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Dr. Clempson B. Kennedy was born in Lawrence county. Indiana, but was raised in the family of Dr. John F. Kennedy, of Shelby county. He com. menced the practice of medicine at Waldron, Indiana, some time during the early part of the sixties, probably near 1864, and continued in the practice there until near 1870, when he moved to Topeka. Kansas. Ile later moved to Parsons, Kansas, where he made some judicious investments, and at the time of his death was wealthy. He was also active in the medical profession of that locality. He died in 1908 at Erie. Kansas, where he had gone for a visit from his home in Parsons, about seventy years of age. A wife, one daughter and one son survive him, and live in Parsons, Kansas.
Donald Kennedy, M. D .. was born in Shelbyville, Indiana, April 7. 1873. He graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine in 1894. Ile practiced medicine at Homer. Rush county, for two years: Cincinnati, Ohio, for two years, and at Shelbyville for one year. He then moved to Denver, Colorado, where he practiced until he died there March 7. 1906. His body was cremated at Denver, and the urn containing the ashes was brought here and buried in Forest Hill cemetery.
Reuben T. Lacock. M. D .. was born at Mount Pisgah. Ohio, in 1850. Ile attended the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated in 1874. Immediately after graduation he located at Fairland, Shelby count ;. Indiana, and formed a partnership with Doctor Lewis for the practice of medi- cine. He remained at Fairland for about four years and finally removed to Indianapolis, where he became prominent in the medical profession and con- tinned in the active practice until his death, which occurred October 22, 1906. While located at Indianapolis he lectured in the Eclectic Medical College of that city for a number of years. He was married June 15. 1876. to Miss Mary E. Harrell, of Fairland. They have two children and the widow also survives him and now lives at Indianapolis.
Dr. J. N. Lee practiced medicine at Waldron for three or four years. along about the time of the war.
Doctor Lee, who came from North Carolina. located at Lewis Creek, Shelby county, for the practice of medicine along about 1884. He remained a year or two and then moved to Bartholomew county.
Elliott Wesley Leech, M. D., was a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in that state November 6, 1832. His parents were also born in Pennsylvania. and remained in the state of their nativity throughout their lives. He left Pennsylvania, going to Cincinnati, Ohio, when about eighteen years of age.
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and commenced to learn the saddler's trade. His education was received while attending the public schools, in his native state, and in the public schools of Cincinnati, Ohio. During the fifties he attended lectures at a medical college. in Cincinnati, and after completing the course moved to Decatur county. lt- diana, where he practiced medicine until 188o. when he removed to Shelby- ville. He continued practicing here, with the exception of about one year and a half at Manilla, Rush county, and about two years at Indianapolis, until the time of his death, March 6. 1903. He also attended a course of lectures at the Louisville Medical College, from which he graduated about 1885. In April. 1853. he was married to Elien A. Phalin, at Cincinnati, and to them four chil- dren were born.
Doctor Lewis practiced medicine at Fairland for several years along about the sixties and seventies.
Dr. Jasper Linville. a native of North Carolina, began the practice of medicine in a section of Shelby county known as the Kingdom, which in- cluded a part of the northern part of Union township. and the southern part of Hanover township, along about the year 1804. He practiced there for about a year, and then moved to Freeport, where he continued in the practice until his death, which occurred late in the year 1871. He was married to Mrs. Sophronia Hughes, who was a daughter of Davidi Tracy. one of the pioneer citizens of Shelby county. They had one daughter who died while yet a child. He was a graduate of the Medical Department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He was universally esteemed for his high character and genial disposition.
Henry Long. M. D., graduated from the Eclectic Medical Institute a: Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1862. After a year or two he located at Shelbyville, In- diana, for the practice of medicine and continued in the active practice for a period of about ten years, when he left here and moved to Indianapolis, where he continued as a successful practitioner until his death about 1907. During a part of the time he was located at Shelbyville he was in partnership with Dr. J. W. Parrish. He was a bright man, a good physician, and had a very large practice, and accumulated considerable money while here.
Dr. J. G. Maser, born at Versailles, France, December 25, 1807, died Sep- tember 30, 1870. He was an astrologist. The foregoing epitaph is on a tomb- stone in the city cemetery. Doctor Maser is remembered by a few of the old- est residents as a very small, thin man, and he lived on the north side of East Washington street, just off the square. Although he used medicine in his practice, it seems that he worked as a kind of mental healer, and was ac- credited with being a kind of charm worker. He had a brother who was here at the same time in the shoe business.
Dr. Jacob Moore was born in Ohio about 1826. He located at London, Shelby county, for the practice of medicine carly in the fifties and continued
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in the practice there until about 1859, when he died there, and was buried at Boggstown. He was married about 1854 to Miss Elizabeth Doble, who is now living on South Harrison street in Shelbyville. She is eighty-three years of age.
David S. MeGaughey, M. D., was born in Hamilton county, Indiana, Oc- tober 24. 1809. He was the son of David and Mary ( Lytle ) MeGanghey, the father being a native of Ireland, and the mother of New Jersey. He received his literary education in the public schools and at the age of twenty-four be- gan the study of medicine with Doctor Guett, of Montgomery, Ohio, and later graduated from the Ohio Medical College. He commenced the practice of medicine at Morristown, Shelby county, Indiana. in 1835. and continued in the active practice there for almost half a century, or until shortly prior to his death, which occurred at Morristown. March 17, 1884. During the war he was detailed by Governor Morton as hospital physician, and acted in that ca- pacity at the battle of Shiloh. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics voted the Republican ticket. He was the organizer of a class of singers known as the Old Missouri Har- mony Singers, which began about 18440, and continued singing at frequent in- tervals for many years, and at annual meetings until the doctor's death. After his death the annual meetings have continued, being led by Dr. James M. Adams until his death, and since that time by others. These meetings have always been occasions of much importance in Morristown and vicinity. He was married twice, first in 1838 to Miss Amelia Handy, who died in 1874. and then in 1876 to Miss Martha Jane Handy, a sister of his former wife. who survived the doctor. IIc had four children, all born to his first wife. There were two sons and two daughters, the sons both having been educated for the medical profession. Doctor MeGaughey was one of the real pioneer physicians of Shelby county, and held a position of much influence in his community for many years. He enjoyed a large practice and was a successful physician and at the same time a successful business man and owned much valuable property.
Dr. William W. McCoy also practiced medicine in Shelby county during the thirties. He probably came during the carly thirties and left some time during the forties. An old history of the First Presbyterian church of Shelby- ville shows that he was a member of the board of trustees of that church in 1839. when the first church of that denomination in Shelbyville was built. He also married a daughter of John Walker, she being a sister to the wife of Doctor Cummins and Doctor Teal. He lived on the northwest corner of Mechanic and Tompkins streets. He had a good practice and was one of the leading physicians of that day. He left here and died some years later.
William Gaston McFadden. M. D .. was born in Centre county. Pennsyl- vania, on April 22, 1834. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, and came with his
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parents, Hugh and Isabelle McFadden, to Shelby county when he was four years of age, and here he made his home until his death, which occurred at Jacksonville, Florida, where he had gone to spend the winter, on April 20, 1907. Ile received his preliminary education in the public schools of Shelby county, and then spent three years in Franklin College, after which he con- pleted his literary education in Hanover College. Ile commenced his medical education by spending two years in the Medical Department of the University of Michigan, and then attended the Jefferson Medical College. from which institution he graduated in 1870. He began practice. however, in Shelby county, near Boggstown, in 1856, and moved to Shelbyville in 1875, where he continued in the active practice until he retired, a few years before his death. For more than forty years he enjoyed a large practice, and at the time of his death he was in possession of much valuable property. Soon after the war of the Rebellion broke out he was commissioned surgeon, and entered the field in that command. During the second day of the battle of Chickamauga, he. together with his nurses, was captured by the enemy. He was permitted to care for his wounded for ten days, after which he was sent to Libby prison, where he was kept in close confinement for three months. He was then re- leased and again immediately joined his regiment and remained in the service until the close of the war. Soon after moving to Shelbyville he was married to Miss Martha Sullivan, a native of Miami county, Ohio, and to this union two children were born. Dr. Walter C. McFadden, of Shelbyville, and Mrs. Edna Smith, of Rushville.
George MeGaughey, M. D., was born in Morristown, Indiana, August II, 1840. He was a son of Dr. David S. McGaughey, who settled at Morris- town, in 1835. He graduated from the Ohio Medical College about 1862, and from that time until his death he practiced medicine at Morristown, ex- cepting about three years, when he was located elsewhere. He was married in 1866 to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Wolf, who is now living at Morristown. They became the parents of two children. Doctor McGaughey died at Morristown, June 6, 1880.
Dr. James Morris was one of the real pioneer physicians of Shelby county. He came from Rush county about 1844, and moved into a little log house near the Floyd farm on Flatrock river. He then moved to Sulphur Hill (Geneva), and later moved to where the village of Norristown is now located and built the first house ever built in that village. The town was named for him, and has since borne his name. During the war he moved to Flatrock and conducted a store, but after the close of the war he moved back to Norris- town and died and was buried there a few years later. For many years he did a large practice in that section of the country and was highly esteemed as a physician and citizen. He was married and had five children, four girls and one hoy.
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John Wesley Parrish, M. D. was a native of Virginia, but he came west when quite young. He was born August 10. 1826, and secured his early edu- cation in the public schools and in study at home. He learned the trade of cabinet-maker and was a skilled mechanic. During his spare i ments he de- voted his time to the study of medicine and finally entered the Eclectic Medi- cal Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he graduated in 1857. He first lo- cated at North Vernon for a short time, and then came to Shelbyville, where he continued in the active practice until his death occurred. January 6. 1903. In politics he was a Democrat, but in later years voted with the Prohibition party. He was a member of the First Christian church of this city. He was married several times, and was survived by one son and one daughter. The widow also survived him. For a number of years he conducted a drug store and cigar manufacturing business and had a large business. Doctor Parrish was a good reader and always kopt abreast of the times even until the last years of his life. lle had a good mind and was a first-class physician, and commanded a good practice during the entire forty years that he practiced in Shelbyville.
N. C. Parrish. M. D., was born at West Chester. Butler county, Ohio, August 17, 1834. He was a student and at the same time a teicher in the primary department of the Brookville College in 1855. Ile received his de- gree of Doctor of Medicine in Cincinnati. in 1856, and a short time after that located at Shelbyville for the practice of medicine. He became acquainted with Miss Susan Jarrett, of Richmond, Indiana, who was at that time a teacher in the public schools of Shelbyville, and in 1863 they were married at Richi- mond, one son being born to them. About this time he left Shelbyville and located at Richmond, and two years later he was admitted to the Cincinnati Methodist Episcopal conference, and became a minister of the Gospel. He died at Richmond, February 15. 1875.
Dr. John Parsons, who was a member of the Eclectic School of Medi- cine, located at Waldron for the practice of medicine some time during the sixties, and remained there for some eight or ten years.
John Perry, M. D., was born at Rochester. New York, February 16. 1824. He received his education in the public schools of his community and by diligent study at home until he arrived at the age of maturity. He then left New York and went ot Detroit, Michigan, where he remained for a time and finally settled in Ohio. He commenced the study of me licine at Defiance. Ohio, and after making the proper preparation for that profession, commenced to practice at Defiance, where he continued in the practice for a number of years. He finally entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, and grad- nated from that institution in 1864. He came to Indiana in 1865, and located at Shelbyville, where he continued in the practice until his death. January 26. 1903. For many years he had a large practice and was always very consider-
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ate of the poor. He was pension examiner for a number of years and City Secretary of the Board of Health at the time of his death. He was married to Miss Mariah M. Neville, of Round Head, Hardin county, Ohio, about 1855, and to this union two children were born ; Charles H., of Shelbyville. and Mrs. Emma Ogg. of Boston, Massachusetts.
Doctor Prather commenced the practice of medicine at Mount Auburn. soon after the close of the war, and continued in the practice there for a num . ber of years. He was a man of good, strong mental calibre and physical en- durance. He had an interesting family, consisting of a wife and two daughters.
Dr. Robert Raynes was born February 14. 1828. He studied medicine with Drs. James Lee and James Dorsey, and began practice at Waldron, In- diana, in 1860, and practiced there for a time and at Blue Ridge for several years, and at Lewis Creek for several years. Aside from these Shelby county locations, he practiced at several other locations for various lengths of time. He was married April 2, 1848, to Miss Catherine Wells. They have five liv- ing children, three daughters and two sons. He died June 17, 1889, in Mad- ison county, and his widow now resides on East Mechanic street in Shelbyville.
Dr. John C. Richie was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, about 1826. He lo- cated at Middletown for the practice of medicine about 1851. and removed from there to Waldron a year or two later, where he continued in the prac- tice until his death occurred in 1858. He was married to Miss Mary E. Sim- mens, who died in Shelbyville in 1902. There are two sons, Charles M .. who now resides in Shelbyville, and John C., of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dr. William W. Rigdon was born about the year 1810, and located in Van Buren township. Shelby county, at an early day. He lived on a farm and practiced medicine and preached the Gospel for many years. He was a good physician and preached a good sermon, and was influential in his community. He was a good reader and a good thinker, and of strong force of character. He was married twice and had two sons by each marriage. Ile was suc- cessful in business and accumulated considerable property and owned a fine farm at the time of his death, which occurred at the old home in Van Buren township in the year 1879.
Doctor Robertson practiced medicine at Fairland for several years just after the close of the war.
Milton Robins, M. D., who was one of the real pioneers of Shelby county, as well as one of the pioneer physicians, was born in Hillsboro, Ohio. Novem- ber 16, 1810. The Robins family originally came from Wales, and were among the early settlers of New Jersey. His grandfather, John Robins, was born in that state about the year 1760, and his father. Philip Robins, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1785, and came to Shelby county. Indiana, in 1821, where he remained until his death, about fifteen years later. His mother, Nancy ( Boyd ) Robins, was born in Paris, Kentucky, in 1791, and
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died in Shelby county. Indiana, in 1856. Milton was the ellest in a family of ten children, and came with his parents to Shelby county, when he was eleven years of age. His only school training was received in the schools of Greenfield, Ohio, but after coming to Shelby county, he would come from his- home, ten miles in the country, and precure books from the Shelby county library, there being no schools in his neighborhood at that early date. The books procured were well selected and carefully read, so that he became well educated in the English branches, and could read and translate Latin. In early life he decided to study medicine and in 1831 he began the preliminary prep- aration by entering the office of Dr. Sylvan B. Morris, at Shelbyville, Indiana, where he pursued his studies until he was able to practice his profession. In 1835 he was elected Recorder of Shelby county, and continued in that office until 1842, when he again entered the medical profession. Soon after this he entered the Ohio Medical College, from which he graduated in 1844 He continned in the active practice from that time on until he was compelled to retire on account of the infirmities of old age. During a number of years of that time he also conducted a drug store. For about forty years he had a large practice, often making long rides on horseback to see his patients. He was a successful practitioner and a successful business man and active in all public affairs. He was a Republican and active in the councils of his party. Hle became a member of the Methodist church early in life and for many years was a member of the official board. He was married to Miss Frances Powell, daughter of Judge Erasmus Powell. of Dearborn county. Indiana. on the Ist of March, 1836, and to this union four children were born, viz: Alfred V .. Dr. James P., Milton B. and Francis. After an active life of almost four- score years, nearly all of which was spent in Shelby county, he peacefully passed away on February 28, 1889.
James Powell Robins. M. D., son of Doctor Milton and Frances ( Powell) Robins, was born at Shelbyville, Indiana, December 9. 1838. His father was the pioneer physician of Shelby county. He secured his literary education in the public schools, including the high school of Shelbyville. Indiana, and at DePauw University, of Greencastle, Indiana. He later entered the Ohio Med- ical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he completed the course and gradu- ated in 1876. After graduating he opened an office for the practice of medi- cine at Shelbyville, and continued to practice here, excepting a few years in which he did extensive traveling, until a short time before his death, De- cember 21, 1903. Doctor Robins was a good reader and well informed in his profession. In May, 1866, he was married to Miss Harriet L. Sprague, of Shelbyville, and to this union three children were born.
Samuel Salisbury, M. D., was born in Clinton county, Ohio, July 14, 1836. He was reared on a farm in his native county, and attended the public schools during the winter months. He then entered Asbury, now DePauw
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University, and after completing a four years' course, graduated. From the age of twenty-one to thirty-one he preached under the appointments of Cin- cinnati Methodist Episcopal conference, however, devoting his spare time to the study of medicine. In 1869 he came to Shelby county, Indiana, and first located at Freepert, where he practiced for a number of years, after which he moved to Boggstown. He practiced at Boggstown for a number of years and then moved to Morristown and continued in the practice. He left Shelby coun- ty about 1890. having spent about twenty years in the county in the practice of medicine, although during this time, and particularly during his residence at Freeport. he frequently preached. He preached a good sermon and was a fairly successful physician. He was married to Miss Jennie Coffman, June 5, 1865, who was a native of Preble county, Ohio, and born August 6, 1844. They had four children. He was a Republican and active in politics, as well as in all of the affairs of his community. After leaving Shelby county he went to Cambridge City and died a few years later.
Dr. Benjamin Sanders was one of the pioneer citizens and practitioners of Jackson township. He practiced medicine at Mount Auburn, and in that vicinity for a number of years about the middle of the last century. He had a wife and family, and was a good physician and an influential citizen. He died and was buried in the cemetery at Mount Auburn many years ago.
Doctor James H. Sanford was a native of New York, and was born about 1840. When young he went West, but did not locate at Shelbyville until about 1880. He graduated from the Indiana Medical College about 1887, although he had practiced medicine for some years previous to that time. He continued in the practice here until the time of his death September 7, 1903. He was married twice, once before coming to Shelbyville, and in 1885 to Elizabeth, daughter of the late John Toner, of Hendricks township, who sur- vives him.
John W. Selman, M. D., who was a son of Albert G. Selman, located at Shelbyville some time during the eighties and practiced medicine for several years, when he removed to Greenfield. and died there in 1908.
Dr. Albert G. Selman practiced medicine in Shelbyville from some time near 1840 to some time near 1860. He was here during the cholera epidemic of 1850, and was active in the treatment of that disease throughout the entire epidemic. He was a good physician and a respected citizen. He was a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity, and active in the work of that order.
Dr. P. T. Simpson came to Marion when Doctor Booher left, and re- mained there in the practice of medicine for two or three years, when he moved to Shelbyville, and remained about the same length of time. He then left Shelbyville, and died a few years later.
Doctor Skull practiced medicine at Waldron for several years, probably 15
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chiring the latter part of the seventies or the eighties. He moved from Wal- dron to Lebanon, Indiana, where he died.
Dr. John C. Slocum was one of the prominent physicians of Shelbyville for a number of years. He came here about the time of the close of the war and was here about fifteen years. He was an intelligent man and a good physician, and had a fair share of the practice while here. He left here some time near ISSO, and went to Orlando, Florida, where he lived for a number of years and later died there.
Dr. Charles E. Slocum came from Defiance. Ohio, to Shelbyville along about 1870. and practiced medicine with his brother. J. C. Slocum, for a year or two and then went back to Ohio.
Dr. John W. Smelser practiced medicine at Boggstown for a number of years before the war. probably from about 1850 to 1862-63. He was a grad- uate of Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio. He was a prominent Mason and organized the lodge at Fairland and moved his membership there. Ile was an elder in the Presbyterian church. He was an intelligent man. wealthy and influential. He moved from Boggstown to Indianapolis and died there some years later.
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