USA > Texas > The encyclopedia of Texas, V.2 > Part 51
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105
Dr. Kindley is a member of the American Medical Association, State, County, North Texas and South- ern Medical Societies. He is a Thirty-Second Degree Mason, a member of the Scottish Rite bodies and of El Mina Temple Shrine, and is a member of the American Legion. He believes that Dallas has a great opportunity to become a splendid medical center.
R. JACK FURMON PERKINS, associate professor in pediatrics in the medical de- partment of Baylor University and chair- man of the pediatric section of the Dallas County Medical Society, Dallas County Bank Build- ing, has been a resident of Dallas since June, 1919, coming here direct from the medical department of Washington University at Saint Louis.
A native of Texas, Dr. Perkins was born at Mc- Kinney, July 27, 1890. He is a son of W. B. and Martha (Mooney) Perkins, for many years well known residents of Mckinney. Mr. Perkins, the grandfather of Dr. Perkins, came to Texas and settled at Mckinney in 1853.
His preliminary education was received in the public schools and the high school at Mckinney where he graduated in 1908. He then attended the North Texas Normal College and matriculated in the medical department of Vanderbilt University. He completed his medical course and graduated at Vanderbilt with the class of 1914, receiving the degree of doctor of medicine.
Following his graduation Dr. Perkins began gen- eral practise and was located at Pikeville, Tennessee. In 1915 he went to New York City and did post graduate work in Gouverneur Hospital in 1915 and 1916. He then became resident physician of the children's medical division of Bellevue Hospital and continued there until 1918. In the latter year he went to Saint Louis as resident physician of the Children's Hospital and at the same time was made instructor in pediatrics in the medical department of Washington University, continuing in this work until June, 1919, when he came to Dallas.
665
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TEXAS
On June 20, 1914, Dr. Perkins was married at Pikeville, Tennessee, to Miss Minnie Davis, Myers, daughter of John C. Myers, well known Tennessee lawyer. They have two children, Jack F., Jr., and Robert Browning Perkins.
Dr. Perkins believes that Dallas is the logical location for a great medical school and that it will continue to develop rapidly as a medical center. When facilities are provided some of the best trained men of the country will be brought here as teachers and this will be a great boost for Dallas and ma- terially advance the city's claims as the medical center of the Southwest.
Dr. Perkins is a member of the American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, Texas, North Texas and Dallas County Medical Societies. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Masons. His college fraternity is the Chi Zeta Chi.
R. DAVID L. BETTISON, 502-3-4 Wilson Building, specialist in diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, came to Dallas in 1903, from Louisiana and has built up a splendid practice in his line of medical work. For several years he was associated with Dr. E. H. Cary.
For nine years Dr. Bettison has been associate pro- fessor of eye, ear, nose and throat diseases in the medical department of Baylor University and has attained considerable prominence as an instructor as well as more than a local reputation as a practitioner. He is a member of the visiting staff of Baptist Sani- tarium and is also a member of the staff of Parkland Hospital. Early in 1922 Dr. Bettison was elected a member of the Board of Directors of the Great Southern Life Insurance Co.
Dr. Bettison was born at Bunkie, Louisiana, June 13, 1880, his parents being David R. and Martha Ada (Keller) Bettison. Both of his parents were mem- bers of old Louisiana families, his father being one of the early business men of Bunkie. Early educa- tion of Dr. Bettison was received in the Bunkie High School and at the Ouachita Baptist College, at Ar- kadelphia, Ark. He later attended the Louisville Medical College at Louisville, Kentucky, and gradu- ated from the medical department of Baylor Univer- sity in 1906, later taking special courses in eye, ear, nose and throat work in well known clinics of Chi- cago, New York and other places.
Following his graduation he became associated with Dr. Cary and practised with him during 1906 and 1907, removing then to Cleburne where he re- mained until 1909 when he returned to Dallas.
During the world war Dr. Battison was made a lieutenant in the Medical Corps and was chief of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat department of the army hospital at Camp McArthur at Waco. Soon after arriving at Camp Dr. Bettison was recommended for a Captaincy but the armistice was signed before the promotion was made. He is still a member of the Medical Reserve Corps.
Dr. Bettison is a member of the American Acade- my of Opthalmology and Laryngology, American Medical Association, the State Medical Society, North Texas Medical Society and the Dallas County Medical Society. He served as president of the last named society in 1919 and for three years was secre- tary of the North Texas Society. During his term as President of the County Medical Society. Dr. Bettison appointed Dr. Rosser as Chairman of a com- mittee to look into the advisability of erecting a
medical building in Dallas, which activity has re. sulted in definite plans for such a building. He :. also a member of the Dallas Athletic Club, the D' las City and Country Clubs and the University Club He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of Hella Temple.
Dr. Bettison was married to Miss Ninna Let Crowell, of Greenville, Miss., on May 27, 1907. They have one child, David L., Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Bot. son have a lovely home in Munger place and are prominent in the social and club life of Dallas.
R. WILLIAM DELANEY JONES, 701 Wil. son Building, specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, has been a resi- dent of Dallas for the past fourteen years. coming here from East Texas on April 1, 1907. D: Jones is a member of the Staff of Parkland Hospital and for several years has been an active contributor to various medical journals.
A native of Texas, Dr. Jones was born in Harrison County near Marshall November 29, 1876. He is a son of J. T. and Mahala (Naremore) Jones, weil known residents of East Texas for many years. He received his preliminary education in the public schools and the Marshall High School and then entered the medical department of the University of Texas, graduating with the class of 1901 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
Returning to Marshall Dr. Jones did general prac- tice until 1904 when he went East for two years special post graduate work in New York and Chicago. He served as house physician at the Manhattan Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in New York City during 1906 and in 1907 began specializing in Dallas.
On October 21, 1908, Dr. Jones was married in Dallas to Miss Carrie I. Blaylock, daughter of Louis Blaylock, pioneer publisher and business man and Finance Commissioner of the City during the past several years. They reside at 4117 Junius Street.
Dallas is the logical place for a great medical cen- ter and will become such, he believes, when the proper clinical facilities have been provided.
Dr. Jones is a member of the American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, State and County Medical Societies and has been chairman of the Medical Defense Committee of the State Society for the past nine years. In 1918 Dr. Jones joined the Medical Corp and served at Base Hospital, Camp Fremont, Col. He is a Thirty-Second Degree Mason, a member of the Scottish Rite bodies and of Hella Temple Shrine.
R. ELBERT DUNLAP, 304 Southwestern Life Building, professor of gynecology in Baylor University Medical Department, has been identified with this institution since its establishment in 1903, came to Dallas from Mis- souri in 1908. He has also been a member of the staff of the Baptist Memorial Sanitarium since its organization in 1909.
The subject of this article was born at Miami, Missouri, October 2, 1872, his parents being Dr. J. N. and Maria (Mitchell) Dunlap. His father was one of the best known surgeons of Miami and served with distinction as a surgeon in the United States Army during the war with Mexico.
His early education was secured in the public schools of Miami and in the Miami high school where he graduated in 1889. His medical studies were begun with a course in the St. Louis College of
666
LL Betica ! .
MEN OF TEXAS
Pharmacy from which he was graduated in 1892. Continuing his medical studies, he graduated from the Beaumont Hospital Medical School in 1896. On June 6, 1901, Dr. Dunlap was married to Miss Hallie Hudson of Booneville, Missouri. They have one daughter, Hallie, and two sons, John and James.
From 1896 to 1898 Dr. Dunlap was connected with a railroad hospital at Sedalia, Missouri, and now is division surgeon in Dallas for the Southern Pacific Lines and consulting surgeon for the Santa Fe, Cotton Belt and Katy Railroads. He is very optim- istic over the growth of Dallas both as a commercial and railroad center and is intensely interested in the development of the city from every standpoint.
During all his medical career Dr. Dunlap has been consistent in his belief that great benefit is to be derived from the association of ethical members of the profession and he is a member of the various local, state and national medical societies and asso- ciations and is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Dunlap is a member of the Dallas Country Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Fishing Club. His church affiliation is with the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
R. CHARLES WILLIAM SIMPSON, medical director of the American Life Re-Insurance Company and the United Fidelity Life In- surance Company, organized in Dallas in 1920 by D. E. Waggoner and associates, came to Dallas in January in 1919 from Waxahachie, Texas. Besides his work with these institutions, Dr. Simp- son is doing a great deal of examining for in- surance and industrial concerns and is a recognized expert in this line of work.
A native of Tennessee, Dr. Simpson was born at Sparta, in White County, January 7, 1866, a son of W. M. and Lee (Metcalfe) Simpson. His father was a Confederate soldier and well known attorney of Sparta and was a prominent figure in many of the stirring and historic events of the reconstruction period following the Civil War.
His preliminary education obtained in the public schools of Sparta, Dr. Simpson continued his acad- emic studies at Burritt College at Spencer, Tenn., and later entered the medical department of the University of Tennessee, graduating in 1889 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Following his graduation he came to Waxahachie and established his practise there, remaining until 1919 when he re- moved to Dallas to take up his insurance work.
In 1893 Dr. Simpson was married at Waxahachie to Miss Fannie Moffett, a native Texan and member of a well known Waxahachie family. They have one son, Dr. Chas. M. Simpson, graduate of Harvard and holding the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Medicine. He is now serving a four years internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and expects to come to Dallas upon the completion of his work there.
Dr. Simpson is a former president and was for fifteen years secretary of the Ellis County Medical Society. He also served as president of the North Texas Medical Society. He was for many years vice president and is still a director of the Waxa- hachie National Bank; he also is president and di- rector of the company publishing the Waxahachie Daily Light and is president and one of the principal stockholders of the Rogers Hotel Association, owners of the Rogers Hotel at Waxahachie, and is a direc- tor of the Waxahachie Cotton Mills. Dr. Simpson
served as health officer of Ellis County for over ten years.
Keenly interested in medical affairs, Dr. Simp- son is a member of the American Medical Associa- tion, the Texas, North Texas and Dallas and Ellis County Medical Societies. He is a member of the City Club of Dallas.
Declaring that Dallas is fast becoming one of the leading cities of the Southwest in medical lines, Dr. Simpson says there is a great future for well equipped medical men.
AMES SQUIRE CALHOUN, M. D., engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery, 841 Wilson Building, came to Dallas from Henrietta, Texas, in January, 1918, and for the past three years has been an active figure in medical circles of Dallas.
A native of Texas, Dr. Calhoun was born near Gatesville in Coryell County March 19, 1882. He is a son of J. M. and Amy (Bowie) Calhoun, pioneer Texans and well known residents of that section of the state for many years. His father came to Texas from South Carolina about ten years before the outbreak of the Civil War and settled in Houston County.
Spending his early days on a farm, Dr. Calhoun attended the country schools of his native county and also attended high school at Hamilton and Lampasas. He then entered the medical department of South- western University and in 1905 graduated in the pharmaceutical department with the degree of Ph. G. Continuing his studies he completed his medical course and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1907. After serving an interneship at Saint Paul's Sanitarium, he began active practice at Newport, Texas, remaining there until 1910 when he went to New Orleans to take a post graduate course in the New Orleans Polyclinic. He then began practicing at Henrietta and remained there until his removal to Dallas in January, 1918.
Dr. Calhoun was married on December 26, 1915, at Hamilton, Texas, to Miss Maggie Pierson, daugh- ter of Tom C. Pierson, tax assessor and well known citizen of Hamilton County. They have one daugh- ter, Awanda Marie.
During the war Dr. Calhoun entered the medical corps of the Army and was commissioned First Lieutenant. He was assigned to duty at the base hospital at Camp McArthur, remaining there until discharged in December, 1918.
Dr. Calhoun is a member of the American and Southern Medical Associations, Texas, North Texas and Dallas County Medical Societies. He is a booster for Dallas and says this city is already the logical medical center of Texas.
R. WILLIAM CONWELL SWAIN, eminent urologist and general practitioner, came to Dallas from Cuero, Texas, where he had been engaged in general practice, on March 5, 1905. He was a member of the Hospital Board of the city of Dallas and of the visiting staff of Parkland Hospital. He was also a member of the State Board of Medical Examiners, having been first appointed by Governor Ferguson in 1915 and later reappointed by Governor Hobby in 1917.
A native of New Orleans, Dr. Swain was born in that city April 28, 1872. His father, R. D. Swain, was a prominent cotton man who later established a large business at Galveston. His mother was formerly Miss Anna M. Conwell.
The early education of Dr. Swain was received
667
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TEXAS
in the Galveston public schools and the Galveston high school where he graduated in 1890. He then attended the University of Texas, literary depart- ment, for one year and entered the medical school of the university, completing his course with the degree of M. D. there in 1897. Following his gradu- ation Dr. Swain was an interne of the John Sealy Hospital at Galveston and in 1898 began general practise at Victoria, Texas. In 1900 and 1901 he attended the Polyclinic and Bellevue clinic in New York City and resumed practise at Cuero in 1901, continuing there until 1905 when he removed to Dallas.
Dr. Swain was married to Miss Mary C. Simmons at Dallas on January 17, 1917. They have three children, Mary Elizabeth, Hibernia Ann and William Conwell, Jr. The last one was born shortly after Dr. Swain's death.
Dr. Swain was a great believer in the future of Dallas as a medical center and predicts that with the development of Baylor Medical College the city will become in time not only the medical center of Texas but of the entire Southwest. He was a member of the American Medical Association, Southern, Texas, North Texas and Dallas County Medical Societies and of the Knights of Columbus.
Note: Dr. Swain died in Dallas, September 20, 1920.
R. HARRY G. WALCOTT, physician and surgeon, member of the medical firm of Walcott, Grigsby, Webb and Lott, is one of the best known physicians in Dallas and a man of wide experience in his specialty, diseases of the stomach and intestines. Dr. Walcott was for ten years professor of gastro-enterology in the medi- cal department of Southwestern University and has done a great deal of original research work and written many valuable and interesting articles on this branch of the medical profession.
Beginning his medical career in Honey Grove, Dr. Walcott did general practice there for one year before coming to Dallas and taking up the work of his specialty. He has been a professor of the Baylor University Medical Department from 1915 to 1921, holding the chair of gastro-enterology.
A native of Texas, Dr. Walcott was born at Honey Grove, November 12, 1878, a son of Ben O. and Mattie (Wilson) Walcott, both natives of Honey Grove and prominently identified with the early de- velopment of that portion of Texas. After attend- ing the public schools, Dr. Walcott entered Staunton Military Academy at Staunton, Virginia, and later continued his academic studies at Austin College, Sherman. He then attended Holbrook Normal Col- lege at Knoxville, Tenn., before commencing his medical studies in Baltimore Medical College where he graduated with honors in 1901, receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine. He did two years of interne work before graduating and was asso- ciate professor of physiological chemistry in this college for one year, and in 1903-04 did special post graduate work in the Medical College, Chicago, under Dr. Fenton B. Turck.
On October 18, 1905, Dr. Walcott was married at Gainesville, Texas, to Miss Wayne Howeth, native Texan, and member of a well known Gainesville family. They have two children, Martha and Harry G., Jr.
In September, 1918, Dr. Walcott entered the serv. ice of the United States Army Medical Corps and
was assigned for service in the base hospital at Camp Travis in charge of the officers' ward. He was discharged February 28, 1919.
Dr. Walcott is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of Hella Temple Shrine, the Knights of Pythias and Modern Order of Praetorians. He is a member of the American, Southwestern Medical, Southern and Texas Associations and North Texas District and Dallas County Medical Societies.
Dr. Walcott is deeply interested in the movement to make Dallas the medical center of the Southwest and believes with the additional hospital facilities already projected the city will take its rightful place among the foremost medical centers of the country.
ILLIAM BEALL CARROLL, M. D., associate professor of fractures and orthopedic surgery of the medical department of Bay- lor University, specialist in orthopedics and reconstruction surgery, Wilson Building, was reared in Dallas County and began the active practise of his profession here in 1909. He is associated with Dr. J. B. Smoot, with whom he has practised since the completion of his interneship in 1909.
Dr. Carroll is a native of Lawrenceburg, Tennes- see, and was born there December 21, 1883. He is a son of Dr. C. A. and Jennie L. (Herrin) Carroll. both natives of Tennessee but who removed to Texas and located in Dallas County when he was quite young. The elder Dr. Carroll is a well known physi- cian at Cedar Hill in Dallas County.
After studying in the public schools of Dallas and the University Training School at Midlothian, Dr. Carroll entered the Southwestern University for his pre-medical academic training and graduated with the degree of bachelor of science in 1905. He then entered the medical department of Southwest- ern and completed his medical course with the degree of doctor of medicine in 1908. After serving an interneship at Saint Paul's Sanitarium in 1908 and 1909, Dr. Carroll entered active practice in associa- tion with Dr. Smoot. He has done post-graduate work in well known clinics of Boston, New York, Chicago and New Orleans.
Dr. Carroll enlisted in the medical corps of the United States Army in December, 1917. He was commissioned with the rank of captain and assigned to Oklahoma City for instruction in orthopedics and then sent to Houston as orthopedic surgeon in the base hospital there. Later he was sent to New Or- leans for instruction in fractures and also to Wash- ington, D. C., for the same purpose. In July, 1918, he was assigned to the Adler Hey Hospital at Liver- pool, England, and while there took special work in orthopedic surgery. In October of that year he was transferred to France and assigned to the fracture service. Returning to the United States in March, 1919, he was assigned to special teaching service in osteomyelitis in New York City, remaining there until his discharge from the army in August. Dr. Carroll left the medical service with the rank of major, having been promoted to this rank in Feb- ruary, 1919.
On September 20, 1905, Dr. Carroll was married at Cedar Hill to Miss Beulah Stewart, of Dallas, daughter of J. H. Stewart, for many years district clerk of Dallas County. They have two children. Brandon and Mary Stewart Carroll. The family resides at 4123 Cedar Springs Road.
Dr. Carroll is a member of the American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, Texas,
668
Till aleatt
MEN OF TEXAS
North Texas and Dallas County Medical Societies. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Scottish Rite bodies and of Hella Temple Shrine, His college fraternities are Phi Delta Theta and Kappa Psi. Dr. Carroll also is a member of the Dallas Athletic Club, Dallas Country Club and the Dallas Automobile Country Club. He is a com- municant of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. ILLIAM MOOD KNOWLES, M. D., specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, Wilson Building, came to Dallas in 1910 from Kaufman, Texas, and after the com- pletion of his university course at Southwestern Uni- versity began the active practice of his profession here. He is associated with Dr. D. L. Bettison.
A native of Texas, Dr. Knowles was born at Kauf- man January 4, 1887. He is a son of W. B. and Sarah (Williams) Knowles, well known residents of Kaufman for many years. His father was a well known farmer and business man of Kaufman who came to Texas from Missouri in 1870. His mother also was a native of Missouri.
After studying in the public schools of Kaufman and the High School at Kemp, Dr. Knowles entered the North Texas University .School, graduating in 1904. He then entered the academic department of Southwestern University, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1910. Continuing his studies in the medical department of Southwestern, he graduated in 1914 with the degree of M. D.
Following his graduation Dr. Knowles served for a time as interne in Saint Paul's Sanitarium and then for three years was associated with Dr. D. T. Atkinson in eye, ear, nose, and throat work. On January 1, 1919, he became associated with Dr. Bettison.
Dr. Knowles was married June 3, 1915 to Miss Grace Covell, daughter of E. A. Covell, well known business man of Portland, Oregon. They reside at 5334 Richards Avenue.
Dr. Knowles is a member of the American, Southern and State Medical Associations, the North Texas and Dallas County Medical Societies, the Uni- versity Club, the Dallas Athletic Club, the Trinity Valley Lodge of Masons and Hella Temple Shrine. His college fraternities are Kappa Alpha and Delta Omicron.
R. EDGAR SMITH, member of the staff of Saint Paul's Sanitarium, junior member of the medical firm of Pierce and Smith, Wilson Building, came to Dallas in 1910 from Bynum, Texas, and for several years has been an active figure in medical circles of Dallas. He is now engaged in the general practise of medicine and surgery but expects later to devote his entire time to the surgical field, to which he is now devoting special study.
A native of Alabama, Dr. Smith was born near Attala, May 21, 1891. He is a son of J. M. and Martha (Watson) Smith, both members of well known Alabama families. His father was a ginner and business man formerly located in Georgia, but who lived in Alabama for many years. .
Dr. Smith attended the public schools of Attala and after removing to Texas attended high school at Bynum, graduating in 1908. He then entered the medical department of Southern Methodist Univer- sity and graduated in the class of 1914, receiving the degree of doctor of medicine.
For over three years after his graduation Dr.
Smith was connected with Saint Paul's Sanitarium, first as interne for six months and then as house surgeon. On January 21, 1917, he entered the medi- cal reserve corps of the United States army and was commissioned first lieutenant. He was first as- signed to active duty at Bellevue Hospital, New York, and later was stationed at Camp Meade, Mary- land, and then at the University of Virginia. He received his discharge February 11, 1919.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.