History of Baltimore, Maryland, from its founding as a town to the current year, 1729-1898, including its early settlement and development; a description of its historic and interesting localities; political, military, civil, and religious statistcs; biographies of representative citizens, etc., etc, Part 88

Author: Shepherd, Henry Elliott, 1844-1929, ed. 4n
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: [Uniontown? Pa.] S.B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1344

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Asylum. He was visiting physician and registrar of Baltimore Special Dispen- sary during its existence and held the branch of diseases of the skin. He was for more than twelve years physician in charge of Dispensary of College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Demonstrator of Pathology, and is now Professor of Pathology and Med- ical Jurisprudence and chief of Laboratory, Pasteur Department, of the same institu- tion. He has been Medical Examiner of Baltimore City since 1887. Doctor Keirle's wife, who was Mary Elizabeth Jones, of St. Michael's, Md., is deceased, as are two children. The surviving child, Nathaniel G. Keirle, Jr., is a student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Keirle is a member of the Baptist Church and has his office and residence at 1419 W. Lexing- ton street.

DR. JOSEPH BARNEY FRAZIER, of 1901 W. Fayette street, was born in Dorchester county, Md., September 2, 1813. His pa- rents, Joseph and Anna (Barry) Frazier, were natives of Maryland and descendants respectively of early Scotch and English settlers of the Eastern Shore of the State. Joseph Frazier was a soldier in the War of 1812, a member of the regiment known as the "Eastern Blues." He died in the fifties, his wife in the seventies. Joseph B. Fra- zier received his schooling in the Hibernian Free School of Baltimore, and was then apprenticed to learn the trade of turner, a business which he followed in Baltimore up to 1894. In 1860 he discovered that he was endowed by nature with a magnetic power which he has been requested to apply in an attempt to cure disease which he did in many instances with marvelous success.

His curative powers were of late years brought into requisition to such an extent that in 1894 he determined upon spending his remaining years in the curing of dis- ease by magnetic treatment. He is not a graduate of any medical college nor has he made a special study of medicine, but is sim- ply a firm believer in his power to cure be- cause of the beneficial results that have at- tended his efforts in that direction. He was married June 17, 1835, to Emily, daughter of Thomas Major Crozier, of Philadelphia. She died May 11, 1892, leaving five chil- dren. They are Mary J., wife of the late Stephen Winingder, of Norfolk, Va .; Eliza- beth, wife of George Sanders, merchant; Imogene, wife of Dr. Joseph Hart; William W. Frazier, turner, and George M. Frazier, clerk, all residents of Baltimore. Dr. Joseph B. Frazier is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

DR. MICHAEL KIMMEL WARNER Was born in Baltimore June 5, 1853. He is a son of the late Dr. John E. and Elizabeth (Wilks) Warner, natives of Maryland, and descendants respectively of early English and Scotch settlers of the colony. Dr. John E. Warner graduated from Washington University, class of '48, and practiced medi- cine in Baltimore. During the late war he was surgeon to the Ist Maryland Cavalry, serving throughout the late war; latterly in marine surgeon work. He died in 1888, sur- viving his wife one year. Their son, Michael K. Warner, attended public and private schools of Baltimore, studied medicine un- der his father's preceptorship, was gradu- ated from Washington University in 1876, subsequently attending lectures at Mary- land University Medical Department. He

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was married July 6, 1871, to Clara Augusta, daughter of the late James H. Wheeler, of New Orleans. The family reside at 901 N. Stricker street, and are of the Episcopal faith.

DR. CECILIUS CALVERT STEUART Was born at Patuxent Forge, Anne Arundel county, Md., July 29, 1860. He is a son of the late Dr. William Frederick and Ann (Hall) Steuart, natives of Maryland and de- scendants of early English settlers of the colony, the former having been collaterally connected by descent with the historic Cal- verts of Maryland. Dr. William Frederick Steuart was a graduate of the medical de- partment of Maryland University, class of '30, and practiced in Anne Arundel and St. Mary's counties up to the breaking out of the Civil War, throughout which he par- ticipated as surgeon on the staff of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Subsequent to the close of the war he located in Baltimore and became resident physician of the old Maryland Hos- pital for the Insane, then located at the cor- ner of Monument and Broadway. He was then resident at Spring Grove Asylum, and next served as quarantine physician. He then foundedan institution for the treatment of insane and inebriates, known as Harlenn Insane and Inebriate Asylum, located at Catonsville. In 1885 the latter institution was closed and another of a similar charac- ter opened at Melvale, Baltimore county, which was operated by Doctor Steuart for three years, when he retired from practice. He died December 10, 1889; his wife, No- vember 4, 1887. Their son, Dr. C. C. Steu- art, received his initial schooling under pri- vate tutors in Anne Arundel county, and later in Baltimore; he completed his general

studies at Carey's School, Baltimore. He began the study of medicine under his fath- er's preceptorship and then entered the medical department of Maryland Univer- sity, from which he was graduated with the class of '82. His university course was sup- plemented by special studies at Johns Hop- kins University. Following his graduation he became associated with his father at his Catonsville Hospital and subsequently man- aged the Melvale Hospital. Upon the clos- ing of the latter institution Doctor Steuart removed to Baltimore where he has since been engaged in the general practice of his profession, with present office and residence at 122 W. 23rd street. He is a member of the Maryland University Alumni and of the Maryland Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, and a communicant of Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church.

DR. GEORGE GLANVILLE RUSK was born in Baltimore September 1, 1846. He is a son of Jacob Krebs and Katharine Olivia (Lane) Rusk, the former a native of Balti- more, of English descent, the latter born at Washington, D. C., and of Irish ancestry. Jacob Krebs, one of the paternal great- grandfathers, and George W. Rusk, grand- father of Doctor Rusk, participated in the battle of North Point. Jacob R. Rusk was for a number of years in the provision busi- ness, but has latterly been engaged as a hide and leather merchant. Dr. G. G. Rusk was graduated from Baltimore City College in 1863, studied medicine under Doctor Mon- kur, was graduated from Maryland Univer- sity Medical Department in 1867 and has since been engaged in general practice in Baltimore, with present office and residence at No. 2000 E. Baltimore street. Doctor

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Rusk held the chair of Principles and Prac- tice of Surgery, Baltimore Medical College, for two years, 1884-5, and is a member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland. He was married October 21, 1875, to Mary, daughter of the late Jacob Geisley, contractor, of Baltimore. The chil- dren born of this marriage are Glanville G. Rusk, a student of the medical department of Johns Hopkins University; Elsie, Anna, Merle, Katherine, Emily, Edward, George, William and Alexander. Doctor Rusk is a member of East Baltimore Station M. E. Church and the family attend Second Pres- byterian Church.

DR. FREDERICK CARUTHERS was born in Nashville, Tenn., February 2, 1870. He is a son of Dr. John A. and Minnie (Bell) Caruthers, natives of Tennessee, the former of Scotch and the latter of Irish descent. Dr. John A. Caruthers practiced medicine for many years in Tennessee and Arkansas, but has latterly retired and now resides at Fort Smith, Ark. His son, Frederick, com- pleted his general education at the Univer- sity of Arkansas. He began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Drs. Breedlove and Southard, at Fort Smith, Ark .; came to Baltimore to enter the medi- cal department of Maryland University, was graduated therefrom in '92. During the second year of his university course he was clinical assistant. After his graduation he was assistant physician at Maryland Hos- pital for the Insane to November, 1892, when he accepted the position of assistant phy- sician at Bay View Asylum, in which ca- pacity he was engaged until May, 1893, when he became resident physician of the asylum and was so employed until 1895,

when he entered upon the general practice of his profession with office and residence at 2229 E. Baltimore street. He is now (1897) Professor of Anatomy and Pathology, Bal- timore University, and Surgeon of Balti- more General Dispensary. He is a mem- ber of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, and a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church South.

DR. JOHN HENRY COLLENBERG was born in Baltimore March 7, 1852. He is a son of Theodore and the late Louisa (Cook) Col- lenberg, natives of Prussia, who were brought in their childhood (1837) to the United States, both families locating in Baltimore. Theodore Collenberg was en- gaged in mercantile pursuits in Baltimore up to 1872, when he retired from business. His wife died January 9, 1893. John Henry Collenberg attended the public schools and City College of Baltimore, studied medicine under the preceptorship of the late Dr. Charles L. Gordon, was graduated from the medical department of Maryland Univer- sity in 1879, and has since been engaged in general practice, with present office and residence at 1810 E. Baltimore street. Doc- tor Collenberg is a member of and medical examiner for the Shield of Honor. He was married August 26, 1881, to Mary J., daughter of the late Joseph Hodges, of Anne Arundel county. Five children born of this marriage are Charles Gordon, Ethel, Henry Theodore, Greenwood and Alice. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church.

DR. BERNARD PURCELL MUSE was born in Essex county, Va., January 23, 1868. He is a son of Samuel W. and Mary Louise

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(Purcell) Muse, natives of Virginia and descendants respectively of early English and Scotch-Irish settlers of the colony. Samuel W. Muse served through the Civil War as a Confederate soldier, being mus- tered in as a private and successively pro- moted until he had attained a colonelcy. He was wounded in two engagements and taken prisoner three times. He is now en- gaged as travelling salesman for Tregallas, Hertel & Co., of Baltimore. Dr. B. P. Muse completed his general education at the City College, Baltimore, was then em- ployed in a retail drug business for a short period, studied medicine under the precep- torship of Dr. James G. Wiltshire, and was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore with the class of '88. For six months after graduation he was resident physician at the Baltimore Eye, Ear and Throat Charity Hospital. He practiced for three years in Green Brier county, W. Va., returning thence to Balti- more. During 1892-3 he was Demonstrator of Surgery, College of Physicians and Sur- geons. In the fall of 1894 he was elected to the lectureship on eye and ear, Balti- more University, and in 1895 to his present position, Professor on Physiology and Hy- giene, of the same institution. Doctor Muse was for four years in conjunction with Doc- tor Wiltshire, visiting physician of Balti- more Baptist Orphanage, and had charge from its inception and for a year and a half following of the Dispensary of the Nursery and Child's Hospital, Baltimore. He is a member of and medical examiner for the Improved Order of Heptasophs, Order of Pendo and Masonic Order, and a member of the Junior Order United American Me- chanics. He was married April 21, 1892. to

Mary Florian, daughter of the late Dr. Wm. H. Sunderland, of Baltimore. Dr. and Mrs. Muse have two children, Mary Lurana and Samuel W., Jr .; reside at 1002 Ed- mondson avenue, and are members of Brantly Memorial Baptist Church.

DR. JOHN GIRDWOOD was born in the Is- land of Barbadoes, West Indies, April 10, 1871. He is a son of James and Margaret Cummins (Price) Girdwood, the former a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and the latter of Barbadoes. James Girdwood located in Baltimore in 1875, where he has since been engaged in commercial pursuits. His wife died in 1877. Their son John was educated in the public schools and City College of Baltimore, was for four years thereafter a clerk in mercantile establishments of Balti- more, during the latter and greater part of this period with a wholesale drug store, and in October, 1891, entered the medical de- partment of Maryland University, from which he was graduated with the class of '94. Following his graduation he was for one year dispensary physician, throat and nose diseases, and also at the Woman's Medical College, and dispensary physician, diseases of women and children. Since May, 1896, he has been dispensary physi- cian, department of general medicine of Maryland University. His residence is 2021 W. North avenue, office 1523 E. Bal- timore street. He is a member of the Epis- copal Church of the Ascension.

DR. GEORGE ANDREW HARTMAN was born in Baltimore, February 17, 1851. He is a son of the late Doctor Andrew and Eliza- beth Anne (Allen) Hartman, the former a native of Pennsylvania and of German de-

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scent, the latter a Baltimorean by nativity and of English-Irish descent. Mrs. Andrew Hartman's father was an artilleryman in the War of 1812. Dr. Andrew Hartman was graduated from Washington University with the class of 1839, practiced for six years at North Bloomfield, O., whence he came to Baltimore, where he was engaged in general practice up to the time of his de- cease, December 15, 1884. His widow re- sides in Baltimore. Their son, George Andrew Hartman, attended the public schools and City College of Baltimore, at- tended Maryland College of Pharmacy, en- gaged in the drug business for two years, studied medicine under his father's precep- torship and graduated from Washington University in 1872. He was lecturer in ob- stetrics, Baltimore University School of Medicine, from 1885 to 1888. Doctor Hart- man is a member of the American Medical Association, Medical and Chirurgical Fac- ulty of Maryland, Baltimore Medical Asso- ciation, and Baltimore Medical and Surgical Society. He is one of the directors of the North Eastern Dispensary, and Secretary of the Board, and a member of the Boards of Directors of American National Bank and Economy Savings Bank. He was married December 23, 1885, to Sarah Louisa, daughter of the late Joseph Abey, of Balti- more. The family reside at 1121 N. Caro- line street.

DR. JOHN CAMPBELL MORFIT was born in Baltimore, April 4, 1874. He is a son of Major Mason and Elizabeth (Garrison) Morfit, the former a native of Washington, D. C., the latter of Beaufort, N. C., and both descendants of settlers of colonial days. Maj. Mason Morfit was in the Confederate

service throughout the late war, and has since been engaged in mercantile pursuits. Dr. J. C. Morfit received his generous edu- cation in the public schools and City Col- lege of Baltimore, entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which insti- tution he was graduated with the class of '95. The year following he was one of the resident physicians of the City Hospital and has since been Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy, College of Physicians and Sur- geons, and engaged in general practice, with office and residence, 201 W. Madison street. He is a member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland and the Maryland Clinical Society. He is a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias, and Eutaw Place Baptist Church.

DR. EUGENE McEVERS VAN NESS was born in Baltimore, July 24, 1868. He is a son of Eugene and Helen Barbow (Sargent) Van Ness, the former a native of New York, the latter of Baltimore, and descendants re- spectively of early Dutch and English set- tlers of the colonies. The founder of the family in this country located in New Am- sterdam (now New York) in the seventeenth century. Judge Wm. P. Van Ness, Doctor Van Ness' paternal great-grandfather, was lieutenant in Arnold's Expedition to Que- bec, and later was second to Burr in the Burr-Hamilton duel. One of the brothers of Judge Van Ness was Cornelius P., Gov- ernor of Vermont, and another brother, Gen. John P. Van Ness, won his title in the War of 1812 and afterwards represented his district in Congress. Eugene Van Ness' grandfather was deputy paymaster gen- eral of United States Army with rank of lieutenant colonel and served in the Semi-

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nole and Mexican Wars and in the Union Army during the late war. Rev. Thomas Barbow Sargent, Doctor Van Ness' mater- nal grandfather was a graduate of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania and a Methodist di- vine, who had several charges in Baltimore and vicinity; his wife was Sophia Carroll, daughter of James Carroll, of Mt. Clane, and Achsals Ridgely, of Hampton. Eugene Van Ness' father is with the banking firm of Alexander Brown & Sons, Baltimore. Dr. Eugene McE. Van Ness attended the public schools and City College of Balti- more, was engaged in mercantile pursuits for several years, was graduated from Mary- land University Medical Department in 1891, was resident student at the University Hospital during the last year of his uni- versity course, and assistant resident sur- geon, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1891-92; during the summer of 1893 he was assist- ant to the resident medical staff of Johns Hopkins Hospital and has since been variously engaged in dispensary and labora- tory work of the same institution. He is a member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty Journal Club, Baltimore. Doctor Van Ness has his office and residence at 1515 Park avenue.

DR. CHARLES FREDERICK NOLEN Was born in Baltimore April 5, 1868. He is a son of the late T. Spencer and Mary W. (Readel) Nolen, the former a native of Massachu- setts and the latter of Baltimore. T. Spen- cer Nolen was engaged in mercantile pur- suits in Baltimore for a number of years and up to the time of his decease in 1871. Charles F. Nolen attended private schools in Baltimore and was graduated from Mary- land University Medical Department in

1890. He has been connected with the Presbyterian Eye, Ear and Throat Hospi- tal since 1891 and as assistant surgeon since 1892. Since 1894 he has been Opthalmic Surgeon for B. & O. R. R. Co. His office and residence are at 606 N. Charles street.

DR. ADOLPH CHARLES EISENBERG Was born in Braunschweig, Germany, April 6, 1859, during a visit of his parents to the Fatherland. He is a son of Charles and Frederika (Gerinert) Eisenberg, natives of Braunschweig, as were their ancestors as far back as the genealogies of the families are traceable. Charles Eisenberg located in Baltimore in 1848, was engaged for many years as American representative of the Rothschild exporting firm of Braunschweig, and is now engaged as a jobber of cigars and tobacco in Baltimore. Adolph C. Eisen- berg received his initial schooling in the public schools of Baltimore, then took a literary course in a Pennsylvania college and was for several years thereafter engaged in mercantile pursuits in Pennsylvania. During the latter period he indulged a natural taste for the study of medicine as he found time, and upon returning to Balti- more in 1891 entered the School of Medi- cine of Baltimore University, from which he was graduated in 1894. During the last year of his college course he was assistant to Prof. W. A. B. Sellman, in diseases of women. He was dispensary physician and assistant in genito-urinary surgery, 1894-5; assistant in general operative surgery, 1895-6, and assistant in diseases of children 1896-7. He is Examining Physician for the Improved Order of Heptasophs-also a member of the Knights of the Ancient

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Essenic Order and Jr. O. U. A. M. He was married May 1, 1885, to Lydia, daughter of the late Henry Baughmann, a farmer of York county, Pa. Four children born of this union are Adeline, Mary, Minnie and Albert. The family reside at the N. E. corner of Bank and Wolfe streets. They are of the Lutheran faith.

DR. PERCY STANSBURY was born in Balti- more, February 10, 1865. He is a son of the late Nathaniel and Hannah A. (Wad- dell) Stansbury, natives of Maryland and descendants of early German-English set- tlers of the colony. Twenty of the mem- bers of these families, including those in direct line and collateral branches were sol- diers in the patriot army, Revolutionary War. The battle of North Point was fought upon the land granted the Stansburys, by original patent, at Patapsco Neck, from whence Nathaniel Stansbury removed to Baltimore in 1861. He was educated for the law but never practiced, pursuing the avocation of planter. He died in 1872; his widow resides in Baltimore. Percy Stans- bury attended private schools at Hagers- town, Md., and public and private schools of Baltimore; studied medicine under Profs. Z. K. Wiley and Thomas Evans; at- tended one course of lectures at the Balti- more Medical College and three at Balti- more University; was graduated from the latter institution in 1885, being president and honor man of his class; was assistant to Doctor Wiley, Professor of Anatomy and Genito-Urinary Surgery in 1885-6; first as- sistant to J. W. C. Cuddy, Professor of Theory and Practice and Clinical Medicine, 1887-8; chief of clinic, 1898-90; lecturer on Principles and Practice of Medicine, 1891-2,

and has since been engaged in general prac- tice, with present office and residence at 1422 E. Preston street. Dr. Stansbury is member of and medical examiner for William Fell Lodge, No. 3, Knights of Py- thias; a member of the Alumni Association and the Baltimore University. Dr. John Cavendish Smith Monkur, maternal grand- uncle of Doctor Stansbury, was one of Bal- timore's very distinguished physicians.

In politics the Doctor is a Democrat, be- ing a member of the Seventh ward and other Democratic clubs. He is a member of the M. E. Church South and is unmarried.

DR. JOSEPH LOWRIE INGLE was born August 16, 1846, in Washington, D. C. He is a son of the late Joseph and Susan (Childs) Ingle, the former a native of Philadelphia, of Scotch-French descent, the latter born in Springfield, Mass., and descended from early English settlers of New England. Henry Ingle, paternal grandfather of Dr. Ingle, lived in Alexandria, Va., when that place was the seat of government and was one of the first to take up his residence in Washington. The late Joseph Ingle was for many years and up to President Lin- coln's first administration in the Treasury Department, Washington; he died April 13, 1863; his wife in September, 1855. Dr. J. Lowrie Ingle attended Rittenhouse Acad- emy, Washington and Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., took the medical course at the University of Virginia, and completed it at the University of New York, from which latter institution he was graduated in March, 1871. Locating in Baltimore he was for one year resident physician at Bay View Asylum and has since been engaged in general practice, with present office and

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residence at 1007 W. Lanvale street. He is a member of Maryland Medical and Chi- rurgical Faculty, Baltimore Clinical So- ciety and Baltimore Medical Association, serving as president of the last named for some years. Since 1893, Doctor Ingle has been a member of the State Board of Medi- cal Examiners and President of that Board in 1896-7. He is consulting physician to the Home for Epileptics, Port Deposit. He was married October 22, 1878, to Rebecca Covington, daughter of the late William Meade Addison, of the Baltimore Bar, and United States District Attorney during Pierce's, Buchanan's and part of Lincoln's administrations. Dr. and Mrs. Ingle have two children, J. Lowrie Ingle, Jr., student at Baltimore Polytechnic, and Mary Pechin Ingle. The family are communicants of P. E. Church of Ascension, of which Doctor Ingle has been a vestryman for thirteen years.

DR. RIDGELEY BROWN WARFIELD was born in Howard county, Md., June 15, 1864. He is a son of Dr. Milton W. and the late Mary Elizabeth (Dawley) Warfield, the for- mer a native of Maryland and the latter of New York, and respectively of English- Welsh and English ancestry. Dr. Milton W. Warfield was born in 1828, graduated from Jefferson Medical College with the class of '49, and has ever since been engaged in the practice of his profession in Howard county, Md.

Ridgely B. Warfield was graduated from the medical department of the Maryland University, class of '84; was for one year thereafter assistant resident physician of University Hospital, and during the next year resident physician of Bay View Hos-

pital, since which time he has been engaged in general practice, with present office and residence 845 Park avenue. Doctor War- field was Demonstrator of Anatomy, Med- ical Department, Maryland University, '92- '93; Demonstrator of Anatomy, Baltimore Medical College, '93-'95, and since the lat- ter day Associate Professor of Anatomy, Baltimore Medical College. He is one of the surgical staff of Maryland General Hos- pital, a member of the Medical and Chirur- gical Faculty of Maryland, Baltimore Clini- cal Society, Medical Journal Club and Book and Journal Club. Doctor Warfield is Surgeon General of Maryland National Guard by appointment of Governor Lowndes.

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Author: Shepherd, Henry Elliott, 1844-1929, ed. 4n Publication date: 1898 Publisher: [Uniontown? Pa.] S.B. Nelson Number of Pages: 1344

Author: Shepherd, Henry Elliott, 1844-1929, ed. 4n
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: [Uniontown? Pa.] S.B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1344