New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 52

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

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A native of Texas, Dr. Hargrove was born at Smithville, in Bastrop County, on January 19, 1884. He is a son of C. C. and Mima Rebecca (Walker) Hargrove. His father was a native of Louisiana who removed to Texas in the early days and estab- lished a mercantile business at Smithville, which he operated until his death some years ago. Dr. Har- grove's mother was a native of Texas and a mem- ber of a pioneer family which came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin's colony. Her mother was a mem- ber of the Eggleston family which played an im- portant part in the early day history of the Re- public of Texas, and a relative named Coleman was a member of the staff of General Sam Houston at the battle of San Jacinto.

Dr. Hargrove attended the public schools of Smith- ville and graduated at the high school there in 1901. He was a student at Baylor University in 1903 and 1904 and then entered the medical department of the University of Texas, where he graduated with the class of 1912, receiving the degree of Doctor of Med- icine. During 1912 and 1913, he was demonstrator of anatomy at the University and during 1913-14 served as house surgeon at Kensington Hospital at Philadelphia. He then located at Beaumont and practiced there during 1915 and a part of the year following. He was elected professor of anatomy at the University of Oklahoma in 1916 and during his service with this institution did special work and was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science there in 1917.

In December, 1917, Dr. Hargrove enlisted in the United States army and was commissioned first lieutenant and served as special instructor at Camp Greenleaf, Camp Travis, at Camp Travis Hospital and Base Hospital No. 150 until his discharge in March, 1919. Following his discharge from the

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army, he decided to locate in Houston and his suc- cess here has been such that he has never regretted the decision.

On August 29, 1915, Dr. Hargrove was married in Beaumont to Miss Mildred Montgomery, a native of Montgomery County and member of a well known family there. They have three children, Carey J., Mildred and Ruth.

In 1921 Dr. Hargrove received the honor coveted by all surgeons by being elected a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He takes a very active interest in all matters pertaining to the med- ical profession and is a member of the American Medical Association, State and County Medical So- cieties and the Texas Surgical Society. He also is a licentiate of the National Board of Medical Exam- iners. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a mem- ber of Arabia Temple Shrine and his college frater- nities are the Sigma Chi, academic, and Phi Beta Pi, medical.

R. HERMAN W. JOHNSON, whose practice is limited to obstetrics, with office in the Scanlan Building, came to Houston in 1920 from Gowanda, New York, and since that time has been an active figure in the medical cir- cles of this city. Prior to coming to Houston, Dr. Johnson had practiced his profession for about eighteen years in Gowanda, New York. Besides his private practice, he is visiting Obstetrician at both the Baptist and the Municipal Hospitals.

Dr. Johnson was born at Andover, Vermont, Au- gust 2nd, 1883. His father, Charles H. Johnson, was engaged in farming in Vermont practically all of his life. His mother was Miss Adelina Lincoln, a member of a prominent Vermont family. Dr. John- son's early education was obtained in the public schools of Gowanda, New York, where he graduated from the high school in 1901. He then entered the University of Buffalo, New York, and graduated from this institution in the class of 1905 with the M. D. Degree. During the remainder of 1905 and in 1906, he served an interneship in the Dannemora State Hospital. From 1906 to 1917, Dr. Johnson was

engaged in the general practice of medicine at Gowanda, New York, but devoted most of this time to obstetrics. In 1917 he entered the United States Army as First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps and was assigned to British service in France. In 1918 he was transferred to the American forces, returned to America and became executive officer in the United States Army General Hospital No. 2 at Balti- more, Maryland. During this time he was promoted, first to the rank of captain and later to that of major. He remained in this official position and hospital until he was discharged from the service in January, 1920, when he came to Houston. Since coming here, his practice has been limited to ob- stetrics.

Dr. Johnson was married in Buffalo, New York, June 26th, 1912, to Miss Myrtle Howard, a native of New York, and a member of an old, and esteemed family of that state. They have one son-Robert L. Johnson. In fraternal and social organizations, Dr. Johnson is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being affiliated with Phoenix Lodge No. 262 of Gowanda, New York, Salamanca Commandery No. 62 at Salamanca, New York, and Ismailia Temple of Buffalo, New York; the University Club, The River Oaks Club, the American Medical Association,

the Texas State Medical Society, the Harris County Medical Society, and the Houston Obstetrical and Gynecological Society. Dr. Johnson considers that Houston has a bright future as a medical center and that it is becoming one of the leading cities of the Southwest in medical lines as well as all other.

OBERT A. JOHNSTON, M. D., one of the recent recruits to the medical world at Houston, has since coming to this city been one of the vital forces of medical advance- ment, and is a recognized leader in the field of Gynecology and Obstetrics, to which his practice is limited. Dr. Johnston is associated with the Hous- ton Clinic, a group of physicians whose names are significant in the medical world at Houston, and who occupy their own building at the corner of Main Street and Pease Avenue. Dr. Johnston spe- cializes in Gynecology and Obstetrics, and is on the staff of St. Joseph's, the Municipal and the Metho- dist Hospitals, and on the visiting staff of the Bap- tist Hospital.

Dr. Johnston was born in Macon County, Ala- bama, the sixteenth of August, 1895, the son of Dr. L. W. Johnston, one of the prominent physicians of Alabama, and a member of the State Board of that State. With a medical ancestry dating back to Dr. Launcelot Johnston, and the days of 1776, since which time there has always been a physician in the Johnston family, it was natural for Dr. John- ston, as a boy, to light on this as his vocation. After finishing his work in the public schools of his native State, he entered the University of Alabama for his pre-medical work, and took his B. S. degree in 1915. The following fall he entered Johns Hopkins for his medical work, taking his medical degree in 1919. The following two years he was at Johns Hopkins, as Assistant in Obstetrics, and at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The ensuing nine months he was As- sistant in Gynecology, at Columbia University Medi- cal School, and at the Sloan Hospital for Women. During the World War Dr. Johnston served with the S. A. T. C. at Camp Mead, and was on Hos- pital Relief duty. He came to Houston in 1921, and has since been associated with the Houston Clinic.

Dr. Johnston was married at Houston, the twenty- fourth of October, 1923, to Miss Marie Louise Hogg, the daughter of Dr. Frank B. Hogg, of Houston, who until his death on the twenty-first of March, 1909, was one of the most prominent physicians of this city, and a man of high standing in the medical world. Dr. Hogg was a Spanish American War Veteran. He was married at New Orleans, Louis- iana, the twenty-third of November, 1898, to Miss Josephine Connally, who now resides in Houston, making her home at the Bender Hotel. Dr. and Mrs. Johnston have an attractive home at the cor- ner of San Jacinto and Stewart Streets. Dr. John- ston is a member of the Houston Club, the Univer- sity Club, the Kiwanis Club, the River Oaks Country Club, Phi Delta Theta, at the University of Ala- bama, and Phi Chi at Johns Hopkins. He is a mem- ber of the Harris County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Asso- ciation and is Vice-President of the Houston Gyne- cological and Obstetrical Society. Dr. Johnston is interested in all community progress work, and is one of the most popular and best liked of Houston's younger citizens.

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R. RICHARD E. BARR came to Orange, Texas, when the Frances Ann Lutcher Hospital, the finest and best equipped in- stitution of its kind in the South, was opened to the public in 1920. At first he was in charge of X-ray and laboratory work, but soon was made director, and in addition to managing this great hospital Dr. Barr is in charge of X-ray, radium treatments and laboratory work, and has limited his practice to these branches only. The Frances Ann Lutcher Hospital at Orange is a gift to humanity by the noble woman whose name this institution bears, and is the culmination of a dream begun long ago, when as a real helpmate to her beloved young husband, Henry J. Lutcher, they saw terrible accidents among their saw mill family, and only emergency treatment was at hand, and in those days it was often of the crudest kind. The hospital is the realization of a lifelong desire to help the poor and the families of the men who assisted in building the fortune of Mr. and Mrs. Lutcher. Though not a charity hospital in any sense, it is embodied in the charter that not a cent of remuneration shall ever be received by the owner but shall return to the upkeep fund, and it is Mrs. Lutcher's express desire that the portals shall never be closed to the sick or suffering. Although a com- paratively young man, Dr. Barr is particularly suited for the responsible position he holds, on account of his educational advantages, and years of travel, where he came in direct contact with all the classes of people in the world, and viewed all the diseases to which the flesh is heir. He spent nine years in travel, and visited all portions of the world. In addition to being a leader in the medical pro- fession, Dr. Barr has a remarkably retentive mem- ory, and is one of the best posted men along all lines in the entire country.

A native Texan, Dr. Barr comes of one of the pioneer families of the Lone Star State. He was born at Sprinkle, Texas, on July 31, 1888. His fa- ther, William B. Barr (deceased), was one of the most prominent citizens of Travis County, where for many years he was engaged in the mercantile busi- ness at Sprinkle, near the capital city, having come to Texas from Virginia and located at this point in 1873. His mother was Miss Tillie Birdwell, a native of Illinois, and is now residing in Denver, Colorado. As a youth Dr. Barr attended private school, after which he went to Austin and became a student of the high school there, but did not quite finish the course, and attended private school again during the summer months. He entered the A. and M. College of Texas in 1903, where he remained for two years and was transferred to the University of Texas, where he pursued a pre-medical course. He then left the university and spent nine years in travel, and returned to Texas in 1915 and entered the medical department of the University of Texas at Galveston, graduating from that institution in the class of 1919 with the M.D. degree.

Dr. Barr is a member of the A. F. and A. M. with membership in the Blue Lodge and the Chap- ter of this order. He is also a member of the Ro- tary Club and the American, Texas and County Medical Societies. Dr. Barr is regarded as one of the leading physicians of the state doing his class of work and today he is one of the recognized au- thorities in this line. He believes that more hos-

pitals are needed in Texas and the continued growth of the Lone Star State is making the need more imperative every year.

R. FRANK D. MABRY, for around a decade one of the leading members of the medical fraternity at Port Arthur, has practiced his vocation here during that time, steadily advancing in his profession, and building the repu- tation of an authority in genito-urinary diseases. Dr. Mabry has for a number of years devoted much time to the study of this field of medical science and is well equipped to meet any professional de- mands. He has a very large practice, other physi- cians frequently referring to him cases coming with- in his specialty. His offices, in the Deutser Build- ing, are equipped with the mechanics of his special field, and are well appointed throughout. Since September, 1923, Dr. Mabry has been associated with Dr. T. A. Fears, also a leading genito-urinary specialist, and the firm has taken a prominent part in medical advancement. Prior to forming his pres- ent association Dr. Mabry was with Dr. C. A. Pen- man, until the latter's death in July, 1923.

Dr. Mabry is a native of Madisonville, Texas, where he was born the ninth of July, 1888. He is the son of G. M. Mabry, who came to Texas shortly after the Civil War and was one of the pioneer cat- tle men of the state. During the early years he was one of the cattle men who drove their herds to the markets at Kansas City, and in doing so had to protect them from the outlaws and Indians along the route. He was one of those rugged pio- neers who paved the way for the future of the in- dustry, and to whom the stock raisers of the present owe much. Dr. Mabry's mother before her marriage was Miss Henrietta Lack, a native of Grimes Coun- ty, Texas. Both parents are deceased.

Dr. Grimes attended the public schools of Madi- sonville, later entering the University of Texas in the medical department at Galveston, where he took his M.D. degree in 1911. He then entered St. Jo- seph's Hospital, where he served an interneship, and spent three years there. He also spent some time at St. Vinnin's Hospital, and later returned to Chicago and took up post-graduate work. He came to Port Arthur in 1914, and has since engaged in practice in this city, with the exception of a period in military service. Dr. Mabry was commissioned first lieutenant, Medical Corps, U. S. A., in May, 1918, and sent to Camp Cody, New Mexico, and then to France, spending eleven months and twenty- three days overseas. He was discharged the twenty- ninth of July, 1919, and returned to Port Arthur, resuming his practice.

Dr. Mabry was married at Leona, Texas, the fif- teenth of April, 1914, to Miss Lillian Mahanson, a native of Leona County, and the daughter of the late Jim Mahanson, a resident of that county for many years. Dr. and Mrs. Mabry reside at 2812 Procter Street in Port Arthur, and are well known members of their representative social set. Dr. Mabry is a Mason, member of Chapter Council, Sherry, Texas, and belongs to the Elks Club, the Country Club, and the Texas Medical Society, the South Texas Medical Society, and the American Medical Asso- ciation. Dr. Mabry takes a deep interest in civic advancement, particularly along the lines of public welfare, and is one of the most esteemed residents of Port Arthur.

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S. McMULLEN, M. D., of Victoria, Texas, has for more than two decades been an active figure in the medical circles of Tex- as where he has established an enviable record as a physician and surgeon. Dr. McMullen is engaged in a general practice of medicine and surgery, not specializing in any particular branch of the medical profession. Prior to locating in Victoria, Dr. McMullen practiced at Rockport, Tex- as, beginning his practice there in 1905, later he was for a short period located at Goliad, Texas. He has for several years been on the staff of the Victoria Hospital, and is the manager of this hos- pital, one of the best equipped institutions of its kind in this portion of the state. Dr. McMullen has seen service in both the Spanish-American and the World Wars, during the first named conflict he was a member of the 3rd United States Artillery. He took part in the Spanish-American War before he had finished his academic work at college. During the World War, he was commissioned First Lieu- tenant, United States Medical Corps, in 1917, being located at Camp McArthur and later at Camp Pike. He was assigned to Evacuation Hospital No. 27. Overseas he was at South Hampton, LeMans, Nevers, Coblenz and others. He was during the period spent overseas, promoted to captain. He returned to America and was discharged on August 12th, 1919. Dr. McMullen is captain of the Medical Re- serve Corps, U. S. A.

A native of Arkansas, Dr. McMullen was born on January 8th, 1882, but was brought to Texas by his parents when an infant. His father, Dr. W. F. Mc- Mullen, after several years practice of medicine in Arkansas, came to Rockport, Texas, where he is re- garded as one of South Texas' leading physicians. Dr. McMullen's family has a distinction in the medi- cal profession, which is perhaps without a parallel in the entire country-four generations of medicos, all actively engaged in practice at the same time-Dr. McMullen, his father, grandfather and great-grand- father. Dr. McMullen's early education was obtained in the public schools, Bay View Academy, the A. and M. College of Texas, which he attended for a period of three years and then entered the Spanish- American War. After his return to Texas, he took up his studies in the Medical Department of the University of Tennessee, then at Nashville, now at Memphis, and graduated from this institution in the class of 1905, with the M. D. degree. Dr. Mc- Mullen distinguished himself during his college days, in that he was second honor man in his classes and won the interneship at City Hospital at Nashville and also at Davidson County Hospital. Dr. McMullen has lived in various portions of the state and has made investments in many portions, which has along with other Texas properties, paid wonder- ful returns to the investors. He lived in Wise Coun- ty, Texas, for a time and at Aransas Pass until 1893, and is familiar with places and conditions through- out the Lone Star State.

Dr. McMullen was married at Goliad, Texas, in 1906 to Miss Wilhelmina Dorbritz, a native Texan, but the family came from Germany. They have five children, Theo. Louise, Walter Henry, Ruth, Patri- cia and Joe D. Dr. McMullen is a member of the A. F. and A. M. with membership in the Victoria Lodge, and Chapter. He is also a member of the B. P. O. E., I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias,

Victoria Chamber of Commerce, Victoria County Fair Association, American Legion, of which organ- ization he is the organizer and first commander. He served as the head of the American Legion here for a period of two years. He is a member of many of the social and civic organizations of the city, in which he takes an active interest. His church affiliation is with the Presbyterian faith. Dr. Mc- Mullen is not an advocate of "Gold digging" in the medical profession and is a staunch supporter of the highest ethics in medicine and surgery. He is a member of the County, District and State Medical Associations, and is councillor of the State Medical Association for this district. Dr. McMullen has since locating in Victoria, exerted an influence for good throughout a wide range of the city's activ- ities-a leader in the medical profession, and a steadfast exponent of its highest standards, one of Victoria's most progressive citizens, on which he has indelibly impressed the seal of his usefulness in every way.

R. SAMUEL J. PATE has been for a number of years past one of the influential mem- bers of the surgical profession of Beau- mont, a field wherein he is recognized as an authority, and has enjoyed many distinctions in his profession. Dr. Pate came to Beaumont the six- teenth of June, 1910, and has continued his practice in this city since that time, limiting his work to the field of aseptic surgery with its definite technic, and has attained the highest standing in this field. He has a very large practice, and maintains his offices at 1103 San Jacinto Life Building.

Dr. Pate was born at Woodville, Texas, the ninth of February, 1878, the son of W. J. Pate, a native of Georgia, who came to East Texas many years ago, as a young man, and was a farmer for many years. He is now retired and lives at Woodville. Dr. Pate's mother, who before her marriage was Miss Emily Odom, is also a native of Georgia. Dr. Pate re- ceived his early instructions in the public schools of Woodville, and later completing his work there, entered Tulane University, in the medical depart- ment at New Orleans, and received his M. D. Degree from that university in 1905. He then did postgrad- uate work at Charity Hospital at New Orleans, dur- ing 1906 and 1907. Dr. Pate entered the army in 1917, as surgeon, and was sent first to the Medical Officers Training Camp for two months of inten- sive training, after which he went to Illinois, as regular surgeon at General Hospital No. 28, located thirty miles out of Chicago. He remained there until his discharge, in October, 1919, when he returned to Beaumont and resumed his practice. Dr. Pate has taken all the important postgraduate work offered in this country, at the clinics in New Orleans, New York, Mayo Brothers Clinic, and others. In 1921 he spent eight months abroad, visiting all the coun- tries and clinics of Europe, among them the major clinics in England, Germany, Austria and France.

Fraternally Dr. Pate is a Mason, Blue Lodge, and is affiliated with the Jefferson County Medical So- ciety, the South Texas Medical Association, the Tex- as Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. He is a man of high scientific and professional attainments, and is well worthy the honors that have come to him professionally, and the place he occupies in the life of his community.

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AMES GREENWOOD, M. D., for more than a decade a factor in medical advancement at Houston, has occupied a high place in the confidence of the people of his city, and is a man of achievement in his profession. Dr. Green- wood came to Houston in 1912, establishing the Greenwood Sanitarium in that same year. This sanitarium, with a capacity of thirty beds, is housed in three modern buildings, and employs twenty peo- ple in its operation. Dr. Elliott is House Physician. Dr. Greenwood had a decade of experience prior to coming to Houston, and was from 1903 to 1907 phy- sician at the Southwest Texas Insane Asylum, where his work in this field attracted attention from his confreres. From 1908 until 1912 he was instructor in Medicine at the University of Texas, coming to Houston at the conclusion of this period. He also engaged in general practice at Seguin for four years, and was well known there for his enthusiasm in his profession. Dr. Greenwood served on the Advisory Board during the war, and has been Examiner for the Veteran's Bureau since its establishment, taking a deep interest in the welfare of World War Vet- erans. Dr. Greenwood has an office in the Keystone Building, dividing his time between his office prac- tice and his work at the sanitarium.

Dr. James Greenwood was born at Seguin, Texas, the eighteenth of April, 1878. His father, James C. Greenwood, came to the Lone Star State from Mississippi in 1855, and is a well known attorney at Seguin. His mother, before her marriage, Miss Corinne Henderson, in a native of Tennessee. Dr. Greenwood attended the public schools of Seguin and after graduating from high school there en- tered the Medical Department of the University of Texas, taking the M. D. degree in 1901. He imme- diately began the practice of his profession, at Se- guin, and his career thereafter has been given in the opening paragraph.

Dr. Greenwood was married at Seguin, Texas, the twenty-fourth of September, 1906, to Miss Ella Har- ris, daughter of J. F. Harris, well known lumber- man, who came to Texas from Mississippi around 1855. Dr. and Mrs. Greenwood make their home at the Sanitarium, on the South Main Street Road, and have five children, James, Jr., Joe Harris, Ella Co- rinne, Marvin Henderson and Mary Lois Greenwood. Dr. Greenwood is a Mason, York Rite, and a mem- ber of Arabia Temple Shrine. He belongs to the Rotary Club, the Harris County Medical Society, the South Texas Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association and the American Psychatric Association.

R. L. H. BUSH, M. D., F. A. C. S., an hon- ored resident of Huntsville for many years, and one of the ablest physicians and sur- geons of this section, has earned noteworthy prominence in his profession, and his standing as a physician has been stamped with the approval of the community and his confreres. Dr. Bush, while specializing in surgery, is familiar with the entire scope of modern medicine, and his work is the ripened result of many years' experience and study. He is regarded as the finest surgeon in this section, and is chief surgeon for the state penitentiary at Huntsville, with some four thousand prisoners, and also has an extensive private prac- tice. Dr. Bush began his practice at Huntsville

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 52

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