fortune in real estate.