USA > New York > Orange County > History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men > Part 44
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155 | Part 156 | Part 157 | Part 158 | Part 159 | Part 160 | Part 161 | Part 162 | Part 163 | Part 164 | Part 165 | Part 166 | Part 167 | Part 168 | Part 169 | Part 170 | Part 171 | Part 172 | Part 173 | Part 174 | Part 175 | Part 176 | Part 177 | Part 178 | Part 179 | Part 180 | Part 181 | Part 182 | Part 183 | Part 184 | Part 185 | Part 186 | Part 187 | Part 188 | Part 189 | Part 190 | Part 191 | Part 192 | Part 193 | Part 194 | Part 195 | Part 196 | Part 197 | Part 198 | Part 199
Thomas Millspaugh; born in Montgomery ; diploma granted January, 1843, by Albany Medical College.
WARWICK.
Henry K. Bradner; born in Florida; diploma granted March, 1872, by University of Pennsylvania.
Theo. Il. Cooper; born in Milton, N. J. ; diploma granted March, 1855, by College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.
180
HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK.
William B. Bradner; born in Warwick ; diploma granted September, 1857, by the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons.
MISCELLANEOUS.
James Il. Smiley, Scotchtown; born near Scotchtown; diploma granted March, 1850, by the Albany Medical College.
Alexander B. Leggett, Montgomery ; born in Crawford; license granted January, 1876, by Orange County Medical Society.
II. P. Chace, Highland Falls ; born in Handen, N. Y .; diploma granted February, 1873, by the Medical Department of Columbia College.
Daniel F. Condict, Searsville; born in Dover, N. J. ; diploma granted December, 1874, by Albany Medical College.
John C. Boyd, Monroe ; born in Greene, N 3 .; diploma granted March, J811, by the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
John Moffatt, Washingtonville; born in Washingtonville; diploma granted March, 1862, by University of Michigan.
George E. Putney, Howell's; born in Montgomery ; diploma granted November, 1850, by Castleton (Vt.) Medical College.
William 11. Woodruff, Pine Bush; born in Walden; diploma granted March, 1854, hy Albany Medical College.
Isaac Smith Vreeland, Westtown ; born in West Milford, N. J .; diploma granted February, 1876, by the University of New York.
Bowland Clarke Irving, Campbell Hall; boru in Kortright, N. Y .; di- ploma granted March, 1877, by Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
Elizabeth: R. Gillett Myer, Turner's; born in Ellenville; diploma grauted March, 1877, by Woman's Medical College, New York.
Whitfield T. Seely, Amity ; born in Amity; licensed by the Orange County Medical Society.
E. Austin Webb, Ridgebury ; born in Wallkill; diploma granted June, 1834, by Middlebury (Vt.) Medical College.
Chas. H. Wilson, New Milford ; born in Amenia, N. Y .; license granted March, 1875, by Orange County Medical Society.
Adam P. Farries, Florida; born in Scotland; diploma granted April. J865, by University of Michigan.
Elizabeth A. Fuller, New York City ; born near Cape of Good Hope; di- ploma granted March, 1880, by Eclectic Medical College, New York. Anna C. Howland, Poughkeepsie; born in Hallowell, Mass .; diploma granted March, 1868, by New York Medical College for Women.
Jolin L. Van Alstyne, Binghamton ; born in Richmondville, N. Y .; di- ploma granted December, 1862, by Albany Medical College.
J. Judson Osborn, Binghamton; born in Colesville, N. Y .; diploma granted June, 1878, by Long Island College Hospital.
Mrs. S. Plumb, Otisville; born in Guilford, Vt. ; diploma granted Marchi, 1862, by Metropolitan Medical College, New York.
E. JI. Gilbert, Turner's : born in New York ; diploma granted Oct. 21, 1874, by Eclectic Medical Society State New York.
Mrs. Esther Smith, Goshen; born in Warwick ; no diploma; practiced ten years.
MEDICAL SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY.
The members at the date of organization were as follows :
Jonathan Swezey, Samuel Warner.
Thomas Wickham.
William McCoppin.
Elijah Randall. Aaron M. Smith.
William Elmer. William Goorley.
William Elliott.
Eleazer Gedney,
Samuel S. Seward. Elihu Hedges.
Benjamin S. Hoyt. Ethan Watson.
Nathaniel Elmer.
Cornelius Roosa.
Elisha Du Bois. James Bradner.
Charles Fowler. IIenry T. Hornbeck.
David R. Arnell. Elijah Welch.
The following is a list of the members who have joined since organization :
John T. Jansen. Charles Winfield.
David Hanforl.
James M. Gardiner.
Peter A. Millspangh.
Tonwsend Seeley.
James Heron.
Isaac S. Curtis.
Robert C. Hunter.
John S, Crane.
George Eager.
John M. Gongh.
JI. K. Chapinan.
William Horton.
John W. Drury.
Robert Shaw.
George Hedges.
Wm. H. Newkirk.
George Hunter.
Peter E. Conklin.
Isaac Il. Dodal.
Julın Pattison.
Merritt II. Cash.
Il L. W. Bariit.
Ira S. Bradner.
John M. Prayu. Benjamin W. Thompson.
Charles Hardenburgh.
Samuel Harlow. Lewis Dunning.
John B. MeMunn.
Charles S. Gedney.
G. M. Millspaugh.
A. Brewster.
John Conkling.
Wm. S. Halsey.
D. G. Durkey.
M. Stevenson.
Charles G. Fowler.
John H. Thompson.
11. P. Benham.
L F. Pelton.
Thomas S. Edmouston.
Marcus Sears.
Gerret M. Roe.
Wm. B. Bradner.
Harvey Horton.
R. V. K. Montfort.
James VanKeuren.
James I. Smiley.
Jerome Wells.
John N. Taylor.
William Morrison.
J'hilip I. Timlow.
Bartow Wright.
John W. Fenton.
Henry Hardenbergh.
Harvey Ilallock.
W'm. H. Woodruff.
Henry B. Hornbeck.
Joseph Moffat
E. I. S. lolden.
Elias Peck.
Wm. Murphy.
Samnel B. Barlow.
James C. Coleman.
George Brown.
James T. Johnston.
Samuel D. Holly.
Isaac S. Hunt.
Dewitt C. Ilallock.
Charles P'. Smith.
Joseph R. Andrews.
Theodore Writer.
John W. Rafferty.
T. Walsh.
A. W. Millspangh.
Robert Furries.
Leander W. Lynn.
Charles H. Yerrington.
E. B. Carpenter.
Samuel W. Clason.
Samuel M. Crawford.
A. P. Farries.
W. C. Terry.
Henry R. Bradner.
Avery Cook.
George Fossard.
Henry C. Seeley.
D. Van Dyck.
S. G. C'arpenter.
A. B. Leggett.
Bushrod Millspangh.
C. II. Wilson.
J. D. Bevier.
Isaac S. Curtis.
J. W. Ostrom.
E. S. Elmer. David Van Dyck.
Ilarvey Everett.
G. H. Fossard.
Alfred II. Lee.
O. A. Carroll.
John S. Crawford.
E. D. Oweu.
A. L. Reynolds.
C. S. Van Etten. Burke Pillsbury.
Gilbert C. Monell.
D. B. MeCartee. Gustav Gartsmann.
Wm. A. Westcott.
II. H. Robinson.
D. C. Jayue.
A M. Goodman.
M. S. Hayne.
A. J. Jessup.
T. W. Newman.
D. S. Condict.
Benjamin Dunning.
John Deyo.
Alexander Barclay.
M. C. Stone.
John C. Boyd.
W'm. H. Edsall.
D. O. Winfield.
Arthur Pell.
G. C. Blackman. J. II. Thompson.
Abraham W. Crowell. E. R. Gillett.
Alphens Goodman.
Clarence Ormsbee.
S. W. Esray.
T. D. Mills.
James A. Young.
W. S. Cuddeback.
Ashael Ilonghton.
W. T. Seely.
Thomas Millspangh. Jolin W. Moutross.
Sanmel C. Smith. Increase Crosby.
Lewis Armstrong.
Alexander Clinton .
Nathaniel Deyo.
D. B. Smiley.
Philander Mix.
The presidents of the society have been :
W'm. P. Townsend. Nelson Mc Bride.
Charles Drake.
G. P. Reeves.
J. E. Putney Peter C. Gallatian.
N. Newton. Wm. F. C. Beattie.
James S. Horton.
JohD P. Tarbell.
J. L. Whitaker. George H. Sears. Solomon Van Etten.
N. Roe Bradner. J. S. Swezy. Robert Sloan.
W'm. M. Johnson.
Andrew King. Harris Edmoustou.
181
MEDICAL SOCIETIES.
Jonathan Swezey, 180G; Anthony Davis, 1807-9 ; Jonathan Swezey, 1810; | David R. Arnell, 1811 ; Elisha Du Bois, 1812 ; David R Arnell, 1813 ; Gabriel N. Phillips, 1814 : David Fowler, 1815-16 ; David R. Arnell, 1817; Francis Fowler, 1818; David R. Arnell, 1819; B. L. Van Kleck, 1820; David R. Arnell, 1821-23 ; Peter A, Millapaugh, 1824- 26; Joslina Hornbeck, 1827; Elenzer Gedney, 1828; Egbert Jansen, 1829; Charles Winfield, 1830-31 ; George Enger, 1832; William Hor- ton, Jr., 1833; James M. Gardiner, 1834; James Heron, 1835-36; James M. Gardiner, 1837 ; John M. Gongh, 1838 ; Jamies Heron, 1839 ; James M. Gardiner, 18440; Charles Winfield, 1841-42; Joshna Horn- beck, 1843-45; Charles Winfield, 1846; Joshua Hornbrek, 1847-48; Charles Winfield, 1×49; M. II. Cash, 1850-52; G. C. Monell, 1853-54 ; B. Wright, 1455 ; Samnel D. Holly, 1856; George Brown, 1857; Henry Cook, 1858; Avery Cook, 1859; A. Goodmian, 1860-61; J. C. Boyd, 1862; J. N. Taylor, 1863-64; D C. Winfield, 1865-GG; Il. (. Seely, 1867; Wm. P. Townsend, 18G8; Solomon Van Etten, 1869 ; Joseph Moffatt, 1870; R. V. K. Montfort, 1871 ; J. C. Boyd, 1872-73 ; G. E. Putney, 1x74; C. P. Smith, 1875 ; J. H. Smiley, 1876; S. G. Carpenter, 1877; J. C. Boyd, 1878; A. P. Farris, 1879; W. B. Eager, 1880; W. B. Bradner, 1881.
The secretaries have been :
Nathaniel Elmer, 1806; David R. Arnell, 1807-9; Thomas Wickham, 1810- 13; Thomas G. Evans, 1814-16; George Eager, 1817-18; C. G. Evans, 1819-20; Egbert Jansen, 1821-28; Lewis Dunning, 1829-36; James S. Horton, 1837-40; J W. Ostrom, 1841-42; T. W. Newman, 1843- 48 ; Benjamin W. Thompson, 1849-50; G. P. Reevs, 1851-53; W. P. Townsend, 1-54; John II. Thompson, 1855; G. P. Keevs, 1856-57; G. E. Putney, 1858-71; Wm. P. Bradner, 1872-73; A. P. Farries, 1874-75; E. S. Elmer, 1876-78; B. Pillsbury, 1879-81.
The treasurers have been :
Thomas Wickham, 1806-9; William Elmer, 1810-13; Samnel Warner, 1814-18; Samuel S. Seward, 1819-21 ; James P. Young, 1822-26 ; Jo- seph K. Andrews, 1827-32; Isaac D. Dodd, 1833; Jerome Wells, 1834-39; T. S. Elmonston, 1836-38; J. W. Ustrom, 1830-50; Benj. W. Thompson, 1851-52; Isaac Reeve, 1853; W. P. Townsend, 1854- 55. 1858-61, 1805; G. P. Reevs, 1856-57; D. C. Winfield, 1862-64, 1867-70; J. C. Coleman, 1866 ; S. C. Smith, 1871-80; A. J. Jessup, 1881.
-
The censors of the society have been :
Drs. Anthony Davis, Elisha Du Bois, Charles Fowler, Joseph Whalen, Jonathan Swezey, Gabriel N. Phillips, Cornelius Roosa, David R. Arnell, William Elmer, Henry J. Ilornbeck, Dr. Bradner, Dr. Smith, Dr. Davis, Warner, Jesse Arnell, Samuel S. Seward, Elisha Iledges, Baltus L. Van Kleck, Peter A. Millspaugh, Chichester Brown, R. C. Hunter, C. Miller, J. W. Dewey, J. P. Youngs, Joshna Hornbeck, Charles Winfield, J. T. Jansen, E. Janseo, Chapman, George Enger, HI. C. Seely, William Horton, I. H. Doud, George Iledges, James M. Gardner, Merritt II. Cash, Annanias Brewster, Lewis Dunning, James Heron, Charles G. Fowler, Samuel D. Hfolly, Thomas S. Edmonston, Bartow Wright, Jerome Wells, Leander W. Lynn, J. D. Bevier, J. S. Horton, Marcus Stars, J. W. Ostrom, S. M. Crawford, T. W. Newman, D. C. Winfield, Alphens Goodman, Charles Drake, W. C. Seely, G. C. Monell, J. C. Boyd, S. G. Carpenter, G. M. Millspaugh, W. P. Town- sead, George C. Blackman, A. H. Thompson, Avery Cook, HI. C. Seely, N. Deyo, S. W. Esray, J. N. Taylor, R. V. K. Montfort, Wm. F. C. Beattie, Solomon Van Etten, G. II. Sears, II. Hardenburgh, S. C. Smith, W. C. Terry, W. B. Braduer, G. E. Putney, R. Sloan, James Soriley, J. D. Johnston, A. P. Farries, C. P. Smith, O. A. Car- roll, S. Ely, J. HI. Thompson, Arthur Pell, Mrs. E. R. G. Myer, II. H. Robinson.
The delegates to the State and Tri-State Medical Societies have been :
David R. Arnell, 1808; Henry T. Hornbeck, 1809 ; Anthony Davis, 1810; Elihn Hedges, 1811; Charles Fowler, 1816; R. C. Hunter, 18I8 ; E. Jansen, 1821; Charles Miller, 1822; Thomas G. Evans, 1825-26; William Horton, Jr., 1829; M. H. Cash, 1842; Samuel M. Crawford, 1845; Bartow Wright, 1848; G. C. Monell, 1851; D. C. Winfield, 1854; William P'. Townsend, 185G; A. Goodman, 1858; J. C. Boyd, 1860; A. Cook, 1862; G. E. Putney, 1865; R. V. K. Montfort, 1867; James Smiley, 1870; Solomon Van Etten, 1872; Smith Ely, 18733; Solomon Van Etten, Sorith Ely, 1874; J. C. Boyd, 1875; R. V. K.
Montfort, G. F. Putney, ISTG; A. P. Farries, 1877; J. C. Boyd, R. V. K. Montfort, 1879; J. II. Smiley, 1880; Joseph Moffatt, 1881.
Honorary members :
James G. Graham, Eusebius Austin, James Oliver, Edward Miller, Sam- nel L. Mitchell, David Hosack, Daniel Seward, Nicholas Romayne, Samuel Bard, Rev. Ezia Fisk, D.D., Rev. Luthar Halsey, Rev, James R. Wilson, Rev. Philander Gillett, Rev. John T. Halsey, Rev. Renben Hubbard, Rev. James R. Johnson, Rev. Benjamin Van Keuven, Rev. Charles Cummins, Rev. Mr. Craig, Rev. Jesse Fonda, Rev. William Blane, Rev. 1. I. Christian, Rev. James Arbuckle, Rev. Nathan Kingsbmy, Baron Louis Lederer, Horace H. Hayden, Esy., Isaac Lea, Charles [', Shepard, Rev. J. P. F. ( laik, Rev. - Mc Laren, Rev. F. Vanderveer, Rev. Howard Wallace, Harvey Ever- ett, David Fowler, Joseph Houston.
Among the papers that have been read before this society, receiving its indorsement, many of which have been published, are the following :
Dr. Anthony Davis, 1808, entitled " Hectic Fever ;" Dr. David R. Arnell, 1812, "The Rise and Progress of Medicine," 1814, "Pneumonia Typhoides ;" Dr. Ga- briel N. Phillips, 1815, " Phthisis Pulmonalis;" Dr. David Fowler, 1816, " Nervous Fluid ;" Dr. Charles Winfield, 1822, "Typhus Fever;" Dr. Gough, 1823, "Emmenagogues;" Dr. William Horton, 1832, " Func- tions of the Skin;" Dr. Benham, 1833, "Dysen- taria;" Dr. George Eager, 1833, "Morbid Sym- pathy ;" Dr. James P. Young, 1833, " Scientific Bot- any ;" Dr. James M. Gardiner, 1834, " Cholera ;" Dr. James S. Horton, 1835, "Nosology ;" Dr. James Heron, 1836, " Medical Topography ;" Dr. Gough, 1838, "Scarlatina ;" Dr. T. W. Newman, 1843, "Na- ture and Treatment of Tubercle;" Dr. G. C. Monell, 1852, "Disease of the Uterus;" Dr. Seeley, 1859, "Encysted Dropsy;" Dr. II. C. Seeley, 1868, " Bite of Reptiles ;" Dr. William P. Townsend, 1869, "Causes of Diminished Ratio of Population in the United States ;" Dr. R. V. K. Montfort, 1871, "Hy- giene;" Dr. Mills, 1879, "Puerperal Convulsions;" Dr. J. H. Thompson, 1881, " Antifebrile Agents."
The meetings of the society were for a series of years held annually, the first having been convened at Goshen in 1806. As the organization increased in numbers and influence, the importance of more fre- quent conferences became apparent, and semi-annual meetings were instituted, the first of which was ap- pointed at the house of Dr. Daniel Seward, in the vil- lage of Goshen, on the first day of July, 1817. They were for a while successfully maintained, but the in- terest having flagged, were for a long period aban- doned and again revived, a gathering of the society having taken place at Chester on the first Tuesday of October, 1853. As early as 1823 a resolution was passed that quarterly meetings be held, though this movement seemed premature, as the attendance was limited and the project unsuccessful. They were re- vived in 1874, the society having convened at the vil- lage of Monroe, on the first Tuesday of September of that year, and are now regularly maintained.
The society has been governed by circumstances in the selection of localities at which its sessions are held, Newburgh, Middletown, Goshen, Montgomery,
182
HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Port Jervis, Monroe, Washingtonville, Chester, and Warwick having in turn offered hospitality to its members, and hotels, public assembly rooms, or pri- vate houses received them as convenience dictated.
During the year 1818, Dr. David R. Arnell made a generous donation of books to the society. This col- | the meeting May 11, 1853, it was voted that the an-
leetion, which formed the nucleus for subsequent lit- erary accumulations, has from time to time received additions until the Orange County Medical Society is now in possession of a well-selected and valuable library of a professional character. It is under the superintendenee of a librarian, who is appointed at the annual meetings of the association.
During the past few years the society has sent dele- gates to the American Medical Association, and is to be represented in 1881 by Drs. B. Pillsbury, Middle- town, and Sol. Van Etten, of Port Jervis.
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY.
At a meeting of homeopathic physicians of Orange County, held at the United States Hotel, Newburgh, Nov. 12, 1851, Dr. A. Gerald Hull, of Newburgh, was called to the chair, and Dr. Ira S. Bradner, of Scotch- town, was appointed secretary.
--
The chairman stated the object of the meeting to be " the organization of a Homoeopathic Medical Society of Orange County," wherenpon it was voted unanimously that such a society should then be or- ganized, and entitled "Homeopathic Medical Society. of Orange County."
The constitution and by-laws having been sub- mitted to the convention were, after discussion and amendment, unanimously adopted.
On motion, Dr. Everett, of Modena, Ulster Co., N. Y., was unanimously elected a member of the society.
The society then went into an election of officers for the ensuing year, and the following gentlemen were duly elected : A. Gerald Hull, M.D., Newburgh, president ; DeWitt C. Jayne, M.D., Florida, viee- president ; Ira S. Bradner, M.D., Scotchtown, secre- tary and treasurer ; William A. M. Culbert, M.D., Newburgh, corresponding secretary.
On motion, Drs. Hull and Culbert were appointed a committee to prepare an address to the publie on the recent action of the County Medical Society in refer- ence to homeopathy.
The secretary was instructed to procure a book in which to record the proceedings of the society, and on motion the society adjourned to meet at Goshen on the second Wednesday of February, 1852, at 12 o'clock noon.
The minutes of the meeting were signed by Ira S. Bradner, secretary.
The meetings of the society, as provided for in its by-laws, were to be held quarterly, on the second Wednesdays in November, February, May, and August.
At the annual meeting, held Nov. 10, 1852, at Go- shen, the by-laws were amended so as to read, "The association shall hold two regular meetings every year, one the second Wednesday in November, and one the second Wednesday in May each year, and at
nual meeting be held the second Wednesday of Oc- toher each year.
The society met the following October, and also on May 10, 1854, after which time no meetings of the society were held until Jan. 11, 1870. From the latter date semi-annual meetings were held for about three years, and from 1873 until 1881 the society has met quarterly.
The sessions of the society have been mostly at Newburgh, Goshen, Middletown, and Port Jervis, and some of the later meetings have been held at the Iloneopathic Asylum at Middletown. At the meet- ing held at Goshen, Oct. 8, 1873, on motion of Dr. Mitchell, the following bureaus were established : "Surgery,""Gynecology," " Materia Medica," "Prac- tieal Medicine." " Psychological Medicine," and " Ob- stetries," and the president at that and subsequent meetings appointed a chairman to present a report upon each bureau at each succeeding meeting.
From time to time papers were read by members of the society bearing upon important topies, among which were the following: "Occupation in its Rela- tion to Insanity," by Dr. Butler, in 1880 ; " Remedies for Delusion and some Characteristics for many of them," by Dr. Talcott, April 13, 1880; " Melancholia with Stupor," by Dr. Talcott, Oct. 12, 1880 ; " Re- straint or Non-Restraint of the Insane," by Dr. Tal- cott, Jan. 11, 1881 ; "Cellulitis," by Dr. Kinney, Jan. 11, 1881.
The following gentlemen have been elected and served as presidents of the society since its organiza- tion : Dr. A. Gerald Hull, 1852 ; Dr. J. W. Ostrom, 1853; Dr. D. C. Jayne, 1854; Dr. C. M. Lawrence, 1871; Dr. John J. Mitchell, 1873-75 ; Dr. J. W. Os- trom, 1876; Dr. C. M. Lawrence, 1877; Dr. J. W. Ostrom, 1878; Dr. Selden H. Talcott, 1879-80.
Dr. Ira S. Bradner has been secretary and treasurer from 1852 to 1881, inclusive.
The censors chosen by the society have been Henry R. Stiles, C. M. Lawrence, Ira S. Bradner, J. T. IIotch- kiss, and J. J. Mitchell.
The following have served as delegates to State Homoeopathic Medieal Society : A. Houghton, 1852; J. Temple Hotchkiss, 1870; C. M. Lawrence, 1870; Jno. J. Mitchell, 1873; F. W. Seward, 1873; Fred. II. Bradner, 1875; J. W. Ostrom, 1877 ; Jno. J. Mit- chell, 1877.
The following is a list of the membership in the order in which they have subscribed to the constitu- tion and by-laws of the society :
J. W. Ostrom, DeWitt C. Jayne, J. Temple Hotchkiss, Ira S. Bradner, C. M. Lawrence, A. Houghton, W. A. M. Culbert, Theo. P. Knapp, Jo- seph Hasbrouck, Frederick W. Seward, C. P. Saxton, E. II. Noble,
183
MEDICAL SOCIETIES.
George F Fonte, John J. Mitchell, Henry R. Stilen, Fred, J. Brad- ber, Arthur M, Woodruff, Henry C. Smallb, Clarence M. Couant, George Sthunger, W. Morrin Butler, A. P. MacDonald, Mle E. J. Pierre, T. Cury, Seldan H. Talrott, N. Buttons Paine, Floyd P. SbeldJou, Alonzo P. WITHamon, C. Sprocor Kinney, Mint Julia E. Bradner.
DEWITT CLINTON JAYNE, M. D .-- The Jayne family are of English origin, the earliest representative hav- ing been Samuel Jayne, a widower, who married after reaching this county, and had by this marriage three sons and one daughter, all residing on Long Island. The latter afterwards became Mrs. Phillips, whose husband was the progenitor of the family of that name who founded Phillipsburg, town of Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. One of the sons at a later period set- tled in Florida, Orange Co. Among his children was Samuel, who resided in Florida, married, and had six sons and six daughters, of whom a son, Stephen, was united in marriage to Miss Sarah, daughter of Seth Marvin, Esq., of Blooming-Grove, whose family were intimately associated with the war of the Revo- lution. Mr. and Mrs. Jayne were the parents of right children,-Amelia, Lewis M., Charles M., Emily, Dewitt. C., Maria, Seth M., and Harriet. Of this number Dewitt Clinton, whose carcer is here briefly epitomized, was born in Florida, Orange Co., Feb. 6, 1817. His boyhood was spent at the home of his father, where he pursued his studies at the public school, and later repaired to the Montgomery Acad- my at Montgomery, N. Y., and the Farmers' Acad- emy at Goshen, N. Y. Here he developed a taste for study and a power of application which contri- buted greatly to his success in after-years.
Having determined upon a professional career, he in 1834 entered the office of Dr. S. B. Barlow, of Florida, as a student of medicine and continued with him until his enrollment in the Medical Department of Yale College, from whence he graduated in 1839. He chose the place of his nativity as a desirable field of labor, where he has since that time resided. Dr. Jayne immediately expoused the cause of homeopathy, and meeting with some difficulties in the introduction of a new system of practice became for a time an ex- ponent of both schools of medicine. At a later period his labors were wholly devoted to the cause of homeopathy, of which he is now one of the leading representatives in the county. Dr. Jayne speedily entered upon an extended and lucrative practice. He at once established a reputation for skill in diagnosis and for untiring devotion to the interests of his patients. His counsel and experience were at a later period eagerly sought by students, many of whom began a successful medical careor under his direction. Dr. Jayne was both president and vice-president of the first howropathie society organized in Orange County, and continued an active member during its existenec. He has been a member of the American Institute of Honoropathy since 1867, and was in 1872 elected a trustee of the State Homeopathie Asylum at Middletown, N. Y. He has also devoted himself
with zeal to the public interests of the county, He has filled the position of director of the Goshen and Derkertown Railroad since its organization, and has been for thirty years identified with the Chester Na- tional Bank as a director. The doctor's early politi- cal affiliations were with the Democratic party. Hle subsequently became identified with the Republicans and was a member of the State Convention which met at Saratoga in 1854, whose object was the organi- zation of the party, and also of the Syracuse and Auburn Conventions of the same year. He is, how- ever, not a strong party man, and frequently independ- ent in the exercise of his franchise. He is a Presby- terian in his religions preferences, and his family regular attendants upon the worship of that church. Dr. Jayne was married Dec. 20, 1849, to Miss Mary Augusta, daughter of Edwin P. Seward, of Florida, and brother of Hon. William H. Seward, who-e birthplace was also Florida.
J. W. OSTROM, M.D .- His father, Rev. James I. Ostrom, was born at Pleasant Valley, Duchess Co., N. Y., in November, 1761, and spent his active life as a Presbyterian clergyman.
He began his labors as a minister in the Presbyte- rian Church of Marlborough, Ulater Co., N. Y., in 1810, where he remained, with great devotion to his calling, until 1829, when he was called to the Salina Presbyterian Church in Onondaga Co., N. Y., and preached for four years, thence to Little Falls for two years, and in 1835 returned to the Marlborough Church, where he remained until 1838, and for the following ten years was pastor of a church in New York City. During his pastorate there his wife, who was a devoted Christian woman and a faithful helper in church work, died. This sad event so affected him that he gave up the ministry for a while, and resided in Goshen with his son, Dr. Ostrom, but be- coming restless under a seeming duty to follow the ministry, to which he had devoted his life, he ar- cepted a call from the New Windsor Presbyterian Church, where he labored until it seemed proper for him to retire from service there, on account of his earnest advocacy of the Union cause and support of the principles of freedom during the late civil war. Ile married again and resided in Marlborough, where he first began bis ministerial labors, until his death, which occurred in September, 1871. His first wife was Eliza, daughter of Col. Joshua Ward, of Pleasant Valley, who bore him the following children that grew to manhood and womanhood : Adelia, wife of Mr. Hunt- ley, of Salina, N. Y .; Dr. J. W. Ostrom, subject of this sketch ; James, for many years a merchant in New York ; Harriet ; and John, who died while pre- paring for the ministry at college, in New York.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.