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CHAPTER V.
PHYSICIANS.
CHARLES DUTTON was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, in 1777. He there studied medicine with Dr. Jared Potter, a distinguished physician, the grandfather of the late Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland, of Poland, Ohio, and afterwards of Cleveland. As the Western Reserve was opening up for settlement and emigrants were moving there from Connecticut in 1801, Dr. Dutton, being then ready to commence practice, determined to settle in the new country. Turhand Kirtland, the father of Dr. J. P. Kirtland, was a large proprietor of land in the 'Reserve, and agent for other proprietors. From Old to New Connecticut was then a long and tedious journey of several weeks. Turhand Kirtland, in April, 1801, was preparing to move a band of emigrants from Wallingford, and had provided three four-horse covered wagons filled with them and their goods ready for starting. Dr. Kirtland then describes Dr. Dutton's start for his future home in the West:
The Doctor, somewhat eccentric and peculiar in his ways of thinking and acting, sprang upon the driver's seat of one of these wagons, and, at that moment, his aged and widowed mother, with eyes suffused with tears, and other relatives and friends gathered around to bid him farewell." He, without noticing them, gathered up the reins, cracked his whip, and started off his team, at the same time singing, lb an elevated strain, the chorus of "Jefferson and Liberty," the political song of that day :
"Rejoice, Columbia's sons, rejoice!
To tyrants never bend your knee,
But join with heart, and soul and voice,
For Jefferson and Liberty."
The long journey being safely made, the young doctor, as Youngstown was then a prominent place and its prospects promising, selected it for his future residence, and immediately commenced practice. In July 1802, he purchased tract of two acres, fronting twenty rods on the south line of West Federal street, a short distance east of Spring common, for which he paid $290, and there erected a log-house, and after wards a frame-house, in which he resided during his life.
He soon became one of the leading citizens. In July, 1803, he was appointed postmaster of Youngstown, being the second' who held the office, and continued the postmaster until March 9, 1818. A copy of the quarterly account from October r to December 31, 1817, was preserved among his papers, which, as showing the amount of business of the office at that time, is quite a curiosity, and also interesting historically. The amount collected on letters was $35; on newspapers, $3.79; total, $38.79. Postmaster's commission, $13.19; paid general post-office, $25.60; total, $38.79. He was also occasionally elected a township trustee, and to other township offices.
He became the owner of lands near the village and devoted much attention to farming and stock raising, particularly to raising mules. In later years he practiced his profession only occasionally.
Dr. J. P. Kirtland, who visited Youngstown in 1811 and then made him a visit, speaks of him as the leading physician and surgeon of the vicinity and sustaining a favorable reputation in that capacity for energy and good judgment. Another physician of eminence, who knew him well, in a brief sketch of him says: "Dr. Dutton was regarded by the medical men of the Reserve as an able man, a very good surgeon for those days, and a successful physician; was thought to be somewhat heroic in practice. He was a shrewd man, possessing discriminating judgment, somewhat eccentric, sometimes a little rough, very social, having a large share of those kindly feelings which go into the make up of a good physician, and I may add enter largely into the composition of a good man."
His wife, Cynthia Dutton, died April 26, 1816, aged thirty-one years. They had one child, Jane, who married Dr. Lemuel Wick, son of Henry Wick, an early settler. She died some years since. Dr. Wick died recently.
Dr. Dutton was again married, April 7, 1822, to. Miss Cordelia Poole, of Youngstown. He died in March, 1842. She survived him a few years.
HENRY MANNING was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, January 15, e1787. His father was a farmer, and his ancestors were among the earlier settlers of Massachusetts. By the side of his
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grandm0ther Manning, whose maiden name was Seabury, he was a descendant of Governor Bradford. He attended for a period Bacon academy, at Colchester, Connecticut, assisting also, when not attending school, in the work on his father's farm. When about twenty years of age he commenced studying medicine with Dr. Hutchinson, of Lebanon, and studied with him about two years. He studied another year with Dr. White, of Cherry Valley, New York. He had taught school at the age of eighteen, and taught at intervals during the time he was pursuing his medical studies. Upon the completion of his studies he removed to Ohio, making the journey on horseback, and arrived in Youngstown, his future home,.on July 13, 1811. He commenced practice, and although the place was healthy, the inhabitants not numerous, and not much business for a physician, yet he had, the first year, sufficient practice to sustain himself.
After Hull's surrender in August, 1812, the First regiment, Third brigade, Fourth division of Ohio Militia, commanded by Colonel William Rayen, of Youngstown, went to the frontier. Dr. Manning accompanied the regiment as surgeon on Colonel Rayen's staff. The regiment marched, by way of Painesville, to Cleveland, and camped about three-fourths of a mile south of the Public square, on the east side of the river. He stayed there two weeks, and then, at General Perkins' request, went to Huron, where much sickness prevailed among the troops. He there found two surgeons, Dr. Peter Allen, of Kinsman, and Dr: Goodwin, 0f Burton, both sick. The camp was 0n the east side of Huron river, near the present village of Milan. He remained there until some time in November. He went from Huron to Lower Sandusky, now Fremont ; stayed there until March, when he returned to Youngstown, reaching home March 13, 1813. By his unwearied attention and great kindness to the soldiers who required his services, and the skill he displayed 1n the treatment of their diseases, he gained the affection and confidence of the men of his regiment, a large share of whom were from Youngstown and its vicinity. His reputation had preceded him, and on his return his practice, which he immediately commenced, occupied his whole time. He continued in active practice until within a few years of his de: cease, when the infirmities, of age and other business avocations induced him to withdraw from it in a great measure, although he was ever ready, when his health permitted, to aid, by his counsel and personal attention, the sick who sought his assistance. When he commenced practice in Youngstown he had not received a diploma as M. D. from any college or medical institution, but afterwards he received several honorary diplomas.
In the fall of 1815, in company with Colonel Caleb B. Wick, he commenced a drug store, afterwards increased to a country store, in which he was interested about ten years. When commenced this was probably the first drug store on the Reserve, although most of the country stores at that time included a few drugs in their stock.
He was several times elected one of the township trustees, and in 1819 he was elected a representative in the State Legislature. In 1825 he was elected State senator, and again a representative in 1843. In 1835 he was elected by the Legislature an associate judge of the court of common pleas for a term of seven years. In 1854 he was elected president of the Mahoning County bank, and in 1862, when the bank was organized as the First National bank of Youngstown, was elected its president, which office he held until 1866, when he declined a re-election, but still continued a director.
He was married to Miss Lucretia Kirtland, of Poland, Ohio, in September, 1814. She was a daughter of Jared Kirtland, an early settler of that place. She died July 13, 1819, aged twenty-two years, leaving one daughter, now married to William J. Edwards, of Youngstown. His second wife was Miss Mary Bingham, daughter of Asa Bingham, of Ellsworth, Ohio, to whom he was married in June, 1821. She died July 21, 1845, aged forty-seven years, leaving three sons and two daughters. He was again married to Mrs. Caroline M. Ruggles, of Canfield, Ohio, in September, 1848. She died May 18, 1862, aged fifty-seven years.
About two years before his death he became blind, but his hearing remained good, and his memory and mental faculties remained unimpaired until near his last. He died January r 1869, aged eighty-two years, wanting four days.
From the time he arrived in Youngstown he
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was identified with its growth, improvement, and the development of its resources and material interests. The many positions of responsibility and trust with which he was honored by his fellow-citizens, are the best evidence of their estimate of his character as a business man of capacity and strict integrity. As a citizen he was public spirited, and ever ready to aid with his' purse and influence in projects of public improvement, and in the promotion of the general welfare.
He was a good surgeon, possessing, in an eminent degree, all the qualities required to make one cool; never excited, with a hand not only steady, but skillful in the use of surgical instruments, and he was a good anatomist. As a physician he ranked with the first on the Reserve in point of professional ability. Among his patients he was regarded with affection as their true friend.
CHARLES C. COOK was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, June 22, 5799. He was a nephew of the late Dr. Charles Dutton, of Youngstown. He received his early education in the schools of his native place, and afterwards in New Haven, Connecticut, to which city his father had removed. He studied medicine with Dr. Eli Ives, of that city, attended the courses of medical lectures in Yale college, and graduated in the Medical department of that institution in 1822. He, was married about that time to Miss Mary E. L. Salter, who was born in New Haven, February 15, 1800. He removed to Youngstown about 1824 and commenced practice. He soon gained a reputation as an able practitioner and became one of the prominent and leading physicians in eastern Ohio. Dr. Theodatus Garlick, for many years a prominent physician of Youngstown and afterwards of Cleveland, gives the following just record of his character: "He was a good physician, ranked quite above the average of the medical profession. He did not make much pretension as a surgeon, though he did occasionally make surgical operations. He was quite polished in his manners, a genial, gentlemanly person, and entirely free from every low vice. Added to these he was a fine musician, both vocal and instrumental." He took much interest in educational matters, was for a considerable period a member of the board of education of the union school of Youngstown. In 1857, on the organization of the Rayen school to give effect to the will of Colonel William Rayen, who had left a fund for its establishment and support, he was appointed by the court of common pleas one of the five trustees. His associates were Jonathan Warner, Robert W. Tayler, James Mackey and Charles Howard, all prominent citizens and business men. Although takings strong interest in public measures, and on all proper occasions expressing decided opinions on political questions, he was not an office seeker and repeatedly declined the offers of his fellow-citizens to support him for public office. He preferred to devote his time to the practice of his profession and acts nf friendship and generosity, and in the promotion of measures, educational and otherwise, which would benefit his fellow-citizens and the community in which he had made his home. Mrs. Cook, his estimable wife, died November 3, 1862, mourned by a large circle of friends. He survived her not quite a year, and died September 26, 1863, leaving an unblemished reputation as a physician and citizen.
TIMOTHY WOODBRIDGE was born in Youngstown, Ohio, March, 1810. He was the third son of John E. Woodbridge, who settled in Youngstown m 1807, and is one of the oldest native citizens of that place now living. His father was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and was a grandson of Rev. Jonathan Edwards, the distinguished theologian. When J. E Woodbridge came to Youngstown, he purchased a tannery at the west end of the village, on the banks of the Mahoning, which was then owned and operated by Joseph Townsend, the first tanner in the township. While quite a small boy, Timothy, with his brother John, a year or two older, were bathing in the Mahoning, near the family residence, and getting beyond their depth John was drowned, and Timothy narrowly escaped. He passed his youth at home, attending school part of the time, and part of the time assisting in the tannery. Arriving near his majority, he determined to pursue the medical profession, and commenced its study with Dr. Henry Manning. He afterwards attended the Jefferson Medical college at Philadelphia, and graduated as M. D. at that institution in 1833. He commenced practice in North Lima, Mahoning county, remained there a few months, and at the solicitation f several prominent citi-
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zens returned to Youngstown, and entered into a good practice.
In 1847, by invitation of Hon. David Tod, then appointed by President Polk United States Minister to Brazil, he accompanied Mr. Tod and part of his family to Rio Janeiro as his family physician. He remained there about a year, and returned with Mrs. Tod and the children, to Youngstown; and resumed the practice of his profession. He continued in the practice until 1861, when he was appointed a surgeon of volunteers in the United States army, and took charge of the military post at Johnson's island in Lake Erie, where he remained until the close of the war in 1865, when he returned to Youngstown and resumed practice. In 1879 he was appointed, by President Hayes, a surgeon in the United States army, and was located at Fort Peck, Montana, where he now remains.
On April 3, 1844, he was married to Miss Isabella McCurdy, a native of Ireland, who removed, in 1842, from that country, with her father, the late Dr. Robert McCurdy, with his family, to Youngstown. She died at Youngstown in September. 1869. He was again married, in 1871, to Mrs. Sarah E. Brewer, of New Lisbon, Ohio, widow of A. L. Brewer, Esq., a lawyer of prominence in that place.
Dr. Woodbridge has long stood in the front rank 0f Ohio physicians. He has frequently been a member and officer of medical conventions, and, from its organization to his departure to his western appointment, was president of the Mahoning County Medical society. He is eminent, both as a physician and surgeon. He is n0ted not only for his professional skill but for his kindness and benevolence, never refusing to attend a professional call on account of the poverty of the patient, and many a poor sufferer on a bed of sickness has had occasion to be grateful to him for other than professional aid.
Dr. William L. Buechner was born in the grand duchy of Hesse, Germany, December 3, 1830. He was educated at a public school until fourteen years of age, when he entered the gymnasium at Darmstadt, from which he was graduated in 1848. He then went to the University of Giessen, where he remained five years, graduating in 1853. The doctor very naturally chose the profession of medicine, his father, grand- - father, and great-grandfather all having been physicians. His father was one of five brothers, all physicians, who served under Napoleon Bonaparte, the oldest of whom. died on the retreat from Russia. In the autumn of 1853 Dr. Buechner came to America,. landing in New York after a stormy voyage of two months. He went to Pittsburg, where he practiced his profession the following winter. In the spring of 1854 he came to Youngstown, where he has since been in constant practice, being now the oldest practitioner in the city. March 22, 1858, he was united in marriage to Elvira Hiener, daughter of John Hiener, the first mayor of Youngstown. Mrs. Buechner is a native of Pennsylvania, born February 1, 1832. They are the parents of one daughter and one son, viz: Lucy Rr, and William H., the latter a student at high school, intending to adopt the profession of his ancestors. Dr. Buechner served 0ne term as councilman about 1870, and is now serving his second term as member of the board of education He has been a member of the board of heal .h since its organization, and health officer since the office was created. He is a member of the State and County Medical societies, and is local surgeon of the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad. He is an active Mason, and has been presiding officer of the four different Masonic lodges of Youngst0wn. He is also member of the Scottish Rite.
Dr. Oliver Dwight Paine, second son of Stephen and Sarah (Strong) Paine, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, March 7, 1819. His father was a soldier of the War of 1812, and was active in militia affairs in the early day, in which he was an officer. He died Lune r, 1834. After the death of her husband Mrs. Paine with her family removed to Springfield, Massachusetts, where she died August 27, 1852. Oliver attended school in Springfield and about 1848 was a student at the Eclectic Medical college, Cincinnati, for one year. He was afterwards for several years in the office of his brother, Professor William Paine, at Warren, Ohio, until recently a professor in a medical college in Philadelphia. He attended the Philadelphia Eclectic Medical college, from which institution he graduated in February, 1860. Previous to that, in 1850, he had located in Youngstown, where he engaged in the practice of his profession until 1875. He then retired from practice, and subsequently be-
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came interested in the coal business, in which he was successful. In his profession he was popular and enjoyed an extensive practice. He was married April 27, 1850, to Susan Marstellar, who was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1830. They are the parents of five children, three of whom are living, viz: Mary, wife of Hugh S. Scoble, of Steubenville, Ohio, and Ida and Belle, at home. Dr. Paine is an active temperance. worker. The doctor was formerly a producer of the mulberry, from which he got a handsome start in life, realizing $5,000 in a short time.
Dr. John McCurdy was horn in county Donegal, Ireland, January 21, 1835, and with his parents emigrated to America in 1843. They came directly to Youngstown, Ohio, settling three miles above the city. His father, Robert McCurdy, was a physician. After removing to the Mahoning valley he purchased five hundred acres of land and engaged in stock raising. He was a graduate of Edinburgh university, and was successful and influential in business. He died in 1867. He raised a family of nine children, of whom seven are living. Dr. McCurdy, the subject of this sketch, fitted himself for the practice of his profession at Cleveland, and at Philadelphia, graduating in the former city in 1857, and in the latter in 1858. He began practice under Professor Ackley, at the Marine hospital, Cleveland, coming to Youngstown, Ohio, where he has since resided, in 1858. Early in 1861 he went into the army, was passed before the medical board of examiners, at Columbus, and was ordered to the Twenty-third Ohio volunteer infantry, as assistant surgeon, serving in West Virginia. After acting as assistant surgeon about one year, General J. D. Cox detached him as medical inspector of his district, of West Virginia, in which capacity he served till assigned to duty of surgeon of the Eleventh Ohio volunteer infantry, which occurred on the field of Antietam, immediately after the battle. He was captured at Chickamauga, and remained a prisoner some three months, most of the time in Libby. Being exchanged he rejoined his regiment, and as its surgeon served in the Atlanta campaign. While on that campaign he was requested by General Cox to submit to an examination before the United States examining board for entrance into the United States volun teer corps, which he passed, received his commission, and was ordered on the staff of General Palmer, as assistant medical director of the Fourteenth army corps. He was again captured before Atlanta, and was a' prisoner some six weeks, going the rounds of the rebel prisons. After his exchange he was assigned on the staff of General Thomas, as medical inspector, which position he filled until the dispersion of General Hood's force, when he resigned and came home, the war being virtually ended. After the wa1 he was appointed United States examiner for pensions, at Youngstown, and has since filled that position. He was married in 1866 to Miss Mary L. McEwen, and has a family of four children.
Dr. C. N. Fowler is a son of Dr. C. R. Fowler, of Canfield, and was born February 13, 1828. After passing through the course of Canfield academy he began the study of medicine in his father's office. Subsequently he attended lectures at Western Reserve Medical college at Cleveland, graduating in 1850. One year before his graduation, and one year after, he served as clinical assistant in the hospital, under charge of Prof. Ackley, thus fully fitting himself for surgical practice. He entered the profession in association with his father, in Canfield, but a few years later removed to Poland, where he had charge of the anatomical department of the law college, and at the same time engaged in general practice. In August, 1862, Dr. Fowle1 enlisted in the volunteer service and was commissioned surgeon of the One Hundred and Fifth Ohio volunteer infantry. He attained to the 1ank of medical inspector in the Fourteenth army corps, under General Beard, and was mustered out of the service in 1865. Soon after returning from the field he began practicing in Youngstown, where he has since remained. He has attained considerable reputation as a surgeon. Dr. Fowler married, in 1853, Mary Snyder, of Canfield, and has one child.
Dr. F. V. Floor was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, May 11, 1836. His parents are Jacob and Agnes Floor, who removed to Berlin, Ma. honing county, Ohio, in the spring of 1838, where they still reside. Dr. Floor obtained his schooling in the common schools and at Poland academy, .which he attended for three years. Taught school for several winters until twenty, and then
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commenced to read medicine with Dr. W. H. Brown, of Lordstown. He attended Michigan university, Ann Arbor, one term, and the University of Philadelphia in 1866, from which institution he was graduated. In the meantime he had been practicing his profession, having commenced at New Middletown, Mahoning county, in the spring of 1862. In 1872 he settled in Youngstown and has since built up a good practice. In 1876 he attended a course of lectures at the Cleveland Medical college and received his degree from that college. He is a member of the County MediCal association.
In 1858 he was married to Eliza A. Eckis, of Milt0n. The children now living by this marriage are Dr. Charles L. Floor, a graduate of Cleveland Medical college, Helen V., Lois I., Milton J., and Ola E. His first wife died in 1873 and in 1875 he married Miss Laura A. Davis, by whom he has one daughter, Norma L.
Dr. James F. Wilson was born in Berlin township, Mahoning county, Ohio, in 1847. He is a son of Joseph and Mary (Boyd) Wilson, one of the influential families of that township. His mother's father, Henry Boyd, of Ellsworth, was a member of the State Legislature. Dr. Wilson's education was obtained in the common schools and at Mount Union college. He read medicine under Dr. W. K. Hughes, of Berlin Center, and subsequently graduated at the Western Reserve Medical college, Cleveland, in 1872. He practiced one year in Orwell, Wayne county, Ohio, then located in Youngstown, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession in this city. Dr. Wilson enjoys an excellent practice, and his standing in the profession is attested by the fact that he is a member of the American Medical association, having been elected in 1877. For several years he was secretary of the Mahoning Medical society. In 1879 he was elected county coroner, and again in 1881. In 1880 he was married to Mrs. Mary A. McGaw, of Youngstown.
Dr. John S. Cunningham, oldest son of Judge Joseph and Jeannette Cunningham, was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, February 4, 1833. He attended the common schools, and at fifteen was a student at an academy at Poland, Ohio, after which he was engaged in teaching school for two years. When nineteen he entered Allegheny college, Meadville, Pennsylvania, and remained there some three years. He read medicine for three or four years with Hon. J. W. Wallace, M. D., at New Castle, Pennsylvania, and subsequently graduated from Jefferson Medical college in March, 1860, having previously attended a course of lectures at Cleveland Medical college. He commenced practice at Plain Grove, Pennsylvania, where he remained two years. While there he was married, June, 1861, to Miss Sadie Rr Campbell, and has two children: Lulu W., born June 15, 1865, and Frank Campbell, born July 5, 1873. Two children are deceased. In 1862 Dr. Cunningham came to Youngstown, where, with the exception of two years uhat he resided in Marietta, Ohio, he has since resided. He was county coroner one term, member of the board of health for six years, and for the past five years has been a member of the Youngstown board of education, and 1s now president of the board, always taking an active part in the promotion of educational interests.
Dr. William J. Wheelan was born in Ireland, September 27, 1840, and emigrated to this country in 1859, locating in Detroit, Michigan. He began the study of medicine in Detroit, continuing for some eighteen months previous to the commencement of the rebellion in 1861, when he went as h0spital steward with the First Michigan cavalry. He was in the campaign of the Shenandoah valley, and was captured at Winchester, Virginia, while on detached duty; was paroled in January, 1863. In the spring of 1863 he was sent to Benton Barracks general hospital, St. Louis, and attended two courses of lectures at the St. Louis Medical college, during the winters of 1863 64 and 1864-65. In the spring of 1869 he was sent to Fort Phil. Kearney, Nebraska, where he remained till February, 1866, when he resigned his position in the United States army, returned to Chicago and attended a session at the Chicago Medical college, from which he received a diploma. He began practice in Saratoga county, New York, where his mother and sister then resided. He came to Youngstown, Ohio, in March, 1867, where he has since lived, engaged in the practice of his profession. At the session of 1874-75 he attended a course of lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city, graduating from that institution. He married, in
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1867, Miss M. Jennie E. Hewitt. They are the parents of eight children, of whcm six are living.
Dr. John E. Woodbridge, oldest son of Henry and Elizabeth (White) Woodbridge, was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1841. His grandfather, John Eliot Woodbridge, was an early settler in Mahoning county, coming here in 1807. He was a grandson, or his mother's side, of Jonathan Edwards, the distinguished New England divine. He was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, June 24, 1777, went to Philadelphia in 1798, married in 1803, and the same year removed to Lawrence county, Pennsylvania. Afterwards he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, thence to Youngstown in 1807. He owned a tannery in which the father of General Grant at one time worked. Dr. Woodbridge obtained his primary education in Youngstown. With his parents he removed to Kentucky, where he attended various institutions of learning. He was afterwards a private student under Dr. G. C. E. Weber, the founder of the medical department of Wooster university, Cleveland, from which institution he graduated in 1866. He was house surgeon of United States Marine hospital at Cleveland one year, and was post surgeon at Fort Inge, Texas, serving under General J. H. Reynolds for nearly two years. He came to Youngstown in 1871, where he has since been in active practice. In 1861 he enlisted in the Twenty seventh Kentucky (Union) regiment, and served until his health failed him. He afterwards enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Ohio National guards, and was stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, Virginia, and was mustered out at Cleveland, September, 1864. April 8, 1881, he was united in marriage to Miss Carlyn C. Price, a native of Detroit, Michigan.
Dr. Isaiah Brothers, son of Jesse Brothers, was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, January 15, 1831. He was brought rip to farming, was a pupil at Poland academy for several terms and was engaged in teaching school winters. In 1850 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. E. F. Davis, of Hillsville, Pennsylvania, with whom he remained three years. He to0k his first course of lectures in the winter of 1852-53 at Cincinnati, and for three and a half years subsequently practiced in Lan caster, Pennyslvania. He took another course of lectures and in 1857 commenced practice in Hillsville, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1872, when he removed to Youngstown, where he has since followed his profession. In 1853 he was married to Miss Rhoda Patterson, a native of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of four children, two sons and two daughters. One son and daughter are married, the other two being still at home.
Dr. M. S. Clark was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, October 9, 1840. He was a student at Hiram college, under General Garfield, from 1855 to 1861, with the exception of the winter months When he was engaged in teaching. He graduated from that institution in 1861 and shortly afterward enlisted in the forty-first Ohio volunteer infantry. He served one year, being discharged, on account of physical disability, in 1862. Returning to civil life he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. F. C. Applegate, of Windham, Portage county, and attended lectures at the Michigan university, medical department, in the winters of 1863 and 1864. He enlisted as hospital steward in the One Hundred. and Seventy-first Ohio National guard, and at the battle of Cynthiana, Kentucky, filled the position of assistant surgeon. With his regiment he was taken prisoner by the rebels, but was afterwards re-captured by the Union forces under General Burbridge. He served out his term of enlistment and was mustered out at Johnson's island. He again attended lectures at Michigan university in the winter of 1864-65 and graduated therefrom March 30, 1865. The same fall he located in Warren, Ohio, and engaged in the practice of his profession. In the spring of 1868 he moved to Bristol, Trumbull county, where he remained until the fall of 1873, engaged in practice, when he removed to Youngstown, where he has since resided. May 9, 1867, he was married to Miss Hettie J. Smilh, of Hiram, Ohio, and a graduate of that college. They have two children, viz: Clayton A., born September 25, 1874; and Louis P., July 9, 1880. James A. died when sixteen months old. Dr. Clark is a member of the medical board of the Mahoning Valley Mutual Relief association.
Dr. Benjamin F. Hawn, son of Nathan and Catharine Hawn, was born in North Lima, Ma- honing county, July 4, 1848. Nathan Hawn
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was a well known physician of North Lima, where he located in 1846. He died in 1873. Dr. Hawn, our subject, attended the schools of his native town and was afterwards a student for three years at the Poland academy. He taught school in various places for several years, and during that time was engaged in reading medicine. He finished his course of reading with his father and older brother, Amos, and entered the medical department at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the winter of 1871-72; was also a student at Bellevue Medical college, New York, in 1873: He began the practice of his profession with his brother Enos at Leetonia, afterwards locating at Newton Falls, Trumbull county, where he remained for one year, coming to Youngstown in October. 1874, where he has since continued to practice. He was married, in May, 1871, to Ella N. Robbins, of Trumbull county, and has one son; Frank S., born. February 5, 1874. Dr. Hawn is an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Dr. George S. Peck, second son of L. S. and Sarah T. Peck, was born in Akron, Ohio, July 16, 1851. He graduated from the high school there, and afterwards learned a trade connected with the iron business. He followed that some seven years. In the fall of 1871 he commenced the study of medicine, which he continued for three years, and then attended his first course of lectures at the University of Wooster Medical college, Cleveland. He was appointed assistant house surgeon of Charity hospital, Cleveland, in the spring of 1874, and occupied that position under Drs. Weber and Scott, until the spring of 1876. He graduated from Wooster University Medical college, Cleveland, February, 1875. April, 1876, he came to Youngstown, where he has since been engaged in practice. Dr. Peck is examining surgeon for the United Order of Foresters.
M. L. Davis, son of John and Ann Davis, great-grandson of Sir William Pugh, was born in London, England, July 14, 1845. He first visued America in 1859. His early education was pursued in the Branch Welsh and St. Barthol0mew's, the course in the latter embracing the classics, general science, pharmacy, and medicine. :He graduated in pharmacy in 1868. He has been a student of Dr. B. Baily, Chicago ; Dr. D. L. Ross, Scotland, Connecticut ; at Wyoming Medical college, Pennsylvania, and at Star ling Medical college, Columbus, Ohio, graduating in 1874 and 1878, respectively. He was naturalized as a citizen of the. United States in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, in 1866. Dr. Davis has been practicing in .Youngstown since 1878.
George Edgar Allen, homeopathist, was born at Northfield, Massachusetts, March 2, 1838. His father, Phineas Allen, graduated at Harvard college in 1825. James Allen, the progenitor of the family, emigrated from Scotland t3 America in 1639, and was one of the founders of Medfield. Dr. Allen received a fair common school education at West Newton, and at he age of fifteen embarked for a voyage around the world on a ship commanded by a friend of his family. At the end of three years difficulties were encountered and hardships suffered on the New England coast, which impaired his health. He became a machinist and steam engineer at Boston. At the opening of the rebellion lie enlisted in the navy, and served on board the Nightingale, and subsequently as engineer on the United States gunboat Underwriter, which was captured off the coast of North Carolina, February 2, 1864. For gallant conduct in assisting eighteen sailors to escape, Mr. Allen was made chief engineer of the United States steamer Lockwood, and served in that position till the war closed. While in the navy he made the acquaintance of Dr. Kendall, and under his directions began the study of medicine, but after the war his studies were interrupted by a term of service as superintendent of a type foundry. He entered the medical department of the Boston university in 1873, and graduated in 1877. Since March, 1877, he has been practicing in Youngstown. Dr. Allen married in March, 1867, Fannie Phillips, of Boston. Frank F., their only son, was born June 9, 1868.
Dr. A. M. Clark is a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, a son of Dr. Matthew Henderson Clark, a well-known physician of Washington county of high standing. Dr. Clark, our subject, when sixteen years of age entered the Washington and Jefferson college, Washington, Pennsylvania, from which he graduated. He subsequently took three courses of lectures at the Medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating from that institution also; was afterwards resident physician and
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surgeon of West Pennsylvania hospital at Pittsburg one year. He came to Youngstown in the spring of 1881, and is now engaged in practice there.
Dr. Joseph Wilson was born in Youngstown township, Mahoning county, Ohio, September 14, 1836. His father, William J. Wilson, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1799; was the son of Joseph Wilson, who purchased property two and a half miles west of Youngstown in 1798, settling there with his family the following year. Her cleared up a farm there, and resided upon it until his death. He was born on the ocean during the voyage of his parents to America from the north of Ireland. He was a noted hunter throughout this region, and was a member of the jury in the celebrated McMahon murder case. William J. Wilson married Mary, eldest daughter of Robert Kincaid, a native of Yoiingstown township, and who still lives on the old homestead near Youngstown. He died there in 187o. They raised a family of seven children, of whom six are still living, most of them in Youngstown and vicinity. Dr. Wilson was reared upon a farm, and remained at home until he was nineteen years of age. He was educated principally in Youngstown and Girard, where he was a pupil for some years. He was engaged as clerk in drug stores in various places for some time. He commenced reading medicine in 1858 with Dr. Isaac Barchay, contmuing for three years, during which he attended lectures at the Cleveland Medical college, graduating from that institution in 1862. He commenced practice in North Jackson, Mahoning county; residing there three years, then removed in 1865 to Girard. Remained in Girard till 1879, when he came to Youngstown, occupying at first the former office of Dr. Timothy. Woodbridge on the site of the McGillin block. He was married in 1862 to Miss Emily P. Shepherd, born in Milton, Mahoning county, and has one daughter and one son—Blanche M. and William Guy.
The remaining physicians now in practice in Youngstown are Dr. Sloson, W. H. McGranaghan, H. H. Hahn, and W. S. Mathews.
THE MAHONING COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.
On November 13, 5872, a number of gentlemen of the medical fraternity held a meeting in Dr. Cunningham's office, at which place the following business was transacted, Dr. T. Wood bridge acting chairman, and Dr. Whelan secretary: After some consideration a motion prevailed that the physicians then present organize themselves into an association to be known as the Mahoning County Medical society, and a committee of five was appointed to draw up a constitution and bylaws. The committee consisted of Dr. G. W. Brooke, Dr. J.. McCurdy, Dr. T. Woodbridge, Jr., and Dr. W. J. Whelan. The society met pursuant to adjournment on October 27, 1872, adopted the constitution and by-laws submitted by the committee appointed at the previous meeting, after which a paper was read by Dr. Cunningham—being the first lecture given for the benefit of the society. This meeting was held at the office of Dr. J. E. Woodbridge, and was adjourned to meet at the office of Dr. Fowler, December 4, 1872, at which time the society proceeded to elect the following officers for a permanent organization: Dr. T. Woodbridge, president; Dr. G. W. Brooke, vice-president; Dr. W. J. Whelan, secretary; Dr. John McCurdy, treasurer. Censors, Dr. C. N. Fowler, Dr. W. L. Buechner, Dr. G. L. Starr. A committee of three, Dr. Fowler, Dr. Buechner, and Dr. Starr, drew up and reported the first fee bill which governed the practice in Youngstown. The society maintains its organization. Its meetings promote friendly feeling and afford opportunity for valuable professional conference.
DENTAL SURGEONS.
Dr. B. F. Gibbons, second son of William and Mary Ann Gibbons, was born in Mahoning county, Ohio, February 12, 1833. William Gibbons was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he was born about 1800. He came to Ohio about 188, settling in Goshen township, now Mahoning county, where he resided until his death. He met his death suddenly by being run over by his wagon, loaded with saw, logs, in the fall of 1844. His widow is living, still owning a por. tion of the old place. They raised a family of five sons, all of whom are living. The doctor was raised to farming until eighteen, when he served an apprenticeship in Warren at the carriage-making business with his brother, Dr. David Gibbons, now a resident of Warren. He was engaged in that business for five years in West Chester, Pennsylvania, selling out in the winter of 1859-6o. He commenced the study of his profession during his business career, and in
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1860 attended the Pennsylvania Dental college. Returning to Ohio he suffered from a severe illness for some time, and with his brother made a trip through the South and located at St. Charles, Missouri. The secession sentiment at the outbreak of the rebellion in '61, compelled them to go north. He located in Salem, Ohio, where he practiced for a short time, in 1863 removing to Warren, where he practiced till 1869. In the winter of 1869 he settled in Youngstown, where he is still engaged in the practice of his profession. During his residence in Warren, November 28, 1867, he was married to Miss Martha W., daughter of Edward and Lucy C. Potter, of Warren, born February 3, 1846, and has one son, Edward F., born September 6, 1870. Mrs. Gibbons died January 2, 1878.
Dr. Nathan B. Acheson, only son of Dr. David and Esther B. Acheson, was born in Vienna township, Trumbull county, Ohio, Septembe1 3,1847. His father was an early physician in Vienna, and practiced there for many years, continuing until his death which occurred while on a visit to Iowa in 1851. His wife died in 1853.
Dr. Acheson was brought up under the guardianship of Adam McClurg, and was raised to farming pursuits. He received his primary education at Kingsville, Ashtabula county. Coming to Youngstown, he commenced the printing trade in the Register office, but after working at it a couple of years, he found 1t did not agree with his health. He, soon after commenced studying dentistry under Dr. Whitslar, of Youngstown, subsequently continuing his studies under Dr. Taft, of Cincinnati, where he attended lectures in 1868-69. While there he had charge of the Ohio Dental college. In 1869 he commenced practicing in Sharon, Pennsylvania, in partnership with Dr. Stewart. On account of ill health he sold out to his partner one year afterward, and engaged in mercantile business in Youngstown, which proved disastrous. He resumed the practice of his profession at Cuyahoga Falls, where he continued eighteen months, locating in Youngstown in 1871, where he is still engaged in practice. He is a member of the Obi; State Dental association, and also of the American Dental association. December 25, 1867, he was married to Miss Alice L. Harber, and has three children, viz; Minnie, born April 16, 1870; Maudie, April 15, 1872, and Gracie, February 15, 1874. He is the inventor of a number of contrivances, among others the Acheson Water metre, for measuring water.
Dr. E. A. Clarke, only child of Edwin and Elizabeth Clark, was born , in Mesopotamia, Trumbull county, Ohio, April 15, 1847. He remained at home on the farm until twenty-one, after which for three years he was employed in a drug store in Mesopotamia, and for a short time subsequently was a prescription clerk n Sharon, Pennsylvania, returning home during 1he illness of his father. He afterwards began the study of dentistry at Chardon, Geauga county, Ohio, in the office of Dr. E. D. Richardson, where he completed his profession. He began practice in Jefferson, Ohio, in 1868, remaining one year, then located in Mesopotamia, where he remained in practice seven years. He afterwards followed the profession in Garrettsville, Ohio, until September, 1879, when on account of a protracted illness he suspended practice until the following spring. September, 188o, he came to Youngstown, where he now has an office over the McGillin store. Dr. Clarke is a member of Youngstown lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 403.
Dr. F. S. Whitslar was born in Austintown, Mahoning county, Ohio, September 7, 1824. His father, Henry Whitslar, was a native of Pennsylvania, came to Ohio about 1809, and settled in Austintown township, then Trumbull county.; married Catharine, daughter of Frederick Shively, one of the early settlers of Austin-town, and raised a family of twelve children. He was a contractor and builder, and constructed many of the best residences in Youngstown. He died in 1873, at Mansfield, Ohio. Dr. Whitslar was reared upon a farm. Taught school winters, during which time he was engaged in reading dentistry. March 4, 1849, he was married to Miss Matilda, daughter of John Fox, of Canfield township, and has three children, Alice M., William H., and Grant S. For two or three years after his marriage he itinerated in the practice of his profession, and about 1855 or 1856 commenced practice in Youngstown. In 1861 he was a member of. the military committee of the county, and subsequently at the suggestion of Mr. Paul Wick, he recruited company D, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Ohio National guard, 'of
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which he was captain, and was at Cedar Creek, Martinsburg, White House Landing, in front of Petersburgh, and at Bower's Hill, serving out his term of enlistment, and was mustered out at Camp Dennison. Dr. Whitslar was the first president of the city council of Youngstown, after the organization of the city. He continued to practice on Federal street until the spring of 1881, when he removed his office to his residence on West Boardman street. He has been a member of the Disciple church for forty-seven years, of which he has been elder many years.
C. A. Beard opened an office in Youngstown in 1872, and has been practicing dental surgery since that time. He was born in Columbiana, in 1846, studied dentistry at Philadelphia Dental college, and graduated from that institution in 1872.
S. J. Beard was born in Columbiana, in 1853. He graduated from Philadelphia Dental college in 1877, and soon afte1 began the practice with his brother in Youngstown.