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Dr. Daniel A. Laubenstein, a native of Hungary, came to Grand Rapids in 1867. He was city physician in 1874, was elected coroner in 1880, and practiced his profession here until 1889, when he re- moved to Milwaukee.
Dr. Arthur Hazlewood settled in Grand Rapids in 1868. He was appointed a member of the State Board of Health in 1875 for two years; was reappointed in 1881 for the term of six years, and reap- pointed again in 1887 for another term of six years. He continued to practice his profession in Grand Rapids until about 1902, when he removed to Plainwell.
Among the prominent physicians and surgeons who located in the city after the Civil War was Dr. Frances A. Rutherford, the first woman practitioner to establish herself in Grand Rapids. She has
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been in the continuous practice of her profession here since 1868, and now has the additional distinction of being the oldest physician, in point of continued practice in the Valley City.
James A. McPherson was born in Canada in 1849. He attended a course of medical lectures at the University of Michigan in 1869-70, then served a year and a half in the drug store of E. B. Escott at Grand Rapids, and graduated at the Detroit Medical College in the Spring of 1872. He soon settled at Grand Rapids, where a co-part- nership was formed with the late James F. Grove, which lasted one year, after which time Dr. McPherson practiced alone. He died May 5, 1917.
Dr. Joseph Albright was born in the city of St. Catherines, Ont., Dec. 26, 1837. He graduated at the Toronto Normal School in 1865, and in 1868 began the study of medicine. He took one course of lec- tures at Bellevue Hospital Medical College and then entered the med- ical department of Trinity University, at Toronto, Canada. There he graduated in April, 1872, and settled for practice at Oxford, Lapeer County, Michigan, but remained there only one year, coming to Grand Rapids in June, 1873. Dr. Albright served a term as alderman in the Grand Rapids common council in 1883-84, representing the old Seventh ward. He died Nov. 7, 1915.
Dr. Joseph B. Griswold was born in Vermontville, Michigan, June 21, 1842. He entered the Agricultural College at Lansing in 1859, but remained only two years, enlisting as a member of the band at- tached to the Second Michigan cavalry, in 1861. He was discharged in 1862 on account of illness. He then commenced the study of medi- cine and attended courses of lectures during 1863-64, at the University of Michigan. In 1864 he re-entered the service as assistant surgeon of the Fourth Michigan infantry. He was commissioned regimental surgeon in January, 1866, and served in that capacity until honorably discharged in May, 1866. He was medical inspector during part of his service of the Department of San Antonio, Texas. He graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1867. Dr. Griswold practiced medicine until 1873 at Taylor's Falls, Minn., at which time he became a resident of Grand Rapids. He was city physician for the years 1876-77, and was elected alderman of the old Fourth ward in 1880. He served a number of years as a member of the Grand Rapids Board of U. S. Examining Surgeons for Pensions, and at one time was presi- dent of the Board. He was also on the pension board in Minnesota, before coming to Grand Rapids. He died March 9, 1914.
Another physician who came to Grand Rapids after the Civil War, and who is still prominent in the medical circles of the city, is Dr. Eugene Boise. He was born in Wellington, Lorain County, Ohio, Nov. 29, 1846, and was educated in Oberlin College, graduating there in arts, with the class of 1867. Prior to entering college he was in the Civil War, serving as a private in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Ohio National Guard for four months, the time of enlistment. He took two courses of medicine in 1868-69, in the University of Michigan, graduating in 1869, and also taking a degree a year later at the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Twenty-third street, New York City. He had the advantages of hospital experience in Charity Hos- pital, New York, in 1870-71, and the New York City Fever Hospital
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in 1871. Nearly all of 1872 he spent in study abroad, principally in London and Vienna, and he settled in Grand Rapids, in September, 1872, and still continues the practice of his profession. He was one of the United States Examining Surgeons for Pensions from 1873 to 1885.
Dr. Charles H. Maxim was born in Palmyra, Me., Aug. 30, 1837, and graduated at Bowdoin College in March, 1868. After practicing in Dexter, Me., three years, he came to Grand Rapids in September, 1871. He was coroner of Kent County in 1878; member of the Board of Health in 1880-81, and city physician in 1884. He helped to estab- lish the Grand Rapids Humane Society. He died of heart disease March 11, 1887.
Dr. James O. Edie was born June 14, 1837, at Hebron, Washing- ton County, New York. He studied medicine at Oswego, N. Y., for a year or two, and then entered the medical department of the Uni- versity of Michigan, taking the course of lectures for 1859-60, and afterward graduating with the class of 1864, at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. He practiced in the Grand River Valley, with a brief interval, during his entire professional career. He came to Grand Rapids in 1875, intending to devote his time to lumbering interests, but soon drifted into the old medical lines and practiced here during the remainder of his career. He served two terms as county physician of Kent County. He died May 26, 1915, at Everett, Washington.
Dr. Joseph B. Hosken was born in Coburg, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 21, 1850. He studied medicine with Dr. Alonzo B. Palmer, of the Michigan State University, and graduated in the medical department of the University March 24, 1875. He practiced a year with Dr. W. H. DeCamp, of this city, and then went to New York, taking a course of lectures in the medical department of the University of New York, and spending six months in Bellevue and Charity Hospitals. He practiced six months in New York City, and returned to Grand Rapids in 1877. He died July 10, 1906.
Dr. George H. Wildberger was born April 6, 1840, in the city of Bamburg, Bavaria, and was graduated in medicine at the University of Wurzburg, May 24, 1865. He settled for practice, shortly after his graduation, at Kissingen, Bavaria; afterward entered practice at Bamburg, his native place, and in addition to his practice in the city was director of an orthopedic institution, which had been established by his father, who preceded him in the directorship. He was a sur- geon in the German army during the Franco-German War, in 1870-71. He came to Grand Rapids, Oct. 7, 1875, and soon gained a large prac- tice, principally among those of German descent. He had the misfor- tune to contract diphtheria from a patient, and died of paralysis of the heart, as a result of the systemic infection, Feb. 23, 1883.
Dr. Christopher J. Woolway was born in London, Canada, Oct. 28, 1854, and graduated at McGill University, Montreal, with the class of 1875. He settled at Grand Rapids in May, 1875, and remained in the city until June, 1879, when he was appointed surgeon of the Cop- per Falls copper mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan. He remained in the mines until Sept. 1, 1885, and then removed to St. Paul, Minn.
Among the physicians who located here in 1877 was William Ful-
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ler, who is still actively engaged in the practice of his profession. An- other was Dr. H. E. Locher, who was born in Freiburg, Baden, Ger- many, March 29, 1850. With his parents he came to America and set- tled in Norwalk, Ohio, a year and a half later. He studied medicine two years at Saranac, Mich. He took one course of lectures at the Detroit Medical College in 1875-76, and graduated at the Long Island College Hospital at Brooklyn, N. Y., in the Spring of 1877. He prac- ticed in Ada, Kent County, until 1880, when he removed to Grand Rapids. He was elected a member of the Board of Education in 1888, and was also elected one of the Kent County coroners in November of the same year, and was again elected in 1892 and 1894. With his sis- ter he was engaged in the drug business on Ellsworth avenue. Dr. Locher died Feb. 9, 1913.
Dr. Austin J. Pressey was born on a farm in Cayuga County, New York, Sept. 9, 1845. After receiving a common school education he took an academic course at Moravia, Cayuga County. He gradu- ated at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in June, 1876. He practiced at Bowne Center, Kent County, from 1877 until 1881, and at Freeport, Barry County, from 1881 until 1886, when he came to Grand Rapids. He practiced here until about 1898.
Dr. Leonidas E. Best was born on a farm in Elgin County, On- tario, Canada, March 10, 1844. He graduated in arts from the Baptist Institute at Woodstock, Ontario, in September, 1859, and was appren- ticed in medicine for three years to Dr. Mclaughlin, of Ionia, On- tario, in the Fall of 1861. He was graduated in April, 1865, by the medical department of the University of Victoria, Toronto, and imme- diately went to Chicago, where he was appointed second assistant surgeon in the military barracks at that place, but soon returned to Canada, and practiced in London, Ontario, ten years, then two years in Overisel, Allegan County, Michigan. In 1878 he settled in Grand Rapids, where he practiced nearly thirty years.
Dr. Thomas D. Bradfield first saw the light in the State of Indi- ana, Jan. 12, 1843. He took two courses of medicine at the Univer- sity of Michigan in 1867-68, and graduated at the Detroit Medical College in the Spring of 1869. He entered practice as surgeon of the Copper Falls copper mine, Keweenaw County, and remained there ten years. In 1879 he came to Grand Rapids, but stayed in the city only a year, returning to Lake Superior in 1880. From 1880 to 1884 he was surgeon of the Delaware copper mine, in Keweenaw County, and at the end of this time came permanently to Grand Rapids. Dr. Brad- field was county physician of Keweenaw County; was also superin- tendent of the poor, supervisor, and United States pension surgeon. He represented the counties of Keweenaw, Ontonagon, Baraga, and Isle Royal in the State Legislature at the sessions of 1875 and 1879. He was a member of the Board of U. S. Pension Examining Surgeons in this city during President Cleveland's first administration and also served several years as city physician of Grand Rapids. Dr. Brad- field died Oct. 18, 1912.
Dr. Henry D. Kendall was born in Greenfield, Mass., May 1, 1815. After taking a partial course in arts, he commenced the study of medi- cine, graduating in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Western District of New York, at Fairfield, N. Y., in 1838. He was
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Demonstrator of Anatomy in his alma mater for a year prior and a year subsequent to graduation. He practiced five years, from 1839 to 1844, in Cleveland, Ohio, and then five years, from 1844 to 1849, in Norwich, Chenango County, New York. In 1849 he was called upon by his father's death to close up the estate, and after that time did not practice medicine. He was engaged in mercantile life until about 1879, at which time he removed to Grand Rapids, residing here until about 1891.
Dr. Walter B. Morrison was born in Grand Rapids, May 6, 1838, and graduated at the Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., in June, 1865. Dr. Morrison served during the Civil War in the vol- unteer service, being at first hospital steward and later assistant sur- geon. He settled at Muskegon in July, 1865, practicing there until 1879, when he removed to Grand Rapids, remaining in this city until 1884. In that year he went to Honduras, Central America, and prac- ticed three years in that country. In 1887 he returned to Muskegon, where he continued to reside throughout his active career. He was city physician of Grand Rapids from May, 1881, to May, 1882, and coroner of Kent County for the years 1883-84.
Dr. Ransom H. Stevens was born in Montpelier, Vt., Jan. 18, 1853. The family moved to Wisconsin in 1860 and came to Michigan in 1870, settling near the city of Grand Rapids, where the parents died in 1887. Dr. Stevens graduated in the literary department of the University of Michigan in 1877, and from the medical department in 1878. He began practice in Grand Rapids Nov. 1, 1879, and with the exception of one year in Detroit practiced here until about 1897.
Dr. Charles E. Hebard first saw the light at Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan, Feb. 28, 1858. He commenced the study of medi- cine in 1875, with his father, Dr. Ezra A. Hebard, afterward of Grand Rapids, and entered the medical department of the University of Michigan in the fall of 1876, graduating therein March 26, 1879. While at Ann Arbor, after receiving his degree, he practiced one year at Lapeer, but removed to Grand Rapids at the end of that time, prac- ticing his profession in this city until 1884. In 1881 he purchased a stock of drugs and chemicals on old Canal street, and handled the store in connection with his practice. In the summer of 1884 he left Grand Rapids and went to Kansas, where he practiced five years, re- turning to this city in July, 1889. He then practiced here until his death, which occurred about 1892.
Dr. William H. Aylesworth was born May 17, 1854, in Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan. He took a literary course in Adrian Col- lege, in 1875-79, and graduated in medicine at the University of Michi- gan in June, 1882. He practiced at Cedar Springs, Kent County, from 1882 to 1887, and came to Grand Rapids, Nov. 1, 1887, practicing here until about 1891.
Dr .. Louis Barth came here in September, 1882, and is still en- gaged in the practice of his profession, as are also Drs. William F. Hake and Reynold J. Kirkland, who came here in the same year.
Dr. Charles H. Holt was born at Snow Shoe, Centre County, Pennsylvania, March 10, 1854. He graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, in 1882, and settled in Grand Rapids in the Fall of that year. He practiced here until his death, which oc- curred June 2, 1913.
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Dr. Roelof A. Schouten was born at Nunspest, Netherlands, Dec. 5, 1835. He graduated at the medical school of Haarlem, Nether- lands, June 29, 1865, and served as surgeon of a Dutch merchant ves- sel on two voyages to the East Indies, between 1865 and 1869. He settled in Holland, Mich., in 1869, and remained there until 1882, serv- ing as city physician of Holland four years and health officer three years. In 1882 he came to Grand Rapids and practiced here until his death, which occurred Dec. 28, 1906.
Dr. William Clarke was born in Ireland in 1843. He graduated at the Detroit Medical College in 1871; at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York, in 1877; at Queen's University of Cana- da, in 1879, and passed an examination before the Board of Medical Examiners in London, England, in 1880. He came to Grand Rapids in 1883, and practiced here until about 1912.
Dr. John F. Failing was born in Wayne County, New York, Oct. 25, 1841. He graduated at the medical department of Buffalo Univer- sity, in 1868, and practiced in Illinois and in Kalamazoo and Van Bu- ren Counties, Michigan. He settled at Grand Rapids, in 1883, and practiced here until about 1897, when he removed to Denver, Colo.
Dr. James Mulhern was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1846. He came to the United States at an early age, took two courses of med- ical lectures in the University of Michigan in 1867-68, and graduated at the Detroit College of Medicine in 1870. He practiced at Green- ville, Mich., thirteen years, and came to Grand Rapids in 1883. He died on Feb. 9, 1910.
Dr. Albert J. Patterson commenced the practice of his profession at Kent City in 1883, and since 1889 has been located at Grand Rapids.
Dr. Benjamin Pyle was born Sept. 27, 1859, at Kalamazoo, Mich. He graduated at Ann Arbor, in the medical department of the Uni- versity of Michigan, in June, 1883, and settled in Grand Rapids on July 16, following. He practiced his profession here until about 1916. Dr. Herbert W. Catlin settled in Grand Rapids in May, 1884, and was engaged in the practice of his profession until his death, which occurred Jan. 15, 1918.
Dr. William F. Penwarden was born in Fingal, Elgin County, Canada, Jan. 7, 1860. He graduated at the St. Thomas (Canadian) Collegiate Institute in 1877, and at Williams & Rodgers' International Business College at Rochester, N. Y., in 1878. He then took one course in medicine at the University of Michigan, and two courses at Bellevue Medical College, in New York City, and graduated in the lat- ter March 14, 1883. He practiced one year at Castlewood, Hamlin County, Dakota, and came to Grand Rapids, Sept. 28, 1884. He served some time as county physician of Kent County, and practiced his profession here until his death, Dec. 26, 1902, when both he and his wife were killed in a railway accident in Canada.
Dr. Edward Watson was born in Fingal, Elgin County, Canada, Nov. 27, 1840. He entered the literary department of the University of Michigan in the Fall of 1860, but went into the army in 1861 and never finished his course. Shortly after the close of the Civil War he commenced the study of medicine in New York City, and afterward spent some time in England and France, residing five years, from 1866 to 1871, in Rome. In 1871 he returned to America and, resum- I-28
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ing his medical studies, graduated at the University of Michigan in the Spring of 1873. He successively practiced his profession in Plym- outh, Mich., Sioux Falls, S. D., and located in Grand Rapids in 1884. Owing to ill health he was compelled to relinquish his practice in 1889, and he served as health officer of Grand Rapids in 1888-89. Re- gaining his health to some extent, he resumed the practice of his pro- fession and continued it until his death, which occurred about 1901. Dr. Watson was a brother of the late James C. Watson, the distin- guished astronomer.
Dr. William H. White was born at Mendon Centre, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1860. He graduated in the department of pharmacy, University of Michigan, taking the degree of Ph. C. in 1882, and from the depart- ment of medicine and surgery, with the degree of M. D. in 1884. He came to Grand Rapids in August, 1884, and practiced here until about 1904.
Dr. William A. Wilson was born in Phelps, Ontario County, New York, Feb. 21, 1846. He graduated at the Albany Medical College, at Albany, N. Y., with the class of 1868, and practiced fifteen years in Yates and Steuben Counties, New York. He settled in Grand Rap- ids in 1884 and continued in the practice here until 1902, when he was elected secretary of the city Board of Health and held that position until 1903.
Dr. Frederick W. Wright was born in Jackson, Mich., March 20, 1859. He graduated at Detroit Medical College, Feb. 29, 1884, and settled in Grand Rapids on July 14 of the same year. He served as city physician, and continued his practice here until his death, which occurred about 1906.
Among the physicians who settled in Grand Rapids in 1855 were Drs. Caspar M. Droste and David E. Welsh, who are here still en- gaged in the practice of their profession.
Dr. Schuyler C. Graves was born at Kalamazoo, Mich., March 6, 1858, but passed most of his boyhood days in Grand Rapids. He was graduated at the high school here in the summer of 1877, and in the Fall of the same year entered the literary department of the Uni- versity of Michigan, with the class of 1881, taking the studies of the Freshman year. The following year he matriculated in the medical department, taking his degree, after a three years' course, June 30, 1881. He was assistant demonstrator of anatomy in his alma mater during the session of 1881 and 1882, when he resigned to enter prac- tice. He went to Charlevoix, Mich., in July, 1882, and practiced there three years, with the exception of the winter of 1883-84, at which time he was surgeon of the Delaware copper mine, Keweenaw County, Lake Superior. He was elected coroner of Charlevoix County, in the Fall of 1884. He returned to his home in Grand Rapids in June, 1885, and practiced here until 1916, and since then he has divided his time be- tween a Summer home at Eastmanville and a Winter home in Cali- fornia.
Dr. Teunis A. Boot was born April 1, 1861, at Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan. He graduated in the medical department of the University of Michigan in June, 1886, and settled at Grand Rapids in September of the same year. He removed to Corning, Cal., in 1902.
Dr. Joseph A. Carbert was born in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada,
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Feb. 4, 1856. He graduated at the University of Victoria College, Co- burg, Ontario, May 12, 1886, taking the degrees of M. D. and C. M. He spent four months in 1886 at the New York Polyclinic, and set- tled in Grand Rapids on June 1 of the same year. He removed to St. Joseph, Mich., in 1902.
Dr. Oscar L. Dales was born in Urichsville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1856. He graduated in the medical department of Wooster University, at Cleveland, Ohio, March 4, 1880, and practiced four years subsequent to graduation at Bryan, Ohio, handling a drug store during a portion of this time. He went to Jacksonville, Fla., in 1884, practiced there two years, and came to Grand Rapids on June 6, 1886. He served as assistant city physician in 1887, and con- tinued in the practice here until his death, which occurred June 12, 1906.
Dr. Ernest D. Disbrow was born at East Saginaw, Mich., Feb. 8, 1858, and graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill., with the class of 1880. He was demonstrator of chemistry in Rush College from 1878 to 1880, and medical superintendent of St. Mark's Hospital, at Salt Lake City, Utah, from 1881 to 1883. He served as division surgeon of the Union Pacific Railroad in Utah, as deputy coroner of Summit County, Utah, and as deputy United States marshal in what was then the Territory of Utah. He settled for practice in Grand Rapids in 1886, and remained here until 1894.
Dr. Wilbur F. Hoyt was born Jan. 25, 1863, at Battle Creek, Mich. He took the degree of Bachelor of Arts at the Michigan Agri- cultural College at Lansing, in 1883, and the degree of M. D. at Star- ling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, in 1885. He held the posi- tion of resident physician at St. Francis Hospital, in Columbus, one year, and then came to Grand Rapids in 1886, remaining here until about 1892.
Dr. John A. McColl settled in Grand Rapids, Aug. 1, 1886, and is yet engaged in the practice of his profession here.
Dr. Emma Nichols-Wanty was born in Cannon, Kent County, Michigan, July 28, 1851, and was graduated at the Woman's Medical College, Chicago, March 2, 1880. She remained in Chicago after graduation, and was house surgeon of the Woman's Hospital for one year. She was appointed assistant to the chair of Physiology and lecturer on Histology in the Woman's Medical College, which position she held four years. She was married June 22, 1886, to George P. Wanty, a member of the Grand Rapids bar, and settled in this city for practice in September of the same year. She continued in the practice until about 1899.
Among the physicians who located here in 1887 were Drs. James A. DeVore, Collins H. Johnston, and Archibald B. Thompson, all of whom are still engaged in the practice.
Dr. Eliphalet G. Edwards was born in London, Ontario, Canada, May 26, 1833. He graduated in medicine and surgery at the McGill University, Montreal, Canada, in 1855. He practiced thirty-two years in London, Ontario, and its vicinity, coming to Grand Rapids in Oc- tober, 1887. He died here Jan. 18, 1912.
Dr. Hugo Lupinski was born Jan. 15, 1858, at Sheboygan, Wis. He graduated in the department of pharmacy, University of Michigan,
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in 1880, taking the degree of Ph. C., and in the medical department in 1882, receiving the degree of M. D. He was assistant demonstrator of anatomy in the University from 1882 to 1887. He came to Grand Rapids as health officer May 17, 1887, and held the position until 1889. He practiced his profession here until his death, which oc- curred April 7, 1903.
Dr. Edwin B. Strong was born at Reading, Mich., July 6, 1863. He was graduated at the Detroit College of Medicine, in March, 1887, and immediately entered practice at Byron Center, Kent County. He came to Grand Rapids, Jan. 8, 1890, and remained a couple of years.
Dr. Bessie Earle, who settled at Grand Rapids in April, 1888, is still engaged in the practice.
Dr. Roland E. Miller was born at Lockport, N. Y., June 17, 1859. He graduated at the University of New York, New York City, in March, 1886, and practiced in Buffalo, N. Y., two years, from 1886 to 1888. He settled in Grand Rapids in October, 1888, and remained until about 1892.
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