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394 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. CHAPTER XIII. PHYSICIANS OF THE COUNTY. IN the whole history of Western settlement, the pioneer physician holds the same social place, as did the Medicine Man of the tribes, whose hunting grounds we now possess. Among the pioneer physicians of this county, the following names are well known: William Cunningham. William McHenry, Dr. Harper, Dr. Sanford, Samuel Black, William Finlay, the two Fulton, Charles Emerson, Dr. Williams, W. L. Hartley, L J. Anderson, Richard Rice, Dr. Gray, S. W. Wyatt, J. C. Campbell, Dr. Travis, H. C. Hart, Dr. Benner, Dr. Evans (of Defiance), C. A. Evans, N. Sager and others whose names occur in the following roll of medical practitioners, as well as in the history of villages where they resided or now reside. Allen,, E. T., Lima. Ashton, E., Lima. Arter, F. a, Lima. Ammerman, F. A., Lima. Asire, J. L., Beaver Dam. Anderson, D. H., Lima. Baxter, S. A., Lima. Baldwin, F. J., Bluffton. Blair, —., Lima. Burton, E. G., Westminster. Brooks, P. H., Lima. Bryan, A., Spencerville. Campbell, J. C., Landeck. Clark, J. R., Bluffton. Clark, G. E., Lima. Clippinger, J. S., W. Cairo. Conkling, S. F., Delphos. Curtiss, E., Lima. Curtiss, C. L., Lima. Davis, John, Gomer. Davis, A. T., Elida. Evans, J. R., Delphos. Evans, C. A., Delphos. Ewing, F., W. Cairo. Fergerson, J., Lima. Fletcher, W. M., Lima. Fountaine, J., Lima. Fowler, C. R., Lima. Foltz, T. H., Lima. Godfrey, C. M., Putnam County. Hartley, J. P., Lima. Hart, H. C., Spencerville. Harper, W. H., Lima. Hartzell, C, M., Lima. Hiner, S. B., Lima. Honnell, J. G., Beaver Dam. Huntley, J. H., W. Newton. Jones, R. E., Gomer HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 395 Kendall, F. S. Kincaid. R. Maltbie, W. F., Elida. McHenry, William, Lima. McPeak, James, Bluffton. Metzger, C., Lima. Millhouse, C. R., Allentown. Miesse, A., Lima. Moore, W. W., Bluffton. Murray, F. M., Bluffton. Neiding, W. H., Beaver Dam. Neff, C. I. Pethrick, E. L., Lima. Pomeroy, Dr., Putnam County. Renner, U., Spencerville. Rice, C. B., Elida. Rice, R., Elida. Rudy, A. S., Lafayette. Runkle, C. F., Lima Sanford Sam., Lima. Seiter, J. G., Spencerville. Stickney, D. B., Lima. Sager, N., Lafayette. Sager, N. Jr., Lafayette. Smith, S. M., Lima. Steingraver, F. C., Bluffton. Steman, H. G., Delphos. Schlink, F. H., Delphos. Travis, A. J., Spencerville. Thrift, R. W., Lima. Thomas, H., W. Newton. Vail, J. B., Lima. Wagner, H. P., Delphos. Weadlock, T. M., Lima. Welch, J. R., Spencerville. Wetherill, I. R., Beaver Dam. Williamson, G. H., Delphos. Yoder, S. S., Bluffton. Very few of the pioneer doctors of Allen County now remain. New men, new methods, new causes for medical aid, new ambitions—all have supplanted the old, rendering the world richer and happier in just such measure as the physician is proficient in his studies and careful in his practice. |