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Luther Stiles, grandfather of Dr. Stiles, was a native of Massa- chusetts, and removing thus to New Amsterdam, N. Y .. engaged in the manufacture of seythes in partnership with his brothers; having decided to move west. he migrated to Michigan, being a
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pioneer of Coldwater, in that state, where he erected the first saw mill in the locality. Ile died in Elgin. III. Ilis son, Cornelius C. Stiles, was born in Rome, N. Y., and when a boy, came with his parents to Michigan, later removing to Elgin, Ill., where he engaged in contracting and building for a member of years. lle has now retired at Sandwich, Ill. In Elgin he married Miss Cornelia Phelps. a native of Greenwood, N. Y .. and a descendant of one of the old Puritan families.
Fred P. Stiles was born at Elgin, Ill., March 22, 1855. He received a good literary training at the Kankakee (Illinois) high school and the Romeo (Michigan) Union School. In 1880 he graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College, of Chicago, and immediately thereafter came to Sparta and entered upon the general practice in which he was very successful. The demands upon his services being so pressing. he took into partnership his brother, V. Stiles, of River Side, Cal., who had been engaged in practice for eleven years. The doctor is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy : the Wisconsin State Homeo- pathic Society, of which he was at one time president ; the Ameri- can Climatological Association, and the United States Board of Pension Examiners. Ile is also associate editor of the Minne- apolis Homeopathie Magazine. Fraternally, he is a Mason and a Knight Templar, and served for ten years as eminent commander of Sparta Commandery, No. 16. The doctor is a stanch Re- publican in politics, and though no office seeker, took a lively interest in local affairs. IIe has served and held the office of president of the school board and mayor of the city of Sparta, and in other positions, to the satisfaction of his constituents.
Dr. Stiles was married at Sparta to Miss Nellie Root, daugh- ter of George W. and Jane Root, the former lived with Dr. Stiles for some years prior to his death, which occurred in January, 1889. and he had the distinction of being the only son of a Revolution- ary soldier living in that part of the state. Dr. Stiles is a mem- ber of the Congregational Church, and has been prominent in its affairs for a great many years. Owing to an attack which rendered an operation necessary, the doctor was in failing health during the summer of 1910, and upon his partial recovery, decided to abandon country riding and an opportunity opening for an office as a city caller in Racine, he moved there in the spring of 1911, where he now resides.
Wilbur T. Sarles, M. D., has for a great many years been prom- inent in Sparta and vicinity, where he bas engaged successfully in the practice of medicine, though he has always found time to
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devote to the public affairs of his city, and has always been identified with the movements of progress and improvement.
Dr. Sarles comes from honored American ancestry, his grand- father, Jesse D. Sarles, was born in Westchester county, New York. He removed with his family when a boy to Dutchess county, in the same state, where he grew to manhood and mar- ried. le came to Wisconsin when in middle life, and was a pioneer settler of Racine county, and there died.
J. D. Sarles, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Dutchess county, New York, and when a young man migrated west. settling in Wisconsin, where he has since made his home. He is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but owing to advanced age has retired from active work of the ministry, and is living quietly in retirement in the city of Sparta. Rev. J. D. Sarles married Miss Margarete Thompson, of Cayuga county. New York, who died at the age of sixty-two years. Wil- bur Sarles was born November 14, 1856, in Armenia, Juneau county, Wis. Ile completed a high school course at Prescot. Wis., and received more advanced training in an academy at River Falls, Wis., at Galesville University, and then attended Rush Medical College. at Chicago, from which he graduated in Feb- ruary, 1882. The month following he commenced practice at Sparta, where he has continued to make his home, having met with success which his abilities and talents deserve. He is a surgeon for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company at this place; is a member of the Wisconsin State Medical Society. of which he is ex-president; of the Central Wisconsin Medical Society, of which he is also an ex-president; of the La Crosse Valley Medical Society; the National Association of Railway Surgeons, and of the American Medical Association, of which he is now a trustee.
Fraternally he is united with the Masonie Order, is a member of Sparta Commandery. No. 16, K. T. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and has for years been an active worker in the ranks of the party, being one of the influential leaders of this section of the state : he was a delegate from the Seventh Congres- sional District to the Chicago convention which nominated Roose- velt in 1904, and was elected as a Taft elector from the Seventh District in 1908. He served three consecutive terms as mayor of Sparta, during which time he inaugurated the water works. the cleetrie lighting and the street paving: his re-election testi- fying of his capability in this responsible position. For twenty- five years he has been a member of the United States Board of
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Pension Examiners, of which he has served as secretary during all that time.
On March 23, 1882, he was married to Miss Nina Schaller and they have two daughters by adoption, Grace and Francis. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which the doctor is a member of the board of trustees.
Dr. Sarles is a companionable man, gifted with an analytical and inquiring mind and has won an enviable reputation in his profession, being a surgeon of rare skill, his services are sought far beyond the large local practice which he enjoys in connection with his firm, and he is withal a mighty good citizen.
Charles E. Quigg, M. D., who has been engaged in practice at Tomah, Wis., since 1883, has attained more than local fame in his profession, and he is also well known in political circles in that section. Dr. Quigg was born September 30, 1852, in Ticonderoga, N. Y., and received every advantage for thorough training, both in literature and in his profession, having attended various standard institutions during his boyhood and youth. He completed his medical studies at Bennett Medical College, Chi- cago, from which he was graduated in 1880, and he began prac- tice immediately at Fox Lake and Grand Rapids, Wis., in 1883 coming to Tomah, where he has since remained. Ile has, by skill and efficiency, built up a wide and Incrative practice, and many admirable personal qualities have won him the esteem and praise of the entire community. His fellow citizens have shown their appreciation of his genuine worth by calling him to various offices of responsibility and importance, and he has served seven years as health officer of Tomah, four terms as mayor of that city, and one term (1893-94) as member of the state assembly from his distriet. although it is a Republican stronghold and he a stanch Democrat.
In 1897 he was appointed a member of the Wisconsin Board of Medical Examiners, and in 1899 received a reappointment to the same for a term of four years. Dr. Quigg's brother physicians, also, have honored him in various ways. In 1883 he was elected president of the Wisconsin State Eclectic Medical Society ; he is an honorary member of the Illinois State Medical Society ; and in 1893 he was a delegate to the World's Congress of Medico-Climatology. IIe is also a member of the National Eclectic Medical Association. Dr. Quigg was licensed to prac- tice in four states-Wisconsin, Illinois, Colorado and California.
Fraternally he is a Mason, and a member of various other orders, was a member of Sparta Commandery, No. 16, Knight?
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Templar. A valued member of his profession and of the com- munity in which he lived, he passed away at his home in Tomah on the - day of -
Dr. George R. Vincent was one of Tomah's pioneer physicians and had a long and honorable career in the practice of medicine in that city ; he was born in New York state, received a common school and medical college education and moved to the state of Wisconsin in 1866, settling at the then thriving village of Tomah and entered upon the practice of his profession. He was one of the best physicians in this part of the state, having built up a large practice in the earlier days which extended throughout this and the neighboring counties: he had a large circle of friends who at different times induced him to accept political honors and he took a prominent part in the affairs of his home city; served one term in the Wisconsin legislature as a member of the assembly from this district in 1878: he was a member of the State Medical Society and also of the American Medical Association.
In the year 1866, just before coming to Tomah. Dr. Vincent was married at Stratford, N. Y., to Miss Elizabeth Kibbe; she died in this city in 1889. and two years later he was married to Miss Mary Tyler, Binghampton, N. Y. Dr. Vincent was very. successful in his practice and retired from active work about ten years before his death, which occurred in the city of Tomah on the 18th day of September, 1910. The doctor was truly one of the pioneers in this county in the practice of medicine, and endured the hardships which were incident to that work in the earlier days, when physicians did not have the advantages of rapid transportation with automobiles, and were obliged to make long drives in all kinds of weather, often taking two days to make a trip to see a patient and return. He is remembered by the present citizens of Tomah, who had the pleasure of his friend- ship and acquaintance, as a man who placed loyalty to his home city above everything else, and did not hesitate to devote his time and some money to building up the interests of the community.
Dr. Horace Palmer was born in Montpelier. Vt .. on October 28, 1823; graduated at the Vermont Medical College at Wood- stock, January 18, 1851, and commenced the practice of medi- vine in the same year at Mansfield. Mass.
He married Susan C. Ilall, at Mansfield. March 22, 1857, and removed to Wisconsin the following May, settling in West Salem. where he continued practicing his profession, and July 13. 1875.
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moved to Sparta and purchased the pioneer drug store of the place, at that time owned by Ira A. Hill, placing George E. Mar- riner, now of La Crosse, in charge of same while he continued the practice of his profession. Dr. Pahner's fatal illness began with a cold which developed into pneumonia, and the fatal end came on December 25, 1880. Dr. Palmer occupied a prominent place in social and business circles, and was universally esteemed. HIe left a wife, two daughters and one son, Lissie HI. (deceased), wife of Henry S. Howell, and Fannie A .. wife of M. Fillmore Howell, and Fred E.
Crawford E. Phillips, M. D., one of the leading representa- tives of the medical profession of Monroe county, was born near Meadville, Crawford county, Pa .. October 31, 1853, a son of David J. Phillips, a native of Ohio, but of New England ancestry. He was reared in his native state, and married Huldah Winans. also born in Ohio, and, like her husband, descended from a New England family. Dr. Phillips was a farmer by occupation, and a few years after his marriage he moved to Crawford county, Pennsylvania, where he lived until his death, which occurred in February, 1872, at the age of about fifty years.
C. E. Phillips, M. D., received his education at the common schools, and also took a scientific course of study at the Mead- ville Commercial College. Early in life he decided to engage in the medical profession as his life work, and at the age of seventeen years he began the study at Meadville, and graduated at the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati in the spring of 1874. Believing that superior opportunities for rising in his profession might be found in the West. Dr. Phillips decided to locate in Nebraska, and accordingly removed to Arapahoe. But the devastations of the grasshoppers in that state rendered his selection of a location an undesirable one, and after spending a vear there recruiting his health as well as practicing his profes- sion. he decided to seek another place of residence. Wilton at that time promised favorably, and consequently in the fall of 1875 he located in this city, where he enjoyed an extensive and Incrative practice. In order to inform himself in the later dis- coveries of the science of medicine, the doctor took a course at the Bennett Medical College in 1886, and received the degree of M. D. at that institution.
Dr Phillips was married October 17, 1877, to Eva Winans, a daughter of Dr. J. C. Winans, a prominent physician at Madi- son, Ohio. Mrs. Phillips is a lady of culture and a fine artist. To this union has been born one son, Vernil, born October 4, 1887.
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The doctor was both an excellent physician and a popular and progressive citizen. He was a prominent Mason, being a mem- ber of the Blue Lodge. chapter and Commandery of Sparta. He removed to California in 1909 and died there September 17, 1910, his remains being taken to Madison, Ohio, for burial.
John F. Richards, M. D. Among the earlier physicians on the eastern side of the county was John F. Richards, who came to Tomah in 1862, and resided there continuously until the time of his death.
Dr. Richards was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1818; his father. John R. Richards, and his mother were both natives of Maryland. While a boy, Mr. Richards lived in the same vil- lage as the Grant family, and was well acquainted with the father and with U. S. Grant, afterwards the celebrated general, who went to West Point from Clermont county, Ohio. Dr. Rich- ards studied medicine in his native county and attended the Ohio Medical College, from which he graduated in 1848. and began the practice of his profession in Highland county later. where he remained until 1862, when he removed to the city of Milwaukee and there engaged in the drug business and prac- ticed his profession.
In the spring of 1866 he removed with his family to Tomah, where he remained continuously until September 3, 1903. the date of his death. Hle served one term in the legislature, being that of 1872, and was a Democrat in politics. He was a quiet massuming man. a deep student in his profession, and during the later years of his life. after he had retired from active prac- tice. he was frequently called into consultation with other physi- cians, who availed themselves of his vast experience in the gen- eral practice of medicine. The last fifteen years of his life he retired from active work and lived in his old homestead in the city of Tomah, visiting among his three children : his daughter. Mrs. D. C. Cheney, who lived at Milwaukee, Wis .. at that time; Randolph A., the editor of this work, at Sparta. Wis .. and John F .. living at Kansas City, Mo.
Ile died at the home of his daughter in Milwaukee on the date stated above, and his remains were brought to Tomah and interred beside those of his wife, whose death had taken place several years before.
Carl M. Beebe, M. D. Among the young men in this profes- sion who have made rapid strides to the front is Carl M. Beebe, of Sparta, one of the firm of Sarles. Beebe & Beebe.
lle was born at Sparta, Wis., February 19. 1866, the son of
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De Witt C. Beebe. He received a high school education, gradu- ating from the Sparta high school with the class of 1884, after which he attended the state university for two years and then took a course at Rush Medical College, in Chicago, from which institution he graduated in 1889, and pursuing his medical study farther he went to New York and took a course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and graduated from that institution in 1891. He was for some time the assistant physician at the Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane, at Oshkosh, and from there he removed to Zumbrota, in the state of Minnesota, where he con- tinued the practice of his profession until 1896, when he returned to Sparta and went into partnership with his father and Dr. Sarles. This firm continued until the time of the death of Dr. D. C. Beebe, and upon its reorganization, S. D. Beebe, the younger brother, was taken into the partnership under the firm name of Sarles, Beebe & Beebe.
Dr. Beebe has taken an active interest in municipal affairs in the city ; has served as alderman on the city council; is now a member of the board of education and is a supervisor represent- ing the First Ward of the city upon the county board; he has been closely connected with several movements for the better- ment of conditions in the city generally and is one of the pro- gressive citizens of the community. He married Miss Minnie Blakesley September 1, 1891.
William B. Ford, M. D., was born at Sparta, Wis., August 27, 1874, received his early education in the schools of the city, graduating from the high school with the class of 1893; he entered the University of Wisconsin soon after, graduating from that institution in 1898. After spending one year in Philadel- phia, Pa., he entered Rush Medical College, at Chicago, from which institution he graduated in 1903.
The doctor is a Mason and a Knight Templar, being a mem- ber of Sparta Masonic lodges and Commandery; is a member of the Kappa Sigma college fraternity; served as secretary of the Monroe County Medical Society for three years. He has, since his graduation, practiced continually in Monroe county, a por- tion of the time in Sparta; is now located at Norwalk. where he enjoys a lucrative practice in the village and the farming coun- try in the vicinity.
Lewis S. Graves, M. D., was born at Jordan, New York state, December 24, 1873. His early education was received at Jordan high school and the Jordan free academy. He entered Bennett Medical College, at Chicago, from which he graduated with the
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class of 1901 ; he has practiced his profession at Conneaut, Ohio, and Chicago, Ill. ; and is at present located at Wilton, Wis., enjoy- ing a lucrative practice. He is a member of the Monroe County Medical Society; the Wisconsin State Medical Society, the Wis- vonsin Eclectic Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
George Oliver Murray, M. D., was born in Hawick, Scotland, October 4, 1857, where he received an academic education. He emigrated to Canada in 1882 and engaged in mercantile business until 1893, when he went to Keokuk. Iowa, entering the College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he graduated in 1896. In that year he located at Windsor, Dane county, Wis., where he practiced for three years : then removed to Tunnel City, Monroe county. where he remained for seven years. In 1906 he moved to Tomah, where he has since resided. In 1908 he was appointed health officer of the city, which position he still holds.
lle married Sarah Johnson, of Highgate, Canada, in 1894, two children being born to them. Robert Oliver, in 1895, and Agnes Oriska in 1897.
Spencer D. Beebe, M. D., was born at Sparta, Wis., in 1869, is the youngest son of Dr. D. (. Beebe, now deceased. His early education was received in the schools of Sparta, graduating from the high school with the class of 1889; afterwards attended the university, from which institution he graduated and entered Rush Medical College, graduating in 1896. He commenced the practice of his profession at Aurora. Ill., moving from there to Elroy. Wis .. where he remained for a few years. afterwards com- ing to Sparta and entering the firm of Sarles. Beebe & Beebe. Dr. Beebe is a fine musician, having a tenor voice. highly trained. and for some years has directed the large chorus choir of the Congregational Church.
A. R. Bell, M. D., was born at Tomah, July 26, 1872; he received his early education in country schools, entering the Tomah high school. from which he graduated with the class of 1894. Choosing the medical profession for his life work he entered the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he graduated April 5. 1900, came back to Tomah and entered upon the practice of his profession April 7. 1900. He was at one time connected with Dr. Simonson of the Tomah Hos- pital, but is at present practicing alone. He is now serving as secretary of the Monroe County Medical Society.
Hugh H. Williams, M. D., a practicing physician of Sparta, has pursued his profession in that city since 1896. when he was
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graduated from the Rush Medical College, of Chicago, III., and in the intervening years, has by his skill and prepossessing man- ner, built up a flourishing practice. He was born in Wales on August 20, 1869, the son of William and Elizabeth (Williams) Williams, who both spent their lives in their native country and where both died in 1873.
Hugh H. attended the common schools of Wales, and after the death of his parents, accompanied by his unele, Peter Wil- liams, he came to the United States in 1879 and located at Pipers- ville, Wis. ITis Uncle Peter was afterward killed by a horse in Coles Valley. Monroe county. Coming to Sparta. Mr. Williams entered the Sparta high school, graduating therefrom with the class of 1891; he then began the study of medicine in the office of G. W. Milligan. of Sparta, and later entered Rush Medical College, of Chicago, graduating with the class of 1896. He immediately began the practice of medicine in the city of his adoption. Upon the breaking out of the Spanish-American War he enlisted in the Third Regiment, Wisconsin National Guards, and as assistant surgeon, participated with his regiment through the Porto Rican campaign, and after his discharge from the regi- ment, continued for one year to act as assistant surgeon with the United States regulars in Porto Rico.
Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic Order and a Knight Templar. On March 4, 1901. he was married to Miss Tillie Olson, daughter of Ole Olson, of Sparta. Mrs. William died on Sep- tember 6. 1906, leaving besides her husband, one son, Hugh H. Williams, Jr.
E. J. Riordon, M. D., of Wilton, Monroe county, was born in Massachusetts, June 1, 1856, and is the son of Janos and Mary (Richards) Riordon, natives of Ireland and Massachusetts, respectively. In 1867 the father came west with his family and located at Milwaukee, Wis. He was a shoemaker by trade and obtained employment with Bradley and Metcalf. manufacturers of shoes, with whom he remained some years. Ile died in 1903, honored and respected by his fellowmen. He was the father of five children, only two of whom are living. In religious affilia- tions he was a member of the Catholic church, and in polities a Democrat.
Dr. Riordon received his education in the common school which he attended until his fifteenth year. In early life he gained some renown as a violinist and dancer, and for three years was one of the attractions of Dan Rice's show. In 1876 he en- listed in Company B. Fourth United States Cavalry. He was sent
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to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, and later to Fort Elliott. IIe was discharged in 1879 and returned to his home in Milwaukee, where for eight years he was employed by Bradley and Metcalf in the manufacture of shoes. At the end of that time he com- meneed the study of medicine, which he pursued for three years in Milwaukee, then entered the Keokuk Medical College (now the Drake University, of Iowa), and graduated with the degree of M. D., and in 1900 came to Monroe county and commenced the practice of his profession. He is a member of the Monroe County Medical Society, a member of the Wisconsin State Medical Asso- ciation. He is president of the village of Wilton, member of the village board of health, and in politics a Democrat.
L. G. Scheurich, M. D., of Tomah, is a native of Germany. and ranks among the younger class of wide-awake and progressive professional men of Monroe county. He was born in December, 1882. and is a son of August and Barbara Kathryn (Maurer) Schenrich. In 1886 he came to America with his parents, who located in Baltimore, Md., his father here finding employment in a tobacco factory. He had a family of seven boys. all of whom are now (1912) living. the doctor being the oldest of the family.
Dr. L. G. had good educational advantages during his boy- hood, attending the public schools of Baltimore, and after com- pleting his common school work he entered the Loyola college at Baltimore in 1896, where he received a thorough course of training and graduated with the class of 1903 with the degree of A. B. In 1904 he entered the University of Maryland, and after a four-year course graduated from the medical department with the class of 1908 with the degree of M. D., and immediately thereafter went into the Bay View hospital at Baltimore as assist- ant physician. After spending one year in this capacity he became chief resident physician, which position he held until June 15, 1910. October 11, 1910, he moved to Tomah and com- menced an active practice here, his experience and efficiency acquired from his hospital service plaeing him at the head of a large and lucrative business, and during his last year in the hospital at Baltimore he made a specialty of the use and adminis- tration of tuberenlin in the treatment of tuberculosis, which has been effective in much of his practice. In this specialty he was associated with Dr. Gordon Wilson, one of the leading tuber- culosis specialists in the world.
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