History of Monroe County, Michigan, Part 75

Author: Wing, Talcott Enoch, 1819-1890, ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: New York, Munsell & company
Number of Pages: 882

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He immediately located and began the prac- tice of his profession in the county of Oxford, Ontario, where he soon, by skill and industry, built up a large and lucrative practice, and shared the confidence of the people, having been honored with positions of public trust from 1864 to 1879. He held the position of president or director of the Oxford Agricul- tural Society, member of the municipal council and mayor of the town. In 1876 he received the unanimous nomination for representative to the provincial legislature, but declined the election. In 1878 he was appointed by the governor coroner for the counties of Norfolk and Oxford, being the first instance where the Government had made an appointment of coro- ner to two separate judicial districts. This ap- pointment was for life or during good behavior. In the same year he was elected representative for the Gore and Thames district, embracing eight counties, to the Provincial Agricultural Society, but, owing to poor health at that time, declined.

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In 1879, with a well-earned reputation, he left his large practice and traveled for a time ; and being attracted to Monroe City, Michigan, by the celebrated mineral waters, he finally settled in that city and soon found his health fully restored. Here he again began the prac- tice of his profession, soon sharing a well- earned reputation among his medical brothers of the city and country.

In 1885 he was elected by the people of the city of Monroe a member of the board of edu- cation, a position he very acceptably held for three years. In 1886 he was elected and rep- resented the third ward of Monroe City as alderman for two years.

Dr. Masecar has been twice married, the first time, March 14, 1860, to Mary Jane, daughter of Hon. Lawrence Johnston and Margaret (Irwin) Hatch, who died in Novem- ber, 1875. In April, 1877, he was married to Appolona, daughter of Harvey and Elizabeth (Harvey) Van Potter.

During his practice he has been medical ex- aminer for several life insurance companies and mutual benefit associations, among which was the Sun Mutual of Montreal, in which for fifteen years he served in that capacity, passing upon more than five hundred applicants, of whom, up to two years ago, the company had not been called upon to pay a single death loss. In the Covenant Mutual, of Galesburg, Illinois, he has been examiner for over ten years, dur- ing which he has averaged annually nearly ten thousand dollars of risks, examined with a similar result - a record of which Dr. Masecar justly feels proud. He has also been one of the censors of the Toledo Medical College, Toledo, Ohio, since its organization in 1880.

W. F. KNAPP, M. D.

W. F. Knapp was born July 2. 1855, in the township of Raisinville, Michigan. His father, Ludovic Knapp, is a highly esteemed, well-to- do farmer. In intervals of work he found time to gratify varied and keen intellectual tastes, and made thorough preparation for the normal school at Ypsilanti, Michigan, entering the same at the age of sixteen, taking up at once the full English course with Latin, com . pleting the same in 1875.

Entered in October, 1876, the College of Medi-

cine and Surgery at Ann Arbor, Michigan, from which he graduated with honors in the spring of 1878. He then assisted the eminent late Dr. Southworth in his very large practice until he located as practicing physician and surgeon in the village of La Salle, Michigan, practicing there with marked success for six years.

Removed by urgent requests to Monroe, Michigan, in October, 1884, where, by close attention to business, straightforwardness, suc- cessful treatment, ever ready by day or at night to attend to suffering humanity, as well as by industry, indomitable persistence of pur- pose, he attained a position of honor among men socially, and as an eminent practitioner of medicine and surgery ; is medical examiner for the thriving German Workingmen's Asso- ciation of Monroe City, as also for several life insurance companies.

His amiable way and good will secures suc- cess in every work he undertakes. He is a hard worker, keeps a keen and intelligent watch of public affairs, is a warm friend to those he esteems, liberal in his dealings, a friend to the suffering poor, and thoroughly independent - is, in short, a good citizen, pub- lic spirited and very enterprising, ever on the side of right and justice. A good illustration of what may be accomplished by energy, industry and integrity, under all circumstances.

D. DAWE, M. D.,

Was the youngest of three children born to the Rev. and Mrs. Dawe. His parents still reside in England. His father is a very highly re- spected minister of the Congregational church. D. Dawe, jr., was born at Newport, England, on October 31, 1860. He spent the early part of his school life at home under the training of a private tutor. At the age of fourteen years he entered the British public schools as a pupil teacher, where he with other teachers received two hours instruction daily, for services ren- dered by them each day to younger classes. At the age of fifteen he was sent by his father, " who was overly anxious that he should be educated for the ministry," to a theological seminary at Brecon, Wales. While here he took up the study of Greek and Latin, but he was very much dissatisfied with this school be-

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Victoria University of Cobourg, Ontario, the degree of Doctor of Medicine; became a mem- ber of Essex County Medical Society ; was the promoter of the first French newspaper pub- lished in Western Canada, L'Etoile Canadienne, issued at Sandwich, Ontario. He was also one the organizers of the National and Benevolent Society of St. Jean Baptiste, of the county of Essex, Ontario.

He practiced in the city of Monroe, Michi- gan, in 1878. In the year 1879, owing to the declining years and feeble health of his father 1 he felt it his duty to return to his native city and assist him. During his father's illness, until his death, which happened in 1882, he attended to his private practice, the hospital, and gave lectures on surgery at the Victoria University. He then went to Papineauville, Quebec, where he practiced two years, and from there to Fall River, Massachusetts, where he also practiced two years in copart- nership with Dr. Casgrain. The untimely death of the latter dissolved the partnership, when he resolved to come again to the West. He felt as if the ways and manners of the West- ern people were more congenial to his tastes, and accordingly, in the month of February, 1885, he found himself again in Monroe, among his old friends and patients. Here he resumed practice as of yore.

In 1887 he went to Toledo, Ohio, where he practiced one year, and finally returned to Newport, where he had practiced medicine and surgery for many years, and is still enjoying the confidence and esteem of the community at large.

Dr. Edwin Munro has been eminently suc- cessful in his profession, both in surgery and general practice, being extensively known be- tween Detroit and Toledo. His practice has been quite extensive.

L. BALDWIN, M. D.,

Was born May 20, 1862, in Monroe county, Michigan ; was raised in Monroe and attended school there until 1881, when he went to Dakota Territory, and remained there until January, 1882. He then went to New Mexico, and from there back to Jackson, Michigan, and in the fall of 1882 entered the Homeopathie Medical Department of the University of Michigan,

graduating July 1, 1886; was in partnership with F. O. Hart, M. D., in the practice of medi- cine one year at West Unity, Ohio, and has been at Maybce; Monroe county, Michigan, two years.

Parents : Ephraim Baldwin, born in Canada, 1822, died in Monroe county, Michigan, 1889 ; Charlotte A. Baldwin, born in Monroe, 1833, formerly Charlotte A. Garwood, resides at Maybee, Monroe county, at present.

P. H. MORROW, M. D.

P. H. Morrow, M. D., was born at Toledo, Ohio, November 9, 1865, and was left father- less the following year ; lived with his grand- mother, Mrs. Heminings. He was graduated at the public schools of Toledo; graduated from the Toledo Business College in 1883; attended medical lectures at the Northwestern Ohio Medical College; eighteen months at St. Vincent's Hospital ; came to Erie, Monroe county, Michigan, on the 27th of June, 1889, where he still resides and is rapidly building up a lucrative practice, enjoying the best wishes of his fellow practitioners.

GEORGE W. RICHARDSON, M. D.

Certain careers are distinctly illustrative of American self-reliance. The lives of such men always have point and value. Although much has been written about American independence, whenever a downright example thereof is en - countered the interest is unfailing. Such an example is presented in Dr. George W. Rich- ardson, of Dundee. Dr. Richardson helped himself, and in this way laid a secure founda- tion for helping others.

He was born in 1856 in Niagara county, New York, one of a family of nine ehildren. He went from the homestead when eight years old, the father consenting, to live with an older brother on a farm within the county ; remained with this brother five years, when striking out for himself, he worked a year on a farm. Dur- ing this time he had the privilege, usual with country boys, of attending school winters. But now the desire to get away, to gain wider con- tact, to assert his entire independence, grew so strong that leave Niagara county he must, and in the spring of 1870 this courageous boy, scarcely fourteen years old, puts in an appear-

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ance west of the Mississippi, at Waterloo, Iowa, and, as was natural with him, looking for work.

He engaged for the season on a farm. The year's farm work at an end, a yearning for more schooling asserted itself. To this end our young student finds his way to Webster City, Iowa. Explanations were made and a bargain struck with Dr. G. L. Hendricks, a leading physician of Webster City, Iowa. George was to do chores for his board and the privilege of attending the public school. This he did for two years, and was now first able to go to school both summer and winter. The work was not easy, but his heart was light. He had the care of three horses and three cows and the wood cutting for three stoves.

It appears that here, for the first time, the thought of studying medicine gained a clear and firm hold; this doubtless through. the chance of observing the life of a physician in Dr. Hendricks, the opportunity for great use- fulness, the inviting play of sympathy, and, on the assumption of honesty, ability and enthu- siasm, the certainty of material reward.

The earnings from farm work which he had prudently saved, went to solve the clothes ques- tion, and there ensued two full years of mental freedom and consequent progress.

Dr. Richardson dwells upon the fact of his gaining, while at Webster City, the signal advantage of a clear view ahead. This clear vision in turn compelled another onward move- ment. But to gain an advance money was needed, and this could not be earned with the desired rapidity in an Iowa village. There was a call to resolute action.

The spring of 1874, therefore, found him at Omaha, in his seventeenth year, looking for something to do. This the young man speedily found. The owners of ontlying ranches sought workmen in Omaha. To one of these, a man named Jack Marrow, Richardson engaged him- self as a farm hand for the season. Marrow had twelve thousand acres of land on the Elk- horn River. By midseason quite one hundred hands were employed on the ranch. Among them were all sorts and conditions of men. Many of the circumstances were forbidding, but as an advance point had to be gained it did not matter. The grain harvest came on, and with it higher wages and extra pay for extra hours, like the shocking of grain o' nights. There were no binders in those days, but the self-

raking reaping machines had come in. Our student was one of some thirty binders who followed the machines. For thirty-five days in the wheat, oat, and barley fields he kept his place at the front, and in this time was able to earn one hundred and forty-six dollars, or an average of four dollars per day. During the season he earned something like two hundred and seventy dollars. The stay on the ranch lasted through the threshing season and well into the fall. Dr. Richardson may be pardoned for telling of his feats of endurance while there.

He returned to Omaha and became a student at the city high school, from which school he was graduated in 1875. The New York boy had completed his academie schooling in Omaha.

He then returned to Niagara county and entered the office of Dr. M. B. Scarles at Wales Center in Erie county.

Dr. Richardson's first attendance at a medical school was in Cleveland, where he studied for nine months in the medical department of Wooster University. He then matriculated at the University of Buffalo, from which institu- tion he was graduated in the spring of 1878. Drawn by his knowledge of the State's advan- tages the young Doctor of Medicine at once pro- ceeded to Michigan and began practice at Cone Station, on the Wabash road west of Milan. He soon after removed to Fast Milan and thence to Dundee. He was at Cone Station one year, and at East Milan a year and a half, coming to Dundee in August, 1880.

After practicing at Dundee successfully for one year, Dr. Richardson proceeded to New York for a six months' post-graduate course at the University Medical College. He reached there just in time to hear the eminent Dr. Weisse demonstrate the surgical anatomy of President Garfield's wounds.

At the end of six months at University Col- lege he returned to Dundee and resumed active practice. From the day of leaving his brother's roof down to the completion of the course at New York, he did not receive a dollar of assist- ance from outside sources - all came from his own earnings. Every chance to earn money was improved, and this even while pursuing the medical studies.

Out of this experience there grew and strengthened a feeling of independence of far greater value than a bank account proceeding from the savings of others.

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He practiced in the city of Monroe, Michi- gan, in 1878. In the year 1879, owing to the declining years and feeble health of his father, he felt it his duty to return to his native city and assist him. During his father's illness, until his death, which happened in 1882, he attended to his private practice, the hospital, and gave lectures on surgery at the Victoria University. He then went to Papineauville, Quebec, where he practiced two years, and from there to Fall River, Massachusetts, where he also practiced two years in copart- nership with Dr. Casgrain. The untimely death of the latter dissolved the partnership, when he resolved to come again to the West. He felt as if the ways and manners of the West- ern people were more congenial to his tastes, and accordingly, in the month of February, 1885, he found himself again in Monroe, among his old friends and patients. Here he resumed practice as of yore.

Dr. Edwin Munro has been eminently suc- cessful in his profession, both in surgery and general practice, being extensively known be- tween Detroit and Toledo. His practice has been quite extensive.

L. BALDWIN, M. D.,

graduating July 1, 1886; was in partnership with F. O. Hart, M. D., in the practice of medi- cine one year at West Unity, Ohio, and has been at Maybee, Monroe county, Michigan, two years.

P. H. MORROW, M. D.

P. H. Morrow, M. D., was born at Toledo, Ohio, November 9, 1865, and was left father- less the following year ; lived with his grand- mother, Mrs. Heminings. He was graduated at the public schools of Toledo; graduated from the Toledo Business College in 1883; attended medical lectures at the North western Ohio Medical College; eighteen months at St. Vincent's Hospital ; came to Erie, Monroe county, Michigan, on the 27th of June, 1889, where he still resides and is rapidly building up a lucrative practice, enjoying the best wishes of his fellow practitioners.

GEORGE W. RICHARDSON, M. D.

Certain careers are distinctly illustrative of American self-reliance. The lives of such men always have point and value. Although much has been written about American independence, whenever a downright example thereof is en . countered the interest is unfailing. Such an example is presented in Dr. George W. Rich- ardson, of Dundee. Dr. Richardson helped himself, and in this way laid a secure founda- tion for helping others.

He was born in 1856 in Niagara county, New York, one of a family of nine children. He went from the homestead when eight years old, the father consenting, to live with an older brother on a farm within the county ; remained with this brother five years, when striking out for himself, he worked a year on a farm. Dur- ing this time he had the privilege, usual with country boys, of attending school winters. But now the desire to get away, to gain wider con- tact, to assert his entire independence, grew so strong that leave Niagara county he must, and in the spring of 1870 this courageous boy, scarcely fourteen years old, puts in an appear-

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ance west of the Mississippi, at Waterloo, Iowa, and, as was natural with him, looking for work.

The earnings from farm work which he had prudently saved, went to solve the clothes ques- tion, and there ensued two full years of mental freedom and consequent progress.

The spring of 1874, therefore, found him at Omaha, in his seventeenth year, looking for something to do. This the young man speedily found. The owners of outlying ranches sought workmen in Omaha. To one of these, a man named Jack Marrow, Richardson engaged him- self as a farm hand for the season. Marrow had twelve thousand acres of land on the Elk. horn River. By midseason quite one hundred hands were employed on the ranch. Among them were all sorts and conditions of men. Many of the circumstances were forbidding, but as an advance point had to be gained it did not matter. The grain harvest came on, and with it higher wages and extra pay for extra hours, like the shocking of grain o' nights. There were no binders in those days, but the self-

He returned to Omaha and became a student at the city high school, from which school he was graduated in 1875. The New York boy had completed his academie schooling in Omaha.

He then returned to Niagara county and entered the office of Dr. M. B. Searles at Wales Center in Erie county.

Dr. Richardson's first attendance at a medical school was in Cleveland, where he studied for nine months in the medical department of Wooster University. He then matriculated at the University of Buffalo, from which institu- tion he was graduated in the spring of 1878. Drawn by his knowledge of the State's advan - tages the young Doctor of Medicine at onee pro- ceeded to Michigan and began practice at Cone Station, on the Wabash road west of Milan. He soon after removed to East Milan and thenee to Dundee. He was at Cone Station one year, and at East Milan a year and a half, coming to Dundee in August, 1880.

Out of this experience there grew and strengthened a feeling of independence of far greater value than a bank account proceeding from the savings of others.

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It is not necessary to dwell upon Dr. Richard- son's widely acknowledged success as a physi- cian. His work as a surgeon attracts atten- tion.

The energy and foresight of carlier years have remained with him. His experience in fighting life's battles has been of such a char. acter as to develop and deepen a naturally quick sympathy for the sufferings of his fellows, a characteristic of a successful physician.

In this is a partial explanation of the popu- larity he enjoys. This was attested in 1884, when the doctor was nominated for the legis- lature in the Second district on the Republican ticket. The district is heavily Democratic and an election was hardly to be expected. The usual Democratic majority of some five hun- dred votes was, however, cut down to three hundred and eleven ; and in Dundce township, out of a total vote of eight hundred and fifteen the doctor received six hundred and eighteen.

Doctor Richardson lives in a handsome resi- dence on Ypsilanti street in Dundee, thus giving evidence that his early wisdom in money mat- ters still abides. Thus from his lucrative prac- tice a handsome property is resulting.

He is still a young man of thirty-three, in full health and vigor, with an enviable career before him.

Dr. Richardson was happily married in 1878 at Cone Station to Miss Minnie Caswell.

ELWIN H. DAMON

Was born in Ohio, December 9, 1850 ; received a common school education ; worked at farm- ing until about twenty-four years of age, when he began studying medicine under Dr. J. L. Bean, of Medina, Ohio.

He attended the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College, of Cleveland, Ohio, during the winters of 1876-77 and 1877-78, and grad- uated from that college in February, 1878.

He located at Reading, Hillsdale county, Michigan, in March, 1878, and practiced medi- cine there until April, 1887, at which time he moved to Dundee, Michigan, and has continued there to the present time.

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History of Monroe County, Michigan, Part 75

Author: Wing, Talcott Enoch, 1819-1890, ed Publication date: 1890 Publisher: New York, Munsell & company Number of Pages: 882

Author: Wing, Talcott Enoch, 1819-1890, ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: New York, Munsell & company
Number of Pages: 882