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Philip H. Barton.
George F. Beasley.
William Commons.
David G. Curtis.
William C. Foster.
Thomas F. Leech.
Jacob J. Smith.
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
Indiana equipped and sent out five regiments for this war; and furnished them with five regimental surgeons, eleven regimental assistant surgeons, three surgeons in the volunteer army appointed by the President, and fifteen hospital stewards, making a total of thirty-four medical officers. An alphabetical list of their names is given:
BARCUS, PAUL J .- Asst. Surg., 158th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
BARNETT, CHARLES E .- Asst. Surg., 157th Regi- ment, Indiana Infantry.
BARNETT, WALTER W .- Surgeon, 157th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
BUEHLER, EUGENE-Asst. Surg., 160th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
* William Maxwell Wood, rank captain, entered the Navy. May 16, 1829. He was a native of Maryland, from which state he was appointed, but claimed his residence in Indiana.
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CHARLTON, FRED R .- Surgeon, 158th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
DAVIS, WILLIAM S .- Asst. Surg., 159th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
FOXWORTHY, FRANK W .- Asst. Surg., 160th Regi- ment, Indiana Infantry.
GARSTANG, REGINALD W .- Asst. Surg., 157th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
GERRISH, MILLARD F .- Asst. Surg., 161st Regi- ment, Indiana Infantry.
HAWKINS, EUGENE-Asst. Surg., 159th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
JONES, HOMER I .- Asst. Surg., 158th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
KYLE, JOHN J .- Surgeon, 160th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
SIVER, EMMETT L .- Surgeon, 157th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
SMITH, WICLIFFE-Surgeon, 161st Regiment, Indi- ana Infantry.
STUNKARD, THOMAS C .- Surgeon, 159th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
WILSON, JAMES-Asst. Surg., 161st Regiment, Indi- ana Infantry.
LIST OF SURGEONS APPOINTED BY THE PRESI- DENT IN THE VOLUNTEER ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES.
ENGLISH, CALVIN H .- Major and Brigade Surgeon. KIMBALL, THOMAS C .- Major and Chief Surgeon. PEYTON, DAVID C .- Major and Brigade Surgeon.
HOSPITAL STEWARDS.
ESPEY, JAMES G .- 161st Regiment, Indiana Infantry. HAWKINS, ROBERT W .- 159th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
LANGDON, HARRY K .- 159th Regiment, Indiana In- fantry.
LEWIS, JOHN I .- 161st Regiment, Indiana Infantry. MOORE, HARRY S .- 158th Regiment, Indiana In- fantry.
MOORE, HARVEY A .- 157th Regiment, Indiana In- fantry.
NEWLAND, HARROD C .- 158th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
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PFAFF, JOHN A., 160th Regiment, Indiana Infantry. RATHERT, WILLIAM H .- 161st Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
SCHULTZ, GUY A .- 157th Regiment, Indiana In- fantry.
SHELL, OGDEN G .- 157th Regiment, Indiana In- fantry.
SOMMER, EDGAR L .- 160th Regiment, Indiana In- fantry.
STARRETT, WALTER K .- 160th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
TOWNSEND, TERRY M .- 159th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.
WRIGHT, CHARLES E .- 158th Regiment, Indiana In- fantry.
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CHAPTER XX
MEDICAL HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY.
Dr. Jonas Stewart, of Anderson, a physician well qualified for the task, has kindly furnished me the following interesting medical history of Madison County :
Madison County was first settled by white men in 1820, four years after the admission of the state into the Federal Union. The first settle- ment was at Pendleton, near the falls of Fall Creek, in the south part of the county. About one year after the above date, in 1821, a settle- ment was made at Anderson on White River. Within a few years settlements were also made at Chesterfield, Hamilton and Perkinsville, on White River, at Huntsville and New Columbus, on Fall Creek, and later, also, at Fishersburg, on Stony Creek, near the western boundary, and at Moonsville, on Big Kilbuck Creek, about ten miles north of Anderson. The country north of White River remained for the greater part, an unbroken forest for twenty or thirty years after the forming of the settlements above named, in south half of the county.
The county was organized November 10, 1823, and the county seat located at Pendleton, the oldest and largest settlement, where it remained until 1836, when it was removed to Anderson, which was a more central location. It was not
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until about this time that settlements were made at Alexandria and Elwood, and still later, at Frankton and Summitville.
The first physician to locate in the county for the practice of his profession was Dr. Lewis Bordwell, who located at Pendleton about the time the county was organized. He is mentioned in the early chronicles of the county, and char- acterized as a "pleasant, genial gentleman, who occasionally imbibed too freely of ardent spirits, and when intoxicated, sometimes boasted of his success as a practitioner, declaring that he had never lost a patient." He practiced at Pendleton only two or three years, and removed to Iowa, where he died. He was followed at Pendleton by Drs. John L. and Corydon Richmond, the former of whom receives more extended notice elsewhere in these sketches. A few years later, Dr. Edwin Fussell and Dr. M. G. Walker located here, and still later came also the brothers, John H. and Ward Cook. Both Dr. Fussell and Dr. Walker receive honorable mention in Forkner and Dy- son's History of Madison County, in connection with the mobbing of Hon. Frederick Douglass at Pendleton in 1843 .* Dr. Walker is credited with saving the life of Mr. Douglass on that occasion, and Dr. Fussell with taking him into his house, and rendering surgical aid to the injured man.
The first physician to locate at Anderson was a Dr. Burt, of whom little is now known. It is said, however, that he was both doctor and school teacher, and that he was a small man, and slightly
* This mobbing of Mr. Douglass occurred on Sept. 16, 1843 .- G. W. H. K.
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lame. He remained in Anderson two years, from 1827 to 1829. [I think this is Dr. Dickinson Burt, the first physician, also, to locate in Dela- ware County. See p. 89-G. W. H. K.]
A Dr. Pegg also located in Anderson in 1828, but still less is known of him than of his pre- decessor. His residence in the village was of two years' duration, when he was followed by Dr. Ruddell, in 1830. The last-named physician re- mained seven years and then removed to Broad Ripple, in Marion County, near the city of In- dianapolis. In the meantime Dr. Henry Wyman located at Anderson, in 1831, and became the "Nestor" of the medical profession of the county, where he was probably the most prominent physi- cian for a period of thirty years. He will be noticed elsewhere in these sketches. Other early physicians of Anderson, of whom no definite in- formation can now be obtained, were Dr. Car- mean, Dr. E. R. Roe, and Dr. Andrew Robb. The first physician at Chesterfield was a Dr. Henry ; he located there in 1828. Soon after, we find the name of Dr. Kynett, probably the Dr. William Kynett later found at Fishersburg. We also find evidence that Drs. Balingall and Preston of Mid- dletown, in Henry County, made regular trips for a considerable period, and ministered to the sick of the infant settlement of Chesterfield, but neither of them was ever located in Madison County. Dr. George W. Godwin located at Ches- terfield in the early thirties, but later removed to Yorktown, in Delaware County. Dr. David Dun- ham located in the country northwest of Chester- field, in 1834. We also find that a Dr. Davis
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arrived there in 1847. He completes the list of pioneer physicians of the village. Dr. William Goodell located at Hamilton, about six miles west of Anderson, in 1825. No other facts in his his- tory have been obtained.
The first physician at Huntsville was a Dr. McCain, who was both physician and merchant. He had as his successors, Drs. John Hunt and Joseph Weeks, both mentioned later, each in his proper place. Dr. John Horne was the first to locate at New Columbus. This event occurred in 1840. He removed to Middletown in Henry County, and subsequently to Yorktown, in Dela- ware County, where he died. He was followed at New Columbus by Dr. Hildreth, in 1842, and Dr. W. B. Bair, in 1844. Other early physicians of New Columbus were Dr. Clark, Dr. Smiley and Dr. Barry.
The first to locate at Fishersburg were the brothers, Drs. James and John Barrett; this was in 1840. Later in the same year, Dr. William Kynett located there. These were followed by Dr. Thomas in 1848, Drs. John Davis and John Williams, in 1850, and a little later by Dr. Thomas Carr. Dr. Thomas Douglass located at Perkinsville in 1840, he being the first in that village, and its leading physician for many years.
In the same year Dr. Robert Douglass located at the site of the present city of Elwood, although the town, first named Quincy, was not laid out until 1853, and did not receive the name of El- wood until 1869. About this time, also, a Dr. McNear located at Moonsville, on Big Kilbuck
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Creek. The first physician at Alexandria was Dr. W. F. Spence, who came to the county in 1839. After a few years he removed to Jones- boro, in Grant county, where he died. He was followed by Dr. Cyrus Westerfield and Dr. David Perry, and a few years later, by Drs. S. B. and Leonard Harriman. Dr. S. B. Harriman re- moved to Richmond, Indiana, where he ended his career, and Dr. Leonard Harriman died in Ster- ling, Kansas, in the last decade of the nineteenth century.
We have thus seen that the location of the first physicians, at Alexandria, Elwood, Perkinsville, Fishersburg, and New Columbus, all occurred about the same year, at least, within twelve months, of the years 1839 and 1840. This was incident to the large increase of population dur- ing those years, most probably induced by the work on the Indiana Central Canal, then in con- struction but never completed.
The first physician at Frankton was Dr. John M. Laughlin, but he did not arrive until 1854. He was followed by Dr. Philip P. Patterson, who married the widow of Dr. Laughlin, and succeed- ed also to his practice. Other early physicians of Frankton were Drs. Reuben Harvey, W. M. Sharp, and a Dr. Young. There was no physi- cian at Summitville until 1870, when Dr. C. V. Garrell located there. He was followed by Drs. John Wright and M. L. Cranfield. During the decade from 1870 to 1880, Dr. Wm. J. Morgan practiced at Gilman on the border of Delaware County. Dr. Morgan was a charter member of
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the present Madison County Medical Society. Died October 13, 1896.
The above mentioned villages include all, with- in the boundaries of Madison County, except Markleville and Ingalls. The latter is a new town and has no medical history. The former probably has a history but I have not been able to obtain it. I find, however, in some of the early records the names of a Dr. Wear, Dr. William Hendricks, Dr. William Swain, and Dr. J. C. Smith, but no further information seems to be obtainable.
The names of other deceased physicians of Madison County, of whom I have succeeded in obtaining some definite information, with brief sketches of some of the more prominent of them are given alphabetically in the succeeding pages.
Prominence is not invariably based on esti- mated ability, alone, but also on length of period of service, or the number of years they practiced their profession in Madison County.
ARDERY, OSCAR .- Anderson (1859-1897). S. T. 1898, 380, 381.
BAIR, W. B .- New Columbus (18- - 1863). Lo- cated in Madison County in 1844. Practiced eighteen years. Was an active member of the first Madison County Medical Society and was its treasurer from its organization until his death.
BALLENGER, L. P .- Anderson (1851-1884).
BECK, JOHN .- Elwood (1809-1882) .
BECK, THOMAS S .- Elwood (1843-1885). Son of preceding Dr. Beck. Native of Ohio. Practiced in Elwood fifteen years.
BRANDON, JOSEPH FRANCIS .- Anderson (1835- 1888). Practiced several years at Perkinsville. Re-
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moved to Anderson and engaged in drug business, but remained a member of the Madison County Medical Society.
BRUNT, SAMUEL .- Summitville (1849-1883) .
BURR, CHANCEY S .- Anderson (1840-1905). Born in Middletown, Indiana, January 10, 1840. Died in Chicago, Illinois, June 4, 1905. Graduated at Long Island College Hospital, 1865. Served as surgeon in the army last year of Civil War. Practiced his pro- fession fifteen years in Anderson, ten years in Mitchell, South Dakota, and fourteen years in the city of Chi -. cago. He was the first mayor of Mitchell, South Dakota.
CARTER, D. M .- Anderson (1834-1893). Prac- ticed a number of years in Anderson. Was a member of the first Madison County Medical Society and was its treasurer after the death of Dr. W. B. Bair. He removed to Modoc in Randolph County, where he died. Is buried at Winchester.
CALLOWAY, BENIAH T .- Elwood ( 1824-1899). Born in Milton, Indiana, January 23, 1824. Died in Elwood, Indiana, November 30, 1899. Located in Alexandria in 1849; 'remained only one year, then removed to Elwood where he practiced. thirty-nine years. He was retired ten years before his death.
CHANNING, WILLIAM S. - Pendleton (1851- 1906). S. T. 1907, 489.
COOK, DANIEL .- Fishersburg (1826-1902). Dr. Cook practiced medicine in Madison County about forty years, part of this time at Markleville.
COOK, JOHN H .- Pendleton (1802-1864). Born in Monroe County, Virgina, April 27, 1802. Died of apoplexy, at Pendleton, November 30, 1863. Educated at Maxwell Academy in East Tennessee. Graduated in medicine at University of Louisville. He was one of the early specialists in diseases of the eye and ear. In this specialty he attained such prominence as to be called to many of the larger cities of this and other states.
Brand Booki ; M. D.
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He was a fluent public speaker and a ready debater ; entered politics and was elected representative in the legislature in 1836. He rendered valuable assistance in securing the first railway through the county, giving both time and money. He also served one term as a member of the Board of Trustees of the State Blind Asylum, receiving his appointment from Gov. Joseph A. Wright.
COOK, THOMAS E. - Perkinsville (1819 - 1876) . Born in South Carolina. Practiced twelve years in county.
COOK, WARD .- Pendleton (1808-1894). Dr. Ward Cook was a younger brother of Dr. John H. Cook, above mentioned. Born in Monroe county, Virgina (now West Virginia ), October 9, 1808. Died of pneu- monia, at Pendleton, Indiana, December 24, 1894. He attended the schools of his native county, and spent two years at Maxwell Academy in Tennessee, after which he taught school and studied under private tutors. He came to Indiana on horseback, traveling five hundred miles in thirteen days. He had studied medicine with his other studies in his old home, and soon after his arrival in Pendleton, he was examined and licensed to practice, by a district medical society convened there. His license was dated October 20, 1832. From 1835 to 1849 he practiced in Virginia, being located at Red Sulphur Springs in his native county. During this period, however, he attended medical college and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1839. He returned to Pendle- ton March 24, 1849, and resided there until his death. He practiced medicine more than sixty years, nearly fifty of which were in Madison County. He wrote many valuable medical papers, one on "Laceration of the Perineum in Parturition." Trans. 1892, 142.
Dr. Cook was a conscientious and skilled physician and a faithful member of the local and state medical societies, by which he was frequently honored. He was a fine type of the "gentleman of the old school," and a consistent christian, having been a member of
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the M. E. Church for nearly fifty years. S. T. 1895, 408.
COOPER, W. B .- New Columbus (1828-1868) . . Began to practice medicine in Madison County, but after a few years removed to Greenfield, Hancock County, where he was eminently successful.
CORNELIUS, W. W .- Chesterfield (1822-1892) . Born in New York state, October 15, 1822. Died at Daleville, Indiana, 1892. He located at Chesterfield February 28, 1852, and was engaged in practice there until the spring of 1864, a period of twelve years. He then removed to Daleville in Delaware county.
CRAMPTON, JESSE PUGH. - Anderson (1818- 1866). Born in Ohio. Removed to Anderson in 1852. He practiced medicine in Anderson fourteen years. Part of the time was also engaged in the drug trade.
DEHORITY, J. M .- Elwood (1815-1885). Located at. Elwood in the early forties. Entered general prac- tice of medicine and became wealthy. For the last fifteen years of his life, was engaged in the mercan- tile and banking business.
DOUGLASS, ROBERT. - Elwood (1816 - 1863). Practiced medicine in Tipton three years, New Lan- caster three years, and in Elwood about twelve years. Was the first physician at Elwood.
DOUGLAS, THOMAS. - Perkinsville (1818-1863) . Was the first physician at Perkinsville and practiced there twelve years. Came from Ohio.
DUNHAM, DAVID .- Chesterfield (1762-1840) .
DUNHAM, VALENTINE. - Chesterfield (1812- 1882). Located two miles northwest of Chesterfield. Practiced medicine there for forty-five years.
EBERT, WILLIAM H. - Osceola (1820 - 1896) . Practiced in Madison County thirty-four years.
FAIRFIELD, WILLIAM J. - Anderson (1853- 1909). Dr. Fairfield was born in Harrison, Ohio, January 20, 1853. Was drowned in the Gunnison River in Colorado, June 27, 1909. Received a high school and partial college education. He attended
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the Medical Department of the University of Michi- gan two years and Bellevue Medical College, New York, two years. Graduated at the latter institution in 1878. He was house surgeon of the Battle Creek Sanitarium several years and practiced twenty years in Anderson. He was a "chalk talk" lecturer of no mean ability, and sometimes employed his talent in this line for the edification of medical societies. Re- moved to Delta, Colorado, in 1907. Early in 1909 he was appointed a member of the advisory board of the University of Colorado.
FISHER, H. G .- Fishersburg (1836-1876).
FORKNER, THOMAS B .- Florida (1839-1869).
FREE, CYRENIUS .- Prosperity (1828-1884). Dr. Free was a charter member of Madison County Medi- cal Society.
FRITZ, PERRY L .- Alexandria (1865-1899). S. T. 1900, 323.
FUSSELL, BARTHOLOMEW. - Pendleton (1794- 1871). A native of Pennsylvania. Returned to his native state. Is said to have weighed about four hun- dred pounds.
FUSSELL, EDWIN B .- Pendleton (1813-1882).
GARRETSON, J. M. - 'Perkinsville (1821-1886). Born in Tennessee. Practiced in county thirty years.
GODWIN, GEORGE W .- Chesterfield (1799-1865) . Removed to Yorktown in Delaware County.
GUYSINGER, JOHN S .- Florida (1816-1906). A native of Pennsylvania. Died in Pendleton, Indiana, in 1906, at the age of ninety years. He practiced his profession in Henry and Madison Counties about sixty years; the first third of this period was in Henry County. He was three times married and reared a family of fifteen children. He retired from practice and moved to Pendleton a few years before his death.
HOCKETT, ZIMRI .- Anderson (1830-1890). Prac- ticed in Anderson twenty-five years.
HODGES, FRED JENNER. - Anderson (1865- 1901). Practiced in Anderson eight or nine years. Removed to Ashland, Wisconsin, where he died.
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HORNE, JOHN .- New Columbus (1814-1880). Was the first physician of New Columbus. He located there in 1840. Removed to Middletown and subse- quently to Yorktown, Delaware County. S. T. 1881, 240. R. M. of Ind., Dist. 6, p. 42.
HUNT, JOHN .- Anderson (1817-1895). Was born in Wayne County, Indiana, and died at Springdale, Arkansas, July 23, 1895. As a boy he came with his parents to Madison County as pioneers. They gave their name to the village where they settled-Hunts- ville. Began the practice of medicine there in 1839. Some years later he removed to Anderson and subse- quently to a farm in LaFayette township, but in each of these locations his field of practice covered the larger portion of the county. Dr. Hunt was one of the most prominent physicians of his part of the state for more than thirty years. He was a man of splen- did physique and unusual intelligence. His advice as a physician was widely sought.
He was also a politician of local reputation, being for many years the leader of his party in the county. It was said that he could sit on the stone steps in front of his office on the public square and dictate the nominations made by his party for all the county offices. He served as state senator from Madison and Hancock counties in the legislative session of 1851 to 1853. He was also treasurer of Madison County, 1860 to 1862. Was present at the Medical Convention at Indianapolis, June 6, 1849.
HUNT, JOHN WALTER .- Anderson (1850-1904). Nephew of preceding. Practiced at Alexandria for a number of years, then removed to Anderson, where he enjoyed a large practice until his death.
HUNT, WILLIAM A .- Anderson (1822-1889). Dr. William A. Hunt was a brother of John Hunt and father of preceding. He was a small boy when he removed with his parents from Wayne county, where he was born, to their new home at Huntsville. He first taught school, then studied medicine and grad- uated at the Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. For many years he lived on an elegant farm four
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miles north of Anderson, where he built up a large practice. He removed to Anderson in 1868 and, with a short interval in the drug business, he continued in practice until a few days before his death. This was caused by pneumonia, after a short illness. Dr. Hunt was a competent physician, well informed, not only in medical, but also in general literature. He was a great reader and a logical thinker. Was also an interested student of natural science, especially of geology. He was also a ready writer and frequently wrote for the local press. He was a steadfast friend of medical societies and was president of the first Madison County Medical Society during the entire period of its existence. S. T. 1889, 214.
HUSTON, A. S .- Anderson (1848-1894). Practiced in Pendleton and Anderson eighteen years.
INLOW, JAMES E. - Alexandria (1841 - 1899). Practiced thirty years in Madison County.
JONES, THOMAS N. - Anderson (1823 - 1875) . Practiced twenty years in Anderson, having previously practiced at Pendleton and in Hancock County. He was one of the most prominent physicians of Ander- son, a successful practitioner and quite popular with the people, but less so with the profession, as he was aggressive in his manner and rather opposed to medi- cal societies. He was a local politician and repre- sented his county in the legislature, having been elected as a member of that body in 1872. He served as assistant surgeon of the 2d Regiment Indiana Cavalry and later as surgeon of the 130th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War.
JONES, J. M .- Lapel (1838-1889). Practiced in Madison county twenty-three years.
JORDAN, DEWITT .- Anderson (1871-1901). S. T. 1902, 416.
KILGORE, TECUMSEH .- Chesterfield (1839-1876) . Practiced medicine at Chesterfield about ten years. Served in the Civil War as assistant surgeon 84th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and later as assitant sur- geon and also as surgeon of the 13th Indiana Cavalry.
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McCLENAHAN, THOMAS J. - Anderson (1822- 1856). Born in Baltimore. Came to Anderson some time in the forties. Was a member of the Indiana State Medical Society, early in its history.
McMAHAN, W. V .- New Columbus (1846-1879). Practiced in the county ten years, part of this at Summitville.
MENEFEE, E. H. - Anderson (1838-1879). A native of Virginia. Came to Anderson about 1860. He served as secretary of the first Madison County Medical Society from 1862 to 1867.
MITCHELL, T. G .- Pendleton (1827-1903) .
NUZUM, D. P .- Elwood ( 1842-1895) . . Born in Ohio. Practiced in Grant County from 1878 to 1886 and at Elwood from 1886 to 1895.
O'CONNOR, JOHN Z .- Elwood (1868-1898). S. T. 1898, 387.
PARIS, WILLIAM .- Prosperity, (18- - 1865). A native of Kentucky. Came to Indiana in 1825 and was one of the pioneers. Was both physician and preacher. PARIS, ABSALOM .- Hamilton (1812-1870) .
PATTERSON, PHILIP P .- Frankton (18- - 1866).
PERRY, JOHN W .- Alexandria (1819-1895). Born in Logan county, Virginia, November 29, 1819. Died near Alexandria, Indiana, June 18, 1895. Came with his parents to Madison County in 1826. Located at Alexandria in 1842. , Was in partnership with Dr. W. F. Spence, Alexandria's first physician. He prac- ticed medicine in Madison County fifty-three years. For forty-eight years he lived on a farm, but was in active practice. He was a member of both county and state medical societies.
PRATT, JOEL .- New Columbus (1826-1872). A native of Massachusetts. Came to Madison County in 1848. Practiced here over twenty years.
PUGH, JOSEPH .- Alexandria (1820-1895). Prac- ticed seventeen years. Served as treasurer of Madison County.
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