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Frank J. Schultz, M. D., 495 Mitchell street, a promising young physician of Milwaukee, is of Polish ancestry, his parents, Martin and Agnes (Borzych) Schultz, having immigrated to the United States in 1881, and located in Milwaukee, where the father is engaged in the meat business. Dr. Schultz is one of a family of nine children, of whom seven are living. His early years were spent in the parochial Catholic schools, to which church the family is attached, and his col- legiate training was obtained at Marquette University, in the medical department of which he was graduated on May 14, 1907. Since graduation he has established himself in his native city, where he was born on Sept. 26, 1883. The period of his professional life has been too short for a demonstration of his skill in his chosen profession, but his own energy and careful preparation for his work, combined with the fact that the city has a large colony of his countrymen, who are bound together by the ties of both language and church relations, would indicate that a large and useful professional career was open before him.
William Sweemer, A. M., M. D., Ph. D., is one of the leading professional men of the city of Milwaukee, and was one of the organ- izers of the Milwaukee Medical College, serving as Professor of Dis- eases of Children from 1894 to 1904, at which time he resigned because
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of the constant growth and expansion of his private practice. He was subsequently appointed professor emeritus of that branch. He also served as Pediatrist to Trinity and Milwaukee County Hospitals. Dr. Sweemer was born at Cedar Grove, Sheboygan county, Wis., on Dec. 20, 1853. He is the son of John and Margaret (Traas) Sweemer, both of whom were natives of Holland, immigrating to America in the 40's and settling in Sheboygan county, Wis. The father was a me- chanic by occupation, but after coming to America he purchased land and followed farming the remainder of his life, both he and his wife dying in Sheboygan county. When but a boy, Dr. Sweemer's inclination and desire was to become a physician. Accordingly he studied two years under the late Dr. Almon Clark, of Sheboygan (who was later appointed surgeon to the National Home, of Mil- waukee), and subsequently entered Rush Medical College. In the following fall, 1882, he continued his studies at the College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons in Chicago, the medical department of the Uni- versity of Illinois, graduating in 1884 with one of the highest stand- ings in a class of fifty-six. He then went to Holland, Mich., practicing his profession there two years, and then, in 1886, located in Milwaukee, where his success as a practitioner is a matter of common knowl- edge. Dr. Sweemer has been married three times; first on Sept. 30, 1880, to Miss Mary Manting, of Holland, Mich, and to this union there were born two children, James and Mary, the former of whom died at the age of nine years. The second marriage was to Miss Fannie Houtkamp, of Milwaukee, and to this union four children were born : Aletta, Alice, Harriet, and William. The maiden name of his present wife was Miss Florence Mae Tripp, of Beaver Dam, Wis. In politics Dr. Sweemer gives his allegiance to the Republican party in national elections, but is otherwise independent. He is a member of Calvary Presbyterian church, is also a member of the American Medical Association, the State Medical, the Milwaukee County Medical and the Brainard Medical societies.
Lewis J. Daniels, M. D., No. 185 Eleventh street, Milwaukee, is a native of the metropolis of Wisconsin, born March 10, 1872. His father, Emanuel Henry Daniels, is a native of Tourcoing, France, and came to Milwaukee in 1842, being married to Miss Anna Greuwis, of Antwerp, Holland, in the village of Merton, Waukesha county, Wis. He has been in the hardware business on West Water street, Milwau- kee, since 1871. His wife and the five children which were born to them are all living. The father served in the Civil war as a private, and was detailed for special duty, serving in all about two years. Lewis J. attended the ward schools and the high schools of the city. there acquiring his general education. His technical and professional education was obtained at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in which he was graduated in 1896 with the degree of M. D. and has since been in active practice in Milwaukee. He is on the medical staff of the Mount Sinai Hospital, is instructor in gynecology in the medical department of Marquette University, is a member of the national, state, county, and city medical organizations, and is the medical ex- laminer for the Michigan Mutual and National Life associations. In
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politics Dr. Daniels is a Republican, but not active in that line. He was married on April 20. 1904, to Miss Anna Estelle Jung, daughter of Philip Jung, of Milwaukee. Anna, the only child born to them, is deceased.
William Emil Durr, M. D., 408 Grove street, Milwaukee, is an eminent surgeon of the city of his birth. His paternal grandfather, Andrew Durr, was a native of Germany, came to Milwaukee in the very early days of that settlement and there spent the remainder of his life. His father, Emil Durr, born in Milwaukee on Oct. 6, 1840, is a prominent business man of the city, was one of the organizers and at one time president of the German National Bank, and has served as an alderman of the city. At present he is interested in the United States Gypsum Company, and still resides in the city where he was born. Dr. Durr's mother, Adelaide (Coleman) Durr, is a native of Allegany county, N. Y. The three children born into the family are all living. Dr. Durr, born in Milwaukee, July 26, 1865, was educated in the ward schools and high school of Milwaukee, and was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1888, subsequently entering the medical college of the Northwestern University of Chicago, in which he received his degree of M. D. in 1891. For the two succeeding years he was employed as house physician in Cook County Hospital, and since 1893 has practiced in Milwaukee. His specialty is surgery, and he ranks as among the most skillful in that line among the sur- geons of the state. Professionally he is connected with the American Medical Association, the Wisconsin State, Milwaukee County, Mil- waukee, and Brainard Medical societies. Politically he ranks with the Republican party, and in religious faith is a member of the Con- gregational church.
Daniel Hopkinson, M. D., No. 1058 Third street, Milwaukee, is a native of England, his parents being Samuel and Margaret ( Cava- naugh) Hopkinson, both born in Leeds, England, the latter on Feb. 5, 1837. The father came to Milwaukee in 1892, and the mother, ac- companied by her son, Daniel, the following year. Mr. Hopkinson died in March, 1904, but his widow is still living. Of their family of three sons and three daughters, all are living. Daniel Hopkinson, born on March 13, 1876, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, acquired his general education in the public schools of the city, taking a course in the high school. He obtained his medical education in this country, being a graduate of the Milwaukee Medical College, taking his degree of M. D. in 1901, and he has since been practicing in the city. He was the house physician of Trinity Hospital for a year, and has been professor of histology and bacteriology in the medical department of Marquette University for six years. He is a member of the Wisconsin State, Milwaukee County and Milwaukee Medical societies, of the Alumni Association of Milwaukee Medical College, and he is on the staff of Trinity Hospital and pathologist for the same, and is also a member and consulting pathologist for the county hospital. Although a young man, Dr. Hopkinson has advanced rapidly in his profession, and bids fair to take a high rank both in the scientific knowledge and its practi- cal application to the difficult and complicated cases constantly arising
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in the practice of medicine. Dr. Hopkinson supports the Republican party, but takes no very active part in politics. He is an attendant and supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church, although not a member. On Aug. 24, 1904, he was married to Miss Mignonette Meinecke, of Milwaukee, daughter of Gerhart and Caroline Meinecke, of that city, and they have one daughter, Manette.
John J. McGovern, M. D., No. 2119 Prairie street, is a member of the firm of P. H. & J. J. McGovern, and is a native of Elkhart, Sheboygan county, Wis., born Feb. 14, 1864. His father is Lawrence McGovern, mentioned elsewhere in this work. The public schools of Sheboygan county furnished the foundation for Dr. McGovern's edu- cation, and this was supplemented by attendance at the high school of Plymouth, and later by a course at the University of Wiscon- sin. Deciding to follow the profession of medicine he entered Rush Medical College, Chicago, and then transferred to the med- ical department of the University of Pennsylvania, in which he received his degree of M. D. in 1893, and the same year he began the practice of his profession in Milwaukee. He is one of
the examining surgeons and secretary of the second United States Pension Board in Milwaukee and belongs to the American Medical Association, the Wisconsin State Medical Society, the Milwaukee County, and Milwaukee Medical societies ; to the Alpha Mu Pi Omega medical fraternity, and to Ivanhoe Commandery, Knights Templar. On Dec. 23, 1898, Dr. McGovern was married to Miss Grace E. Neil- son, of Granville, Wis., daughter of Cornelius and Margaret (Ireland) Neilson. These parents came from Quebec to Wisconsin in the early sixties, locating in Granville, Milwaukee county. Cornelius Neilson is a grandson of Hon. John Neilson, whose uncle, William Brown, edited the first paper in Quebec. To Dr. McGovern and his wife five chil- dren have been born, namely : Donald Neilson and Robert Francis, deceased; Margaret Grace; John Neilson and Francis Henry, twins. The doctor is a supporter of the principles of politics as expressed by the Republican party, although he has never taken a very active part in political movements. In company with his brother, he has built up a large and lucrative practice in the city, and is counted among the leading men of his profession.
Frank E. Brown, M. D., No. 193 Twelfth street, Milwaukee, is the son of a physician, John Emory Brown, M. D. The latter was born in Clyde, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1834, and married Harriet L. Royce, born in Eagle Harbor. Orleans county, N. Y., May 19, 1836. They came to Milwaukee in 1891, and there Dr. Brown practiced his profession until his death, Nov. 18, 1906, that of his wife having preceded his by a few months, she passing away on Feb. 12 of the same year. Dr. Brown participated in the Civil war, entering as a private in a volunteer infantry regiment of Iowa, and served until the close of the war, hav- ing been promoted to the position of assistant surgeon. The paternal grandfather was Philo E. Brown, a native of Rushville, N. Y., and the son of a soldier of the Revolution. He was both a minister and a physician, and spent two years, 1868 and 1869, in Green Bay, Wis., but returned East, spending his later years in his native town, where he
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died at the age of seventy-six years. The maternal grandfather, Thomas J. Royce, also a native of New York, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., aged ninety-one years. Dr. Frank E. Brown, born in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk county, Iowa, March 30, 1860, is one of a family of nine children, six of whom are living. He acquired his early education in the common schools. of Eagle Harbor, N. Y., and later entered the high school of Albion, N. Y., taking his collegiate training in Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N. Y., and receiving his professional degree in Hahnemann College, Chicago, in 1891, when he began a general prac- tice, which he has continued with marked success to the present time. He is a member of the medical staff of the House of Mercy and be- longs to the Wisconsin State Homeopathic Society, the Milwaukee Homeopathic Society, having served as president of the latter; to the American Institute and to the National Aurificial Surgeons' Associa- tion. He is a member also of the fraternal organizations, the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In matters of religious faith he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, and in political affairs gives his support to the Republican party. On Oct. 4, 1900, he was married to Mrs. Lucy J. Haylett, of Milwaukee, daughter of W. F. and Marian (Fisher) Greer, the former of whom is de- ceased and the latter resides with her daughter, Mrs. Brown.
Milton A. Barndt, M. D., 223 Thirty-third street, Milwaukee, was born in the town of Granville, Milwaukee county, Wis., on March 6, 1859. His ancestry is German, and the families by that name are descended from two brothers who settled in Pennsylvania at an early day. William Barndt, father of the doctor, was born in 1821 at Sum- neytown, Montgomery county, Pa., and came to Wisconsin in 1848, locating in the town of Granville, where he followed the vocation of farming, and later, about 1872, moved to Menomonee Falls, Wau- kesha county, where both he and his wife died. The latter, whose maiden name was Catherine Wambold, was born in 1824, in Bucks county, Pa., and was the daughter of Samuel Wambold, who was also one of the early settlers of the town of Granville, where both he and his wife passed away. William Barndt and his wife were the parents of two sons, one of whom died at the age of seventeen years, leaving Dr. Brandt, of this sketch, the only survivor of the family. He ac- quired his early education in the public schools of Milwaukee county and Menomonee Falls, and after taking a collegiate course taught school for some years. Deciding then to study medicine he went to Valparaiso, Ind., for the preliminary work, and then spent a year in Hahnemann College, Chicago, later graduating in the Chicago Homeo- pathic College, April 30, 1893. He has since done post-graduate work in both Chicago and New York city. His first location for the prac- tice of medicine was Menomonee Falls, and in 1894 he removed to Delavan, Wis., where he remained for six years, coming in 1900 to Milwaukee, where he specializes in the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He belongs to a number of distinguished professional so- cieties, among them the American Institute of Homeopathy, the American Homeopathic, Ophthalmological, Octological and Laryn- gological Society; the Wisconsin State Homeopathic Medical So-
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ciety ; the Milwaukee Academy of Medicine ; and he has served as secretary and president of the state organization and is at present a member of the state board of medical examiners. He belongs also to the Masonic order, being. a member of Damascus lodge, Delavan chapter, and Ivanhoe commandery. In poltics he is a Republican, and he is a member of the Grand Avenue Congregational church. On April 23, 1897, he was married to Miss Elizabeth G. Folts, of Allen's Grove, Walworth county, Wis. She is the daughter of David and Harriet (House) Folts, the former of whom is deceased. and the latter is a resident of Milwaukee. To the union one son, Mil- ton David, has been born.
James Hugh Hackett, M. D., is a typical Milwaukee citizen, as his parents and grandparents have lived here since 1837. He is the youngest son of the late Edward and Bridget (Lannon) Hackett, and was born at 381 Jefferson street, opposite the postoffice, March 18, 1865. At this time Dr. Hackett's father was deputy sheriff of Mil- waukee county, a position held by him up to the time of his death, in December, 1874. His widow survived him nine years, passing away in August, 1883, leaving five children to mourn her loss: Edward P. Hackett, Mrs. Eugene Cary, Mrs. Thomas P. Finnegan, Katherine and Dr. James H. Hackett. The family was among the earliest parish- ioners of St. John's Cathedral, in the schools of which the subject of this sketch obtained his earliest education, after which he was enrolled as a pupil of Marquette College. He left here to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point, having been the successful candidate in a public competitive examination held in the court house. His stay there was but eight-
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native city and engage there in business. In 1890 he entered upon his medical studies and was graduated in 1894 at the New York Univer- sity, subsequently acting as house surgeon at Bellevue Hospital for a term of two and a half years. In November, 1896, he opened an office in Milwaukee at 128 Wisconsin street, where he vet remains. He is assistant health commissioner and medical examiner for the police and fire departments. He is a member of the American Medical As- sociation, the Milwaukee and Brainard Medical societies, and is on the surgical staff at St. Mary's Hospital. In fraternal circles he is en- rolled in the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin and the Knights of Colum- bus, and is medical examiner for both councils. Dr. Hackett was united in marriage on June 20, 1900, to Anna Marie, eldest daughter of the pioneer settlers, James Conroy and Margaret ( Mockler) Con- roy, and has made his home ever since at Prospect Hill, Milwaukee. William Duncan McNary, M. D., No. 686 Prospect avenue, Mil- waukee, is the eldest son of James Webster and Henrietta ( William- son) McNary, the former born in Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 1, 1837, and the latter in Xenia, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1843. The father was a clergyman of the Presbyterian church and filled pulpits in Oshkosh, Ashland, and La Crosse, besides that of Grace church, Milwaukee, for fourteen years. coming to the charge in 1886. He owns a farm near Milwaukee and spends his summers in Wisconsin, but his winters at Indian River, Fla.
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His wife died on Nov. 27, 1904. The three children born to Rev. and Mrs. J. M. McNary are all living. The oldest, Mrs. E. C. Clark, is a resident of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; William D., of this sketch, is the sec- ond, and J. Foster, M. D., of Milwaukce, is the youngest. Rev. Mr. McNary served in the Civil war as a professional nurse. Dr. William D. McNary acquired his early education in the public schools, and then entered the Lake Forest College, in which he was graduated in 1893, with the degree of B. A. Entering Rush Medical College at Chicago, he took his degree of M. D. in 1896. Since that time he took a course in osteopathy in 1898-1900, and his practice is limited to dis- eases of the spine. In politics he is a supporter of the Republican party, but has taken 10 active part. His religious faith is expressed by membership in the Calvary Presbyterian church. On June 12, 1907, he was married to Miss Bessie Greenwood, of Milwaukee, daughter of John W. and Mary ( Ryall) Greenwood, of the same city. Dr. Mc- Nary belongs to the order of Free Masons, and is eligible to member- ship in the Sons of the Revolution, both paternal and maternal ances- tors having participated in the Reolutionary war.
Warren Brown Hill, S. M., M. D., 507 Thirty-ninth street, Mil- waukce, is a native of that city and the son of Avery and Angeline L. ( Brown) Hill, the former a native of Belchertown, Mass., born in 1825, and the latter was born near the same
city in 1827. The father came to Milwaukee in the early forties and was one of the largest contractors of the earliest days. He built the old depot of the Milwaukee & La Crosse railroad at the corner of Chestnut and Third streets, the Clif- ton House, Spring street Congregational church, now Lincoln Hall, and many other important buildings. Dr. Hill's maternal grandpar- ents, Samuel and Clarissa Brown, came west with their family in 1835, Mrs. Hill being at that time a little girl of eight years. Mr. Brown had spent the previous year in Milwaukee, and when he brought his family to the pioneer village on the banks of Lake Michigan, Mrs. Brown was the only white woman in the settlement. He was also a contractor and builder and came to Milwaukee to build the American House, now the Plankinton House. Both of Dr. Hill's grandfathers were among the men who counted in the community in its early de- velopment, being both men of strong characteristics and with the cour- age of their convictions. In the turbulent years that immediately pre- ceded the Civil war, both were strong Abolitionists, assisted in the operations of the "Underground Railway", and later in the organiza- tion of the Republican party, to which they always gave allegiance. Warren Brown Hill was born on Oct. 23, 1861, was educated in the graded and high schools of Milwaukee, and at the age of sixteen he removed to Iowa, soon after beginning his career both as a teacher and a student of medicine. In 1881 he went to Denver, Col .. where he was engaged by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company as surveyor, later returning to Iowa, where he resumed his work as a teacher, remaining until 1889. At that time he removed with his family to Baltimore, Md., for the purpose of completing his medical studies, and was graduated at the school of medicine, Baltimore Uni-
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versity, on March 30, 1892, with the degree of M. D. His honorary degree of M. S. was bestowed by Marquette University, Milwaukee, in June, 1907, it being the first M. S. degree conferred by that institution .. Returning to his native city, he there began the practice of his pro- fession the August following his graduation and was soon after elected to membership in the Brainard Medical Society. He was one of the organizers of the Practitioners' Society, of Milwaukee, in 1892, in 1893 became a member of the American Medical Association, and in 1895 was elected secretary of the section of materia medica, pharmacy, and therapeutics, of that body, and the following year was elected! chairman of the section. Other societies to which he belongs in con- nection with his profession are the Fox River Valley, Northwestern,. and Wisconsin State Medical societies. He was one of the founders. of the Milwaukee Medical College, now the medical department of Marquette University, has been secretary of the board of directors. and has occupied the chair of materia medica and therapeutics since the organization of the college. Upon the death of Dr. Earles in 1908 Dr. Hill was elected president of the Milwaukee Medical Association and dean of the medical department of Marquette University, and up- on taking the office resigned the chair of therapeutics and accepted the- chair of gynecology. In politics he is a Republican, but has little time in his busy life to devote to the subject, and has never cared to become an aspirant for office or political honors. His fraternal relations are. with the Masonic order, being a Royal Arch Mason, and he is a mem- ber of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of the Knights of Pythias, the Foresters, and the Modern Woodmen of America. In November, 1883, he was married to Miss Carrie N. Ward, born at West Union, Iowa, daughter of Orsin and Ellen (Wheeler) Ward, now both deceased. They have five children, namely: Grace L., Florence A., Emerson W., Loraine, and Marian L.
Gilbert E. Seaman, M. D., Milwaukee, is the son of A. L. and Jessie (Gordon) Seaman, the former a native of Nova Scotia, and the latter of Scotland. They came to Alpena county, Mich., in the early days, Dr. A. L. Seaman being one of the pioneer physicians of North- ern Michigan and was well and widely known throughout the state as a cultured and successful practitioner. He was educated in Arcadia College and received his technical and professional training at Berk- shire Medical School and Harvard School of Medicine, of which he was a graduate. To him and his estimable wife, ten children were born, of whom five are living. Mrs. Seaman is still living, but the doctor died in 1897. Gilbert E. Seaman was born in Alpena, Mich., on Sept. 19, 1869, and received his earlier education in the common and high schools and the Episcopal Academy of Michigan, and he studied medicine at the Detroit College of Medicine and the Michigan College of Medicine, and later took a post-graduate course at the University of Berlin, Germany. He began his practice in Milwaukee in 1892 as a general practitioner. In 1898, upon the declaration of the war with Spain, he offered his services to the government and served for two years, first as captain and assistant surgeon of the Fourth Wisconsin infantry, and then as surgeon of the mounted troops of General Mc-
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Arthur's division in the Philippines. Later he resumed his profession in Milwaukee and is now a specialist in the diseases of the eye and car. He originated the idea of the Blue Mound Sanatorium, a charitable institution for patients afflicted with tuberculosis, the first of the kind in the state, and is at present the secretary and treasurer of the institut- tion. In connection with his professional life Dr. Seaman is a member of the American Medical Association, the Wisconsin State Medical Society (of which he is the president), the Milwaukee County Medical Society and the Milwaukee Medical Society. In politics he supports the Republican party and has accepted office only in the line of his profession, having been assistant health officer of the city for a period of eight years. Dr. Seaman is a conscientious student, keeping up with all the latest discoveries, methods and appliances of his profes- sion, and is acquiring a wide reputation in the line of his specialty for careful work, and successful operations. Beside his technical knowl- edge, his studies abroad and his travels have given him a culture and wider outlook. He was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Sivyer, of Milwaukee, daughter of Byron G. and Clara Harshaw Sivyer, both of whom are now deceased. To the marriage two children, Francis and Elizabeth, have been born.
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