History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 109

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

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The Doctor received his literary education in the colleges of Europe and St. Xavier College, Cincinnati. He entered the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1879, and later attended the Ohio Medical College, from which he was graduated in the class of '83. He was lieutenant in Company I, First Regiment Infantry; then captain and assistant-surgeon, First Regiment Light Artillery, O. N. G., Battery B; and was acting assistant-surgeon for mounted batteries of the Third and Fifth Regiments of Artillery, United States Army, at Philadelphia, Penn. He is a member of the American Medical Association; Academy of Medicine, Cincinnati; Douglas Lodge, Knights of Pythias; member of Red Cross, Geneva, Europe; and an honorary member of N. G. Association and Lytle Grey Veteran Corps. He was assistant health officer of Cincinnati in 1883-4-5, and at the present time is presi- dent of the first board United States examining surgeons for pensions. He has been prominently mentioned for coroner several times. Politically the Doctor is a Democrat.

CHARLES ALBERT BURHANS, physician, office and residence No. 80 Clark street, was born at Cincinnati, October 30, 1852, a son of David J. and Sarah S. (Thomas) Burhans. The family is of Dutch origin, and settled on the Hudson river in New York, near Albany. David J. Burhans was a native of Rensselaer county, N. Y., and followed the trade of carpenter and builder in Cincinnati from 1847 to 1871; he died March 30, 1878. Sarah (Thomas) Burhans was a native of Bucks County, Penn., the daughter of William Thomas, and a descendant of the Thomas family of Hill- town township, who were prominent in the early history of the Welsh Baptist Church in southeastern Pennsylvania. She was born June 20, 1816, and died June 28, 1892. The subject of this sketch was educated in the schools of his native city. He graduated in medicine in 1883, and has since devoted his time to general prac- tice. On April 11, 1889, he married Mary A., daughter of William H. and Sarah Ludlow, of Cincinnati, and they are the parents of two children: Sarah Alice, born January 20, 1891, and Ruth Cortelyou, born September 2, 1892. The Doctor and his wife are members of the Baptist and Presbyterian Churches, respectively. In politics the Doctor is a Republican; he is a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society, the F. & A. M., the O. C. F., the N. F. U., the N. W., the Knights and Ladies of Honor, and the O. I. H.

THOMAS DAY WINNES, physician. office and residence No. 596 Freeman avenue, was born in Cincinnati January 9, 1861, son of George William and Jane (Ritten- house) Winnes, the latter a native of Pennsylvania. George William Winnes was a Presbyterian minister by profession; he departed this life April 30, 1887. His widow now resides at No. 3 Sidney avenue, Camp Washington. The issue of their marriage was eight children, seven of whom survive: William George, of Park place; James, a salesman, Colerain avenue and Straight street, Cincinnati; Albert, a salesman, No. 220 Poplar street; Edward, carriage trimmer, No. 5 Sidney avenue; Thomas D. ; Leonard, blacksmith, No. 11 Sidney avenue, and Harry, blacksmith, No. 3 Sidney avenue. Our subject received his education in the public schools of Cincinnati, and was graduated from Miami Medical College in March, 1883. He at once opened an office in Cincinnati for the practice of his chosen profession, where he continues, enjoying a lucrative and growing practice. On August 7, 1884, Dr. Winnes was united in marriage with Miss Emma, daughter of Milton and Deborah (McCuim) Garen, Americans by birth. Two children bless the union of Dr. and Mrs. Winnes: Thomas D. and Wilbur George. The family are adherents of the Presbyterian Church.

ANDREW LEE MCCORMICK, A. M., M. D., office and residence No. 130 Woodburn avenue, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, was born March 5, 1857, at Marietta, Ohio, a son of Col. A. W. and Alice J. (Leckliter) McCormick, the former a native of Waynes-

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burg, Penn., born February 2, 1830, and was an editor, prior to the Civil war. He was lieutenant-colonel of the Seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After the war he was an attorney at law and probate judge of Washington county, Ohio, and for the past fifteen years has been a pension attorney at Cincinnati. He is a son of Robert and Lavina (Wilson) McCormick, of Green county, Penn. Alice (Leckliter) McCormick, mother of our subject, was born in September, 1832, in Belmont county, Ohio, a daughter of and Alice (Patterson) Leckliter, of that county. Dr. McCormick was educated at Marietta College, Ohio, where he graduated in 1878, studied medicine under Dr. J. D. Buck, of Cincinnati, and graduated from Pulte Medical College in the spring of 1883. He opened his present office the same sum- mer, and has followed the general practice of medicine at this locality ever since. The Doctor is a member of the Cincinnati Homeopathic Lyceum and the Ohio State Society. Soon after his graduation he was made professor of anatomy in Pulte Medical College, and for the past three years has been professor of physical diag- nosis at the same institution. On August 28, 1890, Dr. McCormick was united in marriage with Helen B., daughter of John T. and Helen Vorhees, of Cincinnati. The Doctor and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, and politically he is a Republican.

ROBERT H. WHALLON, physician and surgeon, office and residence No. 440 Chase avenue, Cumminsville, was born May 2, 1854, in Butler county, and is a son of Rob- ert and Margaret (Carver) Whallon, to whom nine children were born, six of them now surviving, namely: Perry, railroader; Margaret, wife of Perry Brown, of Bur- lington, Del .; Jacob, a farmer of Kentucky; Charles, politician, of Cincinnati; Mary, wife of Furman Mossteller, contractor and builder, of Sharon, Ohio; and Robert H. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Hamilton county, and graduated · in 1874 from the Normal University of Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio. He afterward taught school for a number of years, and was for five years principal of the Glen- dale public school. Having a desire for the medical profession he entered the Med- ical College of Cincinnati, graduated from that institution in 1883, and a year later became a graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York City. After spending a year in that city he returned to Cincinnati, where he has practiced ever since. On August 25, 1880, he married Miss Lida Howery, and two children were born to them, Catharine and Mary Roberta. The Doctor is a member of the board of examiners of teachers of the public schools of Cincinnati. He is a surgeon for the Procter & Gamble Co. In his political views he is a Republican, and the family are members of the Methodist Church. The father of our subject was born in this State, and his occupation was that of an engineer. During the Civil war, while act- ing in the capacity of engineer on board the United States gunboat "Cincinnati," he contracted typhoid fever, from which he died in 1863. The mother of our subject was born in Pennsylvania, and died in 1893 in Sharon, Ohio.

CLARENCE W. ORR, physician, office and residence Ross avenue, Price Hill, Cin- cinnati, was born May 22, 1856, in Lotus, Union county, Ind., son of Mellville and Nancy (Sears) Orr, the former born January 13, 1826, at Taylor's Creek, Ham- ilton Co., Ohio, of Scotch-Irish origin, the latter born January 12, 1827, in Loudoun county, Va., of English origin. Mellville Orr, father of our subject, was engaged in mercantile business in Cincinnati for two years, and at Lotus, Union Co., Ind., nine years, after which he moved to Fulton county, Ind., and engaged in farming, at present residing on as well improved and beautiful a farm as can be found in north- ern Indiana. He was a son of William Mellville and Elizabeth (Dixon) Orr, the for- mer of whom was born October 10, 1795, in New Jersey, and died September 4, 1884, at Taylor's Creek, Hamilton Co., Ohio; his mother was Elizabeth (Mungall) Orr, a native of Paisley, Scotland, who emigrated to America in her youth. Elizabeth (Dixon) Orr was born in Cincinnati June 16, 1796, and died December 18, 1880, on the sixty-third anniversary of her marriage; she was the daughter of John Dixon, a

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native of England, and a soldier of the Revolution, who, while stationed at Fort Washington, was married to Miss Elizabeth Garrison, a resident of Cincinnati, and this is said to be the first marriage performed by a minister in Cincinnati. Our sub- ject's great-grandfather was a native of New Jersey, of Irish origin, and came to Cincinnati in 1806; he was a millwright by trade, and built a flourmill at Cummins- ville on the creek near where the Ludlow property now is, which in a few years he exchanged for property at Taylor's Creek, Hamilton county, where he erected another flourmill and spent the remainder of his life.

Clarence W. Orr was educated in the public schools of Rochester, Ind., studied medicine under the tutorship of Charles F. Harter, M. D., entered the Miami Medi- cal College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880, and was graduated March 8, 1883. On July 10, 1883, he opened an office for the practice of his profession at Cicero, Ham- ilton Co., Ind., but returned to Cincinnati in July, 1886, and has practiced ever since at his present place of residence. Dr. Orr was united in marriage December 13, 1885, with Miss Maggie, daughter of Levi and Elizabeth (Snyder) Small, both na- tives of the United States, and of German descent. One child has come to bless this union, Lorren E., born September 19, 1886, at Cicero, Ind. Dr. Orr's parents were Methodists.

JOHN M. WITHROW, physician and surgeon, office and residence No. 300 West Seventh street, was born in Butler county, Ohio, October 10, 1854, a son of J. L. and Margaret (Murphy) Withrow, who were natives of Butler county, Ohio, and of Welsh and Irish extraction, respectively. The former, a farmer by occupation, died in 1894 in Butler county; he was a son of Samuel and Mary (Landis) Withrow, the former of whom, also a native of Butler county, and a farmer by occupation, de- parted this life in 1890, aged ninety-two years. He was a son of John Withrow, who came to Butler county in 1801, and purchased the property owned by the father of Dr. Withrow. Mrs. Margaret Withrow departed this life September 14, 1891, aged sixty-three years. Our subject is the eldest of a family of seven children, was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools of Jacksonboro, the select school of Prof. Benedict Starr, at Seven Mile, Ohio, and the Miami Uni- versity. He then taught in the public schools at Jacksonboro for one year, after which he attended the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, then served one year as principal of the school at Amanda, Butler county, after which he re-entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he was graduated in 1877. After graduating he returned to Amanda and taught for one year, and was then made superintendent of public schools at Eaton, where he served four years. In 1882 he entered the office of Dr. John Carson, of Middletown, Ohio, for the study of his chosen profession, matriculated at the Medical College of Ohio, and graduated from that institution in the spring of 1884. He was one of a class of one hundred to whom eight prizes were awarded for proficiency, six of which Dr. Withrow re- ceived. In June, 1884, he opened an office in Cincinnati for the practice of his pro- fession, and after one year entered the office of Dr. Thad Reamy, with whom he practiced two years, and then, severing this connection, opened an office at No. 294 West Fourth street; in October, 1890, he removed to his present residence. Dr. Withrow makes a specialty of the diseases of women. He is a member of the Ameri- can Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical Society, the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, and the Cincinnati Obstetrical Society. He is medical examiner for the Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia; is clinical lecturer on diseases of women at the Medical College of Ohio; is professor of Gynecology at the Presby- terian Hospital and Woman's Medical College, and dean of the Faculty. He is clincal lecturer and gynecologist to both the Presbyterian and Christ Hospitals; on diseases of women at the Good Samaritan Hospital; he is president of the board of trustees of the Cincinnati Hospital, appointed by Gov. Campbell, and is a member of the board of trustees of the Miami University, appointed by Gov. Hoadly in 1884,

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and reappointed by Gov. Foraker in 1889. The Doctor is a member of the F. & A. M., and of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity of Ohio Wesleyan University. He is a frequent contributor to the Medical journals of this section. On October 16, 1888, Dr. Withrow was united in marriage with Miss Susanna Barrett, daughter of George B. Barrett, one of Pittsburgh's most prominent merchants. Mrs. Withrow died in 1894. The Doctor is a member of and trustee in St. Paul's Methodist Church. Politically he is in sympathy with the Democratic party, though in no sense a poli- tician.

ALBERT VERNON PHELPS, physician and surgeon, office and residence No. 197 Central avenue, was born October 6, 1858, at Cardington, Morrow Co., Ohio, a son of Frederick F. and Julia M. (Fowler) Phelps, natives of New York and Louisiana, and of English and French extraction, respectively. His father, who was a jeweler by occupation, died at Cardington in April, 1862, at the age of twenty-five. His parents, Frank and Hilah (Adams) Phelps, were natives of England and Canada, respectively. Frank Phelps, who was a farmer, came to Ohio in 1851, and died in Iowa, July 12, 1887, at the advanced age of eighty-six.

The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of his native town, where he began his business career at the age of thirteen as clerk in Mooney's drug store. Here he remained but a short time, and then engaged in the same business in Cincinnati with J. D. Wells for five years, and subsequently found similar employ- ment for two years, at Ludlow, Ky. He then returned to Cincinnati and went into the drug business with a partner, the firm being known as Phelps & Elfers, continu- ing thus for three years, when he entered the office of Dr. J. L. Cilley, and gradu- ated from the Medical College of Ohio in the spring of 1884. He sold out his inter- est in the drug business to his partner, and was appointed resident physician of the Cincinnati Hospital, where he served one year. He was assistant to Dr. P. S. Con- ner during the great riot in Cincinnati, when he assisted in caring for seventy-three patients suffering from gunshot wounds received in that riot. Dr. Phelps first opened his office at No. 5 Carlisle avenue, and removed to his present office in No- vember, 1885. He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, and the Cincin- nati Academy of Medicine, and is preparatory tutor for a class of young men for hospital honors, and college honors, in which he has proven very efficient, very few of his class having failed in the competitive examination. The Doctor is demonstrator of histology, and clinical lecturer in surgery, at the Medical College of Ohio, pro- fessor of descriptive and surgical anatomy at the Presbyterian Hospital, and Woman's Medical College, and professor of descriptive and surgical anatomy at the Cincinnati College of Dental Surgery. He is one of the rising young physicians of Cincin- nati, enjoying a practice that older men might well be proud of.

SIGMAR STARK, physician and surgeon, office No. 61 West Eighth street, residence No. 422 McMillan street, Walnut Hills, was born July 6, 1863, in Lowenberg. Sax- ony, Germany, a son of Dr. William and Cacelia (Kaiser) Stark. Dr. William Stark is a son of Moses and Henrietta (Brauchbar) Stark, the former a rabbi in his native country. Dr. Stark received his early education in the public schools of Cincinnati, and graduated from the Woodward High School. He studied medicine with his father, and in the spring of 1884 he graduated from the Bellevue Medical College of New York City. After his graduation he served eighteen months at the German Hospital in New York, after which he went abroad and attended clinical lectures, and served in the hospitals of Dresden, Breslau, Vienna, Berlin, etc. On his return to America he opened an office for the practice of his profession on March 1. 1887, at his present location. Dr Stark is a gynecologist and obstetrician. He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, Ohio Academy of Medicine, Walnut Hills Medical Society, and the Obstetrical Society of Cincinnati. The Doctor is gyne- cologist in the Jewish Hospital, and has written numerous articles on his specialty. He was married, June 20, 1888, to Lilly, daughter of Julius and Julia (Seasongood)

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Reis, natives of Stuttgart, Germany, and Cincinnati, Ohio, respectively. Two chil- dren have blessed this union: Robert Harold Stark, born July 2, 1889, and Julian Stark, born September 1, 1893.

AUGUST RUDOLPH WALKER, M. D., residence No. 1079 Vine street, was born June 21, 1861, in Covington, Ky., son of Rudolph and Margaret (Nieman) Walker, both natives of Germany. Rudolph Walker emigrated to Covington, Ky., in 1853, and engaged in the real-estate and insurance business; the mother came to this country in 1849. They were the parents of six children, four of whom are now living: August R., Mary B., Charles A. J. and Emma J. Our subject was educated in Covington, and graduated from the high school in 1879. He then attended the Ohio Medical College, from which institution he graduated in 1884. He practiced medicine for a short time in Covington, and then removed to Cincinnati, where he has since resided. He is physician to the German Altenheim, Cincinnati, and a member of the Knights of Pythias, A. O. U. W., Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, and the Ohio State Medical Society. Dr. Walker was married, December 31, 1890, to Margaret A., daughter of Dr. George and Wilhelmina (Fuss) Holdt, the former a native of Spain, and the latter of St. Petersburg, Russia. Dr. and Mrs. Walker are members of the Methodist Church, and politically he has always been a Republican.

JOHN ALBERT THOMPSON, physician, office No. 154 West Eighth street, residence Grand avenue, Price Hill, Cincinnati, was born at Mt. Carmel, Ind., January 7, 1859, a son of John and Mary (Jenkins) Thompson, and grandson of James and Sarah (Ginn) Thompson, of Scotch-Irish and English origin. John Thompson was born at Mt. Carmel, Ind., January 9, 1822, and is a merchant and farmer by occu- pation. His wife was born at Springfield, Ohio, December 9, 1827, the daughter of Crocker and Mary (Snow) Jenkins, natives of Nantucket, Mass., who came west with their parents in childhood. Dr. Thompson was educated in the public schools of his native State and at Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., where he graduated in 1880 with the degree of B. S. He began the study of medicine under J. C. Makenzie, and graduated from Miami Medical College in 1884, immediately there- after opening an office for the practice of his profession at No. 113 West Ninth street. For eight years he was engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery, and during this time was also clinical instructor in diseases of the nose and throat at Miami Medical College. In 1892 he abandoned general practice, and has since devoted himself exclusively to diseases of the throat, nose and ear, of which he is clinical instructor and lecturer at Miami Medical College. He has also contributed numerous articles upon his specialty to various med- ical journals. The Doctor is a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Miami Valley Medical Association, and the Ohio State Medical Society. On April 21, 1886, he married Lillie, daughter of Augustus and Elizabeth (Shepard) Morris; and they are the parents of two children: Morris Makenzie, born December 21, 1888, and Lida Elfred, born August 3, 1889. The Doctor is a Prohibitionist in politics, and believes that the sale of alcohol should be placed under the same legal restrictions as other poisonous drugs.

OTTO W. FENNEL, physician and surgeon, office No. 442 Walnut street, resi- dence, No. 619 Jefferson avenue, was born in Cincinnati in 1861. He is a son of Adolphus and Anna (Bode) Fennel, both of whom were born in Cassel, Germany, the former in 1826, the latter in 1844. Adolphus Fennel was a pharmacist and chemist, and was professor of chemistry and pharmacy in the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy. He died September 29, 1884. Dr. Fennel was educated at the Cincin- nati University, studied medicine under Drs. F. Forchheimer, Joseph Aub and Edward Walker, and graduated from the Medical College of Ohio in the spring of 1884. He then went abroad and studied two years at Heidelberg and Goettingen (Germany), and Vienna (Austria), and, returning to Cincinnati, opened an office for the practice of his profession at No. 415 Walnut street. The Doctor is a member of

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the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, the Ohio Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He was united in marriage in 1886 with Miss Anna, daughter of John Henry and Eliza Koch, natives of Germany, and this union has been blessed with two children: Eric, born in 1887, and Sylvia, born in 1890.

FREDERICK C. GUNKEL, M. D., was born February 24, 1859, in Newport, Ky., a son of Dr. Henry C. and Katherine (Weber) Gunkel, who had six children born to them, four of whom still survive, namely: Frederick C., M. D .; Emma, M. D .; Lula, wife of James Rainey, M. D., and Harry Lawer. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Newport, Ky., after which he entered the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, and graduating from that institution in 1884 has practiced

medicine in Cincinnati ever since. By his genial and affable way and his strict attention to his patients he has built up an extensive practice, and his professional services are much sought after. His father, Dr. Henry C. Gunkel, who is a native of Germany, came to Cincinnati more than forty-five years ago, and has practiced medicine in different parts of the States, principally in Newport, Ky., however, where he has followed his profession for the past forty years, and where he has also resided. He is engaged in the banking business, is president of the First National Bank of Newport, Ky., and is well and favorably known throughout the country. The mother of our subject, who was a native of Cincinnati, died January 5, 1893.

S. J. D. MEADE, physician and surgeon, office and residence, No. 45 Everett street, Cincinnati, was born February 23, 1858, at Fort Branch, Ind. He is a son of Stephen Walter and Sarah J. (Rutledge) Meade, the former of whom was born in Gibson county, Ind., in 1832, the latter in the same county in 1837. Stephen W. Meade is a farmer and shipper of live stock in his native county. He is a son of Stephen and Mary (Prichett) Meade. Dr. Meade was educated at Central Normal College of Indiana, where he graduated in 1882. He studied medicine under J. M. Crawford, M. D., aud graduated from Pulte Medical College of Cincinnati in the spring of 1885, immediately thereafter opening an office for the practice of his profes- sion at No. 35 Everett street; later he removed to his present location. He is a mem- ber of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio, and is the president of the Homeo- pathic Lyceum of Cincinnati. Dr. Meade was married December 23, 1889. to Miss Betta B., daughter of John and Arabella Barnes. The family are members of the Methodist Church, and politically the Doctor is a Republican.

CHARLES EDWARD CALDWELL, physician and surgeon, office No. 447 and residence No. 449 Kemper lane, Walnnt Hills, Cincinnati, was born in Cincinnati March 14, 1861. He is a son of the late James Crosby and Rebecca (Bunker) Caldwell, the former a prominent Cincinnati manufacturer, and the latter a native of Massachu- setts. Dr. Caldwell received his early education in the public schools of Cincin- nati, the old Woodward High School, and Trinity College of Hartford, Conn. His medical education was obtained in the Medical College of Ohio, and in the Univer- sities of Strasburg and Vienna, where he spent over two years of his student life. He entered business as a practicing physician in 1885 on Walnut Hills. Dr. Cald- well is professor of descriptive anatomy and lecturer on clinical surgery at the Miami Medical College; is a member of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History; of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, and of the American Medical Association. He is also a member of the Walnut Hills Medical Society, and was president of same in the term of 1889-90. He is a frequent contributor to the literature of the Natural History Society, and has written several papers relating to his profession which have attracted attention. Among the microscopists of the city he is a leader. In June, 1883, Dr. Caldwell married Miss Augusta Jewell Sexton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James K. Sexton, of New York.

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History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, Part 109

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