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Dr. Pattillo is a native of Mt. Vernon, Texas, born June 4, 1881. His father, A. D. Pattillo, is a native of Texas and a stock farmer. His mother was Elizabeth Lecretia Arrington, also a native of Texas. He attended the Mt. Vernon public schools and graduated from the medical department of Baylor University at Dallas, in 1911, with the degree of M. D. He was married at Mt. Vernon, Texas, in 1904, to Miss Berta Hortense Russell, of Winnsboro, daughter of I. Russell, a pioneer citizen of that section of the state and for fifteen years postmaster at Winnsboro. They have three children, Albert, Dunlap and Lourie Glenn, and the family home is located at 1662 Elizabeth Street.
The doctor is among the prominent men in his profession at Wichita Falls, and is a progressive citizen. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, the University Club, the Wichita Club and the American Medical Association, the State, North- west Texas and County Medical Societies, and takes an active interest in each organization. His re- ligious faith is with the Disciples of Christ (Chris- tian Church).
R. M. H. GLOVER, whose offices are in the Bob Waggoner Building, came to Wichita Falls in 1916, from Paducah, Texas. Prior to coming to the city he had been an interne in the Mercy Hospital at Pittsburgh, Pa., for one year. He has been practicing since 1916 and makes a specialty of X-Ray work.
For a young man just qualifying for the medical profession, Dr. Glover received some very important assignments in the government service during the late war. He was in the army a little more than one year, first at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., in General Hos- pital No. 14. He was one of seven men selected out of more than one thousand to be sent to John Hopkins Hospital for advance work in X-Ray to take charge of same in United States hospitals, and after con- pleting the course he was sent to take charge of Gen- eral Hospital No. 9.
He is a young man, prominent in his profession
and enjoys the esteem of all who know him. He was born at Mckenzie, Tenn., October 15, 1888. His father, A. J. Glover, was a Tennessee stock farmer.
Dr. Glover graduated from the Paducah, Texas, high school, attended Baylor University at Waco, and graduated from the University of Texas, Medical Department, receiving his M. D. degree in 1915. He was married at Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1918, to Miss Inez M. Cates, and they reside at 1828 Huff Street.
Dr. Glover of Phi Beta Pi Medical Fraternity and T. N. E. at the University of Texas; the Wichita Falls Golf and Country Club, the Rotary Club and the National, State and County Medical Societies.
DR. MICHAEL M. WALKER, of the medical firm of Walker & Fletcher, Bob Waggoner Building, came to Wichita Falls from South Texas in 1890. He began practicing medi- cine in 1908, and now makes a specialty of surgery. He was county health officer about five years and served about one year as city health officer. He has taken post graduate courses in various hospitals throughout the country and has attended the clinics in the Charity Hospital at New Orleans, is acting assistant surgeon United States Public Health Serv- ice.
During the war Dr. Walker served six months with the Hoover commission in Northern Austria, Bohemia and Russia. He spent one year in the medi- cal corps of the English army, and worked in British hospitals in London for a while. He was major in the medical corps in Belgium, and spent several months in hospitals in France.
Dr. Walker was born in LaVaca County, Texas, September 20, 1883. His parents were S. W. and Mary Muckelroy Walker, both natives of LaVaca County. His father was a farmer. He attended the high school at Wichita Falls and graduated in medicine at the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, securing his M. D. degree there.
Dr. and Mrs. Walker, who was Miss Vella Rainey, were married in Wichita Falls and they reside at 1310 Broad Street. The doctor is a Mason and a Shriner, York Route, Wichita Blue Lodge No. 635, Maskat Temple. He is also a member of the Coun- try Club and the Chamber of Commerce.
He stands very high as a citizen and as a physician and is a great booster for his city, believing it to be one of the best in the state and with a future that indicates that it will become the leading metropolis of West Texas.
R. JERRY C. FALVEY, of the firm of Mc- Nees, & Falvey, came to Wichita Falls from Humble, Texas, in 1920. He comes from a family of physicians, his father and three brothers being practitioners and one brother study- ing for the profession. After graduating from the University of Tennessee with the degree of M. D., he began practising at Graybury, Texas. He did saw mill practise in South Texas about two years and then went to Henderson, Texas, where he re- mained three years. He then moved to Humble, Texas, where he remained for five years and where he operated a hospital under the firm name of Falvey Brothers. It had about twenty-five rooms. Dr. Falvey was engaged in looking after surgery work for the oil companies operating in the Humble field. In 1918 he was captain in the medical corps at Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas; Hattiesburg, Miss., and Key West Barracks in Florida. He also did service in the base hospitals. He was in the service sixteen months and still holds a commission
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on the reserves. After the war he returned to Humble, sold out his hospital there and moved to Wichita Falls. He is still interested in leases and production in the Humble field.
Dr. Falvey is a native of Wells, Texas, born September 26, 1886. His parents, Dr. J. C. Falvey and Matildy White, were natives of Texas. His grandparents came from Ireland.
He was educated at Sewanee University, graduat- ing from that institution with the Ph. D. degree; Vanderbilt University and the University of Ten- nessee, getting his M. D. degree at the latter. He has done interne work in the New York Polyclinic Hospital, and post graduate work at Tulane Uni- versity, New Orleans.
Dr. Falvey is a 32d degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner, belonging to Egypt Temple, Florida, Wells Blue Lodge; Beaumont B. P. O. E .; Wichita Club, State and County Medical Associations and the Association of Military Surgeons.
HOMAS LEROY LAUDERDALE, M. D., of the firm of Physicians, Terrell & Lauder- dale, Terrell Bldg., Ranger, Texas, president of the Eastland County Medical Society, is one of the younger active surgeons of the Lone Star State and with his education in America's leading Universities, hospitals and surgical firms, together with his practical experience, is rendering an in- valuable service to his city and the territory of the Northwest. Since 1919, Dr. Lauderdale has resided at Ranger and has been one of the most active in his profession. He is a practicing surgeon and his firm, Terrell & Lauderdale, has a hospital in the Guaranty State Bank Bldg., of twenty-six beds.
Dr. Lauderdale is a native of Kansas. He was born at Oswego of that state on June 6, 1889. His mother is Martha (Elliott) Lauderdale who now resides in Washington. His father, R. J. Lauder- dale, now deceased, was a pioneer in the state of Kansas in the retail grocery business. His brother, William Lauderdale, is president of the First Na- tional Bank of Yale, Oklahoma. In the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Lauderdale began his technical edu- cation and from that institution received the degree of M. D. in 1913. He continued his work in the University of Chicago and did interne work in the Bellview Hospital of the city of New York, one of the largest hospitals in America. In various other institutions, Dr. Lauderdale has practiced as physi- cian and surgeon.
He was associated with Dr. Watson of Chicago for two years previous to locating in Oklahoma City from which center he came to Ranger, Texas, in 1919.
In 1913, at Oklahoma City, Miss Jane Pulley and Dr. Lauderdale were united in marriage. Thomas LeRoy Lauderdale Jr., is their one son and the family reside at 1400 Folk Street. Dr. Lauderdale served as first lieutenant in the medical corps in the late war, being in the Army work for fourteen months. On return from Army service, he chose the rapidly developing West for his territory and it was then that he located at Ranger. There he is active among social circles as well as in professional life. He is an enthusiastic Mason and a member of the Ranger Medical Society and is president of the East- land County Medical Society and the State Medical Association and has been recommended for a fellow- ship in the American College of Surgeons. With his training and ability, he is destined to be a leader among the surgeons of the West.
ALLACE P. MARTIN, M. D., at the First National Bank Building, Burkburnett, Texas, as founder, manager and owner of the Martin Hospital of Burkburnett, is one of the greatest benefactors of northwest Texas and is a physician of ability both from the medical college he is a graduate of, the large and noted hos- pitals he has served with along the Pacific Coast, and in his service and usefulness ir. army work dur- ing the late war. A leading physician in his part of the state, in August, 1920, Dr. Martin established, in order to care better for his patronage, the hos- pital which contains twenty beds and retains the constant service of six trained nurses and other helpers, and it is an establishment of the general hospital army type.
Dr. Martin was born at Evansville, Ind., in 1886. His father, Robert Perry Martin, deceased since his son was one year old, was a farmer in Vanderburg County; his mother, a native of Indiana, is Daphne (Allen) Martin. His schooling began in Farmers- ville, Indiana, was continued in the high school at Fowler, California, then through the first year of medical work at Cooper Medical College, then in the medical department of Leland Stamford Univer- sity and completed in the medical department of the University of Southern California. He served his interneship at the Sacramento Hospital and then started his practise at Pino Grande, Cal., where he continued for eight months and then located at Fresno, California, where he had practised for a year and a half when he entered the army in the late war as first lieutenant in the Eighteenth Division at Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas, in September, 1918. He was discharged in April, 1919. He then came to Burkburnett where he practised for a year before establishing the Martin Hospital.
At Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 1915, Miss Camille Tripp became the bride of Dr. Martin; they have one child, Marcella Francis, age four. Dr. Martin is a Scottish Rite Mason and is a Shriner at the Maskat Temple. Since coming to Burkburnett he has served his city as councilman and is active in the Chamber of Commerce. As one of the best trained and experienced physicians in his part of the state, Dr. Martin and the Martin Hospital are rendering a great service to the public.
AYLOR CLYDE GILBERT, physician and surgeon, 603 Wilson Building, former in- structor of diagnosis and minor surgery in the medical department of the Southern Methodist University, has been prominently identi- fied with the medical profession in Dallas since 1911, and is held in high esteem by fellow members of the profession. He devotes himself to the general prac- tice of medicine and surgery and is very generally recognized as a very capable and efficient practi- tioner. He is a graduate of the medical department of the University of Texas, receiving his M. D. de- gree in 1910, and in the same year and 1912, he did post-graduate work in the General Hospital at Kansas City, Mo. The years 1918 and 1919 were. spent in the army as a member of the Medical Re- serve Corps, and nine months of this tinie were spent in France at Evacuation Hospital No. 36, at Nantes. Ile was commissioned a first lieutenant during his connection with the army and was discharged from the service August 16, 1919.
Dr. Gilbert is a native of Texas, born at Grape- vine, Tarrant County, June 20, 1883, but reared in
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Dallas County. His father, D. W. Gilbert, came to Texas from Mississippi in 1870, and was a practic- ing physician at Irving, Dallas County. His mother, who, before her marriage, was Mary Etta Boardman, was a native of Dallas County, born at Garland. He attended the schools at Grapevine and Irving and graduated from the North Texas Normal School in 1904. He is a 32d Scottish Rite Mason and a men- ber of Hella Temple Shrine, belongs to the Dallas Auto Country Club and is identified with the Amer- ican Medical Association and the State and County Medical Societies. He lives at the Park Hotel.
The building up of clinics in Dallas will go very far toward making the city the leading medical center of the South and Southwest, Dr. Gilbert says, and he is confident this will be done, even though it will take a considerable amount of money. He be- lieves there is no city in the country with a more promising future than Dallas, and he is quite confi- dent that Dallas can do anything it sets itself to do. EWEL DAUGHETY, M. D., 405 Main Ave., Brownwood, Texas, limited to general surgery, is general surgeon for an insur- ance company. He has made a study of · pathology and bacteriology and was associate pro- fessor of these subjects in the medical department of Southern Methodist University in 1915-16.
Dr. Daughety began his medical career in Dallas six years ago following his graduation from the medical department of the Southern Methodist Uni- versity in 1914 when he received his degree of doc- tor of medicine. He taught in the school for a year and then began private practice. He practiced general medicine and surgery in the city of Dallas from that time until he came to Brownwood in March 1921 and bought the Physicians & Surgeons Sani- tarium at 405 Main Ave., of which he is the sole owner and controller. On coming to Brownwood he limited his work to surgery. On the morning of December the 18th, the sanitarium was completely destroyed by fire, but plans are already being laid for immediate construction of a modern, up to date, fire proof structure, to the capacity of 50 beds.
A native of Tennessee, Dr. Daughety was born at Saulsbury, Tenn., July 4, 1887. His parents were Reuben Daughety and Elizabeth (Bryant) Daughety, both natives of Tennessee, who came to Texas in 1901. Dr. Daughety was educated in the public schools and high school of Saulsbury and graduated at the Hughes Springs High School in 1903.
After his graduation from high school he worked on a farm in East Texas until 1906 and then attend- ed a commercial school until 1907. He went to Marshall in that year and was employed as a nurse in the Texas and Pacific Hospital until 1910 when he came to Dallas and entered the medical depart- ment of the Southern Methodist University.
On April 29th, 1910, Dr. Daughety was married to Miss Marie Oswald, native of Gottschee Austria, at Marshall. They have two children, Reuben Oswald and Jewel Donald.
Dr. Daughcty is a member of the American Medi- cal Association, Southern Medical Society and the Fourth District Medical Society, also the Brown County Medical Societies, also the State Medical Society. He also is a member of the Masens, Knights of Pythias and Maccabees and a director of the Chamber of Commerce and is a director of the Boy Scout work in Brownwood.
R. THOMAS CLEVELAND BREWER, 812 Wilson building has been a resident of Dallas since 1908, coming here in that year from Georgetown, Texas, to begin his med- ical studies in the medical department of the South- ern Methodist University. He is doing general prac- tice and surgery.
Dr. Brewer is a native of Texas and was born in Nacogdoches County October 1, 1887. He is a son of H. E. and Emma (Mosley) Brewer, well known resi- dents of Texas for many years. His father came to Texas from Arkansas shortly after the close of the Civil War and was in business at Linn Flat, Texas, for a number of years prior to his death. His moth- er was a native of Georgia.
After receiving his preliminary education in the public schools and high school at Georgetown, Dr. Brewer continued his academic studies in South- western University and then entered the medical de- partment of Southern Methodist University for his medical training. He graduated from S. M. U., with the class of 1912, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
After serving as an interne at Saint Paul's Sani- tarium during 1912 and 1913, he began general prac- tice in Dallas.
During the war Dr. Brewer enlisted in the Medical Corps of the United States Army and was com- missioned first Lieutenant. He was assigned to duty with the base hospital at Camp Travis, serving during a part of 1918 and 1919. Upon receiving his discharge he resumed practice in Dallas.
Dr. Brewer was married at Dallas in 1914 to Miss Affie Mae Baxter, member of a well known Texas family. They have one daughter, Geraldine.
Dr. Brewer is an enthusiastic booster for Dallas and a strong believer in the city's future as a medi- cal center. He is a member of the American Medical Association, Texas, North Texas and Dallas County Medical Societies and the Dallas Automobile Club .. He is a communicant of the First Methodist Church. R. J. SPENCER DAVIS, surgeon and office consultant, came to Dallas in 1909,,coming here directly from the Massachusetts Gen- eral Hospital and Children's Hospital where he had served as interne for one year following his graduation in 1908. Dr. Davis is an active member of the general staff at Saint Paul's Sanitarium and is on the visiting staff of other hospitals in the city.
A native Texan, Dr. Davis is essentially loyal to the customs and traditions of the Lone Star State. He was born at Blooming Grove in Navarro County, April 8, 1881. His parents were Dr. J. M. and Sarah (Simpson) Davis, natives respectively of North and South Carolina and who emigrated to Texas shortly after the close of the Civil War. The public schools and the high school of Blooming Grove sup- plied the medium for the carly education of Dr. Davis and later he pursued an academic course at the Kansas City University. He entered the medical department of Tulane University and graduated there with the degree of M. D. and M. Ph. in 1908, being an honor man in both classes.
Diagnostical medical and surgical center is main- tained at 2701 Live Oak Street, where all modern methods for diagnosis and treatment of medical and surgical conditions are maintained.
Dr. Davis is vice-chairman of the commission elected by the Methodist denomination for the erec- tion and maintenance of the Dallas Sanitarium, a
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million dollar institution, erection of which will begin June 15, 1922. This will give to Dallas its most modern hospital and will make Dallas the leading hospital center of the Southwest.
On September 11, 1901, Dr. Davis was married to Miss Gertrude Greene, daughter of Dr. J. A. Greene, of Blooming Grove. They have one child, Lidell Spencer.
For seven years Dr. Davis held the chair of ortho- pedic surgery and children's diseases at Southern Methodist University. He maintains one of the few laboratories in the United States doing blood chemistry for general private and professional pur- poses. Three assistants are retained in this depart- ment. During the epidemic of meningitis in Dallas in 1911 Dr. Davis was appointed · diagnostician for the city.
In July, 1918, he became first assistant chief surgeon of United States General Hospital No. Three and rose soon from the rank of captain to that of major. He was discharged in May, 1919. Dr. Davis is a charter member of the Association for the Study of Internal Secretions and maintains member- ship in all the recognized medical associations and societies, national, state and local. He is a Past Master of the Masonic Lodge, Past High Priest and Past Grand Pursuivant of the Grand Lodge, a Knight Templar, member of Hella Temple Shrine. He is a charter member of the Dallas City Club and a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
HARLES BELL GILLESPIE, of the firm of Gillespie and Gillespie, mortgages, loans and investments, and vice-president of the Central State Bank, is one of the pioneer business men of Dallas. He came here in 1867 from Columbus, Arkansas, and has watched Dallas grow from a small town to a great metropolis. From 1875 to 1876 Mr. Gillespie held the position of assistant county treasurer, and from 1876 to 1892 he was as- sistant county tax collector, and country tax col- lector from 1882 to 1890.
The firm of Gillespie and Cullum, real estate, mortgages and loans was established in 1891, then in 1907 Mr. Gillespie was appointed finance commis- sioner of the city, when the city changed to com- mission form of government, which position he held until 1911, then the firm became Gillespie and Rucker. Mr. Gillespie's son, Virgil C., also being associated with the business. In 1914 Mr. Rucker left the firm, which is now Gillespie and Gillespie. From 1914 to 1915 Mr. Gillespie had charge of the mortgage and loan department of the Central State Bank, he being vice-president and one of the organ- izers of the bank. In 1915 he took over the mort- gages and loan department of the bank and main- tained offices in the bank until October, 1919, when his business was transferred to the Praetorian build- ing. The firm now composes, in addition to Mr. Gillespie, his two sons, V. C. and W. F. Gillespie. He has watched the rise in value of Dallas real es- tate and has watched the city grow and spread in all directions, therefore, he is an authority on real es- tate valuation. Mr. Gillespie has been secretary of the Mutual Building Association since 1894 and has represented the United States Mortgage and Trust Company of New York in Dallas and Fort Worth for many years.
Mr. Gillespie was born in Drew County, Arkansas, December 7th, 1854, and is the son of Dr. C. C. Gill-
espie who was a practicing physician in Dallas from 1867 until his death in 1887. His mother was Miss Zillah Haynes, born in Tennessee. Mr. Gillespie was educated in the Dallas Public Schools, and Trinity University. He was married to Miss Emma Cullum in Dallas in 1882, who is the daughter of M. H. Cul- lum, a Methodist Minister. They reside at 3203 Douglas Street, and have four children, Virgil Cul- lum, William F., Mrs. Gean Lankford and Mrs. Maud Rucker wife of Mr. J. B. Rucker, of the firm of Rucker, Heartsill & Jones. He has one grand child, daughter of his son Virgil, Mary Bell Black Gillespie. Mr. Gillespie is a member of the Praetorian order and of the Methodist Church.
Although quiet and unassuming in manner, Mr. Gillespie occupies a position of dignity among busi- ness men. Having been identified for so many years with various important transactions he is in a po- sition to speak authoritatively on matters of political and financial significance. He is interested in all movements for the betterment of Dallas civicly and financially. He meets all his friends and patrons with that pleasant courtesy that proclaims him a gentlemen of the old school.
R. CHAS. H. WARREN, physician and Surgeon, Wilson Building, is one of the best known of the younger physicians in Dallas who were attracted to this city by reason of its many superior advantages and the splendid field offered to the young professional man in any line. Dr. Warren came to Dallas and began practise after his discharge from the medical corps of the United States Army, in the summer of 1919.
A native Texan, Dr. Warren was born at Gaines- ville August 29, 1890. He is a son of Wade B. (de- ceased) and Lucy (Melton) Warren, pioneer resi- dents of Texas. His father is a well known business man of Gainesville and came to Texas from Ten- nessee in 1880.
After receiving his academic training in the public schools and the high school at Gainesville, Dr. War- ren entered the medical department of Vanderbilt University. He completed a course in pharmacy in 1912 but continued his medical studies and in 1914 graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
Going to New York City Dr. Warren was con- nected with Bellevue Hospital, being a member of the House Staff until 1916. He then went with Roose- velt Hospital in New York, remaining there until he entered the medical corps of the United States .Army in January, 1918. He was commissioned First Lieutenant and after training at Fort Oglethorpe and Camp Shelby in Georgia, was mobilized at Allen- town, Pa., and sailed for France on July 5th. He saw active service at Chateau Thierry, Soissons, San Mihiel and the Argonne Forest. He was sta- tioned at Argonne when the Armistice was signed · and later assigned to duty with the surgical unit of the evacuation hospital. He was detailed for special duty at the University of Aix-Marseilles and had four months work there. He received his dis- charge on July 28, 1919.
Dr. Warren is a member of the Officers Club of Dallas and of the Texas Medical Society and the Dallas County Medical Society. He is unmarried and resides at the Young Mens Christian Association Building. He is an enthusiastic booster for Dallas and with the coming of enlarged hospital facilities now under way, expects the city to become the lead- ing medical center of the South.
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