History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 106

Author: Nelson, S.B., Cincinnati
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Cincinnati : S. B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1592

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J. T. KNOX, M. D., was born in Butler county, Ohio, October 1, 1846, the second of the five sons of James H. and Adaline E. (Thomas) Knox, the former of whom was born, reared and educated in Butler county, where he spent seventy-seven years of his life, dying there in 1892. During his business life he was a farmer. He and his wife were of Scotch descent.

Dr. Knox was reared on the farm in Butler county, and secured his literary edu- cation at Miami University, graduating from that institution in 1869. He studied medicine, and was graduated from the Ohio State Medical College in 1875, Dr. P. S. Conner being one of his teachers. Dr. Knox located in Cincinnati in 1875, and has been engaged exclusively in the practice ever since; was elected city physician in 1875, and held the position eleven successive years. . He is a member of the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati. He is a prominent Mason, a Knight Templar, and a member of the Mystic Shrine. Dr. Knox was united in marriage, at Hamilton, Ohio, to the daughter of Dr. Henry and Ann (Rider) Mallory, of that city, of German and English descent. This union has been blessed with two children: Gertrude Mal- lory and Norma Josephine.

C. S. MUSCROFT, M. D., was born August 17, 1852, in Cincinnati, son of Dr. C. S. and Harriet (Palmer) Muscroft, the former of whom was born, in 1820, at Shef- field, England, the latter in Indiana. His father came with his parents from Eng- land to Cincinnati in 1828. Here he was reared, educated, studied medicine, and was graduated at the Ohio Medical College in 1843. He then engaged in the prac- tice of medicine in Cincinnati until 1861, when he went with the Ninth Ohio Volun- teer Infantry as regimental surgeon, was shortly afterward transferred to the Tenth Regiment, and later became brigade surgeon under Gen. Thomas. After returning from the war he continued the practice of medicine until the day of his death. He built up for himself an enviable reputation and left an example worthy the imitation and admiration of the rising generations. The subject of this sketch was the only child that grew to maturity. He was reared and educated in private and public schools of Cincinnati, studied medicine, and in 1875 was graduated from the Miami Medical College, immediately commencing the regular practice of medicine and sur-

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gery in Cincinnati, in which he has since been actively engaged. He has held many positions of importance in a professional way. He is an active member of the Academy of Medicine at Cincinnati and the Ohio Medical Society. He was appointed quarantine physician against the yellow fever in 1878-79; in 1880 he served Cincin- nati as police surgeon; in 1882 he was elected coroner and served one term. The Doctor is an advocate of one-term service in all elective offices. He now holds the responsible position of surgeon for several railroads: the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad; the "Big Four" railroad; C. L. & Northern railroad; and is also surgeon for sev- eral street railroad lines, the Cincinnati Street Railway Company, the Mt. Adams and Eden Park railroad, Cincinnati Incline Railway Company, and other lines. He is also surgeon for the Cincinnati Suburban Telegraph Association. The Doctor served as a member of the staff of St. Mary's Hospital for fifteen years. He is a prominent member of the Society of Elks, has passed all the chairs in the subordinate lodge, and served one term as district deputy. In politics he is a Democrat. Dr. Muscroft was united in marriage March 12, 1882, in Cincinnati, with Miss Stella, daughter of Charles C. and Anna (Wood) Collins. She is of English descent. This union has been blessed with three children: Charles C., Edward Walter and Florence Eliza- beth. Mrs. Muscroft is a member of the Episcopal Church.

WELSER L. WILLIAMS, homeopathic physician and surgeon, office and residence corner Woodburn and Gilbert avenues, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, was born in Cin- cinnati, October 11, 1852, a son of Milton L. and Caroline C. (Welser) Williams. The former was born September 18, 1814, in Cincinnati, the latter March 21, 1818, in Philadelphia. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, died December 18, 1870, and the mother May 7, 1885. Milton L. Williams was a son of Peter Will- iams, a farmer by occupation, and a Virginian by birth, who came to Cincinnati in 1804. Caroline C. Welser, mother of our subject, was a daughter of Godfrey Welser, a practicing physician of Philadelphia, of German descent. Our subject received his early education in Delaware, Ohio, studied medicine under Dr. George Menden- hall, and afterward with Dr. W. G. Pendery, and graduated, February 11, 1875, from the Pulte Medical College of Cincinnati, immediately beginning the practice of his profession, making a specialty of the diseases of women and children. The Doctor is a member of the Homeopathic State Medical Society of Ohio, the Cincin- nati Homeopathic Lyceum, and the National Union. He was married February 7, 1888, to Clara B., daughter of John and Ellen Espey Roberts. The family are Epis- copalians.

GEORGE WASHINGTON PRUGH, physician and surgeon, office and residence No. 491 Eastern avenue, was born, in 1849, in Miami county, Ohio. a son of Jesse and Ann Rebecca (Darner) Prugh, natives of Frederick county, Md., of German descent. Jesse Prugh, father of our subject, was born in 1817, cleared a farm in Miami county, Ohio, in 1849, and successfully managed same until 1869, when he entered the queensware business in Piqua, Ohio; meeting with reverses, he again engaged in farming, which he continued to follow for several years, and then returned to Piqua, where he now lives in retirement. Ann Rebecca Prugh was born in 1822, and is still living in their home in Piqua. Jesse Prugh is a son of John and Cathe- rine E. (Haynes) Prugh, of German descent, whose parents were natives of Ger- many.

Our subject received his early education in the public schools of Miami county, and the high schools at Piqua, Ohio, studied medicine with Dr. George S. Hyde, of Piqua, graduated from the Ohio Medical College in 1875, and at once began the practice of his profession in Cincinnati. The Doctor was formerly a member of the Loveland Medical Society, and the Hamilton County Medical Association. He is a member of the Academy of Medicine, Cincinnati, and of the I. O. O. F., Fraternal Mystic Circle, and the Knights of Honor. He has frequently contributed various articles to the local medical journals, and is one of the few physicians whose prac-

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tice requires his whole time and attention. Dr. Prugh was married, October 15, 1878, to Lucy (Maxwell) Shipley, daughter of Richard W. and Mary E. Shipley, natives of Maryland and England, respectively, and of English descent. This happy union has been blessed with one child: George Shipley Prugh, born December 24, 1890. The family are members of the Methodist Church, and politically the Doctor is a lifelong Republican.

SAMUEL ROBERT GEISER, A. M., M. D., office and residence No. 1511 Baymiller street, Cincinnati, was born near Fredericksburg, Osage Co., Mo., April 16, 1850. He is a son of John Abraham and Susan Catherine (Clossner) Geiser, both natives of Germany, the former of whom was a noted musician and composer of music in Germany and France, and also director of an orchestra of fifty pieces. In America he followed the flour and milling business until his death, which occurred Decem- ber 24, 1870, when he was seventy-two years of age. Susan (Clossner) Geiser departed this life August 13, 1873, when fifty-seven years of age. Dr. Geiser received his early education at the Central College at Warrenton, Mo., and subse- quently became a teacher of music in that institution. He graduated in medicine February 11, 1875, from Pulte Medical College, Cincinnati, after which he attended a post-graduate school of medicine and Polyclinic in New York City, and took a post-graduate course at Chicago, Ill. He then returned to Cincinnati and opened an office at No. 182 Everett street, where he remained one year, and then removed to his present location. The Doctor is a member of the Homeopathic State Society, American Institute of Homeopathy, and the Homeopathic Lyceum, of which he is president. He is a lecturer on diseases of children at Pulte Medical College, and a frequent contributor to various homeopathic journals, and to State Society proceedings. This gentleman was united in marriage, March 22, 1876, with Miss Tillie R. Prior, daughter of C. W. and Mary E. Prior, natives of Germany, the former of whom was a contractor and builder, and a leading citizen of Cincin- nati. Two children have blessed this union, Charles Edward, born May 5, 1878, and Helen Prior, born June 21, 1888. Dr. Geiser came to Cincinnati in 1873, a stranger in a strange city, and after graduation began the practice of his profession amongst strangers. In a very short time his ability became recognized, and his practice has largely increased, until to-day he enjoys one of the most extensive and lucrative practices of any homeopathic physician in Cincinnati.

JOSEPH WATSON, physician and surgeon, No. 523 Eastern avenue, Cincinnati, was born March 10, 1853, in the house he now occupies. He is the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Stone) Watson, the former of whom, born March 20, 1830, near Eliza- beth, Penn., died March 19, 1886. This gentleman followed boat building until the breaking out of the Civil war, when he enlisted in the navy of the North, and served during the entire conflict. After the close of the war he resumed boat building, and continued to follow it up to the time of his death. Joseph Watson, Sr., was a member of the F. & A. M. He was a self-educated and self-made man; receiving his first lessons in an old log schoolhouse near the place of his birth, he worked by day, and studied at night, thus accumulating his store of knowledge. He had no superior in his line of work at the time of his death. Joseph Watson, Sr., was a son of John and Lydia (Wycoff) Watson, of Virginia. John Watson's parents were John and Elizabeth (Hare) Watson, of England. Elizabeth Stone, mother of our subject, was born in Cincinnati, May 15, 1831, and died June 11, 1877. She was a daughter of Elias and Julia M. (Genoway) Stone, of Virginia.

Joseph Watson (our subject) received his early education in the public schools of Cincinnati, studying medicine under Prof. James T. Whittaker, and graduating from the Medical College of Ohio in the spring of 1876. During his college days he took special courses of study under Drs. Carson, Bartholomew, Comegys and Thornton. He secured the Dawson prize in 1875. From 1875 to 1876 he served in the Cincinnati Hospital with the lamented and brilliant Stallo, and after gradua-

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tion located his office at his present home, where he has since practiced with the exception of two years, when he was engaged in teaching anatomy in the Cincinnati College. Dr. Watson is a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine and the Walnut Hills Medical Society, of the F. & A. M., of whichi he is a 32 degree Mason, K. T., and I. O. O. F. Dr. Watson was married, January 1, 1881, to Katie Fink, daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Wasser) Fink, natives of Germany, the former of whom was born in Bavaria, the latter in Hesse-Darmstadt. They have one son, Joseph, Jr., born March 19, 1892. Mrs. Watson's parents came to this country when about sixteen years of age. Mrs. Watson was born July 14, 1865; she is a member of the Episcopal Church. Dr. Watson was reared a Presbyterian, and politically he is a Republican.

WILLIAM KNIGHT, physician and surgeon, office No. 119 Garfield place, was born December 11, 1851, in London, England, a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Carter) Knight, the former a wholesale and retail stationer. Owing to the loss of a large sum of money by endorsing, he decided to try his fortune in America, and in 1853 sailed with his family for New York City; in the same year he lost the remnant of his fortune in the Erie railroad at New York. In 1885 he removed his family to Cincinnati, where he engaged as bookkeeper with John Swasey & Company. In 1861 with his family, then consisting of wife and nine children, he removed to Charleston, W. Va., where he opened a wholesale and retail grocery. His two younger sons, William and Harry, were sent to a private school conducted by Rev. Mr. Blair, and for several years they enjoyed the privilege of study with this excel- lent man. The sudden death of their father, in 1866, left them in straitened cir- cumstances, and William and his brother Harry were compelled to leave the tuition of Rev. Mr. Blair and come to Cincinnati.

Here William entered a drug store, and a few years later studied medicine with his present and lifelong friend, Dr. H. C. Juler. In the spring of 1876 he gradu- ated from the Medical College of Ohio, and has since practiced with his preceptor, Dr. Juler. In 1881 Dr. Knight was appointed demonstrator of anatomy at the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, and in 1885 succeeded Prof. Charles Kearns as professor of anatomy and oral surgery at the same institution, a position he still holds. He is a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He is also surgeon to the Order of St. George. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., in which at various times he has held positions of honor. Dr. Knight has contributed several articles to the local medical journals, a few of which we mention: "History of Anatomy in Ancient Times; " "Excision of the Upper Jaw;" "Tumor of the Lower Jaw;" "Hyper- trophy of the Gums;" "Resection of the Lower Jaw for Permanent Closure;" "Salivary Fistula." Dr. Knight's special study and pleasure is oral surgery. This gentleman was united in marriage, April 11, 1890, in Louisville, Ky., with Miss Agnes, daughter of Daniel McLain, and by this marriage two children have been born, Elizabeth Carter Knight and Richard Juler Knight. Dr. Knight and wife are members of the Episcopal Church.

GEORGE WASHINGTON ROFELTY, physician and surgeon, office and residence No. 248 Hamilton avenue, Cincinnati, was born in Green township, Hamilton Co., Ohio, October 5, 1851. He is a son of William Justis and Catherine Ann (Markland) Ro- felty, both of whom were born in Hamilton county, the former in January, 1828, the latter October 19, 1831. William J. Rofelty commenced teaching school when quite a young man, and later became a farmer, following that occupation until his death, which occurred January 20, 1876. He was a son of Eli and Susana (Miller) Rofelty. Eli Rofelty's parents were original Pennsylvania-German stock, who came to Hamil- ton county in the year 1800.

Dr. Rofelty received his early education in the common schools, and when six- teen years of age received a teacher's certificate, after which he taught school in the

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winter, and used the finances thus accumulated in attending Normal College at Lebanon, Ohio, in the summer, until he was twenty-two years of age, when he entered the Medical College of Ohio, paying all his fees except graduation at this- institution by work in the dispensary and assisting in the various clinics. He grad- uated in the spring of 1876, having studied under Dr. Weidler and Prof. H. C. Baum, and immediately opened an office for the practice of his profession at Mount Healthy, and later moving to his present location. Dr. Rofelty was united in mar- riage, December 31, 1876, with Mrs. Mary M. Wright, née Jackson, daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Riddle) Jackson. Nancy Riddle was a daughter of Col. John Riddle, one of the pioneer settlers of Mill Creek Valley, whose ancestry dates back in Scottish history to a very early date. One child has blessed this union, Clarence Rofelty, who is now a student in electricity. George Francis Wright, a stepson of Dr. Rofelty, is a mechanical engineer in the office of Mr. Bert Baldwin, of Cincin- nati, mechanical engineer of the Cincinnati Consolidated railroad. Dr. Rofelty has devoted and still devotes all his spare time to botany and geology.

HENRY WARREN HAWLEY, physician and surgeon, office No. 129 West Ninth street, was born March 31, 1854, in Medina, Orleans Co., N. Y. He is a son of Edward P. and Eunice A. (Bruce) Hawley, the former born at Lockport, N. Y., December 25, 1820, the latter at Medina December 26, 1828. The father graduated in dentistry, and practiced in Rochester and Medina until the beginning of the Civil war, when he entered the milling business. Mrs. Eunice Hawley departed this life in 1882; she was a direct descendant of the Bruce family of Scotland. Dr. Hawley received his early education in Medina, N. Y., studied medicine with Dr. R. S. Bishop, of that city, and graduated from Pulte Medical College in 1877. He opened an office for the practice of his profession at Vincennes, Ind., after a time removed to Rochester, thence to Toledo, and thence, in October, 1882, to Cincinnati. Dr. Hawley makes a specialty of gynecology, and has contributed various articles for medical journals. He is a member of the F. & A. M. He was united in mar- riage, in September, 1879, with Miss May, daughter of William and Emma Martin, of Cincinnati, and this union has been blessed with one daughter, Emma Louisa Hawley, born October 9, 1880. The family are members of the Congregational Church.

JOHN M. SHALLER, M. D., office No. 49 Webster street, was born in Cincinnati May 19, 1856, son of Michael and Louisa (Nicer) Shaller, natives of Germany, whence they emigrated to Memphis, Tenn., in 1832, and in 1853 came to Cincinnati. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati, and at the military acad- emy of Lexington, Ky. A three years' clerkship in a drug store afforded a valuable introduction to the study of medicine, which he pursued at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, graduating in 1878. He at once entered upon the active practice of his profession, at his present location, in which he has achieved success. On February 16, 1887, the Doctor married Susie, daughter of J. B. and Thomas Ella (Pearsall) Moore, of Tuscumbia, Ala. Mr. Moore is a well-known criminal lawyer. Mr. and Mrs. Shaller are members of the Episcopal Church, and the Doc- tor is a Republican in politics. He has been professor of physiology at the Cincin- nati Medical College for twelve years, and professor of comparative physiology at the Ohio Veterinary School since its organization. He is also a member of the Academy of Medicine; the American Medical Association, and the Ohio State Medical Society.

LOUIS J. KROUSE, physician and surgeon, office and residence No. 302 West Eighth street, was born in Cincinnati October 15, 1856, son of Jacob and Caroline (Cohen) Krouse, natives of Bavaria, of German origin. His father and mother are both living; the former came to America in 1849, and the latter at the age of fifteen. Louis J. received his education in Cincinnati, graduating at Woodward High School in 1875. He studied medicine under Dr. B. Bettman, and in 1876 matriculated at the Medical College of Ohio, graduating from that institution in the spring of 1879.

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He then went abroad, studying for two years and a half in the hospitals of Stras- burg, Vienna, Paris and London. Returning to Cincinnati in the summer of 1881, he opened an office and entered upon the practice of his profession, giving his atten- tion to medicine and general surgery until 1890, since which time he has made a specialty of diseases of the rectum and genito-urinary organs. He is connected with the Medical College of Ohio, is visiting surgeon to the Jewish Hospital in Avondale, and is a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the American Medical Association, the Natural History Society, and the Knights of Pythias. In 1892 the Doctor married Miss Settie Strauss, daughter of Isaac Strauss, deceased.

MAX THORNER, physician and surgeon, office No. 141 Garfield place, Cincinnati, was born at Geestemünde, Germany, April 2, 1859, a son of Jacob and Bertha (Val- entine) Thorner. His father, a merchant by occupation, was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade, and the Board of Education, and after his retirement from business, at the age of sixty, was president of the City Savings Bank of Geestemünde until his death; he was also president of a number of char- itable and social organizations in that city.

There our subject was educated at the public and high schools, and after taking a classical course at the Grand Ducal College of Oldenburg. where he graduated in the spring of 1879, he pursued his studies at the Universities of Jena, Leipzig, Heidelberg and Munich, graduating from the Royal University of Munich as Doctor of Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics, with the degree of Summa cum Laude. He afterward visited the hospitals and clinics of Berlin, Vienna, Paris, and London, devoting his time chiefly to the study of throat, nose, and ear diseases. In London he was clinical assistant in the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat and Chest (Golden Square). He came to Cincinnati in July, 1885, was for a time assistant to the late Dr. Jos. Aub, and in September, 1885, opened an office as a specialist for

nose, throat and ear diseases. The Doctor is a member of the American Medical Association; the Ohio State Medical Society; the Mississippi Valley Medical Asso- ciation, and the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine; and a Fellow of the Berlin Laryngological Society. He was president of the Cincinnati Medical Society in 1890, was one of the honorary secretaries of the section of laryngology and rhinol- ogy in the tenth International Medical Congress in Berlin, and was the secretary of the section on otology in the First Pan-American Medical Congress, held in Wash- ington in September, 1893. The Doctor is professor of clinical laryngology and otology in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery; laryngologist and rhinologist to the Cincinnati Hospital; laryngologist and aurist to the Jewish Hos- pital; and consulting laryngologist and rhinologist to the Ophthalmic Hospital of Cincinnati. He has written many valuable articles for various medical journals, among which may be mentioned: "Pneumonia crouposa congenita" (Inaugural Dissertation); " A cockle-bur extracted from the larynx;" "On the internal use of salol in affections of the throat, nose and ear;" "A new galvano-cautery handle; " " A case of Tinnitus Aurium relieved by the removal of an intranasal obstruction; " "Chronic affections of the throat of rheumatic origin;" "Erysipelas of the larynx; " "Laryngotomy for cancer of the larynx;" "Haematoma of the septum narium;" " Imaginary foreign bodies in the air passages;" "Malignant disease of the larynx, with report of four cases;" "Rheumatic throat affections" (a clinical lecture); " Atrophie d'une tumeur laryngée chez une enfant; " " The treatment of tuberculous laryngitis with modified tuberculin;" "Benign tumors of the larynx;" "Thrush in an adult during an attack of influenza; " "Curious destruction of the entire pyra- mid of the temporal bone;" "The management of foreign bodies in the air-pas- sages; " " Pathological conditions following piercing of the lobules of the ear."

The Doctor is one of the associate editors of the " Archives Internationales de Laryngologie et d'Otologie," published in Paris, France. He is also author of the article on "Acute Pharyngitis," in Vol. II of the "System of Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat," edited by Dr. C. H. Burnett, Philadelphia.

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NATHAN WALLACE ABBOTT, physician and surgeon, office and residence No. 268 Clark street, was born January 31, 1854, at Dillsborough, Dearborn Co., Ind., a son of William Naylor and Lucinda (Wallace) Abbott, and a grandson of William L. and Elizabeth (Naylor) Abbott, who removed from New Jersey to Indiana at an early period in the settlement of that State. William Naylor Abbott, who was a. farmer by occupation, was born in Dearborn county, Ind., December 5, 1821, and died March 10, 1881. Lucinda (Wallace) Abbott was born near Aurora, Ind., May 26, 1828, a daughter of Nathan and Mary A. (Early) Wallace, who were of Scotch and Irish origin, respectively. Dr. Abbott received his education at the common schools of his native town and at Moore's Hill College, Indiana. In 1879 he grad- uated from Miami Medical College, and at once entered upon the practice of his pro- fession. He is a general practitioner, and one of the most successful in the section of the city in which he resides. On February 27, 1879, the Doctor married Cora, daughter of Garrett and Mary Roseboom, the former a native of Indiana, and the latter of New Jersey. Two children have blessed this union: William Roseboom Abbott, born September 4, 1884, and Alta Abbott, born November 24, 1887. Dr. and Mrs. Abbott are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he is a Democrat.

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History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 106

Author: Nelson, S.B., Cincinnati Publication date: 1894 Publisher: Cincinnati : S. B. Nelson Number of Pages: 1592

Author: Nelson, S.B., Cincinnati
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Cincinnati : S. B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1592