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CLERKS.
Thomas Wilson, 1840 to 1841, 1848 to 1855, 1863 to 1865; Isaac Cox, 1841 to 1844; John McCoy, 1844 to 1848; Eli McCauley, 1854 to 1855, 1856 to 1857; W. H. Dixon, 1855 to 1856; J. Johnson, 1857 to 1859; A. J. Howard, 1859 to 1861; C. R. McBride, 1861 to 1863, 1865 to 1869; John H. Anderson, 1869 to 1875; Theo- dore Bachley, 1875 to 1879; James W. Thomson, 1879.
MARSHALS.
Jackson Hulse, 1847, died in office; Barnabas Golden, 1848, resigned; S. P. Morgan, 1849 to 1850; Benjamin P. Fuller, 1850 to 1851; Wil- liam Rea, 1851 to 1853, 1855 to 1859; Blakesly Hulse, no date; S. P. Bell, 1853 to 1854; George Green, 1854 to 1855; William Howard, 1859 to 1861 ; Dennis Kennedy, 1861 to 1863; M. G. C. Pile, 1863 to 1865; George W. Baxter, 1865 to 1871; James Kennedy, 1871 to 1873; James H. Lemon, 1873 to 1877; William H. Northcutt, 1877 to 1879; John M. Glass, 1879.
ASSESSORS.
L. B. Hall, 1848 to 1849; N. L. McDanald, 1849 to 1850, 1857 to 1858; Joseph E. Moore, 1850 to 1851; John D. Shryer, 1851 to 1854; Lod. W. Beckwith, 1854 to 1855; T. J. Downs, 1855 to 1857; Ephraim Keigwin, 1858 to 1859; Felix R. Lewis, 1859 to 1869, 1871 to 1875;
George D. Hand, 1869 to 1871; Lee S. Johnston, 1875 to 1879; Charles I. Eccles, 1879 to 1881.
COUNCILMEN.
First ward-L. B. Hall, 1839 to 1840; James G. Read, 1839 to 1841; T. J. Howard, 1840 to 1841; Joshua Phipps, 1841 to 1842, 1843 to 1844; John McCoy, 1841 to 1843; John F. Gibbs, 1842 to 1843; James Keigwin, Sr., 1843 to 1844; D. T. Jackson, 1844 to 1845; Lloyd White, 1844 to 1845; Alexander Christian, 1845 to 1850; James T. Davis, 1850 to 1851, 1853 to 1854; M. R. Mitchell, 1850 to 1851, 1852 to 1854; Cyrus Wright, 1851 to 1852; John F. Read, 1851 to 1853; John W. Ray, 1854 to 1857; Charles Moore, 1854, resigned; Charles Friend, vacancy to 1855; George W. Twomey, 1855 to 1857; Frank Potter, 1857 to 1859; W. L. Merriwether, 1857 to 1858; George W. Lampton, 1859 to 1865; Charles J. Keller, 1859 to 1867; John N. Ingram, 1865 to 1869, 1877 to 1879; James Keigwin, Jr., 1867 to 1871, 1872 to 1876; William A. Ingram, 1869 to 1870; B. F. Burlingame, 1870 to 1872, 1873 to 1875; H. T. Sage, 1871 to 1873; William Lee, 1875 to 1877; Samuel P. Rodgers, 1876 to 1877, died in office; M. A. Patterson, vacancy; William H. Carter, 1878 to 1880; George T Anderson, 1879 to 1881; W. A. C. Oakes, 1880 to -; F. A. Young, 1881 to -
Second ward-John D. Shryer, 1839 to 1841, 1843 to 1844; Samuel Merriwether, 1839 to 1840, 1842 to 1850; B. C. Pile, 1840 to 1841, 1848 to 1849, 1850 to 1855, 1857 to 1859; Ben- jamin Hensley, 1841 to 1842; Christopher Peasley, 1841 to 1842; T. J. Howard, 1842 to 1843, 1852 to 1853; Robert Eakin, 1844 to 1845, 1849 to 1851; Daniel Trotter, 1845 to 1848; Alexander Christian, 1851 to 1852; Joseph Lane, 1853 to 1854; George W. Ewing, 1854 to 1857; S. P. Morgan, 1855 to 1857; John N. Ingram, 1857 to 1859; J. G. Howard, 1859 to 1863; J. H. McCampbell, 1859 to 1865; William H. Fogg, 1863 to 1867; Cornelius Beck, 1865 to 1870, 1877 to 1879; George W. Davis, 1867 to 1869; J. E. Plumadore, 1869 to 1873; Reuben Wells, 1870 to 1874; Alexander Sample, 1873 to 1875; M. A. Sweeney, 1874 to 1878; Ephraim Keigwin, 1875 to 1877; Floyd Parks, 1878 to -; Frank Deitz, 1879 to 1881; Frank X. - Kern, 1881 to -.
Third ward-A. Wathen, 1839 to 1845; J. B.
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McHolland, 1839 to 1840; Benjamin Hensley, 1840 to 1841; Abraham Miller, 1841 to 1844; N. L. McDanald, 1844 to 1848; William F. Collum, 1845 to 1848; Thomas J. Downs, 1848 to 1851, 1852 to 1853, 1854 to 1855, 1858 to 1859; J. S. Bottorff, 1848 to 1850; Mathew Tomlin, 1850 to 1851: George F. Savitz, 1851 to 1852; J. H. Hal- stead, 1851 to 1852; Joseph Lane, 1852 to 1853; V. W. Rose, 1853 to 1854; J. D. D. Woodburn, 1854 to 1855; H. N. Holland, 1855 to 1857; Delaney Wiley, 1855 to 1857; Levi Sparks, 1857 to 1869; Reuben Deidrick, 1857 to 1858; G. W. Amsden, 1859 to 1861; B. A. Johnson, 1861 to 1865; Frederick Bleyle, 1865 to 1869; S. B. Dif- fenderfer, 1869 to 1871; W. A. Steele, 1869 to 1870; Joseph Baker, 1870 to 1872; Abel W. Hall, 1871 to 1873; L. F. Warder, 1872 to 1876; J. C. Dorsey, 1873 to 1875, 1876 to 1880, 1881 to --; Simon Goldbach, 1865 to 1881; John S. McCauley, 1880 to
Fourth Ward-Nathaniel Field, 1839 to 1840; James Slider, 1839 to 1840; Henry French, 1840 to 1843; William Dustin, 1840 to 1841; William Hart, 1841 to 1844; H. McClaran, 1843 to 1844; William Bowman, 1844 to 1845; Basil Prather, 1844 to 1845, 1848 to 1849; M. Tomlin, 1845 to 1851; Robert Curran, 1845 to 1848; D. M. Dryden, 1849 to 1850; U. G. Damron, 1850 to 1851, 1852 to 1853; J. H. Halstead, 1851 to 1852; Henry French, 1851 to 1852; J. H. Fen- ton, 1852 to 1853; Myron Stratton, 1853 to 1854, 1857 to 1873; William Logan, 1853 to 1857; M. W. Veatch, 1854 to 1857; G. Poindexter, 1857 to 1859; George W. Sterling, 1859 10 1863; James Burke, 1863 to 1872; Thomas J. Stewart, 1872 to 1876; S. B. Hally, 1873 to 1875; John L. Delahunt, 1875 to 1881; J. E. Finch, 1876 to 1880; Jacob Schwaninger, 1880; A. I. Frank, 1881.
Fifth Ward-Daniel Trotter, 1839 to 1843; C. W. Magill, 1839 to 1842; William Cross, 1842 to 1845; R. G. Parker, 1843 to 1848, 1849to 1851; T. E. Veatch, 1845 to 1848, 1851 to 1852; Samuel Cash, 1848 to 1849, 1852 to 1853; Myron Strat- ton, 1848 to 1852; William Logan, 1852 to 1853; H. S. Barnaby, 1853 to 1855, 1865 to 1869, 1872 to 1874; John Ware, 1853 to 1858, 1861 to 1865, 1880; William G. - Armstrong, 1855 to 1857; Lyman Dolph, 1857 to 1861; G. Poin- dexter, 1858 to 1859, 1870 to 1872; Edward Moon, 1859 to 1863; C. R. McBride, 1863 to
1864; James Howard, 1864 to 1867; John R. Armstrong, 1867 to 1869; George W. Lewman, 1869 to 1871; Jabez R. Cole, 1869 to 1870; W. H. Northcutt, 1871 to 1877; Edward J. Howard, 1874 to 1878, 1879 to 1881; Samuel C. Day, 1877 to 1879; Maurice Coll, 1878 to 1880; Wil- liam Pollock, 1881.
COLLECTORS.
T. M. Welsh, 1848 to 1849; Milton W. Veatch, 1849 to 1852; W. A. Buchannan, 1852 to 1853. MARKET MASTERS.
Alex Christian, 1851 to 1852; William Rea, 1852 to 1856, 1857 to 1859; Joel H. Sylvester, 1856 to 1857; Samuel Bottorff, 1859 to 1866; George W. Baxter, 1866 to 1867.
WHARF MASTERS.
C. C. Young, 1849 to 1850; J. P. Wilson, 1850 to 1851; William Rea, 1851 to 1855; C. H. Paddock, 1855 to 1859, 1860 to 1861; Joseph Runyan, 1859 to 1860; George W. Lamp- ton, 1861 to 1865, 1867 to 1871; A. W. Hamlin, 1865 to 1867; Frederick Bleyle, 1871 to 1873; Joseph Reeder, 1873 to 1875; David Beal, 1875 to 1878; Levi Reeder, 1878 to 1881; J. F. Dor- sey, 1881.
CHIEFS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
E. S. Moon, 1855 to 1857; William Northam, 1857 to 1858; James Keigwin, 1858 to 1859; John W. Barker, 1859 to 1863; William Hagarty, 1863 to 1865; Sam T. Day, 1865 to 1867; S. R. Bottorff, 1867 to 1869; James McQueen, 1869 to 1870; William Patterson, 1870 to 1871; B. A. Johnson, 1871 to 1872; Dennis Kennedy, 1872 to 1873; William Chrisman, 1873 to 1881; George Deming, 1881.
CIVIL ENGINEERS.
C. Hensley, 1849 to 1850; R. H. Green, 1853 to 1854, 1855 to 1859; Peter Wilhem, 1854 to 1855; J. Johnson, 1859 10 1863, 1867 to 1869; James Applegate, 1863 to 1865; Edward J. Howard, 1865 to 1867; William H. Howard, 1869 to 1871; J. P. Jones, 1871 to 1873: O. A. Clark, 1873 to 1875, 1878 -; Charles E. Clark, 1875 to 1878.
ATTORNEYS.
John Borden, 1849 to 1853; J. G. Howard, 1854 to 1855, 1871 to 1873, 1875 to 1879; D. O. Dailey, 1855 to 1857; John F. Read, 1857 to 1863; S. S. Johnson, 1863 to 1869; O. C. Curry,
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1869 to 1871; J. B. Merriwether, 1873 to 1875; James A. Ingram, 1879 to 1881; G. E. M. Liston, 1881.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
William F. Collum, 1855 to 1857, 1859 to 1865; Robert Curran, 1855 to 1856, 1859 to to 1863; N. Field, 1855 to 1865, 1872 to 1873; T. A. Clark, 1856 to 1857; D. Wiley, 1857 to 1859; H. N. Holland, 1857 to 1859; W. W. Goodwin, 1863 to 1872; David McClure, 1865 to 1877; D. Mercer, 1865 to 1870; L. W. Beck- with, 1870 to 1875; F. A. Seymour, 1873 to 1875; T. A. Graham, 1875 to 1879, 1880 to --; W. D. Fouts, 1875 to 1881; C. B. McClure, 1877 to 1880; W. N. McCoy, 1879 to 1881; W. H. Sheets, 1881 to -; David Field, 188 1 to -
SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
J. G. Howard, 1853 to 1855, 1869 to 1876; Thomas E. Veatch, 1853 to 1854; W. L. Merriwether, 1853 to 1855; Myron Stratton, 1854 to 1861; W. M. French, 1855 to 1861; Nathaniel Field, 1855 to 1863, 1865 to 1870; G. Poindexter, 1861 to 1863; William H. Fogg, 1861 to 1863; John N. Ingram, 1863 to -; Robert Curran, 1863 to 1865; C. Leon- hardt, 1863 to 1865; Thomas S. Crowe, 1865 to 1867; J. H. Campbell, 1870 to 1873; Charles Rossler, 1873 to 1875; Hugo Albin, 1875 to 1880; William Lee, 1876 to 1879; O. O. Stealey, 1879 to --; George Pfau, 1880 to ---.
CITY JUDGE.
Nicholas Mathews, 1869 to 1873.
WEIGHERS.
Thomas Wilson, 1849 to 1855; W. L. Merri- wether, 1855 to 1856; Eli McCauley, 1856 to 1857; J. Johnson, 1857 to 1859; John D. Shryer, 1859 to 1861, 1863 to 1865; O. C. Woolley, 1861 to 1863; Joseph McCormick, 1863 to --; William Jones, 1865 to 1866; George W. Belote, 1866 to 1867.
CITY GAUGER. Ed. Lott, 1879 to 1881.
CHAPTER XXIX.
JEFFERSONVILLE-SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS.
Post-office - Physicians-Schools-Churches-Cemeteries- Societies.
POST-OFFICE.
When the plat of Jeffersonville was surveyed and the land offered for sale a land office and post-office were established in the town. Samuel Gwathmey had charge of the land office, but the name of the first postmaster is lost. The first name recalled is that of Mr. Raymond, who held the office sometime about 1820. Mr. Staley, then an old man, administered the office in 1829. At that time the mail could be placed in a hat. The old gentleman had poor sight and frequently sent letters and papers to Louisville when they should have gone in another direction. The clerks in Louisville used frequently to try his pa- tience at such times by returning the article and offering to furnish him a pair of leather goggles. There may have been one or two persons who followed Mr. Staley in the office, but the next postmaster remembered is William L. Levison, who had charge in 1836. At that time the office was kept in a building on Front street, near the location of the present ferry office. Levison died while in charge of the office, and was probably succeeded by Levi Sparks, who was appointed by the then President, James K. Polk, some time in 1844 or 1845. He kept the office some two years, in his store, but his business de- manding his entire time he resigned, and T. M. Elmer was appointed in his place. He was in turn succeeded by Mr. Gresham, who held the office under President Pierce, and soon after the election of James Buchanan as President, W. W. Caldwell was appointed. He held the office during that administration, and in the beginning of the war entered the service in Colonel San- derson's regiment, as captain. Subsequently he was commissioned colonel of the Eighty-first Indi- ana infantry, and did excellent service (throughout the war, at its close locating in Chicago. Thomas J. Downs succeeded Caldwell in 1861, and ad- ministered the affairs of the office some four years, but being unpopular with many patrons of office he failed of a reappointment and was suc- ceeded by George W. Toomey, who was appoint- ed during Lincoln's second term as President. On the accession of Andrew Johnson to the Presi- dency James N. Patterson was appointed to the
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office, but failing in securing confirmation, after a year, was succeeded by William Ingram. James Ferrier followed Ingram and administered the office some nine years, and in April, 1878, was succeeded by the present incumbent, A. M. Luke. Mr. Luke entered the army as a lieuten- ant in the Seventh Indiana infantry in the early part of the war, and after serving with distinc- tion was promoted to a captaincy. During the terrible battle of the Wilderness, May 25, 1864, he was seriously wounded. On his recovery he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve corps, in which he served eighteen months, and until the volunteer soldiers were discharged.
PHYSICIANS.
When first settled, and for many years there- after, this portion of the Ohio valley, like all others, was infested with malaria, which became the worse as the growth of cane and underbrush was removed, so that the rays of the sun reached the mass of decaying vegetation underneath. It was many years before the cause of frequent fevers, agues, and bilious complaints was re- moved, and in those days physicians were needed to exercise all the skill they possessed in the preservation of life and health. For some years medical attendance was had from Louis- ville, but the growth of the place demanded and warranted the settlement of a physician in Jeffer- sonville.
As near as can now be ascertained, Dr. Samuel Meriwether was the first physician to settle in Jeffersonville. He was a native of Jefferson county, Kentucky, and pursued his medical studies in Philadelphia under Dr. Rush. He married his cousin, Mary Meriwether, in Ken- tucky, and soon after marriage entered the army as surgeon's mate, serving during the War of 1812. For some time he was stationed at Vin- cennes, and for a period of three months was unable to communicate with his young wife, who was greatly alarmed for his safety. Finally, ob- taining a short leave of absence, he visited his home and on his return to Vincennes was ac- companied by his wife. The hardships of that lonely ride through the forest can only be appre- ciated by those who have had a similar experience, and they are few in these days of steam cars and steamboats. Mounted on a safe horse, her hus- band preceding her, and a faithful servant fol- lowing, they rode until late at night before reach-
ing a frontier post, where she was obliged to sleep in a room filled with the rough soldiers, yet the first ray of light from that lonely post in the woods was one of the most welcome things she ever saw. Dr. Meriwether remained in the ser- vice until 1815, when he resigned on the urgent entreaty of his wife, though offered permanent service. Soon after resigning he settled for a time in Jeffersonville, remaining until 1823 or 1824 when he removed to Louisville. In 1830 he again returned to Jeffersonville and made this his permanent abode, becoming one of its best respected and most prominent citizens. As a medical practitioner he was very successful, and in addition to being well-read in matters a time to the healing art, he possessed the happy faculty of bringing relief to many sick beds by means of his cheerful ways. When a young man he became the owner, through inher- itance, of several slaves, but believing the system wrong he gave them their freedom. He was an earnest Christian and a prominent member of the Presbyterian church, of which he was one of the first members and founders. His family consisted of four children, three daughters and one son. The latter, Walter Meriwether, yet lives, at the present time with a son in another part of the country. But one daughter, Mrs. McCampbell, wife of Mr. J. H. McCampbell, now lives. Mrs. Meriwether died in 1847. Dr. Meriwether survived until 1853. A case of sur- gical instruments used by him during the War of 1812 is now in the possession of Dr. Beckwith, of Jeffersonville, who was his pupil.
Dr. Stephenson came to Jeffersonville as early as 1821, and perhaps several years previous to that date. He continued in practice until the excitement consequent on the discovery of gold in California, when, with a party of some twenty- five persons, he departed on the overland route for the land of gold. Not long after leaving St. Louis cholera attacked several members of the party and they were obliged to make a stop in Independence, Missouri, where they remained in a miserable hovel until the scourge spent its strength. Quite a number of the men died, and among them Dr. Stephenson. They were buried near the place of their death, a part of the sur- vivors returning to their homes and the re- mainder pushing on across the plains. Four lived to return to their native place.
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Dr. Nathaniel Field came from Jefferson county, Kentucky, and settled in Jeffersonville in 1829. His home was near Louisville. He has remained in the former place since his settle- ment, and has seen the ups and downs of pro- fessional life in this place, witnessing its growth from a small town to a busy manufacturing city. His practice has been regular throughout these years, and now, in the decline of life, he can look back on a life spent for the best good of his fellow-men in ameliorating the ills to which both flesh and spirit are heir, as in addition to being a physician for physical ills he is a worthy min- ister of the gospel. A more extended biography of Dr. Field appears in another part of this work.
Dr. Holiday made his appearance sometime about 1831. He came from Virginia in a boat containing his family, and on his arrival in Jeffer- sonville was in destitute circumstances. Chanc- ing to call at the office of Dr. Nathaniel Field, he offered for sale some of his medical books, in order to procure funds to carry him to his desti- nation in Illinois. He was persuaded to relin- quish this plan, and instead, with the advice of Dr. Field that this was a good point for a physi- cian, located in Jeffersonville, where he remained some five years. At that time he went on down the river and settled in Mississippi, where he died soon after.
Dr. H. N. Holland, one of the oldest practi- tioners in Jeffersonville, came here in 1849, in which year he graduated from the University of Kentucky. Originally a practitioner in the allo- pathic school, he became convinced that he could do humanity better service by giving medi- cine in small doses than in large, and after a few years' practice embraced homeopathy in 1853. Before coming to the city he was a resident of Scott county for nine years. In 1846-47 he was elected from that county to the State Legis- lature, and served with ability. He was first to introduce homeopathy into Jeffersonville, and has been successful in building up an extensive practice, which he has retained. He has served here as school trustee and member of the coun- cil.
Dr. Farnsley, formerly a resident of Kentucky, located in Jeffersonville soon after 1840, and re- mained for a short time.
Dr. William Stewart settled here about 1850,
and a few years later removed to other parts. He is now inspector of marine hospitals and lives in Washington, D. C.
Dr. William F. Collum, an excellent surgeon, came here in 1838 or 1839, and practiced suc- cessfully until his death in 1870. His death was a particularly sad one, being caused by the absorption of poison from a wound made in a post-mortem dissection of a man who died of sudden disease. A slight cut on the hand ab- sorbed the poison, which spread throughout his system and could not be eradicated.
Dr. W. H. Sheets, a graduate from the Cincin- nati College of Medicine and Surgery, entered the military service of the United States as act- ing assistant surgeon, and was assigned to duty at the United States hospital at Madison, Indi- ana, in 1862, immediately after leaving college. There he remained until the close of the war. In 1865 he came to Jeffersonville, where he soon established a lucrative practice, to which he is still attending. Since his location here he has served for five years as physician to the Indiana State Prison South. In 1880 he was appointed pension examiner for this section of the State. To this business he has proved faithful, being strict in the performance of the duties connected therewith. At the present time he is a member of the board of health of the city.
Dr. C. R. McBride is a native of Clark county, and passed the early part of his life on a farm. At the age of twenty he entered the office of Dr. Field, for the purpose of pursuing a course in medicine, and in 1849-50 attended lectures at the Medical University of Louisville. He then engaged in practice in the vicinity of Jefferson- ville until the winter of 1865-66, when he at- tended a second course of lectures and was graduated. Since that time he has practiced in this city. He has served as township trustee, and was city clerk six years. He was also physi- cian to the penitentiary for two years. In the fall of 1868 he was elected on the Democratic ticket as member of the State Legislature, and served in that body at the regular and at a special session.
Dr. L. W. Beckwith obtained a literary educa- tion at Greencastle, Indiana, and in 1849 read medicine with Dr. Samuel Meriwether. In the spring of 1856 he entered the University of Louisville. He afterwards practiced in Harrison
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county, from whence he went to Chicago, where he practiced for a time. Soon after the begin- ning of the war he received a commission as assistant surgeon in the Thirty-eighth Indiana volunteers, with which regiment he served until the close of the war. In 1865 he came to Jef- fersonville, where he has since remained. He served the State as physician at the penitentiary some five years. In 1881 he established a drug- store in Jeffersonville, for the purpose of an office, and placed it in the care of Mr. Hugo Alben, a master in compounding medicines.
Dr. Davis L. Field may be said to have grown up a physician, his father being Dr. Nathaniel Field, the veteran physician of the place. After reading with his father he pursued his studies with Drs. Bigelow, Todd, and Harvey, of In- dianapolis, and graduated from the University of Louisville in the spring of 1868. He imme- diately began the practice of his profession in Jeffersonville, and in 1880 opened a drug-store on West Market street, from which he conducts his practice. He is a member of the board of health of the first district of the city.
Dr. W. N. McCoy pursued a course of med- ical study with Dr. Samuel Reid, of Salem, In- diana, and attended .lectures at the University of Louisville in 1860. In his youth his opportuni- ties were meager, and only by close application and persevering industry was he enabled to over- come obstacles that would have daunted many a man situated as he was. Early left with the care of a family resting on his shoulders, his suc- cess in his profession is all the more wonderful. After attending a course of lectures he engaged in practice in this county, at which he was quite successful. He entered the medical service of the United States as acting assistant surgeon, and was assigned to duty at New Albany. From that place he was sent to Jefferson baaracks, Missouri, and thence to Mound City hospital at Cairo. He resigned in the spring of 1864, and soon after opened an office in Jeffersonville, where he has since practiced. In the winter of 1869-70 he attended a course of lectures at Bellevue Hospital Medical college, New York, from which he was graduated. In 1866 he was surgeon in charge of the military hospital at Jeffersonville, in which he remained most of the time until the hospital was condemned, and the business connected therewith closed. Dr. Mc-
Coy now has a fine practice in Jeffersonville, which he well deserves.
Dr. David McClure, a native of New York, pursued his medical studies and was graduated from Fairfield and Geneva Medical college in 1837-38. In 1839 he came to Indiana, and in 1864 located in Jeffersonville. He has had the confidence of the public to the extent that in 1843-44 and 1853-54 he represented Scott county in the State Legislature, and in 1880 was elected as a Democratic joint representative of Clark, Scott and Floyd counties in the Legisla- ture, which office he still holds. Two sons of Dr. McClure, S. C., and J. D., are also physi- cians in Jeffersonville.
Dr. H. J. Holland read medicine with his father, Dr. H. N. Holland, and attended a course of lectures at the Homeopathic college at Lan- sing, Michigan, since removed to Detroit. After practicing for a time in Ovid and Lansing, Michigan, he went to Yazoo City, Mississippi, and remained two years. In 1876 he came to Jeffersonville and entered practice with his fath- er. They have a stock of remedies used in their branch of the profession, and keep the only homeopathic drug store in the city.
Dr. W. D. Fouts was born in Scott county, . Indiana. He read medicine with Dr. A. A. Morrison, of Lexington, near his home, and at- tended medical lectures at the University of Louisville in 1851. During the war he was sur- geon of the Eighty-first Indiana volunteers, from which he was promoted to brigade and division surgeon. He was captured while in the service, and confined five months in Libby prison. At the close of the war he came back to Lexington and engaged in practice, in 1871 removing to Jeffersonville.
Dr. Isaac N. Griffith was a student with Dr. Field in 1834 or 1835. He married a Louisville lady and settled in Louisiana, where he died eighteen months after commencing his practice.
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