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T. W. Bath
1898
1899
E. E. Sargent
E. J. Hyndman
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PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
Harrison Noble
E. K. Crothers "
8, 1861
9,1866
S. W. Noble
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H. C. Luce "
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7, 1873
J. F. Mckenzie „
4, 1877
Wm. Hill
J. Little „
7, 1884
Lee Smith
T. F. Worrell
4, 1887
G. M. Smith
2, 1891
S. T. Anderson
1895
1896
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Oct. 5, 1874
3, 1876
7, 1879
T. F. Worrell
6, 1868
April
1900
1901
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1902
1903
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1904
1905
1906
1907
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1908
1909
1910
1911
R. A. Noble
W. H. Gardner "
1913
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1914
H. W. Elder
M. F. Savage
T. D. Cantrell
F. C. Fisher
E. P. Sloan
F. C. Fisher
F. L. Wakefield
W. W. Gailey
W. M. Young
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E. L. Brown
Ralph P .. Peairs
J. K. P. Hawks
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1924
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1925
J. H. Fenelon
A. W. Meyer
Frank Deneen
H. R. Watkins
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H. L. Howell
J. P. Noble "
G. A. Sloan
H. W. Grote
J. C. McNutt
James Jenson
F. H. Henderson
F. W. Brian
J. N. Elliott
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1939
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1940
D. D. Raber
Gerald Cline
C. C. Jones
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1943
H. O. Dolley
Harold Watkins
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1944
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1945
O. M. Thompson
E. M. Stevenson
Willis Atkinson
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1947
H. P. Sloan
Ray Doud
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1949
O. H. Ball
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Vincent B. Marquis "
T. C. Scott
Ralph Loar
A. E. Livingston
D. M. Jenkins
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SECRETARY F. C. Vandervort "
J. W. Smith
F. C. Vandervort
E. S. Reedy A. F. Kaeser
R. A. Noble
A. L. Fox
T. W. Bath
O. M. Rhodes "
R. D. Fox
A. R. Freeman
J. W. Dobson T. D. Cantrell
1912
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
E. C. Williams
A. J. Casner
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
H. W. Wellmerling
Ralph Peairs
Gerald Cline Howard Sloan „
1941
1942
G. E. Hartenbower
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1948
1950
1951
1952
1953
PRESIDENT C. E. Chapin "
F. H. Godfrey "
E. Mammen
1915
T. D. Cantrell "
A. Bernice Curry "
1946
GOLDEN JUBILEE
On the evening of April 7, 1904, "The McLean County Medical Society" celebrated its "Golden Anniversary Banquet" at the Illinois Hotel.
The following members with their wives and daughters were present :
Drs. Bath, Bonnett, Carr, H. S. Chapin, C. E. Chapin, Chapman, Dally, H. W. Elder, G. D. Elder, Fenelon, A. L. Fox, Fulwiler, Foster, Guthrie, Godfrey, Hawks, Hull, Hall, Jackman, Kaeser, Little, Mammen, Meyer, Mullin, J. P. Noble, C. M. Noble, R. A. Noble, Brown, Orner, C. R. Parke, Parkhurst, E. Reedy, A. E. Rogers, Sargent, Shinn, G. R. Smith, J. W. Smith, Lee Smith, E. M. K. Taylor, J. B. Taylor, F. C. Vandervort, Welch, Weiland, R. G. Yolton, J. L. Yolton.
Also the following visitors:
Drs. C. E. Black, President of the State Society; Councilors New- comb, of Champaign; Barlow, of Robinson; L. J. Harvey, of Griggsville; 0. B. Will, of Peoria, and Clark, of Hamilton, Ohio; total, 92.
A delightful repast was served and heartily appreciated by all, after which the President, Dr. F. C. Vandervort, acted as "Toast Master" to which responses were made by Drs. O. B. Will, of Peoria, Illinois; C. R. Parke, of Louisville, Kentucky; W. E. Guthrie and J. B. Taylor, of Bloomington, Illinois.
Medical Golden Jubilees are rare and this one especially will long be remembered by those in attendance.
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THE DOCTOR'S WIFE
A Toast Written and Presented by Hattie Morehouse Vandervort at an Early Banquet of the McLean County Medical Society.
Years ago it was said, "It is not good for man to be alone," and what is true of man in general is doubly true of the doctor in particular.
When the new fledged M. D. has finished his studies, chosen his location, hung out his sign, and is waiting patiently - or impatiently it may be as time goes on - for the patients so slow in coming, he has time for thoughts on many subjects, and one is pretty sure to be that of marriage. After a time of hotel boarding and office rooming he begins to think of a partner of joys and sorrows, hopes and fears, success and failure, a silent partner who would make a home for him which would be a much happier place than the one in which he is now living, and really, from a business point of view he readily persuades himself, a doctor ought to be a family man.
Of course the women doctors are not in my subject as they do not need wives.
Well, out of my experience and the fullness thereof, let me tell what sort of a woman the young man should search for.
First, a woman of strong constitution - a doctor's wife must never be sick. He has to hear of people's ailments till his whole head is sick and his heart faint, and when he reaches his haven of rest, he must find only smiles, pleasant themes, good cooking, quiet and peace.
He has been battling with the world's ills; at home he ought to forget that there are any sick people and have a complete change. If our subject lacks in constitution, then she must be the possessor of double powers of endurance and make believe when nature gives out.
All this for the doctor's comfort and a great deal more for outside appearances. No one thinks a doctor's wife has any right to be sick. If she is, the immediate conclusion seems to be that he is a failure as a doctor. Did any of you ladies ever by mistake speak of not feeling well and be caught up by the incredulous look and the awful remark, "And you a doctor's wife?"
Nerves of steel are also necessary. What would a nervous woman do if she should see her husband start off driving a high mettled horse - and after awhile see a man bring his medicine case, laprobe, cushion, etc. and lay them over the fence and say nothing of the cause of all this? This would be especially trying if there was a new baby by her side, not yet a whole week old - but a doctor's wife must not be nervous.
He must visit all sorts of infectious and contagious diseases and she must "get used to it" and "not worry."
Patience in large abundance must she possess; patience with herself and her own short comings of which, if she is a true woman, no one is more conscious than she; patience with the doctor, who will some- times do imprudent things and foolish things just like any ordinary man; patience with the patients who will many times annoy and per-
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plex her; and more than all with the people at large, who will fire random shots at the doctor's wife they would not dare aim at him or at any man.
Faith also is necessary. One of the hardest things I had to learn was that doctors are not infallible. During my early years our old family physician was held in such high regard in my father's family that to send for the doctor meant sure and speedy relief, and as soon as we saw him coming we felt better - both the sick and the well.
Love - more than all must she love the man who will henceforth be her counselor, friend, companion, and family doctor.
No weakling girl, who would surrender will,
And life, and reason, with her loving heart
To her possessor; - no soft clinging thing
Who would find breath alone within the arms Of a strong master, and obediently Wait on his whims, in slavish carefulness;
No fawning, cringing spaniel, to attend His royal pleasure, and account herself
Rewarded by his pats and pretty words, But a round woman, who, with insight keen
Had wrought a scheme of life, and measured well
Her womanhood; had spread before her feet A fine philosophy to guide her steps; Had won a faith to which her life was brought
In strict adjustment - brain and heart meanwhile
Working in conscious harmony and rhythm
With the great scheme of God's great universe, On toward her being's end.
Thus a doctor of old describes his ideal woman, and if our young friend can find such a one - or one capable of growth into such a one - let him not fear to take her for better, for worse until death them doth part.
Some women marry a man to get rid of him. They might well choose a doctor. Invite in a company of friends for a social evening - the tele- phone will be sure to ring, and the doctor must go five miles in the country. Roads are bad, he gets back just in time to bid the guests good-night. Attend a lecture. Doctor is called away; you may get home the best way you can, alone or with some neighbor who happens to be there.
Two of my most intimate friends are doctors' wives. One complains bitterly of the "aloneness" for which she never planned, and that her husband's pocket book is about all she sees of him. The other with four children does not have so much loneliness to complain of, but she longs sometimes for a little more of her husband's society and time to keep acquainted with him.
A lady told me the other evening, speaking of an old time physician long since dead, that he always tried all his medicines on his wife first before using them in his practice. Of course I said nothing, but I thought of certain bottles on a shelf at home - marked "sample" and wondered if I was a sample case.
Speaking of bottles. Oh dear! What a torment they are! There is not a place in the house too sacred for these same bottles and if you ever dispose of one, that is the very one needed next. All shapes and
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sizes and colors are ever increasing and accumulating. I wish there was a bottle man like the ragman, who would come and take them away.
Then there are the books, the magazines, the instruments, the medi- cine cases; no matter if the house is small, she must find a place and room for all. But the skeleton! She must resolutely keep it out of the house, and find not a nook or cranny in home or hearth in which to stow even its shadow away.
When the doctor is sick, it's the hardest time in our lives. He has no faith in doctors - no faith in medicine - he will not stay in bed or keep quiet - and when he is sick at all he is pretty sick. We will pass lightly over this subject - it is too personal - and ask,
"Now what, for all this, do we wives get?" We bear their names, we share their gains, and - this banquet!
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Following is a condensed biographical history of each member of the McLean County Medical Society of Illinois from its organization to the present time, as far as ascertainable:
Doctor A. A. Absher was born in Carmi, Illinois, - Graduated in med- icine and surgery from Chicago P. and S., 1883. Located in Sibley, Illinois, 1894, where he still continues to practice (1904). Married Miss Lenora Helmick.
Doctor Edwin M. Adams was born in Hudson, McLean county, Illinois, September 15, 1877. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Barnes Medical College, St. Louis, Mo., 1901. Located at Gridley, Illinois, June 10, 1903. He is a member of the McLean County, Illinois State, A. M. A. and North Central Medical Societies. He married Miss Crystal Mont- gomery in 1906. Died 1937.
Doctor J. C. Adams was born May 20, 1848, in Cadiz, Ohio. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1873. Located in Hudson, Illinois, and afterward moved to Gridley, Illinois, where he died December 28, 1903, of cerebral hemorrhage, age 55 years. He practiced in Gridley eighteen years. Married Rosalinda B. Chadbourn.
Doctor Paul Allyn was born in Mendota, Illinois, April 10, 1879. Grad- uated in medicine and surgery, April 16, 1902, at Barnes Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri. Located in Danvers, McLean county, Illinois, January 25, 1904. Spent one year in City and Female Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.
Doctor S. T. Anderson was born in Reily, Butler county, Ohio, June 2, 1844. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1881. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1881. Married Miss Mec. H. Howe. Died April 10, 1896.
Doctor J. L. Asire was born 18 - - . Graduated 18 - -. Located in Bloom- ington, Illinois, 18 - - . Was Secretary McLean County Medical Society 1874. Present location unknown.
Doctor Charles Ayling was born July 2, 1869, in Princeville, Peoria county, Illinois. Graduated from Chicago Medical College 1893. Located in Gridley, McLean county, Illinois, August 17, 1893, where he still continues in practice (1904). Married Miss Charlotte A. Mitchell of Gridley, Illinois.
Doctor W. B. Balcke was born in Burlington, Iowa, December 4, 1875. Graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis, Missouri, 1898. Located in Cropsey, McLean county, Illinois, 1898. Married Miss Dora Irwin.
Doctor H. F. Ballard was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, 1852. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College, Chicago,
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Ill., 1882. Located in Chenoa, Ill., 1882, where he remained in practice until 1884, when he moved to Cooksville, Ill. where he practiced until 1886, returning to Chenoa, Ill. He married Miss Mary E. Young, of Old Town, Ill.
Doctor W. J. Ballard was born May 30, 1803 in Albemarle county, Va. Graduated at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., - - Located in Versailles, Woodford county, and Nicholasville, Ky., 1831 - 1855, when he moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where he continued in practice until his health broke in 1878. He was elected eleventh (11th) president of McLean County Medical Society. Married Miss Elizabeth Tapp.
Doctor Samuel Bane was born February 14, 1871, at Arrowsmith, Mc- Lean county, Illinois. Graduated in medicine and surgery from North- western University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, June 17, 1897. Located in Ellsworth, McLean county, Ill., July 6, 1897, where he still continues in practice. Married Miss Olive Belle Smith.
Doctor A. T. Barnes was born June 21, 1832, in Trimble county, Ky. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Louisville Medical College, 1856. Army Medical Certificate, 1863. Practiced in Austin, Ill., and in Cen- tralia, Ill., 1865; Bloomington, Ill., 1879 until his death, May 30, 1901. Was Superintendent of Illinois Hospital for Insane at Anna, 1871-1878. Was a member of medical staff of St. Joseph's Hospital up to the time of his death. Was President of McLean County Medical Society 1881. Married Miss Helen Green, 1857.
Doctor G. W. Barton was born in Bedford, Pa., May 11, 1838. Graduated at Chicago University Session of 1858-9 and entered Mercy Hospital. Located in Saybrook, Ill., 1859. Died September 28, 1885, from gun shot wounds.
Doctor Thomas W. Bath was born at Tyr Phil, Wales, March 18, 1863. Emigrated with his parents to Illinois in 1869. Graduated from High School and became an undergraduate of Adrian College, Michigan. Studied medicine and graduated from St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1892. First began practice at Ohio, Ill., for three years, thence to Normal, Ill., from which place he entered the army during the Spanish-American war, serving, and commissioned as 1st. Lieut. and Asst. Surgeon 2nd Ill. Vol. Inf. Served in Cuba and the Philippines, and commissioned as Capt. and Asst. Surgeon U. S. Vols. Returned to Bloomington after nearly three years' service, at which place he is now practicing.
Doctor L. M. Bickmore was born May 27, 1838, in Clermont county, Ohio. Attended lectures at Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, 1859-60. Graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1866. Prac- ticed medicine from 1860-69 in Clermont and Hamilton counties, Ohio, and from 1869 to 18 - - . Shirley, McLean county, Illinois. Married - Present location not known (1904).
Doctor John Y. Bonnett was born September 16, 1873, in Leroy, Ill. Graduated in medicine from Physio-Medical College, Indianapolis, Ind., 1896, and Illinois Medical, Chicago, 1898. Practiced in Bloomington, Illinois, from 1898-1902 and Leroy, Ill., from 1902 to the present time (1904). Died July 7, 1916.
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Doctor Robert D. Bradley was born January 9, 1845, in Greene county, Illinois. Graduated in medicine and surgery, Session of 1868-9 at Jef- ferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1870-71; Pekin, Ill., 17 years, and Peoria, Ill., 14 years to the present time (1904). Married Miss Elizabeth Karr, of Bloomington, Illinois.
Doctor E. L. Brown was born March 31, 1864, at Blair, Ill. Attended and graduated from Northwestern University, Chicago, 1894. Located in Parkston, South Dakota, 1895-1903 and Bloomington, Illinois, 1903 to present time (1904). Married Miss Ada May Lawrence. Died October 10, 1943.
Doctor C. O. Burke was born in Watertown, N. Y., 1864. Graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1887. Located in Bloomington, III., 1887; McLean, Ill., 1888 and Atlanta, Ill., 1889 to present time (1904). Married Miss Nellie Bunn. Deceased.
Doctor R. R. Burns was born in Bloomington, Ill., July 8, 1860. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1884. Located in Bloomington, Ill., 1884. Married Miss Casey. Died September 19, 1887.
Doctor L. A. Burr was born October 26, 1862, in Charleston, Illinois. Graduated at Beaumont Medical College, St. Louis, Mo., 1887. Located in Chicago, Ill., from 1889-94 and Bloomington, III., 1895-98. Married Miss Clauda L. Brown and second wife Miss Boulware.
Doctor Charles Carle was born August, 1831, in Trumansburg, N. Y. Graduated at University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1852. Practiced medicine three (3) years in New Jersey. From thence removed to Perry county, Illinois, where he practiced for five (5) years. Was Assistant Surgeon of - - regiment Illinois Volunteers U. S. A., and at the close of the war returned to Perry county and resumed practice. In 1867 he located in Bloomington, Ill. but did not practice. Died 1879 of cancer of the tongue.
Doctor C. R. Carr was born June 15, 1845, in Terre Haute, Indiana. Attended lectures at Bellevue Hospital Medical College 1869-70 and 71, graduating at latter session. After graduating, he practiced nine months in Bloomington, Illinois, and subsequently six months in Rockford, Illi- nois. Was house surgeon in New York Eye and Ear infirmary during Session in 1873, returning to Bloomington in the fall, where he still resides (1904). Married Miss Ella Hayes.
Doctor Charles E. Chapin was born in DeWitt, Illinois, January 29, 1866. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill., 1891. Located in Moline, Ill., 1891, and practiced there until 1894, when he was appointed Assistant Physician to State Insane Hospital, Jacksonville, Illinois, which position he held until 1897, when he moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where he is still in practice (1904). He is one of the medical staff of St. Joseph's Hospital. Married Miss Lizzie Sterling. Died Sept. 26, 1930.
Doctor H. S. Chapin was born in DeWitt, Dewitt county, Ill., 1849. Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill., 1872. Located in
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Holder, McLean county, Illinois, 1885, where he has been in constant practice up to the present time. (1904). Married Miss Julia Bosseman.
Doctor Samuel L. Chapin was born in DeWitt, DeWitt county, Ill., 1857. Attended first course of lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, and graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1875. Located in Holder, McLean county, Ill., in 1875, and in Saybrook, Illinois, 1885, where he practiced until his death. Was assassinated August 18, 1904, while returning home from his office, 9:30 P. M. and died 9:30 A. M. August 19, 1904. The assassin, George F. Wilkinson, supposed to be insane. Dr. Chapin was a member of the McLean county Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Society and also the American Medical Association. He was a member of Hope Lodge No. 140, K. P., of Saybrook, Illinois. His death was universally regretted by the citizens of Saybrook and surrounding country. Was married three times. First, Mrs. Addie Doughlett; second, Mrs. Minnie Cheney; third, Miss L. A. Cox of Farmer City, Illinois.
Doctor A. L. Chapman was born in Harrison county, Ohio, January 26, 1847. Graduated at Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery after three full courses. Located at White Oak, McLean county, Illinois, 1877- 83; Bloomington, Ill., 1883-91; and Carlock, McLean county, Illinois, to present time (1904). Served in army during the Civil War, Company G, 76th O. V. I .; was in "Sherman's March to the Sea," in battles at Resaca and Kenesaw Mountain. Was U. S. pension examiner at Bloom- ington, Ill., during Cleveland's last administration. Married Miss Lydia Bramwell in 1879. (Deceased).
Doctor R. W. Chapman was born in Leesburg, Carroll county, Ohio, July 24, 1837. Attended lectures at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated 1860. Located in Bakersville, Coshocton county, Ohio, 1861-67. In New Rumley, Harrison county, Ohio, 1867-69; and in 1869 removed to ElPaso, Ill. Present whereabouts unknown.
Doctor W. R. Chew was born March 15, 1816, in Fredericksburg, Va. Attended lectures in Transylvania Medical College, Lexington, Ky., during the session of 1842-3-4, graduating in 1844. Practiced medicine from 1844 until 1856 in Midway, Woodford county, Ky .; from 1856-60 in Bloomington, Ill., and from 1860-63 in East Feliciana Parish, La. From 1863-68 near Vicksburg, Miss., and from 1868-86 to Clarksville, Texas, where he died September, 1886, and was buried in Jefferson, Texas. He was fifth President of the McLean County Medical Society. Married
Doctor J. M. Cody was born in Embo, Ontario, B. C., 1861. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1886. Has been practicing in Tremont, Illinois, since graduating. Mar- ried Miss Belle Irene Davis.
Doctor N. B. Cole was born December, 1873, in Fairfield county, Ohio. Attended lecture session 1859-60 in New York Medical College and reg- ular session of 1860 at Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, where he graduated. Practiced medicine in Aetna, Ohio, from 1860-68, when he entered the army, serving until 1865 as Assistant Surgeon of 19th Ohio and 50th Ohio regiments. After leaving the army, he located in
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Bloomington, Ill., Nov. 1, 1865, where he continued in practice until November, 1896. He was for years physician to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Normal, Ill. In 1896 he moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he died September 11, 1904. Married Miss M. C. Evans.
Doctor Henry Conklin was born in Morristown, New Jersey, 1814. Grad- uated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, 1830. Practiced medicine several years in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, thence removed to Hudson, McLean county, Illinois, 18 - - , where he practiced until he moved to Bloomington, Illinois, 1864, where he died January 29, 1888. Dr. Conklin was a charter member of the McLean County Medical Society. He was married three times. His last wife was Mrs. M. Dodge, of Springfield, III.
Doctor C. J. Corley was born in Providence, Rhode Island, January 26, 1864. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College, Chi- cago, Ill., 1884. Located in Bloomington, Ill., soon after graduating, where he practiced until his death, June 27, 1898. Married Miss Eugenia La Case.
Doctor William A. Coss was born October 31, 1870, in Arrowsmith, Illinois. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Marion Sims Medical College, St. Louis, Mo., 1901. Located in Danvers, McLean county, Ill., 1901. Married Anna Belle Arbogast.
Doctor J. E. Covey was born in McLean county, Illinois, near LeRoy, October 7, 1861. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, February 26, 1887. Practiced medicine in Lexington, Illinois, from March, 1887, to June, 1903, excepting five (5) months spent in study in Germany. From September 1, 1902, he spent a year in the hospital in Chicago, making a special study of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Since April of this year (1904) he has taken a course at Royal London Ophthalmis Hospital of London, England. August 1, 1904, located in Bloomington, Illinois. Married Miss Emma L. Scrogin.
Doctor E. G. Covington was born in Washington, D. C., August 1, 1872 (negro). Graduated 1899 at Howard University, Washington, D. C. Lo- cated in Bloomington, Ill., 1900, where he still resides (1904). Assistant Surgeon of the 8th regiment Illinois National Guards, commissioned June 2, 1902. (Deceased).
Doctor David L. Crist was born in Perry county, Ohio, May 18, 1817. Graduated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, 1852. Com- menced practice soon after at Mt. Sterling, Ohio, and moved to Bloom- ington, Illinois, 1853, where he practiced until a short time before his death (which was caused by a complication of diseases) March 18, 1875. Dr. D. L. Crist was a charter member of the McLean County Medical Society and a constant attendant of the Illinois State Medical Asso- ciation.
Doctor D. O. Crist was born in Rushville, Fairfield county, Ohio, August 28, 1824. Practiced in Mt. Sterling until 1855, when he located in Bloom- ington, Ill., from which place he moved to Indianapolis, Ind.
Doctor Howard C. Crist was born in Licking county, Ohio, 1846. Grad- uated in medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1870. Located in Bloomington, Ill., 1870. In 1874 was stationed at Indian Agency, Arizona, and in 1882 moved to Riverside, California, where he died August 5, 1883.
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Doctor William Cromwell was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, October 2, 1812. Graduated in medicine and surgery at University of Maryland, 1835, from which time until 1858 he continued in practice. He died in Bloomington, Illinois, January 7, 1874, of Phthisis Pulmonalis. He was appointed Postmaster at Bloomington, Illinois, 1867, and served very acceptably for four years. He was held in such high esteem that upon the incoming of a new national administration, a large number of both political parties petitioned for his continuance in office, but the princi- ples of partisan reward was too important to be overlooked even to retain a particularly honest and efficient public officer. He subsequently en- gaged in the insurance business, being unable from failing health, to practice his profession. His death was greatly regretted by a large circle of admiring friends. He was one of the charter members of the McLean County Medical Society. He married Miss Enos of Philadelphia, Penn.
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