New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 57

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

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Dr. Winter, Jr., was born at Des Moines, Iowa, in February, 1887, and received his early educa- tion in the schools of Port Arthur, to which city his father had come during his childhood. He early formed the ambition to follow his distinguished fa- ther in his career as physician, and after finishing high school at Port Arthur went to the University of Kansas, where he took his medical work and re- ceived his M.D. degree in 1908. He further fortified himself with post-graduate work at Chicago, and New York, after which he returned to Port Arthur and has since been associated with his father in his practice.

Dr. Winter was married at Topeka, Kansas, the twenty-fourth of December, 1906, to Miss Rose Ellen Campbell, a native of Kansas. Dr. and Mrs. Winter have two children, Jim, and Gladys Ann, and own their own home at 2800 Fifth Street. Dr. Winter is a member of the Country Club, of which he is one of the founders, and a charter member of the Elks Club, and the Jefferson County Medical So- ciety, Fellow of the American Medical Association. He is very active in all work for the medical ad- vancement of Port Arthur, and has been secretary of the hospital staff of Mary Gates Hospital at Port Arthur since it was built. For more than a decade he has been in charge of the Marine Hospital, and is local surgeon for the Southern Pacific Railroad, and for the P. C. Pfeiffer Company of Port Arthur.

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H. BROWN, SR., M. D., has for a quarter of a century been engaged in a general practice of medicine at Yoakum, Texas, where he is known as one of the leaders of the medical fraternity of this portion of the state. Dr. Brown is the medical director of the San An- tonio and Aransas Pass Railroad, having full charge of the medical work of this railroad, and has one hundred and forty-five local surgeons under him. The general hospital for this railroad is the Huth Me- morial at Yoakum, one of the best equipped insti- tutions of its kind in this part of Texas. The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad has its work done at this hospital by contract. Dr. Brown served as assistant medical director under Dr. J. H. Reuss and on his death was made medical director. Prior to receiving this appointment on March 16th, 1920, Dr. Brown had been associated with this line of railway for more than twelve years. Dr. Brown does minor surgical work, leaving the major operations to his able and efficient staff of assistants. He has his staff divided into the various branches of medi- cine and each is a specialist in their particular line of work.

A native Texan, Dr. Brown was born in Fayette County in 1860. His paternal grandfather, John Brown, was one of the early pioneers of Texas, where he was an Indian trader. He was captured by a tribe of Indians near where the city of Waco now stands, and was kept a prisoner for fifteen months. During this period his family had given up hope of ever finding him alive, and returned to Missouri. He guided the Indians to raid the white settlements near where his brother was in command of the mili- tary post. Through strategy he escaped, warned his brother and killed the Indians who were making the attack. His brother then outfitted him and he re- turned to Missouri, finding that his family had thought him killed by the Indians. He later returned to the Lone Star State and finally located at San An- tonio where he died. Dr. Brown's father, Dr. John Duff Brown, engaged in the practice of medicine in Colorado County, moving to Llano, Texas, in 1879, where he died in 1908 at the advanced age of eighty-four years. Dr. Brown's early education was obtained in the public schools of Fayette County, after which he attended the University of Tennessee, graduating from this institution in the class of 1891 with the M. D. degree. He returned to Texas and es- tablished his home and office at Yorktown, where he was engaged in a general practice of medicine for a period of nine years, after which he came to Yoakum. In 1902 Dr. Brown did postgraduate work at the Polyclinic of New York City, since which time he attends regularly the Chicago clinics and Mayo Bros. at Rochester, Minnesota.

Dr. Brown has been twice married. His first mar- riage was at Carlton, Texas, in 1887, to Miss Sallie M. King, a native Texan and a daughter of Rev. S. King well known in the church circles of Texas. She died on January 25th, 1919. His second marriage was consummated on May 11th, 1921, to Miss Mabel V. Brennan, a member of a well known Texas family. Dr. Brown has one son of his first marriage, Dr. Harry H. Brown, Jr., who is associated with his father in his medical work, specializing in internal medicine and diseases of the stomach. Dr. Brown, Jr., received his early education in the public schools, after which he attended the University of Texas,

graduating from that institution with the B. A. degree. He then became a student of the Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and gradu- ated from this college in the class of 1915, with the M. D. degree. He then served in the Rhode Island General Hospital for two years, after which he en- tered the World War as a First Lieutenant Medical Corps, United States Army, and was placed on duty at the Port Embarkation Hospital No. 2 of New York, located at Hoboken. After receiving his dis- charge in 1919 he returned to Yoakum and since that time has been associated with his father in his work here. He is a captain of Medical O. R. C. United States Army. Dr. Brown, Jr., is one of the leaders in his chosen branch of the medical pro- fession in his generation of Texas, and his work is praised by the older physicians throughout the country. Dr. Brown, Sr., is a member of the A. F. and A. M., with membership in the Chapter, Com- mandery and Shrine of this order at San Antonio, Texas. He also is a member of the County, State and District Medical Associations, the American Medical Association and the American Railroad Sur- geons Association. Dr. Brown, Jr., is a member of the A. F. and A. M. with membership in the Scottish Rite body of this order and the Shrine at San An- tonio. He is also a member of the County, State and District Medical Associations, and is an ex- president of the first named association. In addi- tion to his work with the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad, Dr. Brown has a large private prac- tice, yet in the midst of his private work he finds op- portunity to give his time and assistance to many improvements of a public nature. Both father and son are active in the business, social and general community life of Yoakum, where in addition to their splendid reputation as physicians which they have earned here, they are also known as leaders in all enterprises worth while in De Witt and La- vaca counties, where they are numbered among the most progressive citizens.

A. GANTT, M. D., for upwards of a decade has been prominently identified with med- ical circles at Houston, and is firmly estab- lished as a physician whose standing in his profession makes his influence a vital force for prog- ress in the community. Dr. Gantt came to Houston in 1914, after almost a decade of experience as a practitioner at other points, and has since engaged in practice in this city, doing a general practice and surgery. He works at all hospitals. His office is in the Bankers Mortgage Building.

Dr. Gantt was born at Charleston, South Carolina, on the twenty-second day of November, 1878, and as an infant moved to North Carolina with his parents, and grew up there. His father, A. G. Gantt, an itinerant Methodist preacher, later came to Texas and was killed in a street car accident at Fort Worth. Dr. Gantt began his education in the schools of North Carolina, and after graduating from the high school there, attended Trinity College, at Dur- ham, North Carolina, and then entered the med- ical department of the University of Louisville, Ken- tucky, where he took his medical degree in 1904. He spent the ensuing three years at the Norton Memorial Infirmary, at Louisville, and practiced in that city also. He came to Texas in 1907, going to Dallas, where he practiced until 1911. He then went to San Benito, where he engaged in practice for

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three years, finding the life in the valley very pleas- ant. Dr. Gantt came to Houston in 1914, and has since been a valued member of the medical frater- nity of this city.

Dr. Gantt was married at San Benito, the sixth of August, 1912, to Miss Mary Terry Pratt, a member of the Terry family associated with the history of the Lone Star State since the early days. Dr. and Mrs. Gantt reside at 3919 Graustark Street, where they have a very attractive home, and are the par- ents of two children, Horace, and Marveen. Dr. Gantt is a Mason, Blue Lodge No. 1189, Houston, Scottish Rite at Dallas, and a member of Arabia Temple Shrine at Houston. He belongs to the Har- ris County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Asso- ciation, and the American Medical Association, and takes an active part in the work of these societies. He has from time to time addressed the different societies of which he is a member on the subject of diseases of the rectum and colon, and is one of the leading men in his chosen field. Dr. Gantt takes an especial interest in all public health measures at Houston, and is an active advocate of all welfare work.

HOMAS PAUL DOOLE, M. D., who is well known at Eagle Lake where he is one of the leading physicians, has attained a com- mendable reputation in the field of medi- cine and surgery, and has a large practice. Dr. Doole's practice is of general nature, and he is familiar with the entire scope of modern medicine, giving his time largely to his work in this field. He also does emergency surgical work, in which he has been particularly successful, and takes a deep in- terest in the medical advancement of Colorado County.

Thomas Paul Doole, M. D., was born at Fort Ma- son, Texas, the twenty-third of January, 1876, the son of David Doole, who came to the United States from Ireland, settling at Fort Mason in the early days. He took an active part in the Hoodoo War in this section, and prior to Hoodoo War fought in the Civil War, in the federal army. Mr. Doole was a merchant at Fort Mason for many years, and was active in all development work, organizing the local high school and otherwise showing his interest in the community. Dr. Doole attended the public schools at Fort Mason, graduating from high school there. His first work was cow punching, riding, and like activities, and while engaged in that work he often rode with one of those pioneer physicians who made their calls with horse and buggy, and from him got the inspiration to become a physician. He entered Kentucky Medical School at Louisville, which later merged with Louisville Medical College, where he took his degree in 1908. In 1910 he was commissioned First Lieutenant U. S. M. R. C., and in 1914 was called to active duty, with General Funston, at Vera Cruz, returning to the states toward the close of that year. After a period of private practice he was again called to active serv- ice, in May, 1917, sent to the Officers Training Camp at Fort Riley, where he was promoted to the rank of captain, and detailed as instructor and organizer of the Base Hospital there, his work including much clinical and surgical work. Later he was sent to Corpus Christi, organizing the General Hospital there, and later to Camp Travis, and was discharged at Camp John Wise in 1919, coming to Eagle Lake,

where he has since engaged in private practice.

Dr. Doole was married at Fort Worth in 1909, to Miss Mamie Francis Melton of an old Texas family, and who was reared in West Texas. Dr. and Mrs. Doole now reside at Eagle Lake. Dr. Doole is a Mason, at Eagle Lake, and belongs to the American Legion, serving twice as post commander, and was the organizer of the local post. He belongs to the Colorado County Medical Society, and is an ex-presi- dent and ex-secretary of that organization, and also belongs to the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the Railway Sur- geons Association, which later he was active with Dr. Knox in organizing. He is local surgeon for the Southern Pacific lines, the Santa Fe and the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway.

R. BRUCE H. DAVISON, one of the recent recruits to the medical fraternity of Port Arthur and Jefferson County, since coming to this city has attained a high reputation in the field of internal medicine, to which he limits his practice, and has established a successful prac- tice. Dr. Davison came to Port Arthur in the spring of 1923, to begin the practice of a profession for which he is particularly well equipped, and has given his best energy and enthusiasm to his private practice, and to the improvement of medical stand- ards. He has his office in the Terminal Building, limiting his work to internal medicine, and in addi- tion to his exacting professional demands is secre- tary for the Jefferson County Medical Society.

Dr. Davison was born at Gary, in Panola County, Texas, the fifteenth of August, 1896. His father, the late G. A. Davison, a native of Alabama, was for many years a factor in the lumber industry in the Lone Star State. His mother, also deceased, was, before her marriage, Miss Henrietta Inghram. Dr. Davison received his elementary education in the public schools of Panola County, later entering Bay- lor University one year, then Baylor Medical Col- lege, at Dallas, where he took his medical degree in 1920. He then entered the Baptist Sanitarium, at Dallas, where he spent thirteen months, and then went to Detroit, Michigan, entering the Receiv- ing Hospital, where he spent one year. This was followed by six months at the Providence City Hos- pital for Contagious Diseases, Providence, Rhode Island, two and a half months at Boston Floating Hospital, after which he came to Shreveport, Lou- isiana, and was resident physician at the Charity Hospital there for seven months. From Shreveport Dr. Davison came to Port Arthur, establishing his practice in this city, and specializing in internal medicine.

Dr. Davison was married at Shreveport, Lou- isiana, the third of April, 1923, to Miss Violet M. Turman, a native of Oklahoma. Dr. and Mrs. Davi- son have since made their home at Port Arthur. Dr. Davison is a Blue Lodge Mason, Tenaha, Texas, thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite, Dallas, and a member of Hella Temple, Dallas. He is a member of the Jefferson County Medical Society, in which he was elected secretary the tenth of December, 1923, and belongs to the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. Since com- ing to Port Arthur Dr. Davison has taken a deep interest in all community problems, those concern- ing public health especially appealing to him, and is highly regarded both as a physician and citizen.

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R. C. A. COBB, one of the most distinguished surgeons of Beaumont, began the practice of his profession in this city around two decades ago, and has continued to follow his vocation to the present time, steadily advanc- ing to a position among the foremost surgeons of the state. Dr. Cobb limits his practice to surgery and consultation and enjoys the highest professional standing, and has been accorded an exceptionally large practice. He is frequently called in by his associates when a consultation is indicated, and is one of the most experienced and successful operating surgeons in Beaumont. Dr. Cobb has his offices at 3101/2 Crockett Street, and has for the past twenty years been a leader in the field of sur- gery. He is associated with Dr. W. N. Cunningham, but not, however, as a partner.

Dr. Cobb was born at Montgomery, Alabama, the fourteenth of January, 1877. His father, C. A. Cobb, one of the brilliant attorneys of Alabama, and a graduate of the law department of the University of Virginia, died when Dr. Cobb was a small boy, as did also his mother, whose maiden name was Lovey Anderson. Dr. Cobb was reared by his grand- mother Anderson, and as a boy attended the pub- lic schools of Montgomery, Alabama, later entering the medical department of Tulane University, at New Orleans, where he took his M. D. degree in 1902, serving his interneship at Charity Hospital, at New Orleans. He then came to Beaumont, es- tablishing his practice here, and has so continued. Dr. Cobb has kept in close touch with the advance- ments made in aseptic surgery, and has taken post- graduate work at New Orleans, New York, Chicago, and other medical centers, and is one of the best equipped men, professionally, in Beaumont.

Dr. Cobb was married at Beaumont, in 1911, to Mrs. Katherine Ogden Peck, daughter of L. P. Og- den, one of the most prominent men of Beaumont, and one of the real pioneers of this city. Dr. and Mrs. Cobb reside at 712 North Street. Dr. Cobb be- longs to the Elks Club, and is a member of the Jef- ferson County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He has contributed much to the medical advance- ment of Beaumont, and is interested in all phases of civic development.

C. FISHER, JR., M. D., 710 American Na- tional Ins. Building, Galveston, Texas, is engaged in a general practice of medicine and has established a splendid record here. After obtaining his degree, he began the practice of medicine at Galveston, where for fourteen years he has been division surgeon of the Southern Pa- cific Railroad under Dr. R. W. Knox, and for a period of more than eight years he has represented the Mallory Steamship Company here, this in addi- tion to his large private practice.

In February, 1918, Dr. Fisher entered the Army of the United States and was commissioned a cap- tain of the Medical Corps, U. S. A. He went over- seas and was attached to the British forces, serv- ing in London and on various British fronts with the artillery, infantry and in hospitals. He saw much active service on the fighting fronts. After the signing of the armistice, Dr. Fisher returned to Gal- veston and resumed his practice of medicine. His brother, Lieutenant Sidney Lanier Fisher, a member

of the 64th Coast Artillery, died while serving with his comrades in France.

A native of Galveston, Dr. Fisher was born on July 16th, 1888. His father, Dr. W. C. Fisher, Sr., has practiced medicine here throughout his life, and is prominently identified with the medical profession of the Lone Star State. Dr. Fisher, Sr., is the oldest practicing physician of Galveston, with one excep- tion. He is still quite active in his work, and is one of the best known physicians of South Texas. Dr. Fisher's preliminary education was obtained in the public and Ball High School of Galveston, after which he entered the medical department of the University of Texas, where he graduated in the class of 1910 with the M. D. degree. Following his grad- uation, Dr. Fisher served an interneship at St. Mary's Hospital in Galveston, after which he began active practice here.

Dr. Fisher was married at La Junta, Colorado, on October 23rd, 1912, to Miss Mary Beth Bragg, a member of the old Bragg family, well known and prominent in Colorado and contiguous states for several generations. They have three children, Wil- liam Comstock 3rd, May Beth and Robert Sidney Lanier Fisher. Dr. and Mrs. Fisher reside at 3214 Avenue P. Dr. Fisher is a member of the A. F. and A. M. with membership in Tucker Blue Lodge of Galveston, and is also a member of Consistory No. 1 of the Island City. He holds membership in the County, State, District and American Medical Associations, in which he takes a keen interest. In the local social clubs, Dr. Fisher is a member of the Lions, the Galveston Country Club and many others. He is active in all civic matters of the city, and is deeply interested in anything having as its object the advancement and betterment of the city of his birth. That Galveston is ideally located and destined to become the medical center of a great portion of the Southwest is the belief of Dr. Fisher.

R. B. P. HOLLAND, for a decade a leader in medical advancement at Beaumont, came to this city after a decade and a half of suc- cessful experience elsewhere, and is one of the known and valued members of the medical fra- ternity. Dr. Holland engages in the general prac- tice of medicine, and while he has no specialty in his profession, has been unusually successful in anaes- thesia and obstetrics and has a large practice. Dr. Holland has his offices on the seventh floor of the San Jacinto Building, practicing alone. His work is the ripened result of many years of experience and a constant effort to keep apace with medical advancement, and he has contributed to make Beau- mont one of the most medically advanced cities along the coast.

Dr. Holland was born at Chapel Hill, Washington County, Texas, the thirty-first of May, 1878. His father, Dr. John S. Holland, one of the pioneer phy- sicians of the Lone Star State, and a prominent medical man of that day, came to Washington Coun- ty in 1867 and practiced medicine in Texas until his death. His mother, who before her marriage was Miss Mary Louise Stone, of Alabama, is also de- ceased. Dr. Holland attended the schools of Wash- ington County as a boy, and took his pre-medical work at the University of Texas, where he went from 1894 until 1897. He then entered the med- ical department of the University of Texas, at Gal-

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veston, where he went from 1889 until 1899, when he entered Tulane University, at New Orleans, tak- ing his M. D. degree from that institution in 1900. He has further equipped himself through post-grad- uate work at Tulane and in New York City, and has perfected this excellent training through arduous experience.

Dr. Holland was married at Sour Lake, Texas, the twenty-first of November, 1906, to Mrs. Lula Jor- dan Gaedcke, of a Lavaca County family. Dr. and . Mrs. Holland have one child, Mary Louise, a grad- uate of the Beaumont High School, class of 1924. They live at 773 Ewing Street. Dr. Holland is a Mason, Blue Lodge and Royal Arch, and is a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias and the Dokeys. He belongs to the Jefferson County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the Southern Med- ical Association and the American Medical Associa- tion, and gives his enthusiasm to the development of Beaumont along every line.

R. MARK J. PAINTON, D.D.S., pioneer den- tal surgeon of Port Arthur, has for two decades been an acknowledged leader in the dental profession here, and has made him- self one of the substantial citizens of this commu- nity, investing in numerous commercial enterprises, and being a factor in the banking world. Dr. Pain- ton enjoys the distinction of being the oldest den- tist in Port Arthur, and also one of the best, and has a very large practice. He has his offices in the Stock Building. Dr. Painton has been connected with banking activities here for many years, and is vice president of the Merchants National Bank. He is also owner of one of the finest filling stations in the city, and has made many other investments, ranking as one of the large property owners of the city.

Dr. Painton was born in the southeastern part of Kansas, the fifth of August, 1875. His father, Thomas Painton, a native of London, England, came to the United States as a young man, prior to the Civil War, in which he served with distinction in the Union Army. His mother, before her mar- riage was Miss Philena Elliott. Both parents are now deceased. Dr. Painton received his early edu- cation in the public schools of Kansas. He received his professional training at the Kansas City Dental College, taking his D.D.S. degree from this well known institution in 1903. He then came to Port Arthur, of which city he had heard much favorable comment, and looked over the situation with a view to locating here. He was greatly impressed with the future this city offered, and has since made it his home, establishing a large practice here, and taking an active part in community life.

Dr. Painton was married first to Miss Hattie Tim- mons, now deceased, and by whom he had one son, Mark J. Painton, Jr. He was married the second time at Port Arthur in 1912 to Miss Lillian May Gill, a native of England. There are four children of this union, Clifford, Mavis, Jack and Elizabeth. The family reside at 425 Lake Charles Avenue. During the two decades of his residence at Port Arthur Dr. Painton has been a leader in all civic work, taking a deep interest in the development of this city. He has achieved in the field of business a distinction that comes to few professional men, and has attained a place in the business world that

would entitle him to a place among the leading men of his community, without the further promi- nence attached to his name as a dentist of recog- nized prestige in his profession. Thoroughly public spirited, he gives freely of his time and means for the advancement of his city, backing up his belief in Port Arthur's future with numerous investments, and is one of the most substantial citizens of this city.

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 57

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