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DR. J. H. WHITE. The aged Nestor of the profession, Dr. J. H. White, located in the county in 1841, and died July 13, 1907. He was born in Lewis County, New York, in 1817. He received his education in the common schools, and his medical education at the Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, After his graduation he was located in Mill- ville, now Warrensburg, for a short time, and then in Ashley for five years, when he came to Delaware. His social and temperate habits, combined with his professional qualifications, soon brought him into a large practice. His strong constitution gave him endurance to contend with all kinds of roads and weather
by day and night During the war he was a contract surgeon for the camp near the city. He was associated for some time with one of his students, Dr. W. T. Constant, in profes- sional work. By mutual consent the partner- ship was dissolved. He became a charter mem- ber, in 1859, of William Street Church, and was one of its trustees for twenty years. He was, while in practice, a member of the State and Delaware County Medical Societies, and was always present to take an active part in the work. In 1849 he took the California gold fever, and crossed the Rocky Mountains. The western life cured the fever, and he re- turned the following year. For many years his familiar face could be seen at his home and office on Sandusky Street. In 1890 he gave up the practice to a large extent, but pre- scribed for his old patients until about 1896, when he refused all professional labor. A short time before his death he suffered a par- tial stroke of paralysis, but had not been seen on the streets of Delaware for several years. He was always glad to meet his friends at his home, and he was one of the most cheerful, intelligent and interesting citizens of Dela- ware. He had accumulated a competency and resided in his beautiful home on the corner of William and Franklin Streets in Delaware, Ohio.
DR. J. McCANN. Another wise counsellor of the profession of the county is Dr. J. Mc- Cann, who was born in 1824 in Muskingum County, Ohio. The foundation of his wonder- ful mental and physical development, like that of that stalwarts of his early days, was laid while working on the farm of his father, Max- well McCann, He mastered all that was taught in the common schools before reaching the age of twenty-one. In the spring of 1847 he entered the office of Drs. Beakman and Ball at Irville, Ohio, and attended lectures in the Starling Medical College, from which he graduated later. He began the practice in Licking County, Ohio. After his marriage to Miss Margaret Waters, daughter of Dr. R. A. Waters of Irville in 1850, he located in Nash- port, Ohio. In 1854 he removed to Irville,
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where he remained in active practice until 1869, when he came to Delaware to give his four children the advantages of a college edit- cation ; three of whom graduated from the "O. W. U." with high honors. After nearly fifty years of continual work in the profession he retired in 1904 from active work. Yet at the age of eighty-three he has attended some dif- ficult cases with the same pleasure and skill as of many years ago. He has always been known as a true worker in his Master's vine- yard from youth up, and today enjoys attend- ing divine worship at Asbury M. E. Church more than ever. The doctor for many years was a member of the State and County Medi- cal Societies. His earnest and active work in them was a great stimulus to the younger men. Notwithstanding his advanced age, his mind is as active and exact as ever, and he shows no bodily infirmities. His eklest daugh- ter is a teacher in the public schools. The eldest son,
DR. JOSEPH MCCANN, followed in the footsteps of his illustrious father. He was born in 1854, and graduated from the "O W. U." in 1876. He read medicine with his fa- ther, and graduated from the Columbia Medi- cal College in 1879. First locating in Radnor, Delaware County, Ohio, and afterward at Mill- ville or Warrensburg, he soon accepted a ten- dered position at the Keeley Institute at Marysville, Ohio. After a few years, he was sent to Columbus, Ohio, to practice in the branch of the same Institute, where he is lo- cated now.
DR. E. H. HYATT, the subject of this sketch, undoubtedly was one of the best known physicians and surgeons that Delaware ever had. He was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1827. Ile attended an academy for a time near Wooster, Ohio, and entered the junior class of Ohio Wesleyan University in 1850, and graduated in 1852. He studied medicine at the Starling Medical College, and received his diploma from there in 1856. After his graduation he felt that he was called to the ministry; but soon gave it up, and entered upon the practice of medicine at Bellpoint. At
the outbreak of the war he organized a com- pany at Chesterville, Morrow County, Ohio, and was elected captain. He, together with his company, was mustered into the service in 1861, September 3rd, with the Twentieth Regi- ment, O. V. I. After the battle at Fort Don- elson in 1862, he was discharged on account of sickness. Before entering the service, he was married to Miss Eliza Ely, a daughter of one of the prominent families in Delaware. Upon his return from the service he located in Delaware in 1862. He was a thorough stu- dent, and possessed one of the best selected libraries in the county. He built up and held a large practice until he retired from the field of labor to enjoy a well earned rest. His var- satile habits of study, and adaptability pecu- liarly fitted him for the many positions he was called upon to fill during his life. He was one of the organizers of the Columbus Medical College, and filled the Chair of Materia Medica, and Therapeutics for eighteen years. Then for two years he lectured on the Theory and Practice of Medicine. He was elected to the presidency of the Ohio State Medical So- ciety, and of the County Medical Association. He was the surgeon of the C., C., C. & St. L. R. R. for twenty-five years ; and during that time was called to different parts of the sys- tem to give expert testimony for the road in many cases of injury. He was in early life an ardent . Democrat. Later he advocated the Prohibition doctrine, and finally, under the teachings of President Mckinley, became a staunch supporter of Republicanism. It was under the last that he was elected to the town Council and became its president in 1894. He was a member of the George B. Torrence Post No. 60. His first wife died in 1871, and in 1873 he married Miss Johnston of Ashiley, Ohio, by whom he had two sons, Frank, now a professor of music in Boston, and Gaylord, the second son, who is preparing to follow in the footsteps of his father. * *
DR. WILLIAM T. CONSTANT was a versa- tile genius. He was born on a farm (as nearly all of the subjects of these sketches were), in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1842.
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His father was raised in old Kentucky. After finishing his common school education he be- gan teaching. Ile was a steamboat engineer for a time. He then with his small savings, entered the "O. W. U." here, in Delaware, and graduated in 1861. He enlisted in Com- pany I, Fourth O. V. I., as a private, and was promoted rapidly from private to second, to first lieutenant, and to the captaincy of the company. He was in the battles of Rich Mountain. Greenbriar. Romney and the Wil- clerness, and Fredericksburg. After being hon- orably discharged, he returned to Delaware and finished his medical education in the Cleveland Medical College, in 1868. His of- fice reading was done in the office of the illus -. trious Dr. T. B. Williams, whose biography is in the old Delaware County history and he was a student of Dr. J. H. White also. Dr. Constant was at one time first assistant super- intendent in the old Central Lunatic Asylum under the eminent Dr. Ralph Hills. Dr. Con- stant was an indefatigable worker, and was filled with unbounded energy. Ile worked up to his final sickness. He was at one time as- sociated in the practice of medicine with the old Nestor, Dr. J. H. White, and afterwards for a short time with Dr. J. A. Caruthers. He served as U. S. pension examiner for eighteen years. He held many official positions in city affairs. Early in life he united with William Street Church, and was a member until the time of his death. He was an active member of the G. A. R. and of the I. O. O. F. He (lied at the age of forty-eight years.
DR. A. E. WESTBROOK, of AAshley, Ohio, was born in 1840 at South Woodbury, Mor- row County, Ohio. His father came to Ohio in 1816. The doctor was educated at Mlt. Hesper Seminary, and at the Ohio Wesleyan University. He read medicine with Dr. I. 11. Pennock at Cardington, Ohio, who was one of the best-read physicians in the State. He grad- uated from the Cincinnati College of Medi- cine and Surgery in 1863, and soon after en- tered the army with the One Hundred and Sixth O. V. I. as surgeon, which position he held until the close of the war. A part of the
time while in the service, he had charge of the Post Hospital, and was medical director on the staff of Brigadier-General Payne. He also had charge of the Forts Negley, Huston and Morton at Nashville, Tennessee. After the close of the war he returned to Ashley and at once entered upon a large practice. Notwith- standing he is nearly three score years and ten, he is full of vigor, and enjoying his work. He never made any distinction between the poor and the rich; but was always ready to attend the afflicted and those who needed his services. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Ohio Medical Society and belonged to the old Delaware County . Medical Association, and served as president of it at one time in 1878. He has always been an active member in the schools of his town, and has served in various capacities many years. He was married to Judge Cun- ard's daughter at Mt. Gilead.
DR. JOHN W. N. VOGT is the son of Rev. John Vogt, who was one of the most beloved and best known pastors in Delaware for many years. Dr. Vogt was born at Seven Miles. Butler County, Ohio, in 1852. He came to Delaware with the family in 1863, when the father was called to the pastorate of the Ger- man Reform Church. He was given a fin- ished education, and afterward became an ex- pert druggist, which profession he followed for many years, when he entered the office of Dr. E. H. Hyatt to read medicine. After graduating at the Columbus Medical College with high honors, he became a partner of his illustrious preceptor in 1876. Two years la- ter he went into an office alone; but after a short time became associated with Dr. John O. McDowell for three years-1880 to 1883. when he opened an office again by himself. and has since continued in practice. Dr. Vogt was and is a great student, both of medical and general literature. lle has accumulated one of the largest and finest libraries in the county. There never was a more genial and more honorable member of the profession in the county. His counsel for many years has been sought by his professional brethren
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throughout the county, and he has always been found to be true to the patient and to his associates. He has been a member of the State and County Medical Societies. For sev- eral years he was a member of the Board of U. S. Pension Examiners. He is now in his prime and has many useful years of labor ahead of him.
DR. WILLIAM MERRICK SEMANS was born in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, December 29, 1861, the old home of his mother. He was educated in the city schools, graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1883 and had conferred upon him the A. B. degree in 1883; and the B. S. and M. A. degrees in 1886; and M. D. from the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1887. From 1887 to 1890 he was associate physician in the Toledo Insane Asylum. He returned to his old home in 1890 and began the practice of medicine. He was married to Miss Jessie Freeman of Mt. Vernon in 1891. He is a member of Hiram Lodge, F. and A. M., No. 18; R. A. M., Chapter No. 54: Delaware Council No. 84, R. & S. M .; Marion Com- mandery No. 36, K. T .; Aladdin Temple ; Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has been secretary of all the Masonic bodies of Dela- ware for fourteen years, and is now one of the most active and proficient Masons of the State. He served for a number of years as a member of the Board of Examiners of the U. S. Pension Board at Delaware, Ohio. * *
DR. EDWARD MERRICK SEMANS was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1863. Like his brother, he attended the public schools, and graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1886. He took the A. M. degree in 1889: and the M. D. degree from the Miami Medical Col- lege of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1890. He was major of the Fourth O. V. I. in the Spanish- American War, and served his time in Porto Rico. He was married to Miss Sallie Reed of Portsmouth, in 1895. He is a member of Hiram Lodge No. 18, FF. & A. M., and Dela- ware Chapter No. 54. R. A. M. Drs. Wil- liam and Edward are sons of Prof. W. O.
Semans, who graduated from the O. W. U. in 1857, and held a professorship of chemistry in his Alma Mater from that time until his death in 1904. It was under his teachings that these physicians were brought to a high scholarship in this important branch of their profession, and the permanent foundation of superior scholarship in all of the departments of medicine as well as of science was laid. From childhood they have had before them the teach- ings of honesty, sobriety, and morality. Fol- lowing in the footsteps of their illustrious father and uncle, President F. M. Merrick of the "O. W. U.," they continue their studious habits; selecting to study the medical and scientific books of the finest writers. They have always been associated together in the practice of medicine. Their true fraternal friendship with the profession none may ques- tion. Their rebuke to pretense and bluff and sham all will admit. Early in life they united with the William Street Church, and have fulfilled the requirements to their Master in the highest degree. No two physicians in the county ever had such a wide acquaintance. They are known by the hundreds of students of the University throughout this and foreign lands. The profession and citizens are proud to have such representative men. They are members of the State and County Medical So- cieties and the American Medical Association. Dr. Edward M. Semans is a member of the Board of Education of the city of Delaware, Ohio.
DR. ARTHUR H. BUCK is the second son of John T. Buck, county surveyor and engineer for many years of Morrow County. He was born in 1868 near Cardington, Ohio. This precocious youth began attending the country school nearly two years before the school age, and graduated from the High School at Card- ington at the age of eighteen. Ile read medi- cine in the office of Dr. C. C. Dunham at Ful- ton. Ohio, and graduated from the Columbus Medical College in 1891. Before his gradua- tion from High School he began teaching school, and taught after finishing his studies in Cardington-nearly three years
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in all. He began the practice of medicine at Marits. Morrow County, Ohio. After a short time he sold out to another physician and moved to Lima, Ohio. and took post-graduate work in electric therapeutics, and was given a position in the faculty to lecture. He remained there one year, when he came to Delaware in 1899. He was married to Miss Dora B. Strawman, of Caledonia in 1895. She died in Delaware in 1903. leaving two children. He married in 1906 Miss Jennie L. Hartje, of McComb. Ohio. Dr. Buck is a member of the Meth- odist Church. He belongs to the I. O. O. F., and the F. & A. M. and is a member of the State and County Medical Societies. He is the surgeon of Delaware Magnetic Springs Electric Railway.
DR. J. K. JAMES was born in Ripley, Brown County. Ohio, in the year 1868. The correct teaching and high moral training of his Welsh father and mother were planted in good soil. and are now bringing forth a rich har- vest. The father, Rev. E. P. James, filled many important pulpits during his life. and left the imprints of his life work upon the ser- eral communities. Dr. James was educated and graduated from the High School of Bethel (where his father was then stationed) in 1887. He became a great favorite in the dif- ferent places where his father was called to take charge of a new congregation. The son. a great lover of music, often filled a place in band organizations, as well as in the church choir and concerts, with much credit to him- self and satisfaction to his friends. The time of life had arrived when it became necessary for the father to retire from the active minis- terial labor : and he came to Delaware to give his children a college education. In 1890 the move was made: Dr. James preceding his fa- ther two years to attend the "O. W. U .. " where he remained for four years. He en- tered the office of Dr. D. E. Hughes, and at- tended lectures in the Ohio Medical Univer- sity at Columbus, Ohio, from which he gradu- ated in 1897. He immediately opened an office in Delaware. He made electrical thera-
peutics a special study, and equipped his of- fice with one of the finest outfits in the State. He has always observed his office hours to the minute, and thus has built up a large office practice as well as outside work. He added to his electrical outfit the X-ray, much to the benefit of not only the profession, but to the public in general. He is now making the eye a special study, and has procured a com- plete optical outfit. In 1897 he married Miss Maud Stanton, and has a son, Dor- rance.
DR. WILLIAM HUNTINGTON WOODWORTII was born at Millfield, Athens County, Ohio, in 1865. After attending the public schools. he took the B. S. degre in the "N. N. C." at Lebanon, Ohio. in 1888. He graduated from the College of Physicians at Baltimore, Mary- land, in 1890. After practicing for about five years at Corning. Ohio, he located in Delaware. For a few years he was associated with his brother. Dr. John B. Woodworth. After being in the practice here for some time. he went East and took a post-graduate course. He married and then returned to Delaware. He has always taken an active part in the Medical Societies to which he belongs-Ohio State Medical Society. Delaware County Medical Society, and the Tenth District Medi- cal Society. He has devoted much of his time to electric therapeutics, stomach diseases. and the eye, especially optical work.
DR. JOHN B. WOODWORTH was born at , Millfield, Athens County, Ohio, in 1869. He was educated at the common schools, and at the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He became a very successful school teacher and taught for five years in his na- tive county. He read medicine, and attended Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, from 1893 to 1896, when he took his de- gree. He located in Delaware, and associated himself with his brother for several years, when he opened an office alone. He is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church. He was elected secretary of the Delaware County Medical Society under the new organization in
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1903, and has been re-elected each year since. He resigned the position in May, 1907, to take a post-graduate course before going to his new field of work in Texas. He goes to this drier climate for the benefit of his throat trouble. He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society. He married Miss Melinda Hill, of Athens County, Ohio. *
DR. JAMES H. HUGHES was a son of a pioneer Presbyterian minister in this vicinity, whose life work and faithfulness grow brighter as the years pass. The son was born near Delaware in 1854. From the common schools near the old farm, he entered the of- fice of Dr. E. H. Hyatt to read medicine. He graduated from the Columbus Medical Col- lege in 1879. He married Miss Ada McCann, youngest daughter of Dr. J. McCann of Dela- ware, and at once located in the city to prac- tice. He began at once upon an eventful ca- reer. He had a large country practice ; but overwork soon broke down his health, and he went to California to rest. He died in 1888, soon after reaching the health resort, and was brought back for burial. He was associated for some time in the practice with his preceptor.
DR. DORRANCE E. HUGHES, brother of Dr. J. 11. Hughes, read medicine with Dr. J. W. N. Vogt. He was born in 1856, near Delaware, Ohio. He graduated from the Mi- ami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1881. Upon his return home he married Miss Emma Newhouse, and at once located at Hyattsville, where he remained five years, when he came to Delaware to practice his profession. No kinder physician ever admin- istered to the afflicted. He never recognized any cast; all afflicted were alike to him. His large practice has made inroads upon his ruddy constitution, and all see the time coming when he must begin to husband his strength. He was elected president of the Delaware County Medical Society in 1907. He is also a member of the State Medical Society, and a member of the City Council.
DR. ABRAHAM VIRGIL CONKLIN was born in 1832, in Westfield, Ohio. He is a son of Jacob Conklin, a soldier of 1812, under Gen- eral McArthur. He received his education in the common schools, and at Mt. Hesper Semi- nary. After ten years of school teaching. he learned telegraphy, and was employed at Wooster and other places for some years. In 1866 he graduated in the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio. He located near his old home and began the practice at Dela- ware, Ohio, and afterward moved to Waldo. Marion County. After a short time, he moved to South Woodbury, Morrow County, and in a few years located in the country near Dela- ware, where he now lives. Years of hard la- bor have told upon him, and after nearly four score years he has retired from work. * *
DR. W. T. Ropp was born in West Vir- ginia in 1833. He came to Delaware in 1859, and attended the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity. He read medicine in the office of Dr. C. Welch, and graduated from the Medi- cal College of Ohio at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1863. In January, 1864. he enlisted in the Thirty-third Regiment, O. V. I., and was dis- charged honorably from the service, July 12. 1865. He was an assistant surgeon of the regiment. He went with the army to the sea under General Sherman. After his return home he became a partner of his proceptor for a short time, when he located at Bell- point, Ohio. He married a Mrs. Cutler, and located on his farm between Delaware and Bellpoint, where he remained until his death. While living on the farm he devoted a greater portion of his time to his profession in the surrounding country, and at the Girls' In- dustrial Home, a State Institution about five miles from his farm. He was appointed physi- cian to the Home soon after it was located. and for twenty years did good and faithful work for the State. He belonged to the Odd Fellows, the Masonic Order, the G. A. R., and to the State and County Medical Societies. He died in 1899.
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DR. W. HENRY PULFORD, the Nestor of the Homeopathic School, is rapidly nearing his four score years; yet there "seems no sor- row or pain" for this worthy practitioner. His quick and upright walk of many miles each day will classify him with the younger members of the profession. He was born in Woodhouse Carr, near Leeds. England, in 1829. He studied chemistry and pharmacy in Bradford. Yorkshire, England , in 1853. He entered the homeopathic practice under Dr. Evans, his preceptor, in 1858, and gradu- ated from the Homeopathic College near Bath, West London, England, in 1864. He prac- ticed pharmacy and medicine in Bradford, England, until 1875, when he came to America. After visiting one year in his adopted country, he was induced to locate at Ashley, Ohio, in 1877. After eighteen years of hard work he went to Connecticut to visit. and was persuaded to locate. In 1892 he came to Cleveland, Ohio, and took a course of lectures in the Homeopathic school there, and graduated there in 1894, and at once became a member of the faculty. Ile subsequently came to Delaware and has since been doing his share of work. He is a member of the Con- necticut and Ohio Homeopathic Societies, and of the International American Homeopathic Institute.
DR. WILLIAM FRANCIS CRICKARD is the oldest son of an old soldier who served his country long and well. The farm life de- veloped a mentally and physically strong man in Dr. Crickard. He was an apt student and made the best use of every moment of his time. He was born in Knox County, Ohio, in 1850, and after several years, came with his father's family to this county. He en- tered the office of our eminent Dr. McCann in 1871, and attended lectures and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1874. He came to Delaware and opened an office. He has never changed his location. The patients under his care always received the closest and best attention. He has been exceptionally kind to those who have had to fight the battle of life as bread win-
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