Delaware County, Ohio - Chapter 15: The Medical Profession, 1908 (part 1 of 2)

Chapter 15: The Medical Profession

When the Queen of Sheba, from Southern Arabia, came to visit King Solomon, she brought with her a physician, and the great medicinal agent, the Balm of Gilead. The piety, wisdom, glory and courtesy of Solorw >n greatly impressed her. Upon her return to her own country she sent, contrary to the laws of her land, the great medicinal tree so long known to her kingdom, eight hundred miles away, to this admired ruler, to be planted along the river Jordan. The tree grew, increased, and furnished medicine to Palestine. Jeremiah, six hundred years after, and six hundred years before the Christian era. said, "Is there no balm in Gilead, is there no physician there?"

In the pioneer days in this country, the Doctor held a very conspicuous and important position with the settlers. In many parts of the Far West, the physician, like the pioneers of our county, are compelled to ride long distances to administer to the sick and afflicted. In those early days the only question was, "Is he a doctor?" "Isms" and "pathies"' were unknown. This peculiar state of opinion did not last always. The surgeon, the physician, the obstetrician, the dentest or tooth - puller, and finally the druggist, established a new order of things. The large and increasing population, continuously flowing into the new world, made inroads on this important functionary, the Doctor. He was compelled to share honors with the new members coming to the land of promise. The newcomers as well as the old timers, became divided in their opinions, and the innovations soon had then adherents. The herb and root doctor, like the physician of over three thousand years ago with his Balm of Gilead, began laying the foundation of a new school with his roots and herbs, his mortar and kettle, in his crude laboratory.

This empiric school gave impetus to the more careful study of gathering, selecting and preparing from nature's laboratory. It is needless to tell how the mighty original thinkers and investigators of bygone days, reduced to exact knowledge the uses of many remedial agents now scientifically manufactured and furnished to the students of medicine of today. Our forefathers were imperfectly acquainted with the mineral medicinal agents, as well as the deadly poisonous principals in the vegetable kingdom. Their limited empirical knowledge gave them but few physiological ideas of the action of the herbs and vegetables they used as remedial agents ; but their discoveries stimulated the desire for exact knowledge in our day. until today we have a greater knowledge as to the action on the normal and the pathological body. Today these drugs are reduced to standardization. Hence you will understand that the root and herb doctor indirectly contributed much to our profession. The old Indian doctor made his contribution - his knowledge of remedial agents.

The old school of Eclectics gathered herbs and prepared the medicine under its own supervision. The Eclectics established a Medical College at Worthington in 1830; Dr. I. J. Steel, president, Dr. J. G. Jones, dean. The

Litter was a partner of Dr. Case, the husband of Mrs. Jane Case, who donated so liberally to the Delaware Hospital; and Dr. John A. Little, a resident of our county was associated with them for a while. . This school had much influence in this and Franklin Counties. ( Ine of the most learned and highly cultured physicians, Dr. J. A. Little, was a student; and a teacher, but afterward became a member of the Regular profession. This school was moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and became the Eclectic Medical College.

The Homeopathic doctrine made its appearance in about 1850. Since then it has bad a representative in the county, particularly in Delaware. It was perhaps through its influence that greater study was given to the effect of blood letting, since abandoned. Its remedial agents were studied more scientifically and reduced to a standardization and made more palatable.

It was in 1824 the Thompsonian system was given to the world, of which the present generation knows but little. Thompson advocated that "heat was life, and cold was death." He had formulas numbering from 1 to 6. He steamed the patient outside ; and stimulated him inside with his No. 6. His books were sold to families, as well as to physicians. In a few years the system passed away, or nearly so. Vet the steaming and the bathing had made an impression, which culminated in the erection of many large sanitariums in this and all lands.

One of the citizens of Delaware at that time. Mr. Horton Howard, bought the rights to Ohio and several western states for the promulgation of the Thompsonian system. Howard became a great power, and soon moved to Columbus, where he. in [832, induced the Legislature to change the medical laws, and thus disorganize all of the Regular medical societies of the State. Soon after this innovation, in 1838, came the Uroscopists, who thought the kidneys the source of all of our ills. They soon passed away, yet they stimulated thought. The original thinkers of the Regular profession, by means of chemistry, studied the secretions of the kidneys, and

Following these came the Specialists. The Cancer doctors, as we have them today, made no discoveries, and added nothing to the treatment of the disease. Are we discovering anything new for the treatment of cancer? The same way may be said of the Consumptive doctor, for of the disease he knew nothing and the remedial agents were largely detrimental to the patient ; yet they stimulated professional thought. Then came the ear and eye specialists, who bad very limited ideas of the disease of these organs; yet they caused investigation, until today mankind is blessed beyond comprehension with nearly an exact science. Then appeared the Clairvoyant, the Wizard, and the Spiritualist, to delude. Today they are known as Christian Scientists.

Next appeared the Masseurs, and the system of massaging. Today it is called Osteopathy. They have a school at Kirksville. Mo. This system was known and taught long before the Christian era by the Chinese and Hindoos; their books described and taught the treatment. This system fell into the hands of the Brahmin fakirs and sorcerers, and was filled with mysteries and delusions.

About 1840, the profession extended the hand of fellowship to a new and highly important newcomer, the lady physician. This welcomed practitioner soon found the roads impassable and the work too laborious for her, and her stay was of short duration; but in about 1890 the marvelously changed environments brought her back into the field of labor b 1 stay.

Just when the first Medical Society was formed is uncertain; we think in about 1848. It would be uninteresting and superfluous to record the ups and downs of the many organized and re-organized medical societies 1 1 the county. We might do so; but it would be pernicious; so we shall let the subject sleep. After some fifteen or twenty years of desuetude, the present Delaware County Medical Society was formed upon the broad plan of charity to all, when in 1904 all schools of medicine were admitted to equal membership.

and now for three years and over, the society has been working in perfect harmony, all working to advance the healing art, regardless of "isms" and "pathies."

An article in the Delaware County history of 1880 brought down the biographical sketches of the members of the profession of the county from the earliest period to 1880. Now at the earnest request of the historian, Hon. J. R. Lytle, for his new history of the county, I continue the biographical sketches of the profession in the country, and bring it down to 1907. The work would have been arduous without the earnest co-operation of nearly every member of the profession in the country. To these we extend our sincere thanks.

Those who have been in active work for the last thirty years will, like Rip Van Winkle, awake and rub their eyes and exclaim, "Is it true that so many changes have taken place, and so many have passed to their reward?" While so many original thinkers, and earnest workers have passed away, the communities are blessed with many new members equally qualified to fill the vacant places.

There is very little authentic memorial evidence of the lives and doings of the pioneer physicians of this county, and very little written evidence, with the exception of a few dates of their arrival and a letter or two written to anxious friends back in the far east. It was the good fortune of the writer in the beginning of his practice, to be intimately associated with the scholarly and renowned Dr. Ralph Hills (a son of Dr. James Hills, one of the first physicians to locate in the county, and of whom we shall speak later). Drs. T. B. Williams. W. T. Constant. John A. Little and the writer often met in the studio of Dr. Ralph Hills to listen to the stories of the pioneer, so graphically related by him, as well as to hear the history of those who came later. The pathfinders and axe wielders have long since passed away. There are no more outposts for the daring physician, no more advanced guard to administer to the various forms of disease which afflicted the early settlers. All is changed. Few of our profession

Dr. Reuben Lamb, the first doctor to locate in the county, is most interesting and entertaining, and we would be only too glad to tell of some of the many heroic deeds and dangers he passed through while visiting the sick, as related by Dr. Ralph Hills, who knew him intimately. Dr. Lamb was born and raised in the East (New York). As to just where he secured his medical education, little is known. But that he read under a careful student of medicine was proven by his thorough preparedness. He left home, relatives and friends in 1805 for the far southwest - New Orleans as his destination. When he reached Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, he chanced to meet Colonel Moses Byxbe. who persuaded the young physician to go with him to Delaware County, Ohio, and locate in Berkshire, the new and only town in the county. The trip down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers was abandoned, and in a few weeks they landed at Worthington, Franklin County, where they were entertained over night by some settlers who had located there a year before. The next day they arrived at Berkshire, where the young physician found work at once among those who had preceded him. Dr. Lamb had brought some well selected text books, and a fine set of surgical instruments with him. After a short time he was called to Worthington to see a sick lady. Soon the attraction to this village became stronger, and the following year he moved there and married a belle of the village. The following year he returned to Berkshire to join his old friend Colonel Byxbe. The next year he and the colonel and other friends laid out Delaware on the Olentangy River in 1808, Dr. Lamb acting as the first physician and first recorder for the county. His practice increased rapidly and extended from Delaware to Portland on the north, now Sandusky City on Lake Erie ; and from Delaware to Chillicothe on the south. Through the woods and along the bypaths, through bridgeless streams, midst dangers from the without escort to administer to the afflicted. His surgical skill and education was sought for far and near. They said he disliked surgery anil was only too glad to loan his set of fine instruments to his professional brothers who needed and would use them.

Dr. Lamb was born in about 1775, and died in 1850. He was married three times. First to Miss Campbell of Worthington ; after her death to a Miss Sloper of Delaware, Ohio, in 1815. They then moved to Galesburg. Illinois. The following year he lost his wife and at once returned to Delaware, and soon after married a Mrs. Piatt, a sister of his last wife. His first home was on the site of the present "Home for the Aged Women" the new home for the first settlers fittingly succeeded by the last home for the aged. The deed for the land where the Lamb block is standing is the same today, having never been changed, except from the Doctor to his son Reuben Lamb, who was known to many living today. Dr. Ralph Hills stated that Dr. Lamb was a man of few words, very sympathetic, generous and kindhearted. Professionally and socially very reticent, he was often believed to be cold and distant.

Dr. Noah Spaulding located in Berkshire in the latter part of 1809, but in a short time removed to Delaware, where he practiced until 1 83 J. the year of his death. He came from the mountains of New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth College in medicine and literature. He was a man of great knowledge, but slow in expression. His amiability, social and temperate habits gained him many warm friends. He was a fine story teller, and often entertained his many friends, with his feet supported on some convenient object higher than his body. He was an active member in the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was one of the first organizers of a Sunday school in the county. He served also on the first Board of School Examiners for the county. The pleasant impression made up< >n Dr. Ralph Hills when a youth, and while undergoing an examination, was never effaced.

Dr. Spaulding in a few moments dispelled all the trepidation of the youth by telling anecdotes of other teachers, and the degree of qualification of those presenting themselves for examination. Suddenly he turned to young Hills and asked, "Ralph, what is the difference between six dozen dozen and a half dozen dozen?" A prompt answer brought forth a certificate. Dr. Spaulding remarked, "This is one of Dr. Hills' sons, and we km iw what he is." Dr. Hills met Dr. Spaulding on the street one day and said, "Doctor, I have given my wife some blue pills and they have not acted as they should, see what you think of them." Dr. Spaulding examined one given him, and quickly remarked, "You see they are buck shot and made of lead."

Dr. N. Hawley followed Drs. Lamb and Spaulding. He came to the well advertised field of attraction, Berkshire, in 181 2, from which time traditional history fails to tell anything. His remarkable energy, shrewdness and great skill gave him his share of the work in the new land. He, like Dr. Spaulding, was armed with pleasing anecdotes and attractive stories which entertained his numerous friends. He died in 1822. He was advanced in years when he came to Berkshire, and was known from the beginning as "old Dr. Hawley."

Silas C. McClary. In 1813 another addition to the profession was made by Dr. Silas C. McClary coming to Berkshire. After twenty years of labor there, he removed to Delaware and in a short time went to Radnor where he died.

Dr. Samuel Moultox. Six years passed when Dr. Samuel Moulton located in what was supposed would be the capital of the county. Berkshire. He came from Vermont and was a student from Rutland, and a graduate of medicine. His erudite habits and noble character gave him a very prominent place in the town. He was well read and possessed great skill, and had the reputation of making but few mistakes. The great White Plague cut short a useful career. He died at the age of twenty-nine years, in the year [821. His counsel was sought by his fellow practitioners, and lor years they kept his memory green among the community by using the "Moulton Cathartic Pills."

Dr. Eleazer Copeland soon followed Dr. Moulton from Vermont, but he located in Galena, or Zoar, as it was called then. He was a shoemaker by trade and, like many others, obtained his education while working on the bench. It is said that while pounding the last, he committed to memory the whole of Murray's English Grammar, and accomplished the task in two weeks. He prepared himself for a teacher while working at his trade, and while teaching school, he studied Greek and Latin, which he mastered without an instructor, and became a good translator of both languages. He studied medicine in the same manner, and became one of the best practitioners in the county. He was held in high esteem by all of his confreres, and for many years was the censor for the First and Sixth and Eleventh Medical Districts of Ohio. The Eleventh District was composed of Franklin, Delaware, Marion and Crawford Counties. He died in 1X34 from drowning in the Big Walnut, near Galena. This sudden ending was a great loss

Dr. Alphus Bigelow located in Galena in [821. He was a brother of the noted evangelist, Rev. Russell Bigelow of the Methodist Episcopal Church. These two brothers were self-educated and self-made men. They both possessed great energy and strong minds. The doctor was not a regular graduate, but was an excellent physician. He died in 1850.

Dr. James H. Hills. One of the most widely known physicians in the county was Dr. James Harvey Hills, who was born at Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, in

[782, and died in Delaware in 1830. After a course at Yale College he read medicine with his brother-in-law, the celebrated Dr. Eli Tod. After his medical course he began the practice at Farmington. He soon grew restless and sought the western field. His first place was Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio. He arrived there in 1808, and began his work. After ten years he moved to Darby Plains, and in 1822 came to Delaware, a more rapidly growing town, where he remained until his death at the age of forty-nine years. He was one of the most highly educated physicians in the county. He was an original thinker, and possessed strong perceptive faculties and sound judgment. He w:as a successful surgeon and physician, yet though he never liked the former work, he never refused to operate, and when he did it was always in a commendable manner. Those who knew him well and intimately said to the writer "Dr. Hills was a grand physician, and was highly serviceable to suffering humanity. His early taking off was a great loss to the community. In 1801 he married Miss Beulah Andrews, who died in 1866. It was in 1812 that the doctor was taken very sick at Defiance, Ohio, while he was with the army at Fort Defiance. The courier brought the news of the danger to the faithful wife. She soon had the family mare ready for the long and dangerous trip. Through the trackless forest, crossing swollen streams, braving the threatening of the wild beasts, and the treacherous Indians, she traveled, until she reached the bedside of the loving husband. Here she remained nursing him until they could return to Delaware with an escort of soldiers for protection. Dr. Hills was the father of eleven children, some of whom became the foremost professional and business men in the county and State. All of the children have joined the great majority, and it is left to the grand-children to take up the burdens with the same energy, integrity and power. The impress made upon the community by Dr. James H. Hills and his children of those old and highly appreciated pioneer physicians. Dr. Jonathan N. Burr. He graduated in medicine and came to Delaware in [823. He at once formed a partnership with Dr. James H. Hills. This partnership lasted until 1825, when Dr. Burr moved to Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He entered upon a large practice in Mt. Vernon, and when we knew him, in 1870, he had accumulated a large fortune and practically retired from active work. He was an intimate friend of Dr. J. W. Russel, and both were strong supports to the Episcopal Church. He was about ninety years old at the time of his death.

Dr. George M. Smith. The next year after Dr. Burr left Delaware, Dr. George M. Smith, a newcomer, formed a partnership with Dr. Hills, which continued as long as he was in Delaware. He went to Mississippi and married a rich lady. A few years after his marriage, he came north on a visit and died of cholera. Dr. Smith was a thorough anatomist. He was born in New Hampshire. He was compelled to leave his native State for exhuming a body for the purpose of study. After several years in Delaware, his abode was discovered by the authorities in the East. He then went South. He introduced quinine into the county in 1826, and was the first to use it in the treatment of chills and fever.

Dr. W. M. Miller. Virginia in 1827 sent one of her sons to Delaware to contend for business. He first located at Worthington, the favorite resort of the new physician to the new world. After a brief stay. Dr. W. M. Miller opened an office in Delaware. He was an alumnus of an eastern college and a well-read physician. He did not succeed very well, and soon moved to Columbus, and afterward to Missouri. He was a brother-in-law of President Tyler.

Dr. Charles H. Pickett made his advent to this favorite resort in [831, after a shorl stay in Worthington. He died here in [855. He was educated in New York City and came of a very influential family. His father and brothers conducted a female seminary in the city, and the father was the authi >r of several school books. None questioned his ability, and it is said that he never questioned it himself. His son, Alexander, read medicine with him and soon after died suddenly.

Dr. C. C. Ransburge came to Delaware about the same time, and became a partner of Dr. Pickett, but soon retired from ill health. Some of his descendants are yet living in this

Dr. James Langworthy came here from Albany, N. V., in about 1835. and engaged in the drug business. In a short time he began to practice medicine.

Dr. Elijah Carney was from Kentucky. He settled in old Berkshire in 1835. He and Dr. Ralph Hills entered the profession about the same year, the latter in Delaware. There are many yet living in the county, and especially around Berkshire, who well remember old Dr. Carney. His wonderful ability and ways gave him the entire business for many miles in and around the village of Berkshire. He graduated at the Cleveland Medical College. His attention to his patients, his industrious and studious habits, as well as his sympathetic power, gained him the confidence of the people. He died in 1869, leaving numerous relatives in this and Morrow Counties.

Dr. Kingsley Ray came first to Worthington in 1820, and then here in 1837. He graduated at Berkshire. Massachusetts. Notwithstanding his superior qualifications, he never succeeded here very well in the practice. In 1848 he moved to Circleville. Ohio, where he had a large business for many years before his final call.

Dr. Ralph Hills. No physician of the county, or of Delaware, was ever more highly respected for his high qualifications as a scholar, citizen and physician than Dr. Ralph Hills. His looks, demeanor, education, and his remarkable ways commanded respect and attention. This son of Dr. James H. Hills had every known advantage, and improved them to the limit of his ability. When the elder physician came to Delaware from the Darby Plains, after leaving Worthington, this son was a youth of twelve years. At th'e age of seventeen he began the study of medicine with his father, as well as pursuing his studies in the day schools. He continued reading and preparing for his future professional life under the guidance of his father until the latter's death ; when he was given a license to practice. The father's business came to him at once. He related how he rode over the first bridge in the county, which spanned .Mum Creek on the road to Sunbury from Delaware. Dr. Hills was a great student of the nervous system, and mental diseases. After having been in the general practice a few years, his illustrious uncle. Dr. Eli Todd, who was in charge of the Hospital for the Insane at Hartford, Connecticut, sent for the nephew to take the place of first assistant on the staff. Here he remained for several years, drinking from the well of knowledge he was interested in. The instruction and knowledge gained here proved of the greatest benefit to him in after life. He returned to Delaware, and uninterruptedly followed the general practice for twenty years. In 1830 the degree of M. D. was conferred upon him for meritorious service. He became known throughout the county and central part of the State. He had a wonderful and exact knowledge of botany and chemistry, as well as of astronomy. From 1836 to 1838 he was called to lecture in Russell's Great Planetarium. This gave him prestige both at home and abroad. These side issues never detracted from his interests in his studies in medicine, in which all gave him credit for being an able thinker and a profound student. His ability was never questioned except by the mediocre. He was an able and clear writer on all subjects coming under the influence of his remarkable brain. Mis executive and financial ability were recognized by the county, church and State authorities. It was in his home that the idea originated which finally developed the Ohio Wesleyan Female College. The facts concerning the origination and final development of this idea will be found in another part of this history. In 1854 Dr. Hills established and edited the medical journal known as the "Counsellor." This was the first medical journal published in the West, and was a weekly edition. After two years of practice and editorial life, he was called to take charge of the Ohio Central Lunatic Asylum at Columbus. Ohio - the largest one in the country. He remained at the head of this institution for eight years, bringing it to a high state of usefulness and .scientific attainment. His originality in treatment of the insane gave him a reputation far beyond his native county and State. He became national and international in fame. He visited Europe to study during the war, and again in 1872 for pleasure. He was called in the latter part of the sixties to plan and superintend the erection of the largest asylum in the United States, at Weston, West Virginia. After completing his labors there he returned to Delaware to rest. Did he rest ? No, this great, brainy man could not be idle. He was called to the superintendency of the Girls' Industrial Home - a State institution. Here he again established many timely changes and reformations, bringing the home up to the idea it was intended to be by the law of such institutions. He died in 1879 at the age of sixty-eight, while engaged at his work. The monument of honest ability and high attainment crowns his life. Never was a word of suspicion breathed against any of his administrations of the places he was called upon to fill. He died a Christian. He died as he lived, known of all men for his noble, honest and well-spent useful life.

Dr. H. Lathrop. Worthington in 1S37 sent another of her arrivals to Delaware, Dr. H. Lathrop. In 1838 he came to contest for business. He first located in Liberty Township in the old Case or Carpenter District, and operated a saw mill, and looked after the health of pioneers. He left Delaware for Columbus, thus engaged he read medicine and attended lectures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at Jefferson Medical College. After completing his studies he came to Delaware County and located on the Scioto River near his old friend, John Detweiler. but soon moved into Delaware to practice. He was a thorough student and scholar, and a careful practitioner. He married a granddaughter of old Dr. Lamb. He died in 1S68, leaving a wife and two children, who are now living in Minneapolis. Minnesota.

Dr. Klapp and Dr. Henry Gregg located in Liberty Township in 1845. I'1 I|l^03 diey both left the county. Dr. Klapp moved to the West, and Gregg moved to Indiana.

Dr. H. C. Mann came to Delaware from Butler County in 1846. In 1849, he with his family joined the "forty-niners" for California, where he died. His wife, soon after his death, returned to Ohio. Dr. Mann possessed a fine education and great intelligence. He wrote the sketch, for Howe's Historical Collection, of Ohio, which has been of great benefit to historians.

Dr. P. A. Willis was a native of Delaware County, and was the oldest son of a family of many children. He received his education in the district school and the Ohio Wesleyan University. He read medicine in the office of Dr. J. W. Hamilton of Columbus, Ohio, and graduated at the Starling Medical College in 1862. He entered the army as contract surgeon, and was soon promoted to assistant surgeon of the Forty-eighth Regiment, O. V. I., and in 1863 to a full surgeon of the regiment. At the close of the war he was made medical director of an army corps under

General Andrews. Upon his return home, he engaged in farming and country practice at Bellpoint. Delaware County. Ohio. He died 111 1876. His widow is now a resident of the city of Delaware. Ohio.

Dr. James Caruthers was a student of Dr. A. Blymer. He graduated from the Cleveland Medical College in 1846. and at once located at old Eden. In 185 1 he became a partner of his preceptor for a few years only, when he left for California, where' he is still living. He is very old, but is yet practicing. He passed safe through the recent earthquake. His brother. Dr. John A. Caruthers. succeeded him at old Eden. He was a soldier from 1861 to 1865, and served with distinction. He was superintendent of the Infirmary for several years, and served one term in the Legislature. He died in California at the home of his brother.

Dr. Barbour came to Delaware in 1840 from Richland County. After several years he located at East Liberty. Ohio, and enjoyed a limited practice. He died a few years ago.

Dr. B. F. Loofbourrow was the Nestor of the root and herb doctors. He lived and practiced in the country for many years, first on Alum Creek and then at Cheshire. Finally he moved to the west where he died.

Dr. Daniel Skeels was another root and herb doctor. He came to Sunbury in an early day. He. like others of his school, had a large practice. He died in 1824.

Dr. Leach and Dr. Skinner settled in Millville, now WarrenSburg, and practiced homeopathy, about 1840. Dr. Leach later moved to Cincinnati, and afterward to Middleton, where he died in 1878.

Dr. William H. Davis, in 1850, settled in Bellpoint, Ohio. In 1856 he went to South America. He became a governor of one of the small states. He was highly educated and was a genial fellow. He returned finally to

Dr. Messe was the only uroscopic physician in the early days. He settled in Delaware in 1838. They say he had no special knowledge of this branch of medicine. He made war on quinine, but used it. mixed with prussiate of iron. He fooled both patients and doctors. After about seven years he retired from the field.

There were others who remained here in the county for a short time, and moved, and 01 whom little can be learned - Dr. Joseph Cox of Radnor, Drs. Morehouse. Mount. Black, Mc- Crarv. Maine, Stamberg, and Dr. Longwell who was at Eden. He died there, leaving two children, who are both living in the county.

Dr. T. B. Williams. To show what push, energy and honesty will do for one wishing to succeed in life, the history of Dr. T. B. \\ illiams fully exemplifies. He was a poor Welsh child, born in South Wales in 1819. coming to America with his parents when only an infant. They located in Gallia County. Ohio, for five years, when they moved to Delaware Countv, 'Ohio. Soon after coming to their new home, the father died, leaving the wife to raise eight children, and fight the battle of life alone in the new world. The lad. Thomas B., was only six years old when the father died. The little lad began the bread winning by doing light work '"'" the Welsh friends, and thus assisting the mother. His marked ability to do things was the talk ..I" all the people, lie attended school as much as possible, until he arrived at the age when he wished to learn shoemaking. It is said that no better workman ever drove a peg. His honesty and ability grew with his years. His kindness, attentiveness and skill led one of the foremost physicians to employ the young man as a nurse to a patient at the leading hotel - the "American House." The shrewd physician, Dr. Hills, discovered the dormant qualifications of a great physician in the youth, and told his friends, and advised him to study medicine. After consulting with his mother and friends, he entered Dr. Hills' office, where he remained for five years studying by day and far into the night, and still doing some work at his trade to pay expenses. He graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1848-9. He at once became a partner of Dr. Hills, his preceptor. For thirteen years his practice grew, and he became one of the leading physicians of the county. In 1862 at the call of his adopted land, he entered the service as a surgeon of the One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, O. V. I. He gave up his business, bade farewell to home, wife, mother and friends, and enrolled as a patrii >t for duty. From 1862-5, he was found faithfully doing his work for his country, and for the sick and dying in camp and on the field of battle. His great skill and thoroughness gave him the brigadier surgeonship after the battle of Perryville - the Second Brigade under General John G. Mitchell. Battle after battle he passed through with such remarkable energy and success in the care and attention to the sick in camp and on the battlefield, together with the cleanliness and excellent arrangement of his hospitals, that he was promoted at once to division surgeon in the Fourteenth Army Corps under the command of General Jeff C. Davis. It was often said that his daring, coolness, and self-possession never forsook him in danger. He was always ready for the most extreme emergency. General Steadman at the danger point called the doctor and said "We are completely hemmed in, and I cannot see how we can escape being cut to pieces." "Well, sir," he replied, "1 must arrange my hospitals on a more permanent and efficient basis, and be ready for all misfortunes that may befall our troops."' The praise and admiration he was given by such men as Hon. H. ML Carper. Rev. Dr.' L. D. McCabe, and the army officers, would make an article alone. He u ent b 1 the sea with General Sherman, and was at Bentonville at the closing struggle of the war. Dr. Williams was widely known and universally loved as a physician, man, soldier, and citizen. For many years he was a member of the School Board, with Prof. Williams and others, and was a member of the Sixty-first General Assembly, and at the close positively declined another nomination. He belonged to the American Medical Association, Ohio State Society, and was several times elected vice-president, and of the County Medical Society he served as president. Through his modesty he declined other elections saying, "Pass it around."

He was married in 1855 to Miss Nancy Ritchey of Perry County, Ohio, who was one of the first graduates of the Ohio Wesleyan Female College, now united with the "O. W. U." Their only child, Miss Clara, graduated from the same institution as the mother, and is a professor in the School of Music 1 if the "O. W. U." The doctor was a faithful member of the William Street M. E. Church. He

Dr. John A. Little was a native of this county. He was born in 1825. He was the second child of Mr. William Little, a pioneer merchant, business man, and landowner, who has been frequently mentioned in history. None disputed the superior scholarship of this son. All knew him as a student, gentleman and true friend. At the age of fifteen, he entered the preparatory department of Kenyon College, in Gambier, Knox County. He there met his old playmate and friend (President) R. B. Hayes, and together they roomed for three years while at Gambier. Dr. Little graduated in 1845. He had a high standing in college, and graduated with honors. He was admired and loved by both faculty and students. After completing his college course, he entered the office of Dr. John Case ( who is mentioned in this article), of Columbus.

Ohio. Dr. Little was a careful and thorough student of medicine, botany, chemistry, and general literature. He could tell the names of all the flowers in the woods. He first attended lectures at the Transylvania University at Louisville, Kentucky. While there he was a member of the family of Dr. Drake, so well known to the profession. In 1847 and 1848 he attended a course of lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, from which he received his degree of M. D. After his return home, he went to Sandusky City on Lake Erie. In a short time he was offered and accepted a partnership with his old preceptor. Dr. Case (husband of Mrs. Jane Case, spoken of in this article). Dr. Jones, a former partner, retiring. Dr. Case soon died and Dr. Jones became a partner of Dr. Little. In three years Jones died and Little was left alone. His popularity and ability "introduced him into the best society and a large and lucrative practice. Through the persuasion of his relations and friends, he was induced, in 1865, to come back to his old home in Delaware to locate. He at once entered upon a large practice. Dr. Little, all admitted, was a horn physician. He was ambidextrous, and possessed almost intuitive knowledge of diseases and remedies. His bearing in the sick room was ever calm and assuring, was always reposed and cheerful, inspiring his patients with confidence and hope. To the student he was an invaluable instructor, ever imparting the most important truths to the listener. He never indulged in st- iry telling, and to young physicians he ever extended a kind word and a kindly hand, and to the older members of the profession, advice and counsel of the ablest character. He was 1 '<d and esteemed by all classes. He was a member of Ohio State Medical Society, and in 1873. read before it one of the most valuable papers on the antidotal properties of belladonna in opium poisoning. He was a member of the State Central and county societies, and a member of the Agassiz Scientific Association. He read the proof of Dr. J. G. Jones' "American Eclectic Practice of Medicine." In [850 he married the youngest daughter of the

Hon. Hosea Williams. He had one si m and three daughters. The son is a hanker in Columbus, one daughter is living in California, one in Cleveland, Ohio, and one in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. He died in 1877.

Dr. Joseph H, \7an Deman was hum in Delaware, Ohio, in 1829. He is a good example of a self-made man, of an ambitious young American, who without inherited wealth, overcame obstacles, conquered difficulties and achieved success. He was a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1849, M. A. in 1852, and the same year graduated in the Cleveland Medical College. He at once opened an office in Delaware, where he remained until 1857, when he was elected clerk of the Ohio Senate, and served at two sessions. At the close of his term of office he returned to Delaware and to his practice until 1861. Prior to that time, for a short time, he practiced his profession at Millville, Delaware County, Ohio, and at Waldo, Marion County, Ohio. When the Civil War broke out he espoused the cause of the Union, and raised Company K, in the famous Sixty-sixth O. V. I. He participated in the battles of Winchester, Port Republic, and Cedar Mountain, Virginia. In the last mentioned battle he was wounded and captured while leading a reconnoisance at night. He was taken to Libby prison, kept there five months and was exchanged January, 1863, and rejoined his command near Washington. 1). C. He resigned in January, 1863, and was appointed assistant surgeon of the Tenth O. V. I. in May; joined his regiment at once and participated in the battles around Chattanooga, Tennessee He remained with that regiment one year, when he was promoted to chief surgeon, with seven assistants of the United States Military Railroad Division of Mississippi, and remained in that capacity with headquarters at Chattanooga until the close of the war. After that he was surgeon in charge of the Refugee and Freedman's Department at Chattanooga, and for seventeen years after, was examining pension surgeon. He was also post surgeon of that post until it was closed. During his residence in Chattanooga of over thirty years, he passed through three epidemics of smallpox, two of cholera, and one of yellow fever, remaining at his post during the continuance of each. He was elected president of the Tennessee Medical Society in 1873, and presided over that body for two years. For over twenty-five years he was a member of the American Medical Association, and was for three years a member of the judicial council of that body. He was a member of the Public Health Association since 1874. He frequently contributed to medical literature, notably two ar- ' tides - one on the cholera of 1873. and one on the yellow fever epidemic of 187S - published in the reports and papers of the latter association. He retired from active practice in 1883, except as surgeon, which he continued until 1890, when he retired absolutely from the practice of both medicine and surgery. He was a 33rd degree Mason, a Knight of Pythias, a member of the G. A. R., and of the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion. His first vote was for the Whig ticket, but when that party died, he went to the Democrats, and alw ays remained a Democrat. He was married to Miss Rebecca Norris, daughter of Judge William G. Norris, in 1855 at Delaware. His father was Rev. Henry Van Deman, for over forty years pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Delaware. Dr. Van Deman enjoyed a respected and honored position in the city of his residence. He died in 1902. and was buried in the National Cemetery at Chattanooga with Masonic rites and honors.

Dr. James Busby Norris was born on his father's farm in Troy Township in 1849. His father was Judge William G. Norris. who was a pioneer of that township. He was graduated at Kenvon College in 1869. After his graduation he studied medicine with his brotherin-law. Dr. J. H. Van Deman, then entered the Miami Medical College, and also took private instructions from the famous Dr. Carson of Cincinnati. He went to Detroit, where he was graduated at Detroit Medical College in 1872. After his graduation he went to Chattanooga, where he commenced the practice of his pro- fession. He labored faithfully and fearlessly in the cholera epidemic of 1873, and in 1874 in the smallpox epidemic. In August, 1878. the chairman of the Howard Association published a call to the country for physicians to come to Vicksburg, Mississippi, where an epidemic of that fearful disease, yellow fever was raging. Dr. Norn's, with that true heroism which goes wherever duty calls, saw the call, caielully consulted the subject, and determined to volunteer his services. On the 28th of August, he left with a corps of fifteen nurses, arrived the 1st of September, went tc work at once, and had at one time one hundred and eighteen cases under his care. He was taken with the dread disease, September 1 all. and breathed his last September 9th. He died a hero, and so highly was his martyrdom considered, that on the recommendation of the President of the United States, the War Department issued an order, permitting his remains to be buried in the National Cemetery at Chattanooga; and he is the only one not a soldier who was ever buried there. The President thought his brave life and heroic death well fitted him to lie among the 18.000 other heroes who died in the call of duty. Dr. Norn's was a member of the Episcopal Church and was never married. He was a son of Delaware County, and though he never practiced here, the memory of this great sacrifice honors the county of his birth, and he is worthy of a place among Iter medical heroes.

Dr. J. H. White. The aged Nestor of the profession, Dr. J. H. White, located in the county in 1841, and died July 13, 1907. Hewas born in Lewis County, New York, in 1817. He received his education in the common schools, and his medical education at the Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, After his graduation he was located in Millville, now Warrensburg. for a short time, and then in Ashley for five years, when he came to Delaware. His social and temperate habits, combined with his professional qualifications, soon brought him into a large practice. His strong constitution gave him endurance to contend with all kinds of roads and weather by day and night During the war he was a contract surgeon for the camp near the city. He was associated for some time with one his students, Dr. W. T. Constant, in professional work. By mutual consent the partnership was dissolved. He became a charter member, in 1859, of William Street Church, and was one of its trustees for twenty years. He was. while in practice, a member of the State and Delaware County Medical Societies, and was always present to take an active part in the work. In 1849 he took the California -old fever, and crossed the Rocky Mountains. The western life cured the fever, and he returned the following year. For many years his familiar face could be seen at his home and office on Sandusky Street. In 1890 he gave up the practice to a large extent, but prescribed for his old patients until about 1896, when he refused all professional labor. A short time before his death he suffered a partial stroke of paralysis, but had not been seen on the streets of Delaware for several years. He was always glad to meet his friends at his home, and he was one of the most cheerful, intelligent and interesting citizens of Delaware. He had accumulated a competency and resided in his beautiful home on the corner of William and Franklin Streets in Delaware,

Dr. J. McCann. Another wise counsellor of the profession of the county is Dr. J. Mc- Cann, who was born in 1824 in Muskingum County, Ohio. The foundation of his wonderful mental and physical development, like that of that stalwarts of his early days, was laid while working on the farm of his father. Maxwell McCann. He mastered all that was taught in the common schools before reaching the age of twenty-one. In the spring of 1S47 he entered the office of Drs. Beakman and Ball at Irville, Ohio, and attended lectures in the Starling Medical College, from which he graduated later. He began the practice in Licking County, Ohio. After his marriage to Miss Margaret Waters, daughter of Dr. R. A Waters of Irville in 1850, he located in Xashport. Ohio. In 1854 he removed to Irville.

where he remained in active practice until 1869, when he came to Delaware to give his four children the advantages of a college education ; three of whom graduated from the "O. W. U." with high honors. After nearly fifty years of continual work in the profession he retired in 1904 from active work. Yet at the age of eighty-three he has attended some difficult cases with the same pleasure and skill as of many years ago. He has always been known as a true worker in his Master's vineyard from youth up, and today enjoys attending divine worship at Asbury M. E. Church more than ever. The doctor for many years was a member of the State and County Medical Societies. His earnest and active work 111 them was a great stimulus to the younger men. Notwithstanding his advanced age. his mind is as active and exact as ever, and he shows no bodily infirmities. His eldest daughter is a teacher in the public schools. The eldest son,

Dr. Joseph McCann, followed in the footsteps of his illustrious father. He was born in 1854, and graduated from the "O W. U." in 1876. He read medicine with his father, and graduated from the Columbia Medical College in 1879. First locating in Radnor, Delaware County. Ohio, and afterward at Millville or Warrensburg, he soon accepted a tendered position at the Keeley Institute at Marysville, Ohio. After a lew years, he was sent to Columbus, Ohio, to practice in the branch of the same Institute, where he is located now.

Dr. E. H. Hyatt, the subject of this sketch, undoubtedly was one of the best known physicians and surgeons that Delaware ever had. He was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1827. He attended an academy for a time near Wooster, Ohio, and entered the junior class of Ohio Wesleyan University in [850, and graduated in 1 S 5 _> . He studied medicine at the Starling Medical College, and received his diploma from there in [856. After his graduation he felt that be was called to the ministry; but soon gave it up. and entered upon the practice of medicine at Bellpoint. At the outbreak of the war he organized a company at Chesterville, Morrow County, Ohio, and was elected captain. He, together with his company, was mustered into the service in 1861, September 3rd, with the Twentieth Regiment, O. V. I. After the battle at Fort Donelson in 1862, he was discharged on account of sickness. Before entering the service, he was married to Miss Eliza Ely, a daughter of one of the prominent families in Delaware. Upon his return from the service he located in Delaware in 1862. He was a thorough student, and possessed one of the best selected libraries in the county. He built up and held a large practice until he retired from the field of labor to enjoy a well earned rest. His varsatile habits of study, and adaptability peculiarly fitted him for the man}- positions he was called upon to fill during his life. He was one of the organizers of the Columbus Medical College, and filled the Chair of Materia Medica. and Therapeutics for eighteen years. Then for two years he lectured on the Theory and Practice of Medicine. He was elected to the presidency of the Ohio State Medical Societv, and of the County Medical Association. He was the surgeon of the C, C, C. & St. L. R. R. for twenty-five years ; and during that time was called to different parts of the system to give expert testimony for the road in many cases of injury. He was in early life an ardent -Democrat. Later he advocated the Prohibition doctrine, and finally, under the teachings of President McKinley, became a staunch supporter of Republicanism. It was under the last that he was elected to the town Council and became its president in 1894. He was a member of the George B. Torrence Post No. 60. His first wife died in 1871. and in 1873 he married Miss Johnston of Ashley. Ohio, by whom he had two sons, Frank, now a professor of music in Boston, and Gaylord, the second son, who is preparing to follow in the footsteps of his father.

Dr. William T. Constant was a versatile genius. He was born on a farm ( as nearly all of the subjects of these sketches were), in Clermont Count v. Ohio, in 1842.

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His father was raised in old Kentucky. After finishing his common school education he began teaching. He was a steamboat engineer for a time. He then with his small savings, entered the "O. W. L\" here, in Delaware, and graduated in 1861. He enlisted in Company I. Fourth O. V. 1.. as a private, and was promoted rapidly from private to second, to first lieutenant, and to the captaincy of the company. He was in the battles of Rich Mountain, Greenbriar, Romney and the Wilderness, and Fredericksburg. After being honorably discharged, he returned to Delaware and finished his medical education in the Cleveland Medical College, in 1868. His office reading was done in the office of the illustrious Dr. T. B. Williams, whose biography is in the old Delaware County history and he was a student of Dr. J. H. White also. Dr. Constant was at one time first assistant superintendent in the old Central Lunatic Asylum under the eminent Dr. Ralph Hills. Dr. Constant was an indefatigable worker, and was filled with unbounded energy. He worked up to his final sickness. He was at one time as- iciated in the practice of medicine with the old Xestor. Dr. J. H. White, and afterwards for a short time with Dr. J. A. Caruthers. He served as U. S. pension examiner for eighteen years. He held many official positions in city affairs. Early in life he united with William Street Church, and was a member until the time of his death. He was an active member of the G. A. R. and of the I. O. O. 1-'. He died at the age of forty-eight years.

Dr. A. E. Westbrook, of Ashley, Ohio, was born in 1840 at South Woodbury, Morrow County. Ohio. His father came to Ohio in 1816. The doctor was educated at Mt. Hesper Seminary, and at the Ohio Wesleyan University. He read medicine with Dr. I. H. Pennock at Cardington, Ohio, who was one of the best-read physicians in the State. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1863. and soon after entered the army with the One Hundred and Sixth O. V. I. as surgeon, which position he held until the close of the war. A part of the time while in the service, he had charge of the Post Hospital, and was medical director on the staff of Brigadier-General Payne. He also had charge of the Forts Negley, Huston and Morton at Nashville, Tennessee. After the close of the war he returned to Ashley and at once entered upon a large practice. Notwithstanding he is nearly three score years and ten, he is full of vigor, and enjoying his work. He never made any distinction between the poor and the rich ; but was always ready to attend the afflicted and those who needed his services. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Ohio Medical Society and belonged to the old Delaware County Medical Association, and served as president of it at one time in 1878. He has always been an active member in the schools of his town, and has served in various capacities many years. He was married to Judge Cunard's daughter at Mt. Gilead. * * #

Dr. John W. N. Vogt is the son of Rev. John Vogt, wdio was one of the most beloved and best known pastors in Delaware for many years. Dr. Vogt was born at Seven Miles. Butler County, Ohio, in 1852. He came to Delaware with the family in 1863, when the father was called to the pastorate of the German Reform Church. He was given a finished education, and afterward became an expert druggist, which profession he followed for many years, when he entered the office of Dr. E. H. Hyatt to read medicine. After graduating at the Columbus Medical College with high honors, he became a partner of his illustrious preceptor in 1876. Two years later he went into an office alone : but after a short time became associated with Dr. John O. McDowell for three years - 1880 to 1883, when he opened an office again by himself, and has since continued in practice. Dr. Vogt was and is a great student, both of medical and general literature. He has accumulated one of the largest and finest libraries in the o lunty. There never was a more genial and more honorable member of the profession in the county. His counsel for many years has been sought by his professional brethren throughout the county, and he has always been found to be true to the patient and to his associates. He has been a member of the State and County Medical Societies. For several years he was a member of the Board of U. S. Pension Examiners. He is now in his prime and has many useful years ot labor ahead of him.

Dr. William Merrick Semans was bom in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, December 29, 1861, the old home of his mother. He was educated in the city schools, graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1883 and had conferred upon him the A. B. degree in 1883; and the B. S. and M. A. degrees in 1886; and M. D. from the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1887. From 1887 to 1890 he was associate physician in the Toledo Insane Asylum. He returned to his old home in 1890 and began the practice of medicine. He was married to Miss Jessie Freeman of Mt. Vernon in 1891. He is a member of Hiram Lodge, F. and A. M.. No. 18; R. A. M.. Chapter No. 54; Delaware Council No. 84, R. & S. M. ; Marion Commandery No. 36, K. T. ; Aladdin Temple ; Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has been secretary of all the Masonic bodies of Delaware for fourteen years, and is now one of the most active and proficient Masons of the State. He served for a number of years as a member of the Board of Examiners of the U. S. Pension Board at Delaware, Ohio.

Dr. Edward Merrick Semans was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1863. Like his brother, he attended the public schools, and graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1886. He took the A. M. degree in 1889; and the M. D. degree from the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1890. He was major of the Fourth O. V. I. in the Spanish- American War. and served his time in Porto Rico. He was married to Miss Sallie Reed of Portsmouth, in 1895. He is a member of Hiram Lodge No. 18, F. & A. M.. and Delaware Chapter No. 54, R. A. M. Drs. William and Edward are sons of Prof. W. O.

Semans, who graduated from the O. W. U. in 1857, and held a professorship of chemistry in his Alma Mater from that time until his death in 1904. It was under his teachings that these physicians were brought to a high scholarship in this important branch of their profession, and the permanent foundation of superior scholarship in all of the departments of medicine as well as of science was laid. From childhood they have had before them the teachings of honesty, sobriety, and morality. Following in the footsteps of their illustrious father and uncle, President F. M. Merrick of the "O. W. XJ.." they continue their studious habits ; selecting to study the medical and scientific books of the finest writers. They have always been associated together in the practice of medicine. Their true fraternal friendship with the profession none may question. Their rebuke to pretense and bluff and sham all will admit. Early in life they united with the William Street Church, and have fulfilled the requirements to their Master in the highest degree. No two physicians in the county ever had such a wide acquaintance. They are known by the hundreds of students of the University throughout this and foreign lands. The profession and citizens are proud to have such representative men. They are members of the State and County Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. Dr. Edward M. Semans is a member of the Board of Education of the city of Delaware, Obit 1.

Dr. Arthur H. Buck is the second son of John T. Buck, county surveyor and engineer for many years of Morrow County. He was torn in 1868 near Cardington, Ohio. This precocious youth began attending the country school nearly two years before the school age, and graduated from the High School at Cardington at the age of eighteen. He read medicine in the ofhce of Dr. C. C. Dunham at Fulton, Ohio, and graduated from the Columbus Medical College in 1 89 1 . Before his graduation from High School he began teaching school, and taught after finishing his studies in Cardington - nearly three years in all. He began the practice of medicine at Marits, Morrow County, Ohio. After a short time he sold out to another physician and moved to Lama. Ohio, and took post-graduate work in efectric therapeutics, and was given a position in the faculty to lecture. He remained there one year, when he came to Delaware in 1899. He was married to Miss Dora B. Strawman, of Caledonia in 1895. She died in Delaware 111 1903, leaving two children. He married in 1906 Miss Jennie L. Hartje. of McComb, Ohio. Dr. Buck is a member of the Methodist Church. He belongs to the I. O. O. ¥., and the F. & A. M. and is a member of the State and County Medical Societies. He is the surgeon of Delaware Magnetic Springs Electric Railway.

Dr. J. K. James was born in Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, in the year 1868. The correct teaching and high moral training of his Welsh father and mother were planted in good soil, and are now bringing forth a rich harvest. The father. Rev. E. P. James, filled many important pulpits during his life, and left the imprints of his life work upon the several communities. Dr. James was educated and graduated from the High School of Bethel (where his father was then stationed) in 1 887. He became a great favorite in the different places where his father was called to take charge of a new congregation. The son, a great lover of music, often filled a place in band organizations, as well as in the church choir and concerts, with much credit to himself and satisfaction to his friends. The time of life had arrived when it became necessary for the father to retire from the active ministerial labor; and he came to Delaware to give his children a college education. In 1890 the move was made; Dr. James preceding his father two years to attend the "O. W. U.." where he remained for four years. He entered the office of Dr. D. E. Hughes, and attended lectures in the Ohio Medical University at Columbus, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1897. He immediately opened an office in Delaware. He made electrical therapeutics a special study, and equipped his office with one of the finest outfits in the Slate. He has always observed his office hours to the minute, and thus has built up a large office practice as well as outside work. He added to his electrical outfit the X-ray, much to the benefit of not only the profession, but to the public in general. He is now making the eye a special study, and has procured a complete optical outfit. In 1897 he married Miss Maud Stanton, and has a son, Dorrance.

Dr. William Huntington Woodworth was born at Millfield, Athens County, Ohio, in 1865. After attending the public schools, he took the B. S. degre in the "X. X. U." at Lebanon, Ohio, in 1888. He graduated from the College of Physicians at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1890. After practicing for about* five years at Corning. Ohio, he located in Delaware'. For a few years he was associated with his brother. Dr. John B. Woodworth. After being in the practice here for some time, he went East and took a post-graduate course. He married and then returned to Delaware. He has always taken an active part in the Medical Societies to which he belongs - Ohio State Medical Society. Delaware County Medical Society, and the Tenth District Medical Society. He has devoted much of his time to electric therapeutics, stomach diseases, and

Dr. John B. Woodworth was born at Millfield. Athens County, Ohio, in 1869. He was educated at the common schools, and at the National Normal University at Lebanon. Ohio. He became a very successful school teacher and taught for five years in his native county. He read medicine, and attended Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, from 1893 to 1896. when he took his degree. He located in Delaware, and associated himself with his brother for several years, when he opened an office alone. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was elected secretary of the Delaware County Medical Society under the new organization in

1903, and has been re-elected each year since, lie resigned the position in May, 1-907, to take a post-graduate course before going to his new field of work in Texas. He goes to this drier climate for the benefit of his throat trouble. He is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society. He married Miss Melinda Hill, of Athens County. Ohio.

Dr. James H. Hughes was a son of a pioneer Presbyterian minister in this vicinity, whose life work and faithfulness grow brighter as the years pass. The son was born near Delaware in 1854. From the common schools near the old farm, he entered the office of Dr. E. H. Hyatt to read medicine. He graduated from the Columbus Medical College in 1879. He married Miss Ada McCann, youngest daughter of Dr. J. McCann of Delaware, and at once located in the city to practice. He began at once upon an eventful career. He had a large country practice; but overwork soon broke down his health, and he went to California to rest. He died in [888, soon after reaching the health resort, and was brought back for burial. He was associated for some time in the practice with his preceptor.

Dr. Dorrance E. Hughes, brother of Dr. J. H. Hughes, read medicine with Dr. J. W. N. Vogt. He was born in 1856. near Delaware, Ohio. He graduated from the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1881. Upon his return home he married Miss Emma Newhouse, and at once located at Hyattsville, where he remained five years, when he came to Delaware to practice his profession. No kinder physician ever administered to the afflicted. He never recognized any cast; all afflicted were alike to him. His large practice has made inroads upon his ruddy constitution, and all see the time coming when he must begin to husband his strength. He was elected president of the Delaware County Medical Society in 1907. He is also a member of the State Medical Society, and a member of the City Council.

Dr. Abraham Virgil Conklin was born in [832, in Westfield. Ohio. He is a son of Jacob Conklin, a soldier of 1812, under General McArthur. He received his education in the common schools, and at Mt. Hesper Seminary. After ten years of school teaching, he learned telegraphy, and was employed at Wooster and other places for some years. In 1866 he graduated in the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio. He located near his old home and began the practice at Delaware, Ohio, and afterward moved to Waldo, Marion County. After a short time, he moved to South Woodbury, Morrow County, and in a few years located in the country near Delaware, where he now lives. Years of hard labor have told upon him, and after nearly four score years he has retired from work.

Dr. W. T. Ropp was born in West Virginia in 1833. He came to Delaware in 1859, and attended the Ohio Wesleyan University. He read medicine in the office of Dr. C. Welch, and graduated from the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1863. In January. 1864, he enlisted in the Thirty-third Regiment, O. V. I., and was discharged honorably from the service, July 12, 1865. He was an assistant surgeon of the regiment. He went with the army to the sea under General Sherman. After his return home he became a partner of his proceptor for a short time, when he located at Bellpoint, Ohio. He married a Mrs. Cutler, and located on his farm between Delaware and Bellpoint, where he remained until his death. While living on the farm he devoted a greater portion of his time to his profession in the surrounding country, and at the Girls' Industrial Home, a State Institution about five miles from his farm. He was appointed physician to the Home soon after it was located, and for twenty years did good and faithful work for the State. He belonged to the Odd Fellows, the Masonic Order, the G. A. R., and to the State and County Medical Societies. He died in 1899.

Dr. W. Henry Pulford, the Nestor of the Homeopathic School, .is rapidly nearing his four score years; yet there 'Seems no sorrow or pain" for this worthy practitioner. His quick and upright walk of many miles each day will classify him with the younger members of the profession. He was born in Woodhouse Carr, near Leeds. England, in [829. He studied chemistry and pharmacy in Bradford. Yorkshire, England , in 1853. He entered the homeopathic practice under Dr. Evans, his preceptor, in 1858, and graduated from the Homeopathic College near Bath, West London. England, in 1864. He practiced pharmacy and medicine in Bradford, England, until 1875. when he came to America. After visiting one year in his adopted country, he was induced to locate at Ashley, Ohio, in 1877. After eighteen years of hard work he went to Connecticut to visit, and was persuaded to locate. In [892 lit came to Cleveland. Ohio, and took a course <>\ lectures in the Homeopathic school there, and graduated there in 1894. and at once became a member of the faculty. He subsequently came to Delaware and has since been doing his share of work. He is a member of the Connecticut and Ohio Homeopathic Societies, and of the International American Homeopathic Institute.

Dr. William Francis Crickard is the oldest son of an old soldier who served his country long and well. The farm life developed a mentally and physically strong man in Dr. Crickard. He was an apt student and made the best use of every moment of his time. He was born in Knox County. Ohio, in 1850. and after several years, came with his father's family to this county. He entered the office of our eminent Dr. McCann in 1871, and attended lectures and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1874. He came to Delaware and opened an office. He has never changed his location. The patients under his care always received the closest and best attention. He has been exceptionally kind to those who have had to fight the battle of life as bread win-

Dr. H. P. Feaster was born in Troy Township, this county, in 1850. His father, James Feaster, was an early settler in this county, and was located on the Marion, Delaware and Columbus turnpike, and often entertained the weary travelers who so frequently passed that way. He read eclectic medicine with Dr. Frank Howald in 1886. and graduated in 1889 from the Eclectic Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio. He began the practice at Agosta, Marion County, in 1890. After lour years he removed to La Rue. Ohio, and then came to Delaware in 1898. He married Miss Ellen Woodward, of Morrow County. Ohio. He is a member of the State Eclectic Medical Association ; the Northwestern, and the Ohio Central Medical .Associations.

Dr. Edward M. Hall has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgerv since 1871, when he graduated from the Homeopathic Hospital College at Cleveland, Ohio. After taking his degree in medicine, he located in Fredericktown, Ohio, where he soon gained a satisfactory practice and the good will and respect of the people of that community, and was honored by them in being elected, for many years in succession, a member of their Board of Education, which position he held, as well as that of Pension Examiner for Knox County, when he removed to this city in 1889. With the experience gained in an active practice of nearly twenty years and. having taken a post-graduate course in medicine previous to resuming practice here, he from the first took rank with the leading physicians 'if the county. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical Society, and at the re-organization of the Delaware County Medical Society he was chosen its vice-president, and on the following for eleven years. Miss Helen Kaulbach was born in Baldensburg, New York, in 1865. She attended school at Waverley, New York. After completing her studies she married Mr. Smith. After his death she commenced the study of medicine in 1890. She graduated in

1893 in Delaware, Ohio. She belonged to the State Homeopathic Society. She remained in this city until her marriage to Mr. W. D. Halsey. in 1904. She is now living in Trumansburg. New York, and no longer looks after the sick. She was the first lady physician in the county for about fifteen years. She became a favorite, and had a large practice

Dr. Marie Perfect was burn in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in 1874. As Miss Simons she studied medicine in the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, from which she graduated in 1894. and entered the regular profession. She began the practice at Detroit, Michigan, the same year. After two vears there she was induced to locate at her home in Richwood, Ohio. After her marriage to Mr. Perfect she was persuaded to remove to Delaware in 1901. She has proven herself able, and well qualified for her professional work, and in each locality where she has practiced, has enjoyed a large work. She is a member of the Union County, Delaware

Dr. Ivadale Rodgers was born in Sylvania, Lucas County. Ohio, in 1861. She graduated with honors from the Baldwin Universitv at Berea, Ohio, in 1892. She read medicine, and graduated from the Eclectic .Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1898. She came here the same year, and was the second lady physician to practice in Delaware after woman's first advent in 1838. She is a bright, faithful and earnest physician with malice toward none, and charity for all. She is a member of the Delaware County Medical Society, the Ohio Central, and the Northwestern Eclectic Medical Associations.

Dr. John Otho McDowell was a son of Dr. Robert M. and Emily McDowell. He was born in 1848 in Ouakersbottom, Lawrence County, Ohio. He graduated from the Ironton High School in 1870. and from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1874; and from the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1877. After completing the course, he was appointed resident physician in the Cincinnati City Hospital. In 1878 he came to Delaware and began practice. He married Miss Hettie Wolfley, only daughter of Mr. John Wolfley. She belonged to one of the oldest and best known families in the county. Dr. McDowell was elected alumni trustee of the "O. W. U." in 1882. which office he held to the time of his death in 1890. His extended acquaintance in the college and town, and with the students, gave him a large practice at once. He was associated for a time with Dr. John W. X. Vogt.

Dr. Horace White was born in Brown Township. He was a partner of Dr. J. O. McDowell. He graduated from the "O. W. U." in 1882; in medicine at Miami Medical College, 1886. He located in Delaware in 1886, and died in 1888.

Dr. Cyrus W. Chidester was torn in Kingwood, West Virginia, in i860. He, like many others, worked on a farm and attended the common schools. He began teaching school early in life to secure money to defray his expenses for a higher education. In 1883 he attended the Ohio University at Athens, Ohio. He then went to the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, was graduated there in 1887, and took the B. S. degree. He graduated from the Columbus Medical College in 1890, and was given the cash prize by the faculty for meritorious work. He came to Delaware the same year, and associated himself with Dr. E. H. Hyatt. He served two ters as coroner of the county ; has served on the Board of Pension Examiners since 1897, and is now president of the Board. After the death of Dr. E. H. Hyatt, he was appointed surgeon for the Big Four Railroad at Dela- ware, and is now the surgeon for tin's division. He is a member of the Delaware County Medical Society, and served as president one year. He is also a member of the State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He was at one time the president of the Big Four Railroad Association of Surgeons. He is a member of the M. E. Church. He married Miss Clara M. Freshwater in 1892.

Dr. 0. \Y. Bonner was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1866. He, with his parents, moved to Bloomtield. Morrow County. Ohio, in about 1870. He was educated at Sparta High and Normal schools. He commenced the study of medicine in 1888. He attended one year at the Western Reserve Medical College, and graduated in 1892 from the Columbus Medical College. He began the practice at Norton, Delaware County, Ohio, and about ten years ago came to Delaware, Ohio, where he is now in active work, and engaged in a large practice. He served as health officer for the city of Delaware for five years, with great satisfaction to the city. He has been tor several years a member of the local Board of Pension Examiners. He is a member of the Delaware County, and Ohio State Medical Societies.

Dr. F. E. Michexer was born at Attica. Seneca County. Ohio, in 1856. He is a direct descendant of Count John T. Michener. who came to America with William Penn in 1682. The Doctor was educated at Valparaiso, Indiana. He graduated in medicine at the Ohio Medical University at Columbus, Ohio. After practicing several years at Toledo, he moved to Barberton, Ohio, in 1901, and came to Delaware in 1905. He is a member of the Delaware County Medical Society, and the Ohio State Medical Society. He has retired from the practice and is taking the good of life.

ter clerking in a bank for a time, be went to Hiram College. He began reading medicine in 1899. and graduated from Pulte Homeopathic College at Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1904. He began the practice at his home in 1904, and came to Delaware in 1906.

Dr. George Slack was horn in 1841, and raised in Brown Township, Delaware County, Ohio. His foundation for an education was laid in the old district common schools. He was a graduate of the "O. W. U." in the early history of the college. He practiced the homeopathic system. He began practicing in Huron County, and after several years he located in Delaware, and later went to Lakeside, Ohio. While visiting here in 1897. he died from' typhoid fever. His family have their home at Lakeside, Ohio. He married Miss Hattie Williams, of Cardington, Ohio. * ^ *

Dr. Frederic L. Gage was born in Concord, Ross County, Ohio, in 1847. He first attended the Academy at South Salem. Ross County, and was a classmate of Hon. J. B. Foraker. He graduated at Marietta College. Ohio, in 1 87 1. He attended Starling Medical College, and graduated from the Long Island College Hospital in Medicine in 1876. He began the practice of medicine in Mt. Sterling in 1876, and came to Berkshire. Delaware County, Ohio, in 1877, and moved to Delaware in 1900. He was coroner of the county from 1900 to 1904. and was elected health officer January 1, 1907. His eldest son, Carl, graduated from the "O. W. U.," and is soon to leave for China as a missionary.

Dr. W. B. Hedges is a native of McConnellsville, Morgan County. Ohio. He was born in 1835. He was educated in the High School of McConnellsville. He possessed an active and studious mind, and at an early time, after completing his school life, he began reading medicine in the office of Dr. M. Edwards, May, 1858. He took up the study of the drug trade, and prepared himself for the work in i860. After two years, in 1862. he resumed the study of medicine in the old office, to prepare himself for the army, now needing doctors. He graduated from the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati, Ohio, July. [863. He passed the examination of the State Board of Examiners for the position of assistant surgeon for the volunteer service. He was assigned to the Eighty-sixth O. V. I., a sixmonths organization, in September, 1803, and joined the regiment at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. He was at once put in charge of the Medical Department of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, which position he held until the muster out of the organization, at the expiration of their term of service in February, 1864. He was appointed assistant surgeon of the Eightysecond Regiment, O. V. I., Third Brigade, First Division, Twentieth Army Corps, April 2j, [864; and joined the regiment in May, [864, at Atlanta, Georgia. They went on duty at once and were under fire of battle for one hundred and twenty days. The doctor was the only surgeon with the regiment from Atlanta, Georgia, to the sea, or Savannah, Georgia. Then on to Goldsborough, North Carolina, 1864 and 1865; then to Raleigh, North Carolina, and to Washington, D. C. Here he was detailed to care for the sick and wounded at Richmond, Virginia, and to arrange for transportation to the North those able to go. In 1865, while waiting for the muster out at the close of the war, he was at Louisville, Kentucky, and was in charge of the hospital there. He was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, July 2~, 1865. He returned to his home and began the practice again. In [873 he located at Beverly. Washington County. Ohio, and in (879 came to Delaware. Ohio. He is in active practice today. He has been a member of the County Hoard oi United States Pension Examiners for fourteen years. He served two years as health officer for Delaware, lie was physician to the Girls' Industrial Home for several years. He is a member oi the Delaware County Medical Association; Ohio State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He was married to Mrs. Mary Pewthers in [872. He is an elder of the Presbyterian Church.

Dr. David P. Bliss was born at Sparta. Morrow County, Ohio, in 1843. He received his education in the public schools. At the age of nineteen he enlisted in the service of his country with the One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, O. V. I., and received an honorable discharge from the service in 1S65, at the close of the war. He was an exemplary soldier, and one of the highest Christian character. After returning from the army, he entered the office of the illustrious Dr. J. W. Russell, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, in 1867. After many long years of hard work, he came to Delaware in 1901 to enjoy a much needed rest. He is a member of Asbury M. E. Church, and is always ready to do the Master's work.

Dr. Ben. F. Kearny was born in 1858, in Fayette County, Ohio. He graduated from the "O. W. U." at Delaware, Ohio, in 1884. After teaching for some time at Washington Court House, Ohio, he returned to Delaware, and entered the office of his old friend. Dr. J. II. Hughes. He attended the Miami Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio, for two years, and then went to the Long Island Hospital, Xew York, for graduateion in 1891. He returned to Delaware the same year, and began professional work for two years when he located at Stewart, Iowa, where he remained tor twelve years. He moved then to Cleveland, Tennessee, in 1905, to devote his attention to the eye and optical work. He married Miss, Jennie Volk, of Delaware, in 1888. He and his family have recently moved to Delaware ( 1907) to make his home, and to devote his attention to eye diseases and to

Dr. A. J. Pounds was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1858. From the common schools he went to the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1876. He graduated from the Columbus Medical College in 1881. He began the practice at Ostrander, and moved to Delaware in 1906. He was elected secretary of the

Dr. James William Watts was born in Rodney, Gallia County, Ohio, in 1856. He read medicine with Dr. W. M, Watts at South Webster, Scioto County. Ohio. He attended medical lectures in Cincinnati, at the Ohi ) Medical College, from which he received his diploma. He began practice at Gallia County. Ohio, and was these for fifteen years. He then came to Delaware, where he practiced several years before moving to Columbus, where he is now devoting his attention to diseases of the eye and ear. He was given, in 1876, the beneficiary scholarship from the Eleventh Congressional District, represented by Hon. H. S. Bundy. He was to prepare himself for a government medical cadet ; but gave up this

Dr. J. Robinson was born in Union County, Ohio, and educated at Dover. He read medicine in Ohio Medical University, and graduated from there in 1904. He began the practice at Ostrander, Ohio, and removed to Bellpoint. He was married to Miss Edna Green, who died in 1906. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P.

Dr. H. N. Coomer was born in Ontario County. New York, in 181 7. He read medicine in his native State, and located at Ashley, Delaware County, Ohio, in 1852. He was a quiet and unassuming man, and was engaged in a fair practice up to the time of his death. He was a regular attendant of the State and County Medical Societies for many years. He died from general breaking-down a few years ago.

Dr. William C. Bucky was born in Franklin County, Ohio, in i860. He attended the "O. W. U.." Delaware, Ohio, for a while, and graduated from the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1890. He read medicine with Dr. S. M. Sherman in Columbus. Ohio, and settled in Ashley, where he

Dr. Miranda Scheble was in Ashley many years, ami enjoyed a large practice. She graduated from the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital in 1883. She died in 1901,

Dr. Ella Dennison Welch was born in Peru Township, Morrow County, Ohio, in 1863. She studied in the office of Dr. G. Foster, of Olive Green, Delaware County. Ohio, in 1889. She entered the Toledo Medical College in 1891, and for the summer term 1892 went to the Wooster Medical College at Cleveland, Ohio, and returned to the Toledo Medical College to graduate in 1894. She came direct to Ashley after her graduation, where she has since practiced.

Dr. M. A. McGonigal was born neat- Ashley in 1873. He graduated from the Ashley High School in 1890, and from the Ohio Medical University at Columbus, Ohio, in 1906. Returning to Ashley he began the

Dr. I. T. McCarty was raised in Olive Green, Ohio, where he began the practice in 1897; but only remained there a short time - three years - when, in 1900, he moved to his present location in Constantia, Ohio. He graduated at the Western Reserve Medical

Dr. Frank Andrews located in Cheshire after the death of his uncle, who was an able practitioner. He graduated in 1883 at the Starling Medical College, and came direct to Cheshire. He sold to Dr. H. C. Kious in 1885. of Columbus, and moved to Westerville,

Dr. H. C. Kious was born in Columbus. Ohio, in 1855. He was educated in the Central Normal University and the "O. W. U. ;" read medicine with Dr. J. F. Baldwin, of Columbus, Ohio, and was graduated at Long

Island Hospital, in New York, in 1881. He began to practice in Columbus, Ohio, in 1882, in Cheshire in 1883, and only remained a year, when he sold to Dr. H. C. Dumm, who was located at Stratford. Dr. Kious came to Delaware in 1883 and practiced for several years, when he sold to Dr. F. M. Murray, in 1892, and moved to Columbus, where he is now practicing. He married Miss Jennie Lavender, of Delaware. Ohio, in 1883. * * *

Dr. A. W. Dumm was raised near Cheshire, and graduated at the Columbus Medical College. After practicing at Cheshire a few years, he remi ived to Columbus, Ohio, where be labored several years, and then moved to Toledo, Ohio. His brother had practiced a few years at Cheshire, before going to Columbus, where he died several years later.

Charles C. Vankirk, M. D., was born at Condit, in 1872. He read medicine with his father. Dr. T. H. Vankirk, at Condit, Delaware County, Ohio. Dr. Charles graduated from Starling Medical College in 1896, and at once located at Sunbury, Ohio. In 1901 he moved to Gettysburg, Darke County Ohio. Soon after he joined the regular army.

Dr. Alonzo \Y. Taylor was born in Champaign County. Ohio. He attended the Ohio Wesleyan University, and graduated tram the Ohio Medical Eclectic College at Cincinnati. Ohio. He located at Sunbury, Ohio, in 1892. He died in [901.

Dr. A. P. Taylor located in Sunburj many years ago, and after a long and successful practice he sold out and moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he is now practicing.

Dr. Thomas J. Williams was bom near Somerset. Perry County, Ohio, in 1843. J'1 [849, at six years of age, he came with his parents to Morrow County, Ohio. In [863 he left the farm and schools to enter the arnrv with the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth O. V. I. He remained with the regiment until mustered out in 1865. There was no more patriotic or faithful soldier in the service of the Union Army than this boy of twenty years. Upon his return he took his savings and entered the high school at Mt. Gilead, Ohio. After one year of hard and faithful work, he came to the "O. W. U," at Delaware, to gain a higher education to prepare himself for the medical profession. He read medicine with his brother. Dr. J. W. Williams, at Chesterville, Ohio, until the fall of 1868, when he went to the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which he graduated in 1870. Having completed his professional work in the university, he at once located in Sunbury. Delaware County, Ohio. In 1873 ne felt the need of a post-graduate course to render him more proficient in the great work before him. He left for the Long Island Medical College in New York, where the clinical advantages were great for the absorbing mind. He graduated from there the same year and at once returned to his work in Sunbury, where he is now practicing. He was a member of the Board of Pension Examiners for several years. He is a faithful Mason, and a conscientious Christian man. He married Miss E. A. Pumphrey, of Croton, Ohio, in 1879.

Dr. Henry Kistler was born in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1879. He was educated at the Lancaster schools, and at Basil. Ohio. He read medicine with his brother. Dr. George B. Kistler, at Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County. Ohio, in 1896 and 1897. and was graduated from the Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1902. He at once located at Sunbury, Ohio, and entered upon a successful practice. He is a close student, and promises to be of great benefit to Sunbury. He belongs to the American Medical Association, and the State and County Medical Societies. He married Miss Dell McLanden, of Columbus, Ohio. He is an active Mason, a ated From the Whetsone Seminary, read medicine in Sterling, Illinois, and graduated from the Rush Medical College in 1862. He located at Galena at once, and today is the oldest and best known physician in the eastern part 01 the

Dr. Norton Ekelbery was horn near Delaware in 1864. He attended the common schools, and also for a short time, the "O. W. U." He graduated at the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1886, after reading medicine with his brother. Dr. Frank Ekelbery, who was located for several years at Bellpoint, Ohio. Dr. Norton Ekelbery is now practicing at Galena, where he first located.

Dr. John H. Gerhardt was born in Madison County, Ohio, in 1858, and attended school at West Jefferson, Ohio. He read medicine with Dr. Charles Snyder at West Jefferson in 1878. He graduated from the Columbus Medical College in 1882. He was assistant physician to the Ohio penitentiary from 1884 to 1886; and surgeon of the Ohio National Guards for eight years. He was married to Miss Emma Avers, of Columbus, in 1887. s He began the practice at Sunbury, Ohio, in 1887, and is now in active work. He is a member of the Baptist Church, also the F. & A. M.; the Delaware County and State Medical Societies.

Dr. E. B. Mosher was raised in Morrow- County, Ohio, where he read medicine. He located at Olive Green, practicing there many years, when he removed to Sunbury. and was in the practice there for some time. He then sold out, and moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he is now practicing.

Dr. L. Wise was born in Johnstown, Ohio, in 1858. After attending the common schools, he read medicine with Dr. G. H. Foster, at Olive Green, Delaware County. ( H110. He began the practice at Galena in 1S84. after graduating" at the Columbus Medical College.

Dr. A. E. Bennett, who was born near Maxtown, in Genoa Township, and graduated from an Eclectic College in Cincinnati. Ohio, located in Lewis Centre for a time; but now is on a farm near his old home.