New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 55

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

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The doctor was born in Van Zandt County, Texas, the fourteenth of June, 1868, the son of D. W. Flor- ence, a cotton farmer, who came to Texas from Ala- bama after the Civil War, and settled in Van Zandt County, and who now makes his home at Mesquite, where he is engaged in farming and banking. Dr. Florence's mother's maiden name was Miss Julie Beaty. Dr. Florence's grandfather, J. H. Florence, in the early days of Texas history colonized sev- eral leagues of land around Mesquite, with settlers from Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia. The doctor received his early education in the public schools of Dallas, and after graduating from the high school there he entered Alexander Institute for his two years' pre-medical work. He received his medical training at Louisville Medical College, taking his degree from that institution in 1889, after which he did post-graduate work at New York Polyclinic, and the Cook County Hospital, at Chicago. He returned to Texas, beginning his practice at Trent, in 1889, remaining there until he went to Dallas, where he was elected health officer of Dallas County, in 1896, and city health officer of Dallas, in 1898, holding the position for four years. Later, he spent seven years with the State Health Department, and was at Brownsville, as federal medical examiner of immi- grants from 1903 to 1905, and was later at Galves- ton and Sabine, as state quarantine officer. He came to Houston, in 1909, as medical director for the Great Southern Life Insurance Company, and spent a number of years in this city. Later he helped or-

ganize the Atlas Life Insurance Company, at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was vice president of the company in 1918 and 1919, when he sold his interest. He re- turned to Houston when the Great Southern Life In- surance Company moved their headquarters back to this city. More recently he has become associated with the Texas State Life Insurance Company with headquarters in San Antonio.

Dr. Florence was first married at Dallas, in 1889, to Miss Kittie Best, of a Dallas family, who died in 1912. He was again married in 1916, this time to Mrs. Stella J. Wood, and they make their home at 909 Kipling Avenue. Dr. Florence has seven chil- dren, John, a contractor at San Antonio; Dave, an expert rater, with the Fire Insurance Commission of Texas; Mrs. Hughie Call, of Montana; Mrs. Louise Berthold, of Houston, and Misses Isabel, Julie, and Zenaide. Dr. Florence is a Mason, Blue Lodge, at Dallas, Scottish Rite, at Dallas, and Arabia Temple Shrine, at Houston. He is a charter member of the Houston Club, and a member of the Harris County Medical Society, the South Texas Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the Southern Med- ical Association and the American Medical Asso- ciation. As a citizen and as a physician, Dr. Flor- ence has lived his life to the full, and Houston is proud to claim him as a citizen and a leader in civic and public health work. As an indication of their esteem and confidence in his ability, a committee representing the leading citizens and taxpayers of Houston in 1924 requested him to make the race for the State Legislature, which he did without oppo- sition.

MARK O'FARRELL, M. D., although but recently come to Houston, has for many years been a factor in the medical advance- ment of the Lone Star State, and has digni- fied the medical profession by more than three decades of practice and service, and has steadily ad- vanced to a place among the foremost physicians of the state. Few physicians are more highly es- teemed, or have made a better record in their profes- sion than he, and he is a leader in all medical activi- ties at Houston. While the lines of his practice have been liberal, and he has throughout his career repre- sented the general practitioner, at once the friend and physician to his patients, Dr. O'Farrell has for many years given special attention to general sur- gery, and is an operating surgeon of distinction. Dr. O'Farrell came to Houston in 1920, and since com- ing to this city has built up a large clientele, and also takes an active interest in welfare work. He is on the visiting staff of all the hospitals of the city, and has a well appointed suite of offices in the Union National Bank Building.

Dr. O'Farrell was born near Troy, Alabama, the fifteenth of May, 1866, and came to Texas as a child of five years of age. His father, J. B. O'Farrell, left his home in Alabama shortly after the Civil War, on account of the troubles of the reconstruc- tion period, and trouble with the freed negroes. He came to Texas and settled near Atlanta, where he engaged in farming and school teaching for many years. He opened the first store in Atlanta and was postmaster there for many years and its first mayor. The town of O'Farrell, near Atlanta, was named in his honor. His death occurred in 1923. Dr. O'Farrell's mother, whose maiden name was

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Eugenia Durham, was a native of Alabama, and with her husband and son came to Texas in 1871 with a party of fifty pioneers. Dr. O'Farrell at- tended the public schools near his home, and was also a student at Professor Looney's Academy at Atlanta, and had two years as a student in the old Houston Infirmary before attending medical col- lege. He then entered the University of Tennessee, and was graduated with the medical degree in 1891. After finishing his medical studies, Dr. O'Farrell returned to Texas and for five years engaged in practice in East Texas. He then went to Richmond, Texas, locating there in 1896, and was one of the leading physicians of that city until he removed to Houston. He established a hospital there, to insure adequate nursing attention for his patients, and ran that institution until it burned, in 1919. Dr. O'Farrell has always been exceptionally successful in surgical work, and since coming to Houston in 1920, has given this field the major part of his time.

Dr. O'Farrell was married at Richmond, Texas, the fourteenth of August, 1889, to Miss Rosa Lee Daughtry, whose father died when she was an in- fant. Her grandfather was a large sugar planter in Texas and well known in agricultural circles. Dr. and Mrs. O'Farrell have two children, Dr. J. D. O'Farrell, D. D. S., a prominent dental surgeon, and Mrs. J. W. E. Stephen. They make their home at 110 Stratford Avenue, and attend the Baptist

Church. Dr. O'Farrell has had many honors come to him during the years of his active practice, and has attained a place of real distinction. He was a member of the first State Board of Health, formed during Governor Campbell's administration. Dur- ing the World War, Dr. O'Farrell was one of the first to come forward and offer his services to his country, although well past military age. He was commissioned captain in the Medical Corps, U. S. A., in July, 1917, and was surgeon in the 14th Cavalry. The first of January, 1918, he was made com- mander of the Camp Hospital at Camp Del Rio, and was later promoted to major in the Medical Corps. He was discharged the twenty-eighth day of De- cember, 1918, and is now major, M. O. R. C. Dr. O'Farrell belongs to the Society of Military Sur- geons, and is ex-president of the South Texas Med- ical Association. He is a member of the Harris County Medical Society, the South Texas Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association.

M. BLAIR, M. D., represents one of the most honored and prominent names in the medical fraternity of Houston, where he has dignified his profession by three decades of service and practice, his work in the field of aseptic surgery attracting the attention of the med- ical world. Dr. Blair came to Houston the twenty- ninth of November, 1894, and established a down town office. His enthusiasm and ability as a phy- sician won him recognition, resulting in the building up of a large and lucrative practice. Surgical work, especially, appealed to Dr. Blair and in August, 1900, he established Blair's Sanitarium, a fifteen-bed hos- pital of exceptionally high standards, and has since given his attention to surgical work. Blair's Sani- tarium, located at 1212 North San Jacinto Street, is a modern, completely equipped private sanitarium, with a corps of highly trained nurses, and the pa-

tient entering here is assured individual attention and unsurpassed nursing and surgical attention. In the field of surgery Dr. Blair brings to bear on his work an assured knowledge, the result of years of training, and perfected by wide and varied exper- ience, and he approachs the most difficult and com- plicated cases with confidence. A man of high scien- tific attainments and distinguished professonal bear- ing, he is a recognized leader in his special field, and his talents have won the admiration of his con- freres and the layman alike.

Dr. Blair was born in Indiana the fourth of Feb- ruary, 1859, the son of James and Lydia M. Blair. His father died while he was quite young and his mother has for the past quarter of a century spent her winters in Houston and her summers in Chicago. Dr. Blair attended the common schools near his home, and after graduating from high school entered Rush Medical College, in Chicago, where he took his M. D. degree in 1884. He then spent one year in the Indianapolis Medical School Hospital, and fur- ther fortified himself by one year in King's College, London, England. His first practice was at Logans- port, Indiana, where he spent two years, after which he went to Chicago, as offering a broader field, and was eight years in that city. At that time he came to Houston, for his health, and has remained in this city since, engaging in the practice of his profession and advancing to a place among the leaders of the local fraternity.

Dr. Blair, following the advice of his Scotch father, James Blair, who said, "dirt could neither burn down nor blow away," has always been an in- vestor in lands. He owns land in as many as five different states and also owns much property in Houston, a city in which he finds real estate in- vestment especially profitable, and in which he is a firm believer. In making his investments, Dr. Blair shows a sound businss knowledge, unusual in the professional man, and has a keen sense of value and an ability to foresee the trend of future growth and value increase that has made his investments particularly significant.

Dr. Blair has for many years made the education of youth his hobby, and it has been his special plea- sure to assume the education of his nieces and nephews, each of whom has had every educational advantage. One nephew, Lyman C. Blair, is now in Houston and preparing, at Rice Institute, to fol- low his uncle in the medical profession. Each year he also helps children to secure an education and any earnest young person can be assured of his interest and help in securing educational advantages. This hobby, particularly worth while, has enabled many young people to receive educational edvantages they would have otherwise been denied, and Dr. Blair in unselfishly interesting himself in these youth, has performed a real service to his city.

Dr. Blair is a Mason, a member of Holland Lodge No. 1, and of the Scottish Rite Bodies of Houston. He is affiliated with the Harris County Medical So- ciety, the Texas Medical Association and the Amer- ican Medical Association. Dr. Blair finds recrea- tion in touring and has twice toured the Pacific Coast and the Pacific Northwest by automobile, but always delights in returning to Houston. He is in- terested in all welfare work, especially from a public health angle, and is one of the outstanding citizens of Houston.

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D. CRUTCHFIELD, M. D. began the prac- tice of his profession at Galveston, Texas, in 1919, and with the exception of time spent in post-graduate work in New York, has been active in the medical circles of this city since that time. Dr. Crutchfield has offices at 422 Amer- ican National Insurance Company Building, and spe- cializes in diseases of the skin and has splendid X-ray laboratory and equipment for this particular work. In addition to his large practice, Dr. Crutch- field is professor of dermatology and syphilis of the medical department of the University of Texas. He began instruction work at this institution in 1919 and has been steadily promoted since that time. Dr. Crutchfield is regarded as one of the most suc- cessful medical men of Galveston, and is a leader in his chosen branches of medicine as well as an in- structor. He takes a keen interest in the develop- ment of his city and state and for some time has taken an active interest in the development of the fig industry on the mainland and is vice president of the San Leon Fig Orchards Company. He be- lieves that the fig growing industry will soon become one of the best money crops of South Texas. Pre- serving and canning plants are rapidly being con- structed, and this insures a ready market to the fig growers, who heretofore have been apprehensive of a market, even though vast quantities of this fruit should be raised. The Texas preserved fig has be- come widely known, and command a higher price than the preserved fig of other portions of the coun- try. Dr. Crutchfield, during the World War, was a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the U. S. A., and was assigned as an instructor of the S. A. T. C. at Galveston, where he remained until after the sign- ing of the armistice, when he was discharged. He later accepted the commission of medical officer in the Marine Reserve Corps.

Dr. Crutchfield was born at Socorro, New Mexico, on March 7th, 1890, but was brought to Texas by his parents when three months old. His father, Rev. J. M. Crutchfield, was a well known Methodist min- ister, and for many years the Crutchfield home was at Henrietta, Texas. Dr. Crutchfield's early educa- tion was obtained in the public schools of Texas, and he later attended military academies and still later became a student of the Southwestern University at Georgetown, Texas, and graduated from that institu- tion in the class of 1911 with the B. A. degree. He then entered the medical department of the Uni- versity of Texas and graduated in the class of 1918 with the M. D. degree, when he immediately estab- lished his home and office in Galveston and began the practice of his profession.

Dr. Crutchfield was married at Caldwell, Texas, in July, 1921, to Miss Marie Stone, a member of a well known family of Burleson County. Dr. and Mrs. Crutchfield reside at 1407 Broadway. Dr. Crutch- field is president of the . Galveston County Medical Association and has always been active in this or- ganization. He is also a member of the Texas Med- ical Association and the American Medical Associa- tion. He is a member of the Radiological Society of North America, and of the Galveston Country Club and many other of this city's social organizations, where he is very popular. Dr. Crutchfield predicts a brilliant future for Galveston, and believes that this city, with more hospitals which are now planned, will lead the Southwest along medical lines. In his

chosen branch of the medical profession, Dr. Crutch- field is regarded as leader among the medical men of his generation.

E. HUDDLESTON, M. D. began the prac- tice of his profession at Galveston, Texas, in 1921, where he has limited his practice to surgical work and in this branch of the medical profession has established an enviable repu- tation. Dr. Huddleston is employed by many of the industrial institutions of Galveston to attend to their accident work, and has established a creditable record in his large amount of emergency work. He is also house physician for the Hotel Galvez, of this city. In 1913, before receiving his M. D. degree from the University of Texas medical department in 1919, he devoted one year to the study of pharmacy and passed his examination before the State Board of Examiners. Dr. Huddleston enjoys the unique distinctions of having served as an interne of the Royal Infirmary at Manchester, England, after his graduation as an M. D. He also took post graduate work at the Army Medical School at Washington, D. C., graduating from this institution in 1921. He also graduated from the Army Field Service Med- ical School at Carlisle barracks, Pennsylvania. He began active practice of his profession in 1921 at Galveston. He holds a captaincy in the Medical Of- ficers Reserve Corps.

A native Texan, Dr. Huddleston was born in Hays County on December 25th, 1891. His father, J. N. Huddleston, a native of Louisiana, came to the Lone Star State at an early age, and became an extensive plantation owner and planter. His mother was Miss Emma Brown, a native of the Lone Star State and a member of a well known pioneer family. Both of Dr. Huddleston's grandfathers served in the Con- federate Army during the Civil War, were captured and met in a federal prison, where they became fast friends. Some years following the close of the Civil War, his grandfather Huddleston, with his son, came to Texas to visit his friend of prison days, and while here the son met Miss Emma Brown, whom he later married. Mr. Huddleston's education was ob- tained in the Sam Houston Normal Institute at Huntsville, Texas, after which he pursued an aca- demic course at the University of Texas, and later entered the medical department of this institution, from which he graduated in the class of 1919 with the M. D. degree. He attends the various clinics in different portions of the country each year.

Dr. Huddleston was married at San Antonio, Texas, on October 2nd, 1923, to Miss Selwyn Sage, a native Texan and a daughter of F. H. Sage, who prior to his death was prominent in the shipping circles of Galveston. They have one child, a daugh- ter, Selwyn Sage, born July 9th, 1924. Dr. and Mrs. Huddleston reside at the Hotel Galvez. Dr. Huddleston is a member of the A. F. and A. M. and has attained to the 32nd degree in the Scottish Rite body of this order. He is also a Shriner of El Mina Temple of this city. He holds membership in the Artillery Club and all other social organizations in Galveston, where he is very popular. He is also a member of the County, State and American Med- ical Association, in all of which he takes an active interest. Since beginning his practice here, Dr. Huddleston has built up a splendid practice in his chosen branch of the medical profession.

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R. BRUCE RICHARDSON, whose name for around a quarter of a century has been of special significance as a leader in the field of ophthomology, otology, rhinology, and laryngology, is one of a group of physicians who have taken a leading part in the advancement of Beaumont. Dr. Richardson came to Beaumont in 1900, since which time" he has practiced alone, limiting his work to the eye, ear, nose and throat, and has attained a position of supremacy in this field. Dr. Richardson has his offices in the Perl- stein Building, and enjoys a large practice. He has had the best professional advantages, and has each year taken special work in his particular field.

Dr. Richardson was born at Ontario, Canada, the twentieth of January, 1876. His father, Thomas Richardson, a native of Michigan, went to Canada as a young man, and was a merchant there for many years. He is now retired and makes his home at Beaumont with his son. Dr. Richardson's mother, whose maiden name was Miss Addie Jervis, is de- ceased. Dr. Richardson began his education in the public schools of Canada, later coming to the United States, entering the Detroit College of Medicine, where he took his medical degree in 1899. He then served his interneship at St. Mary's Hospital, at Detroit, and afterward came to Beaumont to begin his practice. Dr. Richardson has taken all the major post-graduate courses offered in this country, and is one of the best equipped men, professionally, in Beaumont. During the years that he has been taking special work he has been at all the large clinics of the United States.

Dr. Richardson was married at Monroe, Michigan, the sixth of September, 1915, to Miss Lottie L. Blackman, a native of Ohio. They make their home in Beaumont, at 1598 Orange Street. Dr. Richard- son is a member of the Neches Club and the Beau- mont Club, and is affiliated with the Jefferson County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Associa- tion and the American Medical Association. A man of high intellectual attainments and splendid dis- crimination, he is a leader among the professional men of the city, and has contributed to make Beau- mont one of the most medically advanced cities in this section.

R. HUGH E. ALEXANDER, physician and surgeon, and well known member of the medical fraternity of Beaumont, has during the several years of his practice here at- tained a high standing in his profession, and is one of the foremost physicians of the city. Dr. Alexander is a member of the medical firm of Mann and Alexander, having been associated with Dr. W. A. Mann, one of the most distinguished physi- cians of Beaumont, since coming here in November, 1922, to establish his practice. They have a care- fully appointed suite of offices in the Perlstein Building, and have at their command the hospital clinical and analytical facilities of the modern prac- titioner.

Dr. Alexander was born at Blanco, Texas, the first of February, 1892, the son of the late T. J. Alexander, a native of Missouri, who came to Texas as a young man and was a resident of Blanco until his death in 1918, and Ella Carson Alexander, a native of Blanco, who now makes her home in Hous- ton. Dr. Alexander received his elementary edu- cation in the public schools of Blanco, after which

he entered Baylor University, taking the A. B. degree in 1915. He then entered the medical de- partment of the University of Texas, at Galveston, where the M. D. degree was conferred on him the thirty-first of May, 1919. He then entered Robert Green Hospital, at San Antonio, and after serving his interneship there went to Sour Lake, Texas, where he engaged in general practice until coming to Beaumont, in November, 1922.

Dr. Alexander was married at Marshall, Texas, the sixteenth of February, 1921, to Miss Frances McClaren, a native of that city. Dr. and Mrs. Alex- ander make Beaumont their home, and have one child, Mary Margaret. Dr. Alexander is a Mason, Blue Lodge, at Sour Lake, Commandery at Beau- mont. Also Arabia Temple at Houston. He belongs to the Jefferson County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical As- sociation. Trained in progressive medical methods, Dr. Alexander has been a factor in advancing the medical standards at Beaumont, and is one of the most enthusiastic and popular of the younger phy- sicians of this city.

C. HANNA, M. D., for more than a decade has been prominently identified with med- ical circles at Houston, where he is recog- nized as a vital force in medical advance- ment, and occupies a place of leadership in the field of internal medicine. Dr. Hannah came to Hous- ton in 1911, and since that time has performed con- spicuous service in his communtiy, and gives his energy not alone to his large private practice, but to the advancement of medical standards. Dr. Hanna typifies the progressive practitioner, specializing in a field of medicine wherein he has marked apti- tude, and has made a reputation as a specialist in internal medicine. Dr. Hannah has the personal, as well as the professional, character that is of fun- damental importance to the successful physician, and this, with his natural ability, and excellent training, has been a contributing factor to his years of suc- cessful practice. He frequently goes to the med- ical centers of New Orleans and Chicago for post graduate work and clinical experiences, and keeps in close touch with all developments in medical science. His office is in the Union National Bank Building, and he works in all the hospitals of Houston.

Dr. Hanna was born in Nebraska, and came to Texas with his mother, who is Mrs. L. Carmen, of . Houston, in 1900. He attended the public schools of Lincoln, Nebraska, and the University of Neb- raska, at Lincoln, where he took his pre-medical work. He then entered Northwestern Medical Col- lege, at Chicago, taking his M. D. degree in 1904. He went to Lynchburg, Texas, where he began his practice, and continued there until 1911.

Dr. Hanna was married to Miss Georgia Fletcher, at Houston, the tenth of January, 1914, and has two children, Rosalie and Eileen. The family reside at 1505 Rosalie Avenue, Houston. Dr. Hanna is a Mason, Blue Lodge at Victoria, Scottish Rite, and a member of Arabia Temple Shrine at Houston. He belongs to the Harris County Medical Society, the South Texas Medical Society, the Texas Medical As- sociation, and the American Medical Association. Dr. Hanna has made himself one of the substantial citizens of his community, and takes a deep interest in civic affairs, questions of public health and wel- fare work making an especial appeal to him.

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 55

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