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July, 1835 Frances Hess.
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Franklin K. Peck Feb.,
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Tryphene C. Snyder ....... Nov., 1898
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John R. Pearce ...
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Hannah P. Pearce. ... Oct.,
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Daniel Hess.
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Jane Vincent Wilkes. ... June,
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C. L. Dutcher.
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Sarah J. Roberts Sept.,
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G. A. Griswold.
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Jane T. Baker. .Feb.,
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William Roberts
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Hannah Dutcher .Aug.,
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Ira Stockwell.
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Herman B. Shaff.
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Emma E. Cone .May,
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Sheldon Wood.
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Jane B. Harrison . March, 1837
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George N. Thomas ...
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Frances P. Hart. Nov.,
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Charles Thomas
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Frances E. Peck March, 1838
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Jonathan L. Pearce
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Teresa O. Thomas. .July,
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Samuel T. Perrin.
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Mary F. Knapp. Fept.,
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David Hece ...
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Maggie A. Wilson.
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Jackson Knapp
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Aylett Rains Cotton. . May,
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Christopher C. Roberts ... Sept., 1837
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William D. Follett.
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The book of autographs was placed in the charge of J. R. Pearce, who, by the next annual meeting, will probably have 100 names enrolled.
The initial gathering of the Society was so heartily enjoyed-a re-union of the patriarchs of Clinton County and their branching families-that it is probable that this year's meeting (1879) will be even more largely attended, and that, as successive years diminish the numbers of the surviving pioneers, their gatherings will become occasions more and more sacred to both themselves and other participants. From the first meeting, those present dispersed with quickened and revived sentiments such as Burns immortalized in-
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min' ? Should auld acquaintance be forgot And days of auld lang syne ?
" We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowan fine ; But we've wandered mony a wearie foot Sin' auld lang syne.
" And here's a hand, my trusty frere, And gie us a hand of thine, And we'll tak' a right gude willie-waught For auld lang syne."
After the "picnic," Mrs. Wilkes wrote the following, which was also pub- lished in the Herald, and the sentiment of which the "old settlers" will fully appreciate and consider a proper addenda to the report of their proceedings :
A MEMENTO OF THE OLD SETTLERS' MEETING.
" We have looked on the face of our old-time friends, And received a friendly greeting ; We have heard the voice and clasped the hand, For we've been to the pioneers' meeting. We have listened to hear of the olden days When land was cheap and plenty, The cabin homes had enough always Though the money purse was empty.
" How the wives, to help the ways and means, Parched peas and corn for coffee ; Sugar was scarce for cake, it seems, And none was left for taffy.
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Sisters and mothers, O. how they spun To make the cloth and yarn for stockings ; Money was scarce-not every one Could run to the store to do the shopping.
"No silks or worsteds for variety then, But colored cloth for Monday's working, While the pretty calico did service when Their work was done or for the Sunday's wearing. We met on the beautiful bluffs- 'Twas back of the city of Clinton ; How the wind blew the dust in puffs Was something that might be mentioned.
" It blew so fierce and strong, Our speaker spoke more loudly, The dust had peppered the listening throng, And the sky above was cloudy ; The Storm King's voice was heard, Over our heads the clouds were chasing,
' It's going to rain,' some said and feared, And so for home were hast'ning.
"It did not rain, and those who stayed Had dinner on the benches;
/ Their tongues-they were not afraid, For they talked and ate the lunches. 'Twas pleasant thus to meet again In times that are so changing ; Some we missed, and it was with pain- They are gone where we are hastening.
" We missed among the living, with regret, One we had wished was near; We missed the voice and halting step Of Emerson, the Parson Pioneer. One said, 'It makes me glad and makes me sad;' Glad to see once more the faces Of those we knew when youth with health was clad- On which time now had left such traces.
"Sad to see the thin and pallid cheek Disease had made so feeble ; The quivering lips that scarce could speak, And mind so gone that once was able. When clouds of adversity hide our sun, Sorrow's wind blows the dust of repining ; We'll think how sweet our rest erelong -- God's love is always shining.
. " No wonder we love this house of clay, When for three score and ten we in it stay ; But when nature has had its longest day, Or disease has worn the props away, We will out of the old house and into the new, For there's One awaiting for me and for you; Then never shall we be sad any more, But glad we have reached a sinless shore ; In a re-union with those we love We are parted no more in that home above."
MEDICAL.
Previous to 1841, no physician had located within the limits of the county, and the settlers depended upon what little stock of medicine they chanced to bring with them, upon Indian remedies, as related elsewhere of Buel's family, and upon the indigenous roots and herbs gathered and prepared by the experienced elder ladies and administered with generally beneficial results.
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Ipecac and boneset were the main specifics in Mr. Buel's medicine chest. Dr. Peck added to the local pharmacopoeia pills and ointment, especially blue and red precipitates, which there is a credible tradition the settlers had a "terrible itching " for about that time.
Mr. James Bourne, in his part of the county, turned his attention to sur- gery as well as medicine, and probably performed the first surgical operation on the human subject after the Indian medicine man vanished westward. He first relieved Norman Evans,, who had received a severe gash upon the knee, and afterward cut a rusty fish-gig from the hand of an unknown man and extracted a bean from the nose of a child of Mr. Dierk, then living on Mill Creek. In the spring of 1837, Robert Bourne brought to this section the first assortment of medicine, including calomel, jalap, cinchona, wormseed, Sappington's pills, which were dealt out to the settlers in heroic doses, and generally with excellent results, the hardy constitutions of that time enduring drastic remedies in a man- ner that would now surprise most young physicians. The obstetric department was managed by the wise and experienced matrons, and in the absence of any proof to the contrary must have been well performed.
Prior to 1850, no medical organization existed in the State. In response to an urgent call from the American Medical Association for the formation of State medical societies, one was in June, 1850, organized for Iowa at Bur- lington. In turn, the State Association urged physicians to form county asso- ciations.
The State at that time being very sparsely settled, and medical attainments sufficient to constitute a "doctor" not being very exalted, medical societies were of slow growth. The Clinton County Medical Society was organized in 1857, and being one of the first six in the State, can claim to be one of the pio- neer associations. Pursuant to a general call, the initial meeting was held at Camanche June 16, 1857, at the office of Dr. A. B. Ireland, who presided, and with Dr. A. T. Hudson, Vice President, and Drs. Asa Morgan, Secretary, and George H. Noyes, George E. McPherson, and the President as Censors, the Clinton County Medical Society was organized. Measures were adopted to to examine all applicants for membership, so that no incompetent physician should be indorsed by the Society.
Besides these and others who entered the service, and whose records will be found in the military department of this book, others, after the awful carnage at Shiloh, where Iowa regiments suffered so greatly, went to the front as volunteer surgeons. Drs. Ennis, McCormick, Lothrop and Ireland went on merciful errands to Shiloh and other field hospitals, carrying not only the enthusiasm of humanity, but liberal stores of sanitary supplies and comforts.
The records show that out of sixteen practicing members of the Association, twelve were actively engaged in aiding the Union cause, and not a single dis- loyal name dims the Association's escutcheon. The first meeting after the war was held at De Witt, January, 1869, and the name " Association " was changed to " Society," and re-organized and incorporated, the articles being signed by Drs. A. B. Ireland, C. H. Lothrop, P. J. Farnsworth, S. J. Hobart, H. S. Farnsworth, G. F. Wetherell, A. Reynolds, A. McCormick and O. E. Deeds. At different times, thirty-three physicians were connected with the Association, and thirty-eight with the Society. The present officers are : Dr. H. S. Farns- worth, President; Dr. M. G. Sloan, Vice President ; Dr. P. J. Farnsworth, Secretary and Treasurer; Drs. Hobart, Morgan and Langon, Censors; Drs. Dennison, Wallace and P. J. Farnsworth, Ethical Board; Drs. Dennison and Booth, Delegates to the American Medical Association.
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Appended are brief biographical notices of many who have practiced or are still practicing their profession in this county, for which acknowledgment is made to Drs. P. J. Farnsworth and Charles H. Lothrop.
The first regularly-educated physician in the county was Dr. William Bas- sett, who came from De Kalb County, Ill., to Camanche in 1841. From thence, he moved to Lyons in 1844, and practiced there until 1848, when he went across the river to Fulton, Ill., and remained there until he died, in 1867. Born in Hinsdale, Mass., in 1808; educated at Berkshire Medical College, Pittsfield, Mass., and in Woodstock, Vt.
Dr. Zebulon Metcalf came next ; located at De Witt in 1842, and resided there until his death in 1847. Born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., and educated in some Eastern college. He is said to have been a very successful physician and a man of fine education.
Dr. C. H. Lothrop, of Lyons, compiled for the Clinton County Medical Society a Medical History of the county, from which we condense the following in the order of towns :
.. Dr. J. P. Anthony settled in Camanche in 1850; removed to Sterling, Ill., in 1855, where he now resides. He was Assistant Surgeon of the One Hun- dred and Twenty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and Surgeon of the Sixty-first Volunteer Infantry until the close of the war. Born in Washington County, N. Y., in 1823; educated at Pittsfield Medical College, Massachu- setts.
Dr. A. B. Ireland came to Camanche in 1852, where he practiced his pro- fession until his death, in 1878. He was born in a small town in East Tennes- see in 1816, and removed with his father to Tremont, Ill. He received his medical education in the Illinois Medical College at Jacksonville, Ill., graduat- ing in 1846. Dr. Ireland had a extensive practice, and was a man very widely known in the county for kindness and sterling integrity. He was elected to the State Senate in 1869 for two years, which position he very acceptably filled. He had held numerous local offices, and was President of the Clinton County Medical Society for six or seven years.
Dr. E. T. Manning came to Camanche in 1850, in the capacity of a Bap- tist preacher, with which he combined the practice of medicine. He is not a graduate but holds an honorary degree from Bennett Eclectic Medical College, Chicago. When asked why he left preaching for medicine, he said men suf- fered more from colic than from fear of h-, and would pay better.
C. D. Manning, son of the above, graduated in Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1870, and practices in Camanche. There have been several other physicians located here, but they only remained a short time, except Dr. William McQuigg, who received his medical education at Cleveland Medical College, Ohio, came to Camanche in 1852, practiced his profession there until 1866, when he removed to Lyons, where he now resides.
Dr. A. L. Ankeny, well-known in business circles, was born in Jackson County, Ill., and received a medical degree from Rush Medical College in 1850, came to Lyons and practiced medicine until 1855; after that, went into general business and now resides one mile west of Lyons.
Dr. Joseph Beez, a native of Bavaria, located in Lyons in 1867, and practiced until he died in 1864, aged about forty.
Dr. A. O. Blanning, a native of Massachusetts, a graduate of Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1848, came to Lyons in 1856 and commenced the practice of homeopathy. In 1862, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the Twentieth Iowa Volunteers, promoted to Surgeon
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and served during the war ; returned to Lyons and practiced until 1878, when he removed to Florida.
Dr. George H. Bonney entered into partnership with Dr. Bassett, of Lyons, in 1847, practiced there and at Elk River until 1857, and removed to Indianola; graduated in St. Louis Medical College in 1860.
Dr. Joseph Brown, a graduate of the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical School, came to Lyons in 1856 and practiced his profession until 1865, when he removed to Chicago, thence to Aurora, Ill., where he died in 1876, aged about seventy. A man of pleasant address and fine literary attainments.
Dr. G. M. Davis, born in Dayton County, Ohio, in 1819, studied medicine with his brother in 1833; commenced the practice of medicine in Greenville, Ind .; attended medical lectures in the Louisville Medical Institute; came to Clinton in 1855; was elected State Senator in 1858, served two years. He was appointed Postmaster in 1862, and held the position until 1870, when he retired to his farm near Lyons.
Dr. W. R. Downs, born . in Franklin County, Vt., in 1823; came West and began the study of medicine, entering a medical school in La Porte, Ind .; becoming too deeply engaged in the resurrection (?) question, he pushed farther West and engaged in the practice of medicine in Camanche in 1847, and removed to Lyons in 1851. He is said to have been a successful practitioner and a keen speculator and his name figures conspicuously among the pioneers of that place. In 1854, he removed to Texas, and is said to have been a med- ical director in the rebel army.
Dr. A. P. Hudson, born in Oswego, N. Y., in 1818, received his medical education at Albany Medical College in 1847. Located first at Albany, Ill., he removed to Lyons in 1856, where he very successfully practiced his pro- fession, giving considerable attention to surgery. He was appointed Surgeon of the Twenty-sixth Regiment in 1862, and served during the war; he returned to Lyons, where his health became poor ; he moved to Stockton City, Cal., where he now resides. He paid considerable attention to the ornithology and botany of the county, leaving a valuable collection to Iowa College, Grinnell.
Dr. C. H. Lothrop, born in Fulton, Mass., in 1831; received his medical education at Albany, N. Y., and at the University of New York, graduating in .1858. He came to Lyons in 1859. He was a very active member of the profession, perfecting several very useful surgical appliances. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the First Iowa Cavalry in 1862, and was pro- moted to place of Surgeon and served during the war. After that, in 1866, he returned to Lyons to active practice. In 1870, he became affected with a spinal disease that disabled him from walking, and since then he has been a very great sufferer, losing the entire use of his lower extremities. He has completed the first and second edition of a medical directory of the State, and other literary labors, and is the present examiner for pensions for that place.
Dr. Freeman Thompson, born in Ohio; attended lectures in Cleveland ; settled in Lyons in 1855, and remained there until 1867, and removed to Kansas.
Dr. J. E. Ennis, born in Blair County, Penn .; moved to Lyons and studied medicine ; attended lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1861. Acted as Assistant Surgeon for three months during the war and was for a time engaged as Inspecting Surgeon for, the Sanitary Commission. In 1868, he retired from the profession and is now engaged in the nursery business.
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Dr. J. J. Mathews, born in Somerset, Ohio, 1837; received his medic education in Cincinnati; graduated at Keokuk Medical School in 1852 entered into practice until 1859, when he was elected to the State Senate f two terms. In 1868, he became Postmaster, and held the office for ten year He has abandoned the practice of medicine, and entered into other business.
The name of Dr. A. G. Benedict appears as locating in Lyons for two year 1856 to 1858; a graduate of College of Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y 1855.
Dr. George McPherson, a native of Pennsylvania; educated at Jefferso Medical College, 1855 ; resided in Lyons from 1857 to 1859.
Dr. A. P. Tenny located in Lyons, in 1863, and left in 1867; a gradua of Dartmouth Medical School. He returned to his native State, New Hampshire
Dr. E. M. Westbrook, born near Buffalo, N. Y., in 1822. He came to th State when it was new ; came to Sabula in 1847; from there removed Lyons, in 1865, where he is now in active practice.
Dr. George F. Wetherell, a native of New York ; educated at Medic Department of the University of New York. He practiced medicine i Mechanicsville, in this State, until 1862, when he was appointed Assistar Surgeon of the Twenty-sixth Iowa Volunteers. At the close of the war, b settled in Lyons, where he now practices his profession. Several others hay resided in Lyons for a few years; several of them are now residents of othe places in the county.
Dr. H. McCormack, born near Harrisburg, Penn., 1852; educated in Med ical Department of University of Pennsylvania, in 1856; came to Clinton th same year, and went into active practice. In 1862, he was Acting Assistant, Post Surgeon, for the Twentieth and Twenty-sixth Regiments while in camp Clinton ; now in active practice.
Dr. David McClay, born in Harrisburg, Penn. ; educated at Jefferso Medical College, Philadelphia ; located in Clinton in 1855, and remained unt 1857, when he removed on account of ill-health. Said to be the first settle physician in Clinton.
Dr. R. A. Bowen, born in Howard County, Md., in 1830; attended med ical lectures in the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical College; located first in Water loo, in this State, moved to Clinton in 1862, and remained until 1866, when h removed to Elizabeth, N. J.
Dr. P. J. Farnsworth, born in Westford, Vt .; educated in the Universit of Vermont, graduating in medicine in 1858; also received a degree from th College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, in 1860. Came to Lyon in 1862 ; removed to Clinton in 1865. In 1868, was elected to fill the chai of Materia Medica and Diseases of Children in the Medical Department of th State University. Practices medicine during the summer, and delivers lecture during the session of the medical school in the winter. Member of the Count Medical Society, and State and American Medical Associations.
Dr. H. S. Farnsworth, a native of Westford, Vt. ; received his medica education in the Medical Department of the University of Vermont, graduatin in 1860. Located in Lyons in 1864, where he remained until 1872, an removed to Clinton, where he now practices his profession. Member of th County and State Medical Associations.
Dr. A. J. Hobart, born in Yates County, N. Y. ; received his medical edu cation in the University of Michigan, in 1859 ; has also a degree from Belle vue Medical College, 1873. Came to Clinton from Michigan, in 1866, when he now resides. He served during the war as Assistant Surgeon of the Fire
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Michigan Infantry, in 1861; was promoted to Surgeon in 1862; resigned his position in 1864. Author of numerous papers read before the Clinton County Society. Member of the State and American Medical Associations.
Dr. Charles W. Myers, a native of Greenbrier, Knox Co., Ohio ; received his medical education at Cleveland Medical College, graduating in 1862 ; entered the army as Acting Assistant Surgeon, and was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the Eighty-second Ohio Infantry, in 1863; became Surgeon in the same reg- iment, and served during the war. He returned to the practice of medicine in Michigan, and removed to Clinton in 1870; now in practice.
Dr. A. Reynolds, born in Grand Isle County, Vt., in 1837; received his medical education in the University of Vermont, in 1863; located in Clinton, in 1869; remained here until 1873, when he received the appointment of Superintendent of the Hospital for the Insane at Independence, where he now remains.
Dr. George H. Noyes, native of Nashua, N. H., 1834 ; graduated in medi- cine at Dartmouth, 1856; located in Clinton in 1857: in 1862, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Eighth Iowa Infantry, promoted to Sur- geon of the Second Iowa Cavalry ; mustered out in 1865; now lives in Nashua, N. H.
Dr. H. Van Deventer, native of Buffalo, N. Y. ; received his degree in medicine from Buffalo Medical School, 1856; came to Clinton in 1866, remained until 1870, and removed to Roslyn, L. I.
Dr. W. C. Paxon located in Clinton, in 1867; now in practice.
Dr. William Howell, a native of Buffalo and a graduate of the Medical School there in 1853 ; located in Clinton in 1856. He is often mentioned by the older residents as a good practitioner, but of very eccentric habits. He left in 1860, and died in Buffalo.
Dr. E. H. King, born in DeWitt County, Ill., 1841; graduated in the Hah- nemann Medical College, Chicago, 1868; located in Clinton in the same year ; still in practice.
Dr. S. Yeomans, born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1822 ; graduated in medicine at Rush Medical College, in 1854; and received a degree from Hahnemann Medical College in 1871; appointed Assistant Surgeon for the Seventh Iowa Cavalry ; located in Clinton in 1871.
Dr. Clara Yeomans, wife of the above, studied medicine and graduated in Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, in 1870; located in Clinton, in general practice and women's diseases, in 1871; now in practice.
Dr. F. F. Cammuck, a native of England, came to Clinton in 1874; died in 1879.
Dr. Davis, Dr. Freeze and Dr. Phillips' names appear in the records of Clinton as being residents for a short period.
Dr. Marston located in Clinton in 1866 ; practiced homeopathy until his death in 1869.
Dr. C. H. Coggswell, a graduate of Hahnemann Medical College; located in Clinton in 1870; practiced here until 1878 and removed to Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. C. H. Coggswell, wife of the above, graduated in the New York Homeopathic Medical College, of New York, in 1874; now in Cedar Rapids.
Dr. John Dennison, born in Hanover, N. Y., in 1818 ; educated at Albany Medical College in 1846 ; located in DeWitt in 1867, where he now practices his profession.
Dr. James Harvey, born in Canada in 1832; graduated in medicine at Castle- ton, Vt., in 1856, and located the same year in DeWitt; in 1862, he received
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the appointment of Assistant Surgeon in the Eighteenth Iowa Volunte served about a month and resigned, and resumed practice, removing to Ron Mich.
Dr. J. R. Jones, born in Tippecanoe, Ohio, in 1843; came to De Witt his parents in 1854 ; studied medicine and graduated from the Medical Dep ment of the University of Michigan in 1868; practiced his profession until death in 1874.
Dr. John Kelley, native of Ireland, educated in Dublin, located in Witt in 1852 for the practice of his profession. In 1861, he entered army as a private in the First Cavalry. Died from sunstroke while in rend vous at Burlington in 1861.
Dr. Daniel Langun, native of the North of Ireland; born in 18 Received one course of medical lectures in the University of Michigan ; g uated in the Keokuk Medical School in 1863. Commenced the practice medicine in De Witt, where he now remains.
Dr. George A. Meredith, born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1844; c with his parents to De Witt in 1850. Studied medicine and attended lectu in Michigan University in 1868, and commenced the practice of medic Graduated in 1872; now resides in Ames, Story County.
Dr. Asa Morgan, born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1826. Came to Davenp Iowa, in 1846, and commenced the study of medicine, and attended lecture the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Upper Mississippi, Jocate Davenport. This college was removed to Keokuk in 1852, from which received his medical degree. He located the same year in De Witt. Wen California in search of gold in 1857 ; returned to De Witt in 1859; recei an appointment as Assistant Surgeon in the Seventh Iowa Regiment in 18 He resigned his position in 1862. In 1863, he accepted the appointmen Assistant Surgeon in the First Iowa Cavalry, and was promoted to be Surg of the Twelfth Illinois Cavalry, and served during the war, and was muste out at Houston, Texas. He then located in Cedar Bayou in that State, wh he now remains in the practice of his profession.
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