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N. C. Morse, M.D., is a native of Cov- ington, Ky., where he was born July 12, 1850. He received his literary education at Covington, where he graduated in June, 1873, receiving the degree of B. A. He was engaged in the drug business at Hazel Green, Ky. He graduated at the Cincin- nati College of Medicine and Surgery, June, 1877. He came to Eldora June 4, 1877, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, making, however, surgery a specialty. In 1876 he took a course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City. Dr. Morse has built up a fine practice in Eldora and vicinity, and is a popular and successful physician, and in 1881-2 was elected President of the Iowa Central Medical Association. His wife was Miss Fannie A. Wilson, daughter of Smith Wilson, of Kenton county, Ky.
Dr. O. G. Fisher, eclectic, was from Saratoga, N. Y. He located first in Steamboat Rock in 1855, and sometime during the war removed to Eldora. He was a dark-complexioned and heavy built man. He was a man of fair ability, and had a good practice while living here. He left the county some years ago and located near Sioux City, Iowa.
Dr. A. E. Smith, regular, was from Mis- souri, locating here about 1863. He was a man advanced in years, of good ability, and very precise in conversation. He resides in Hampton.
Dr. A. P. McKinley, regular, was quite an eccentric person, and secured some notoriety in the treatment of diptheria. He located here during the war and left about a year after its close. He subse- quently died in the southern part of the State.
Dr. Fritcher, a young physician from Chicago, came some time during (1877) the second decade of the county's exist- ence, and remained about one year. He was well educated in his profession, and a man of fair ability. His present residence is in Chicago, where he is engaged in his profession.
Dr. Dodson was from Central Illinois. He first located in Alden, where he re- mained a few years, from which place he came to Eldora in 1875. He subsequently returned to Illinois and located in Bloom- ington, where he died.
Dr. Strickler studied medicine in the office of Dr. Underwood; attended lec- tures in Rush Medical College, in Chicago, from which institution he graduated in 1876. He now resides near Red Oak, Iowa, where he is engaged in the practice of his profession.
Dr. Marshall studied medicine in Eldora with Dr. Underwood, attended lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago, and gradu- ated in 1878. Returning to Eldora, he engaged in practice here until 1881. He is now in South Pueblo, Colorado.
ACKLEY.
Among the Ackley physicians were Drs. Faulkner, Turk, Ghrist, Kelso, Van Der Huyl, Potter, Feeustra, McDermot, Roberts and Hiln.
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Dr. Faulkner came from Ohio and located about one-half mile west of the present town of Ackley, where he man- aged a farm and attended to his profes- sional duties. He was a graduate of some eastern college, a man of fair abilities, good reputation as a citizen and a physi- cian, and had a good practice. He was withal a strong temperance man. He left here about. 1868 for Missouri.
Dr. Henry B. Turk was from Pennsyl- vania. He located southwest of Ackley on a farm which he cultivated, and yet found time to attend to quite a good prac- tice in his profession. He arrived. here about 1866. He was a graduate of a Phil- adelphia college, and was a well read man and a good physician. In ancient history he was authority. He is given the credit of having conceived the idea of manufac- turing the celebrated "Cardiff Giant" that deceived so many so-called scientific men in this country. Near Fort Dodge is a large deposit of gypsum, which has been used extensively for building purposes, and is of . incalculable value in manufac- turing plaster of Paris, land plaster, cement and stucco. It was from this quarry that the celebrated cardiff giant was taken in a coffin-shaped piece, and shipped by rail to Chicago, where it was chiselled into a statue the size of a giant. From thence it was taken to Syracuse, New York, and buried so as to be easily found when the owner of the land started to dig a well. Knowing the nature of this gypsum, Dr. Turk believed it would make a good giant and deceive some of the most knowing ones. For a while it was a great mystery. Dr. Turk left Hardin county in 1874, and
now resides four miles from Walled Lake, Wright county, Iowa.
Dr. Isaiah W. Ghrist . located here in . 1865, opened an office, and shortly after- warde engaged in the drug business, in which he continued two or three years. He subsequently removed from here to Waterloo, from there to Manchester, and in the spring of 1882 located in Labette county.
Dr. Van Der Huyl, a native of Holland, came to Ackley about 1872. He was a well educated man, a graduate of one of the German universities, and soon won the confidence and esteem of those with whom he was brought in contact. He secured, in a short time, a large practice among the Germans. He died at Ackley, January 19, 1873.
Dr. Fallfricht was a good German phy- sician, who located here about 1872, but remained only a short time, then selling out his practice and removing to Colum- bia county, Iowa, where he died in 1880.
Dr. Feeustra was a native of Holland. He Located in Ackley in 1873, and re- mained here about two years, when he removed to Carroll county, where he now resides, and is engaged in the practice of his profession.
One of the best read physicians of Har- din county is James Seaton Kelso, a gradu- ate of the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He is a native of Ireland, and was born in Lisburn, county of Antrim, on the 25th day of December, 1820. Ilis father, Rev. Joseph Kelso, was a Presbyterian clergy- man of some eminence, and pastor of the United Parishes of Ballinderry and Magh- ragal. His mother, Rebecca Johnston be- fore marriage, was distantly connected
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with the Johnston family of Annondale, Scotland.
Dr. Kelso obtained his preliminary edu- cation at an ordinary parish school, and was prepared for college from a private tutor, completing his classical education at the Royal Academical Institution, Bel- mont. After being examined at Apothe- cary's Hall, in Dublin, he was articled to an apothecary, and learned carefully the art and mystery of that business, in con- nection with hospital practice at Belfast. He commenced the study of medicine at the University of Glasgow in the winter session of 1838-39, and completed his course at the session of 1841-42, obtaining not only a degree from the University of Glasgow, but a diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He was thus qualified to enter the civil service of the East India Company, which step he had in view, and, after waiting a short time for his commission, he concluded to visit the United States before going to the Indies. He came over in the autumn of 1844, and soon after his commission fol- lowed him, but he liked this country too well to exchange it for any other, and has never left it.
In the spring of 1845, Dr. Kelso opened an office in Lafayette county, Wis., and there remained steadily in practice until 1860, when he made a short trip, by the overland route, to California, to attend to some business. Not completing it as soon as he expected, he took charge of the Shasta Courier, changing it from a Demo- cratic to a Republican paper, and conduct- ing it during the campaign which ended in the election of Leland S. Sandford for Governor.
On the breaking out of the rebellion, in 1861, Dr. Kelso returned to Wisconsin, and the same year was commissioned as one of the surgeons of the 2d Wisconsin Cavalry, continuing in that position until the close of the war. On returning to the North he located at Ackley, and here we still find him, devoted to the practice of medicine. He has long been one of the leading physicians of the place, and here, as in Wisconsin, is popular and influential. One of the early settlers of Ackley, he has constantly labored for its welfare. He was the projector of the Sabula and Ack- ley division of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad.
Dr. Kelso is a ready writer on various subjects, and has been a contributor to the London Lancet, and different American medical journals. In politics he was a Whig, then a Free Soiler, and now a Re- publican of the strictest sect. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. In December, 1847, he married Mrs. Ann Washburn, widow of Frank Washburn, of Raynham, Massachusetts. She died in 1867, leaving no children by this union.
In September, 1873, he married Miss Emma Ogden, of Ackley. Dr. Kelso originated the Union Agricultural Society, which for several years has held an annual Fair at Ackley, and has done much to cul- tivate a spirit of education among farmers, stock raisers and manufacturers.
UNION TOWNSHIP.
The physicians of Union township have been Drs. Fowler, Pearson, Pillsbury, Mc- Dill, Corfe, Sheffield and W. F. Harvey.
Dr. Harvey, regular, came from Indian- apolis in 1876, and remained here about
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five years, when he received an appoint- ment from the General Government, and is now in the Indian Territory .
Dr. Fowler, regular, came to Union about 1868.
A. H. Pearson, M. D., one of the oldest practicing physicians of the village of Union, was born in Henry county, Indiana, April 26, 1830. He is the son of Dr. Peter Pearson and Emma (Hastings) Pearson, natives of North Carolina. In 1810 the elder Dr. Pearson emigrated to Indiana, then a Territory, and settled in what is now Wayne county. The Indians being very troublesome, they were forced to go to Ohio, where they remained until the close of the war, when they again returned to Indiana. In 1860, with his family, he came to Winnesheik county, Iowa, where he remained until the close of the rebel- lion, when he went to Kansas, where he died. His mother is still living. The subject of this review, when a mere boy commenced reading medical works in his father's office. He first took the Eclectic practice, which he followed up until 1872. Since that time he has practiced Homœo- pathy.
In the fall of 1850 he married Miss Hope George. She was born in Indiana in 1830. There was a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters, eight of whom are living, viz: Seth, Jessie G., Luzena, Lorina, Exalina, Ezon and Flora A. In 1861 he came to Weinnesheik county, Iowa, where he followed his profession for ten years, and thence to Hardin county, where he has remained since. The Doctor is a member of the Homeopathy Medical As- sociation of Iowa. The family are mem- bers of the Friends society.
A. H. Pillsbury, M.D., was born in York county, Maine, March 9, 1848. He is the son of S. N. and Susan (Avrille) Pills- bury. Mr. and Mrs. Pillsbury were the parents of eight children, six of whom are living, viz: N. J., Judge of Appellate Court of Illinois; Stephen O., lumber merchant at Pontiac, Ill .; Mary E., wife of D. L. Murdock, State's Attorney of Liv- ingston county, Ill; Eliza J., wife of C. J. Bucknell, of Hardin county; F. W., attor- ney-at-law at Eldora, Ia .; and A. H. The subject of this sketch attended lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago. In 1875 he married Miss Sarah Jane Tulburt, a daughter of Rachael Tulburt, of North Carolina, by whom there are two children, Bertha and Claude. The doctor is an Odd Fellow, a member of Industry Lodge No. 225, of Union, Iowa.
J.H. McDill, M.D., one of the practic- ing physicians of Union, was born in Pre- ble county, Ohio, June 10, 1813; he is the son of Thomas and Mary (Young) McDill. There was a family of eight children, six of whom are living. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812, under Gen. Harrison; he died from exposure when the doctor was three years old; his mother died at the age of 96. The doctor attained a classical education preparatory to enter- ing college. When 19 years of age he taught school, and in the meantime read law. In after life he commenced reading medicine in the office of his brother, A. C. McDill, of Monmouth, Ill. He graduated at the Medical College of Ohio in 1845; in the same year he came to Henderson county, Illinois, where he commenced the practice of medicine. In 1850 he took a trip to California, where he was engaged
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in mining, but not making it a success re- turned to Henderson county, Ill , where he · followed the practice of medicine till 1872, when he purchased a drug store in Victoria, Knox county, Ill; in 1876 he came to this county, where he has followed his profes- sion since. In 1846 he married Charlotte E. Signor; she was born in New York in 1829. Four children blessed this union, viz: Mary E., wife of E.L. Wood; Sarah V., wife of Arthur S. Tiffany; Araminta C., wife of James L. Wheney, and John Y.
Frederick Corfe, M.D., Union, Ia., was born in Winchester, England, on the 2d day of April, 1823, and was educated in the diocesan or training school At the age of fifteen he served his apprenticeship as druggist and chemist, remaining five years. At the age of twenty he entered the office of Bennett, of Oxford street, London, where he remained one year. In the fall of 1855 he came to America, and located in Cayuga county, N. Y., where he took up the practice of medicine. He after- wards came to Wisconsin, settling near Milwaukee, where he became acquainted and married Ann Eliza Tisdale, a daughter of Wm. Tisdale, a pioneer of that State; she was born in Essex county, N. Y., in 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Corfe are the parents of two children, William H. and Edward A. In June, 1862, he enlisted in the 1st Wis- consin Volunteer Infantry as Assistant Surgeon, joining the regiment at Murphys- boro, Tenn., and was attached to the 14th Army Corps, under Gen. Thomas, from the time of entering the service until the capture of Atlanta. After the battle of Chicamauga he was captured, with 165 other surgeons, and was taken to Libby Prison and held eleven weeks, when he
was exchanged; he returned to the regi- ment under Lookout Mountain, where they were reduced to an ounce of meat and two ounces of bread per day. After the capture of Atlanta they returned to Milwaukee, where they were honorably discharged. The Doctor again joined Gen . Wilson's Cavalry as Staff Surgeon and Medical Director of the 2d Division of Cavalry, commanded by Gen. Eli, remain- ing until the close of the war. The Doc- tor participated in the "march to the Sea," and was in the corps that captured Jeff. Davis. At Macon he took charge of an ambulance train, and was instrumental in the capture of Wirtz. After the war he was located at Mt. Sterling, north of Prairie du Chien. In 1881 he came to Union, where he has been engaged in the drug business since, and where he carries a full line of drugs, and, in fact, everything that is usually kept in a first-class store.
The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
. R. F. Sheffield, M.D., Gifford, Iowa, was born in Caldwell county, Ky., September 13, 1823. When four years old, his parents emigrated to Steuben county, N. Y., where he remained until he was eighteen years old. Returning to Kentucky, he entered the office of Dr. J. L. Maxwell, where he read medicine for two years, when he en- listed in the 16th Regiment Infantry, Co. B, and participated in the Mexican war. Soon after enlisting, he was assigned to duty on the staff of the Surgeon-General, being on duty one year. He then returned to Kentucky, where he followed the prac- tice of medicine a few years, when he returned to his native county, and em- barked in his profession, which he followed
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for thirty years. In 1848-9 he attended lectures at the Louisville Medical College. In 1875 he came to Hardin county, and purchased land where Gifford now stands; in 1879 moved his family out. The doc- tor was married in Steuben county, N. Y., in 1852, to Miss Annie F. Manning, a sister of Rev. Jacob M. Manning (who is an LL.D., and has supplied the pulpit for twenty-five years), and a daughter of Jacob Manning, of New Hampshire, where she was born in 1829. Dr. and Mrs. Sheffield are the parents of three children-Eddie M., Pitt M. and Annie F. Mrs. Sheffield died June, 1852, and the doctor again mar- ried Malinda Allen. She was born in Steuben county, N. Y., her parents being pioneers of that State.
IOWA FALLS.
The medical profession of Iowa Falls has been represented by some good men and excellent physicians-men who were an honor to their profession. Among those who have practiced here were Drs. Sim- onds, Foster, Davis, James, Guibor, Latter, Ladd, Hart, Depew, Latson, Hill, Morton, Angell and George.
One of the earliest and best known phy- sicians of this part of the State of Iowa is Dr. J. H. Foster, of Iowa Falls. Dr. Foster was born in Guilford county, N. C, in 1826. His parents belonged to the So- ciety of Friends. He went to Indiana when about twenty-one years of age, and when the gold excitement in California broke out, he joined in the rush to the Pacific coast. He passed some time in Oregon and California, returning to Indi- ana in 1853. He early in life directed his attention to the study of medicine; gradu-
ated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, after his return from California, but had been in practice previous to that time, practicing at Yreka, Cal., and at Jackson- ville, Oregon. As before stated, he came here in 1855. His wife was formerly Miss A. J. Estes, daughter of J. L. and S. M. Estes. They have one son-Frank.
During Dr. Foster's long residence at Iowa Falls, he has acquired and maintained a high reputation, both as a physician and as an honorable, upright citizen.
J. L. Evans, M. D., physician and sur- geon, is a native of Somersetshire, Eng- land, where he was born in 1845. His parents emigrated to the United States when he was about five years old and set- tled at Cooperstown, N. Y. He resided in Otsego county most of the time till he came West. He began the study of med- icine in 1871 at Exeter Center, with Dr. Charles Chappel, with whom he remained three years. A part of the time he was engaged in practice with Dr. Chappel. He graduated at the medical department of the American University, at Philadelphia, December 30, 1874, and located here soon after. His first wife was Miss Emily A. Smith, a sister of S. P. Smith, of Iowa Falls. She died September 17, 1879. His present wife, was Edith Griffith, is a daughter of George Griffith, who is else- where mentioned in this work. He has one daughter by his present wife, Grace A. Dr. Evans is a thoroughly educated phy- sician and has a large and increasing practice.
M. W. Hill, M. D., physician and sur- geon, located here in May, 1882. Dr. Hill was born in 1851. He came to Iowa with his parents in 1864; began the study of
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medicine in 1872 at Dover, Lee county, with Dr. E. C. Atkinson, a prominent physician of that county. He graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, in 1880. He began practice at Dover, practicing two years before gradu- ating. He was married to Ellen Atkinson, daughter of his preceptor, Dr. Atkinson.
Though recently located here he has acquired a fine practice. He is a thor- oughly educated physician, and bids fair to take a high rank in his profession.
J. W . Angell, M. D., Homœophatic phy- sician, located here in June, 1882. He is a native of Wayne county, New York, where he was born in 1818. He was brought up in the State of New York; re- ceived a diploma from the Medical Society of the State of New York, in 1843, and practiced according to the Allopathic system till 1856. He resided in Grant county, Wisconsin for many years. He was appointed surgeon of the 23d Wiscon- sin Infantry in July, 1863, and served as such during the balance of the war. In 1875 he went to California, returning in January, 1882, and settled here the follow- ing June.
Wm. M. Morton, M.D., Homeopathic physician and surgeon, entered into prac- tice at Iowa Falls July, 1881. He began the study of medicine at Davenport, Iowa, in 1872, and graduated at the Medical De- partment of the State University, in March, 1881, locating here the following July.
ALDEN.
The medical fraternity of Alden has been represented by Drs. Crawford, J. F. George, B. E. Dodson, Benj. F. Strickler, F. P. Frisbee and others.
J. A. Ladd came to Alden, from Clinton county, Iowa, in 1864, and remained about a year, going to Iowa Falls. Dr. L. was well educated in his profession, and now practices in Traer, Benton county.
Dr. F. B. Frisbee, son of Charles Augus- tus and Hannah (Yeoman) Frisbee, was born in Delhi, Delaware county, N. Y., May 24, 1849. In 1852 his parents came West, to Salem township, Ogle county, Ill., where they settled. He attended the pub- lic schools of that county, completing his classical education at Mount Carroll Sem- inary. He began the study of medicine with Dr. M. C. McPherson, of Eagle Point, Ogle county, Ili. He afterward began the practice in Fulton county, Iowa, where he remained six years, attending during the time several courses of lectures at Rush Medical College, at Chicago, and graduated during 1880 at Keokuk College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, Keokuk, Iowa. He located at Alden in 1879, where he now enjoys an extended practice. He was mar- ried in 1871 to Ellen Young, of Illinois. They have two children-Charles Augus- tus and Laura H.
STEAMBOAT ROCK.
Among those who have practiced" the healing art in Steamboat Rock are Drs. O G. Fisher, Myron Underwood, M. Cald- well, E. H. King, A. L. Lowe, J. W. Cald- well and Watson Roberts.
Dr. King came from West Liberty to this place. He attended one course of lec- tures in Rush Medical College, and then entered the Medical Department of Iowa State University, from which institution he graduated. After practicing here a few years, he returned to West Liberty.
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Dr. Lowe is a graduate of a medical College in New York, and located here about 1878; remained. here about three years, and then moved to Watertown, N.Y.
J. W. Caldwell, M. D., was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1852. He is the son of Moab and Nancy M. (Hainlin) Caldwell. His father was a physician, and is noticed elsewhere in this chapter. Young Caldwell came West with his parents in 1861. He first attended the common schools and prepared himself for college, entering Wesleyan University in the fall of 1873, where he remained one year, which finished his literary course. Before entering college he read medicine , with his father for some time. In the fall of 1874 he went to St. Louis, Missouri, and entered the St. Louis Medical College, re- maining during the course of 1874-5. In the fall of 1875 he entered the Cincinnati College of Physicians and Surgeons, and graduated in the spring of 1876. After graduating he located in Brighton, Wash· ington county, Iowa, and entered upon the practice of his profession. He remained here about one year and a half, and then went to Bloomfield, Davis county, where he engaged in practice with Dr. E. J. Shelton, with whom he continued until the spring of 1880, when he located at Steam- boat Rock, where he practiced with his father one year, since which time he has been alone. He was married in 1877 to Lucy, daughter of Dr. E. J. and Alla J. (Fenton) Shelton, who was born in Davis county, Iowa. They have one child, William Fletcher. The Doctor is a mem- ber of the Masonic Lodge, I. O. O. F., Knights of Honor, A. O. U. W., and Le- gion of Honor.
PROVIDENCE.
The physicians of New Providence and Providence township have been Drs. Elias Jessup, H. P. Cutler, A. H. Lindley, O. F. Ball, C. J. Cook, A. J. Hunter, and - Ben- bow.
H. P. Cutler, M D., New Providence, Ia., was born in Columbus Ohio, January 8, 1841, where he received a liberal educa- tion. When 27 he commenced reading medicine. In 1874 he attended lectures at Hahnemann College, Chicago, and grad- uated in the winter of 1881-2. The Doc- tor bas been in regular practice since 1874. In March, 1866, he married Emily Hewit- son. She was born in London, England, in 1846. By this union there are six chil- dren, viz: Fred H., Samuel H. Cornelia H., Lydia B, Claudia M. and Albert P. The Doctor is a member of the Iowa Val- ley Homeopathic Association, and also a member of the Congregational church.
In 1860 the Doctor took a trip to Cen- tral City Colorado, where he was engaged in the mines, and here he enlisted in the Ist Colorado Valley Infantry, Company B., and served for three years. He was mustered out at Denver.
A. J. Hunt, M.D., was born in Cham- paign county, Ill., Oct. 5, 1851; he is a son of Thos. J. and Nancy M. (Timbrook) Hunt; his father was a native of Tennes- see, and emigrated to Champaign county, when twenty-five years of age; his mother was a native of Indiana. There was a family of seven children, two sons and five danghters. The Doctor, when four years old, came with his parents to Hardin county, Iowa, and was educated in the New Providence Academy; when nineteen
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