New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 51

Author: Davis, Ellis A.
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?]
Number of Pages: 1262

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Fraternally Dr. Barr is a Mason, Blue Lodge, and belongs to the Elks Club. He is a member of the Jefferson County Medical Society, the South Texas Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. As a sur- geon he has occupied a high place in the hearts of the people, and is well worthy the honors and obli- gations associated with his profession. Dr. Barr has devoted himself not alone to his private prac- tice, but to the broader interests of his profession in city and state and has done much for the ad- vancement of Beaumont along medical and civic lines.

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C. FISHER, SR., M. D., pioneer physician and surgeon of Galveston, whose years of practice have brought him both success and prestige, is the oldest practicing physician in Galveston, in point of years of practice here, and is looked upon as the dean of the local fra- ternity. Dr. Fisher came to Galveston in 1881, at the beginning of his career, and was shortly sent to the Mexican border, in the service of the state, maintaining quarantine against Mexico for yellow fever. He returned to Galveston in 1883, begin- ning his private practice at that time, and has con- tinued to follow his vocation to the present, ad- vancing to a position among the foremost physi- cians of the city. Dr. Fisher has a large general practice, and is well worthy the honors and obliga- tions of his profession, throughout his career of more than four decades remaining faithful to his duties as guardian of his patients' welfare. Dr. Fisher has his offices in the American National In- surance Company Building.

Dr. W. C. Fisher was born in Matagorda County, Texas, the eighteenth of January, 1860, the son of S. W. Fisher, a merchant at Matagorda, Texas, and whose father was the first secretary of the Navy in Texas, under Sam Houston. His father, S. Rhodes Fisher, was one of the pioneers of the state who came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin's colony, and was a pioneer of the pioneers. Dr. Fisher received his academic education in Locust Dale Academy, in Virginia, and continued his studies under private tutors. Later he entered the office of Dr. Wooten, reading medicine there, and still later went to the University of Virginia, where he took his medical degree in 1881. In 1882 he came to Galveston, and with the exception of two years on the border, has continued to reside here, practicing general medi- cine in all that term implies until the present.

Dr. Fisher was married at Galveston, the twenty- fifth of June, 1884, to Miss Alice Porter, daughter of a Georgia family who were living here at that time. Dr. and Mrs. Fisher had a family of five children, Dr. W. C. Fisher, Jr., a practicing physi- cian of Galveston who served his country during the World War as officer in the United States Army; Sidney L. Fisher, also an officer in the United States Army during the World War, and whose death occurred in France while in service; Captain Royden Kenner Fisher, of the Nineteenth Infantry, U. S. A., and who also saw service in the World War; and two daughters, Mrs. W. C. Cromby, of El Paso, and Mrs. C. C. Forskey, of Houston. Dr. and Mrs. Fisher reside in Galveston at 1727 Avenue I. Dr. Fisher is a member of the Galveston County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association and is active in his work for the advancement of med- ical standards in county and state. He belongs to the Zeta Zsi college fraternity and is a member of the A. M. P. O. medical fraternity and during his college days mailed out circular advertising from Austin during the campaign to locate the medical department of the University of Texas. Dr. Fisher served as city health officer for six years and for one year was president of the Galveston County Medical Society. He is also division surgeon for the Southern Pacific Railroad, and is active in civic work and especially in all public health work.

M. BRUMBY, M. D., of Houston, inherited both taste and talent for medicine and sur- gery, his father and grandfather being med- ical men.

Dr. Brumby is probably the best known physician in Texas, having served the city of Houston as Health Officer from 1900 to 1907, and the State as Health Officer from 1907 to 1911, and during the last named period was largely instrumental in pass- ing the Board of Health Law, and became its first president, and during his incumbency the Medical Practice Law was made more effective and much was accomplished for the good of the people of the State. Dr. Brumby is specializing in life extension work, and is making an effort to limit this work to people who are past the age of forty years.

Dr. Brumby began the practice of his profession in Delhi, Louisiana, in 1889, and came to Houston in 1896, and in 1911 was made Medical Director of the Equitable Life Insurance Company of San Antonio; in 1915 he was appointed Assistant and later Medi- cal Director of the Amicable Life of Waco. In 1920 he became interested in this present work of life extension and resigned his position with the Ami- cable Life in order to devote his entire time and at- tention to this work and to return to Houston.

Dr. Brumby was born at Delhi, Louisiana, March 11th, 1866. His father, Dr. G. Mc D. Brumby, was a well known physician and surgeon of North Louis- iana. His early education was obtained in the pub- lic schools of Louisiana and the University of Ala- bama, after which he entered the Medical branch of Tulane University at New Orleans, and grad- uated from this institution in the class of 1889 with the M. D. degree.

Dr. Brumby has been twice married, his first wife was Miss Thekla Meagher, by whom he has two children, G. Mc D. and Anna Brumby; his second wife was Miss Lila Ralston, to whom he was mar- ried in Houston on July 11, 1916. Mrs. Brumby is a daughter of Captain J. C. Ralston, a pioneer of Wal- lis County, who, through his ancestors, David Meade of Virginia, (1690), and Sir Richard Everard, Colon- ial Governor of North Carolina, (1724), was a di- rect descendent of Edward III, King of England. They have three children, Birto, Courtenay and Lila Ralston.

Doctor and Mrs. Brumby reside at 201 Hawthorne Street. Doctor Brumby is a member of the County, District, State and American Medical Associations, in which organizations he takes an active interest. His church affiliation is with Trinity Epscopal of Houston.

Doctor Brumby has been the recipient of many honors, particularly along medical lines, at the hands of his fellowmen. He was a member of the Commit- tee of Awards at the International Congress of Tu- berculosis at its first session in North America in 1908 at Washington. As President of the State Health Board, he carried a delegation to Wash- ington and brought the first exhibit of tuberculosis south from New York to the State Fair at Dallas, Texas, in 1908. In addition to his special work in diseases of middle life, Doctor Brumby is on the staff of the Baptist Hospital of Houston. Perhaps there is no man in the State of Texas who works harder for the building up of citizenship of his State than does Doctor W. M. Brumby.

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FREEMAN ROBBINS, M. D., for more than a decade, has taken an influential part in affairs at Houston, and, as one of the leading physicians of the ctiy, has estab- lished a large patronage, and made a splendid record in his profession. Dr. Robbins is a general practi- tioner, and, since leaving the army has given spe- cial attention to Gynecology, a field of medicine and surgery for which he is particularly well equipped. He is president of the Staff of the Baptist Hospital, a position he has held since 1922, and has been on the staff of that hospital for the past decade. His office is in the Union National Bank Building.

Dr. Robbins was born near Fort Worth, Texas, the twenty-first of August, 1888. His father, E. F. Robbins, came to Texas from his native state of Mississippi, in the early seventies, and was a ranch- man for many years. He was killed in an interur- ban accident in 1913. His mother, whose maiden name was Kate Holdridge, was also a native of Mississippi. Dr. Robbins attended the public schools of Mineral Wells, graduating from the High School there. He took his pre-medical work at Bay- lor University at Waco, where he went for two years, after which he entered Baylor University Medical College, at Dallas, taking his medical degree in 1911. The following year he served as interne at the Bap- tist Sanitarium at Dallas, and then came to Hous- ton, as interne at the Baptist Hospital here. He afterward engaged in general practice until the en- trance of the United States in the World War, at which time he enlisted, and was commissioned First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps, and went overseas with Base Hospital No. 59, in the Surgical Section. He was returned to New York in April, 1919, and discharged in May of the same year. He has taken post-graduate work from time to time. In 1916 he went to Cleveland, New York and Baltimore, where he took special work, and, in 1917, took post- graduate work at New Orleans. After leaving the army he again went to New Orleans for another post-graduate course.

Dr. Robbins was married at Houston the twenty- ninth of May, 1918, to Miss Maude Taylor, daugh- ter of H. D. Taylor, a lumber man of this city. Dr. and Mrs. Robbins make their home at 1112 Eagle Avenue, and have one child, Maude Marion. Dr. Robbins is a Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of Arabia Temple Shrine at Houston. He belongs to the Harris County Medical Society, the Texas Medi- cal Society, the Southern Medical Association and the American Medical Association.

H. LANDER, M. D., acknowledged leader in the field of surgery at Victoria, has been a factor in forwarding public health meas- ures here, and his standing as a surgeon has been stamped with the approval of the public. Dr. Lander came to Victoria toward the close of the year 1919, and entered private practice here, limit- ing his work to surgery. Shortly after his arrival he established the Victoria Hospital, at that time a twelve bed hospital equipped and organized to conform to the American Medical Association stand- ards, and ranking as a first-class hospital. The hos- pital has since been increased to a thirty-five bed hospital, and equipment increased to meet the de- mands of the larger capacity. A nurse's training school is in connection with the hospital. In 1922, Dr. Lander sold the Victoria Hospital to the Vic-

toria Hospital Association, an organization com- prising himself and Drs. Shields, McMullen and Hop- kins. Dr. Lander is head of the surgical depart- ment, doing surgical work only.

Dr. J. H. Lander was born in Mississippi, the sixteenth of January, 1884, and was taken to Ala- bama as an infant. He was reared in Mobile, at- tending the public schools there, and later entered the medical department of the University of Ala- bama, taking his Medical Degree in 1908. He fol- lowed this with work at Southwestern University, taking post-graduate work at the time he came to Texas with a view to locating in this state. He spent some time in Dallas, where he had hospital experience, and later located at Beeville, where he established a hospital. Three years later he leased the hospital, with a buying option to lessee, and en- listed in military service. He was commissioned First Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Army, and later promoted to captain, and then major, commanding a Sanitary Train overseas. He was discharged in 1919, coming to Victoria, where he has since been active in the medical fraternity.

Dr. Lander was married at Lone Oak, Texas, in 1915, to Miss Elizabeth Floyd, daughter of a pio- neer physician of Lone Oak. They have two chil- dren, Roy and Floyd Harper Lander, and reside at Victoria. Dr. Lander is a member and ex-president of the Rotary Club, a member and ex-president of the Victoria County Medical Society, and belongs to the Texas Medical Association, the Southern Medical Association and the American Medical As- sociation, and takes a leading part in medical af- fairs and has done much to secure the medical ad- vancement of Victoria.

R. L. C. POWELL, one of the most distin- guished of the younger physicians of Beau- mont, began the practice of his profession in this city several years ago, and is stead- ily advancing to a position among the foremost medical men of the state. Dr. Powell has a suite of offices in the San Jacinto Life Building, and practicing general medicine and surgery in all that the term implies, has been accorded a substantial patronage. Dr. Powell is enthusiastic in his chosen work, and is a physician whose genuine talents have won the highest regard of his associates. Trained in progressive methods, he is an exponent of the principles of modern medicine and keeps in close touch with all advancement in this field. Dr. Powell is also deeply interested in the advancement of medical standards and has contributed to make Beaumont one of the most medically advanced cities in this section. He was secretary and treasurer of the Hotel Dieu Hospital Staff and was house sur- geon at Hotel Dieu for four years.

Dr. Powell was born at Laurel, Texas, the fourth of October, 1894, the son of Dr. Charles N. Powell and Annie Trotti Powell, both natives of the Lone Star State. The elder Dr. Powell, a graduate of the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, and of the Louisville College of Medicine, has been practicing medicine at Deweyville, Texas, for more than three decades, and is one of the prominent physicians of that place. Dr. Powell was a student in the Newton County Schools until his entrance at Allen Academy, at Bryan, Texas. After several years there he entered Southwestern University for his pre-medical work, and afterward the medical

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department of the University of Texas, at Galveston, where he took his M. D. degree, the thirty-first of May, 1919, spending the following year as interne at John Sealy Hospital at Galveston. He then came to Beaumont, beginning his practice in this city, and has so continued.

Dr. Powell lives at 308 Washington Boulevard. He is a Mason, Blue Lodge, Beaumont, Consistory No. 1 of Galveston, and is a member of El Mina Temple Shrine also at Galveston and also a member of El Mina Temple Patrol. He belongs to the Jefferson County Medical Society, of which he was vice president in 1921, and the Texas Medical Asso- ciation and the American Medical Association. Highly accomplished and cultured, Dr. Powell rep- resents the best type of modern medical man, and has a real future in his chosen vocation.

R. ALFRED RANSOM AUTREY, for around a decade has been one of the vital forces of progress at Port Arthur, and is a recognized leader in the local medical fra- ternity, and enjoys the highest esteem of his fellow citizens. Dr. Autrey has a large general practice, for which he is particularly well equipped, and gives special attention to surgical cases. Dr. Autrey has contributed to make Port Arthur one of the most medically advanced cities of the coast and is an exponent of the most advanced medical theories, especially in the field of preventive medicine. He finds opportunities for service greater in general practice, than in specialized lines, and his practice is broad and general. Dr. Autrey occupies a well appointed suite of offices in the Deutser Building.

Dr. Autrey is a native of North Carolina, where he was born at Fayetteville, the sixth of November, 1881. His father, Alfred Ransom Autrey, also of that state, was for many years the owner of a num- ber of turpentine camps, and a turpentine distillery. He is now deceased. His mother, also deceased, was before her marriage Miss Elizabeth Johnson, and was a North Carolinan. Dr. Autrey received his elementary and high school education in the public schools of North Carolina, after which he went to Wake Forest College, for his pre-medical work, and took his A.B. degree from that institution. He then went to Chicago, entering Chicago University, receiving his M.D. degree from that well known medical college in 1905. The following year he served an interneship at St. Mary's Hospital, Mil- waukee, after which he came to Texas, going to Walker County. The following decade he engaged in general practice there, building up a large patron- age, and taking an active part in the professional life of his community. In 1915 he came to Port Arthur, as offering a broader field, and has since been one of the very able members of the medical profession here. Dr. Autrey's practice has grown steadily, and the years have brought increased popularity, and he has one of the largest prac- tices in the city. He entered the United States army in 1918 as first lieutenant in the Medical Corps, serving in various hospitals in Texas and North Car- olina until his discharge.

Dr. Autrey was married at Eagle Lake, Texas, the fifteenth of September, 1909, to Miss Ida Mae Ernst, a native of the Lone Star State and the daughter of Edward Ernst, who has lived in Texas for many years and been prominently identified with commercial activities. Dr. Autrey

finds Port Arthur as desirable a residence city as it is from the professional standpoint. He owns his home at 3100 Fifth Street. He and Mrs. Autrey have two children, Elizabeth and Ida Mae. Dr. Autrey is active in Masonic affairs, and is a member of Cosmopolitan Blue Lodge, 872, the Commandery of Port Arthur, and a member of El Mina Temple Shrine at Galveston. He belongs to the Country Club, the Tarpon Club and the Elks Club, and with Mrs. Autrey is a popular member of the social set of the city. Dr. Autrey is a mem- ber of the Jefferson County Medical Society, the S. E. Texas District Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, and is a fellow of the Ameri- can Medical Association.

R. FELIX S. MARTIN, an honored resident of Beaumont for many years, and one of the ablest physicians in this section, has earned noteworthy prominence in his pro- fession, and his standing as a physician has been stamped with the approval of the commun- ity. Dr. Martin came to Beaumont in 1901, since which time he has practiced general medicine and surgery, and has established one of the largest prac- tices in the city. He has never formed an associa- tion with other physicians, always practicing alone, and has his offices in the Perlstein Building, equip- ped with those aids modern medicine demands.

Dr. Martin was born at Trinity, Texas, in Au- gust, 1870. His father, R. W. B. Martin, was brought to the Lone Star State as a boy of ten years old, and was later one of the prominent farmers and land traders of this state, buying and selling many sections of land. Around a decade before his death he retired and went to New Mexico, where he made his home with one of his children. Dr. Martin's mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Jane Dun- lap, is a native of the Lone Star State, and now makes her home in New Mexico. She was born in Walker County. Dr. Martin attended the schools of Trinity as a boy, and after graduating from Trin- ity Academy, and from Sam Houston Normal In- stitute he entered the Barnes Medical College, at St. Louis, Missouri, where he took his M. D. degree in 1894. He then entered the City Hospital, at St. Louis, as interne, and after serving his interneship, returned to his home in Trinity where he began his practice. After a short time there he took the U. S. Medical Civil Service Examination, and was appoint- ed and sent to Parker, Arizona, as agency and school physician in the U. S. Indian Service at that point. He remained there five years, resigning in 1901 to come to Beaumont and establish his private practice. Dr. Martin was married at Galveston, Texas, in 1906, to Mrs. Ophelia Pettigrew Beaty, a widow, and a member of a prominent Corpus Christi family. Mrs. Martin had three children by her first marriage, she and Dr. and Dr. Martin having one child, James Robert Martin. Dr. Martin and his family reside at 2234 Liberty Avenue. He is prominently identified with Masonic activities, and is a Blue Lodge Mason, No. 1165, Knights Templar and Thirty-second De- gree Scottish Rite, and a member of El Mina Tem- ple Shrine at Galveston. Dr. Martin belongs to the Jefferson County Medical Society, of which he is a past president, the Texas State Medical Associa- tion, the American Medical Association, and the Southern Medical Association.

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R. B. WEEMS TURNER, urologist and der- matologist, came to Houston in 1913 and since that time has been specializing in this branch of medical science. Dr. Turner is the executive head and the owner of the Turner Uro- logical Institute, located at 506 Caroline Street, which is a modern, fireproof, three story and base- ment building, with hospital accommodations for eighteen people. This institution is equipped with complete laboratories, both X-ray and clinical, and the equipment for handling work of this kind is said to be among the most complete in the Southwest. Dr. Turner is on the staff of the Baptist Hospital and the Municipal Hospital.

Dr. Turner was born in Brazoria County, March 20th, 1889. His father, Frank W. Turner, a native Texan, is engaged in farming, stock raising and stock dealing on a large scale. His mother was Miss Annie D. Krause, a native of the Lone Star State. Dr. Turner's grandfather, Sugars Turner, came to Texas prior to 1836 and was in the Mexican war, and four of his sons participated in the Civil War. Dr. Turner's academic education was obtained in the Sam Houston Normal Institute, at Huntsville, Texas, and he graduated from that institution in 1907. He early evinced an interest in medicine, and entered the medical department of the University of Texas, graduating in the class of 1911 with the M. D. degree. In 1911 and 1912, he served an interneship at the Kansas City General Hospital, and in 1912 and 1913 he did postgraduate work at Johns Hop- kins Hospital at Baltimore. Associated with Dr. Turner in his practice are Dr. Herbert T. Hays, well known in the medical circles of Houston and Har- ris County, and his brother, Dr. John Harolde Tur- ner, who recently joined him in Houston.

Dr. John Harolde Turner graduated from the Sam Houston Normal Institute at Huntsville in 1913, after which he entered the academic department of the University of Texas, and was a student in this department for two years. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Texas in 1919 with the M. D. degree. In 1920 and 1921, Dr. Turner served as an interne at St. Vincent's Hospital of New York City, and in 1921 and 1922 he did post-graduate work in the Johns Hopkins Hos- pital as assistant urologist at the Brady Urological Institute. He is a Mason, to the 32nd degree, a member of Arabia Temple Shrine and is also a mem- ber of the Houston Club, the American Medical Association, and the State and County Medical So- cieties. He is popular in the social circles, and in the business and professional circles as well and is regarded as a valuable asset to the citizenship and profession of Houston. He was married at Rich- mond, Texas, October 6th, 1923, to Miss Carrie Mac Johnson, daughter of Dr. J. C. Johnson, and a mem- ber of a pioneer Texas family.

Dr. B. Weems Turner was married in Houston in 1915 to Miss Margaret Carnes, a member of an old Texas family and a daughter of P. H. Carnes, pioneer Texas stock man. They have three chil- dren, Margaret Ann, Dorothy Jean, and B. Weems Turner, Jr. Dr. Turner is a Mason to the 32nd de- gree, a Knight Templar, and a member of Arabia Temple Shrine. He is a member of the American Medical Association, Texas State Medical Society, Harris County Medical Society, American Urological Association, Texas Surgical Society, and is a fellow

of the American College of Surgeons. He also be- longs to the University Club, the Houston Country Club, and the Houston Club. That Houston is ideally located and destined to become the medical center of a great portion of the Southwest, is the belief of Dr. Turner. He is regarded by other members of the medical profession as one of the state's foremost experts in the branch in which he is specializing.

M. HARGROVE, M. D., B. S., F. A. C. S., while one of the younger men connected with the medical profession in Houston, has attained a remarkable standing among members of the medical fraternity since his loca- tion here in 1919. Practically all of his time is de- voted to surgery, his specialty being orthopedics.

Dr. Hargrove has an elaborate and splendidly equipped suite of offices at 508 Keystone Building, where he is the senior member of the medical firm of Hargrove, Dunnam, Levy and Spiller. The firm has one of the best equipped offices in the South, in- cluding a complete laboratory and X-ray equipment and with each man connected with the firm, a spe- cialist in his line, patients are assured the best of attention.

Besides Dr. Hargrove, the firm is composed of Dr. T. E. Dunnam, who does general practice; Dr. J. B. Spiller, a specialist in X-ray and laboratory work, and Dr. M. D. Levy, internal medicine and diagnosis. Dr. Hargrove does general surgery be- sides paying special attention to difficult ortho- pedic cases.

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 51

Author: Davis, Ellis A. Publication date: 1926 Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?] Number of Pages: 1262

Author: Davis, Ellis A.
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?]
Number of Pages: 1262