270 - HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY, OHIO CHAPTER XVI. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PHYSICIAN'S VOCATION-THE FIRST PHYSICIAN-DR. DAVID MCGARRY AT OLIVE BEFORE THE FORMATION OF MORGAN COUNTY- DR. ZIBA ADAMS-OTHER EARLY DOCTORS-DR. SAMUEL A. BARKER-HIS LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES-DR. P. B. JOHNSON-HIS INFLUENCE AND PROMINENCE AS A POLITICIAN- DR. CHARLES ROBERTSON-PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSION IN MCCONNELSVILLE AND MALTA-OTHER PHYSICIANS, EARLY AND LATE IN THE TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES OF THE COUNTY. WHEREVER frail man has lived and suffered, in the earliest times as well as to-day, the vocation of the physician has ranked among the most important of human pursuits. Who is more eagerly welcomed than he, when the pale messenger casts his shadow over the household ? But experience teaches, and the opinion will prevail, that " God and the doctor we alike adore Just on the brink of danger—not before ; The danger past, both are alike requited ; God is forgotten, and the doctor slighted." Before the formation of the county, Dr. David McGarry, an Edinburgh graduate, was located on Duck Creek, at what was afterward Olive. DR. ZIBA ADAMS was probably the first physician within the present limits of the county. He first Settled about four miles above Malta, on the river. While living there he had a severe illness, and after his recovery removed to Malta He practiced in that town and in McConnelsville three years or more. He was a man of good education and ability. But becoming dissatisfied with PICTURE OF LAMUEL A. BARKER 271 - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. his limited field of labor, and the small income to be derived from practice in a new country, he removed to the East. The next physician was Dr. S. A. Barker, who came to McConnelsville in 1811. Dr. Samuel Martin, from England, came to the county in 1819, and . resided one year (1825) in McConnelsville. Dr. P. B. Johnson came to McConnelsville in 1823,and Dr. Charles Robertson in 1826. In 1827 Dr. John Cook Bennett located in McConnelsville and remained a short time. Dr. A. E. McConnell, who was reared and educated in Washington, Pa., came in 1834. He remained but a short time, removing to the West. Dr. Clapp came about 1835, and remained about one year. Other early physicians, who located at the county seat, each making a brief stay, where Dr. Thompson, Dr. Ball and Dr. Hull. With the exceptions of Dr. Barker, Dr. Johnson and Dr. Robertson, McConnelsville had no physicians who remained long until 1850. DR. SAMUEL AUGUSTUS BARKER was the first physician who permanently located in McConnelsville, and for many years was one of the most prominent citizens of the town and county, He was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., August 12, 1795, and was the son of Samuel A. Barker, an officer in the revolutionary war. The subject of this notice received a classical education, read medicine in Poughkeepsie, and graduated from a medical college in New York city. During the war of 1812 he Served for a time as surgeon. After the close of the war he came West, first stopping at Williamsburg, opposite Marietta, where he engaged in teaching for a short time ; thence he came, in 1818, to the infant town of McConnelsville, where he continued teaching until the increase of his medical practice compelled him to abandon the work. His talents attracted general attention and he soon became prominent in local politics and in county affairs. His name is stamped on nearly all the initial events in the history of McConnelsville. He was the first county auditor in 1819-21 ; the first clerk of court, 1819-24 ; sheriff, 1825-29, and the first postmaster. He represented the county in the legiSlature two terms, 1829-30, 183C-31, where he was regarded' as one of the leaders of his party. In 1832 he was appointed by President Jackson register of the land office at Zanesville. In 1843 he was the democratic candidate for representative in congress, but defeated as his party was not then on the winning side. He came to McConnelsville a Single man and made his home with Mr. Pinkerton. In 1822 he married Eliza B. Shugert, who is still living, and is one of the few surviving early settlers of McConnelsville. Mrs. Barker is a most estimable lady, highly respected by a very extensive circle of acquaintances. She was born in Wash-ington, Pa., March 20, 1805. She has a vivid recollection of a pioneer experiences and of her journey to the west. When a young girl She came to Marietta with her widowed mother, taking passage on a flat-bottomed boat, loaded with apples and flour and bound for New Orleans. After a short stay in Marietta she went to Zanesville, thence to McConnelsville, where she made her home with her sister, the wife of Jacob Adams. Dr. Barker was a gentleman of the old school, of dignified appearance and courtly manners, He was a man of marked social qualities, a warm friend, 272 - HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY, OHIO. and very popular among both old and young. Some idea of the esteem in which he was held may be formed from the record of the various offices filled by him. In all the relations of life, whether public or private, he was upright and honest, doing his part faithfully and well. He was successful in his medical practice and stood high professionally. He died in. McConnelsville May 12, 1852. He was a democrat in politics and a Presbyterian in religious belief. DR. SAMUEL MARTIN was one of the pioneer physicians of the country, coming as early as 1819. He died in Zanesville May 25, 1873, aged 78 years. For a short time lie was associated in the practice. of his profession with Dr. S. A. Barker, at McConnelsville, then, retiring to his farm on the river in Bloom Township, he devoted himself principally to agriculture and saltmaking. He married Sarah, daughter of William Montgomery, an early settler. He removed to Zanesville about 1865. He was a highly educated gentleman, much beloved and respected by those who knew him. DR. PERLEY BROWN JOHNSON* was. among the first physicians who permanently located in the county, and for many years was an influential and honored citizen. He was well educated, courteous and agreeable, and made friends among all classes. He was born in the block-house at Marietta, that memorable relic of pioneer days, September 18, 17'98, and died at the residence of his son-in-law, the Hon. F. W. Wood, in McConnelsville, in Febru- * Dr. Johnson has more namesakes in Morgan County than any other man and perhaps more than all others who ever lived here. 1n copying any list of names it is surprising how often the name " Perley B." occurs. ary, 1870. He read medicine under Dr. John Cotton in Marietta, and began practice with him in 1822. In 1823 he located in McConnelsville, where he practiced his profession and rose to great prominence as a political leader. December 6, 1825, he married Miss Mary Manchester Dodge. Of this union five children were born, four of whom Survived him. A son, Perley B. Johnson, Jr., lost his life at the charge on Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863. Dr. Johnson was appointed clerk of the court of common pleas in 1825, and soon after became the acknowledged leader of the Whig party in the county. He served as a member of the State legislature in 1833-34 and 1834-35, and in 1840 was one of the presidential electors who cast their votes for President Harrison. In 1842 he was elected representative to congress over Dr. Samuel A. Barker, the democratic nominee. At the expiration of his term he was renominated but defeated by Isaac Parrish, also of Morgan County. In 1847 he was attacked with paralysis, which rendered the remaining years of his life almost a blank. He had five of these attacks, and from 1849 until the end of his life was so incapacitated, both mentally and physically, as to be unable to transact any business. Until impaired by disease he was regarded as the ablest exponent of Whig principles in the county. Even his political opponents were constrained to acknowledge his ability and influence. He had an enviable reputation as a public speaker, and old-line Whigs" were accustomed to sound his praises, ranking him with Thomas Corwin and other great men of a former generation. The secret of his popularity was his agreeable manners and PICTURE OF PERLEY B. JOHNSON 273 - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. his frank, polite ways. His name deserves a high place upon the roll of worthy and distinguished citizens of Morgan County. DR. CHARLES ROBERTSON lived and practiced his profession in McConnelsvilLe nearly sixty years.. During this long period he stood among the foremost men in his profession, and as a citizen his character for integrity, faithfulness to duty and strict adherence to right caused him to be widely known and respected. On his father's side Dr. Robertson was descended from Scottish ancestry ; his grandfather, John Robertson, a native of Edinburgh, died in this country in 1870. His mother, whose maiden name was Stanley, was the daughter of Zachariah Stanley, a Virginian and a Quaker. The subject of this notice was born eight miles from Leesburg, in Loudon County, Virginia, on the 13th of July, 1799. Shortly after his birth his parents moved to farm near Wythe Court House, Va. There, in the backwoods, in a log cabin, the family lived in true pioneer style. In 1805 the family returned to the farm in Loudon County on which Dr. Robertson was born. After a year or two on this place they removed to the town of Leesburg, where our subject, then seven or eight years old, first went to school. When about ten years of age he went to work in the printing office at Leesburg, where he remained about a year. Often during this time he was obliged to work at the case all night in order that the paper might be issued on time. About the time he entered the printing office, or shortly before, his father engaged in the mercantile business, starting a small store which his wife attended to, but the venture was a failure, and he was obliged to sell his house and lot to pay his debts. Soon after this misfortune the family were visited by John Stanley, brother of Mrs. Robertson, who then lived in Belmont County, Ohio: He advised them to move west, and Mr. Robertson finally decided to do So. Accordingly, with only Sufficient money to defray their necessary expenses to St. Clairsville, Belmont County, the whole family started. Their conveyance, hired for the occassion, was a common road wagon, drawn by four horses, and carrying Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, their daughters, Maria and Susan, and their sons, Charles, John and Stanley. On their way they received news of the battle of Tippecanoe, fought by Harrison with the Indians, November 7, 1811, and many well-meaning but ignorant people, believing that they were going into the Indian country, urged them back. Although so young when he left his native state Dr. Robertson never forgot the scenes of his childhood. He witnessed the workings of that peculiar institution, slavery, and the impression left upon his mind was such as caused him in after years warmly to espouse the cause of freedom for the colored race. After reaching St. Clairsville the family took up their abode for the winter. Charles, exploring the town in boyish fashion, soon after his arrival found his way into the office of the Belmont Repository, where he was soon after set to work as a printer. But . the work did not last long and the wages were very low. Some years later his mother died. Her death was a heavy blow to the boy. She was a noble woman ; he loved her well and remembered her with true filial affection. Toward the close of the war of 274 - HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY, OHIO. 1812-15 Charles' father enlisted in a St. Clairsville company, in which he served several months. After h is return Charles became junior apprentice in the office of the Repositopy. He remained in the office until nearly twenty years of age, being regularly indentured and leading the life of an apprentice. During the time he obtained a few months' schooling—all that he ever had. During the winter months, in the long evenings and in the spare time, the apprentice made good use of the limited library of the editor and of such other reading matter as came within his reach. When he had but nine months more to serve before attaining his majority, at his own request and by consent of his employer, young Robertson was allowed to leave the printing office (forfeiting, of course, the customary suit of clothes, at a time, too, when his own wardrobe was exceedingly scant) to take a clerkship or serve as deputy postmaster. This place lie held about a year, and at the end of that time, through the influence of several prominent citizens, among them Mr. Ellis, the retiring postmaster, Hon. James Caldwell, an ex-member of congress, and Hon. Benjamin Ruggles, then United States senator, he received the appointment of postmaster at St. Clairsville. This event, according to the Doctor's own testimony, was the turning-point of his life. He was postmaster, but the income from the office was small ; he had plenty of spare time, and therefore cast about for something to add to his business. About this time Dr. W. Wood, a Baltimore graduate, came to the town and suggested to Robertson that he should study medicine. After due reflection the young man concluded to do so, and in the summer after he was of age commenced reading under Dr. Wood's tuition. He studied diligently for three years, then decided to begin practice. Choosing Barnesville, Belmont County, as his location, with his wife, whom he had recently married, he removed thither in the fall of 1823. He was not yet a legally qualified M. D., but on attending a meeting and passing an examination before the censors of the Fifteenth District Medical Society (July 1, 1824) he was admitted to membership in the society and thus became a licensed physician. He continued in Barnesville until December, 1824, having a small and unprofitable practice. He then removed to Woodsfield, Monroe. County. There for six months he practiced in partnership with Dr. Mott, who had been a short time established there and was carrying on the mercantile business in addition to his practice. Dr. Robertson then took up his practice alone. But he wad not entirely satisfied with his location and was readily induced to change it for McConnelsville. While living at Barnesville, Dr. Robertson had visited the county seat of Morgan County and had conversed with Dr. Barker, who gave Such a gloomy account of the place and business that it seemed unwise for a young physician to think of locating here. But in January, 1826, Dr. Robertson received a letter from Dr. Barker, inviting him to come to McConnelsville and offering him a partnership if he wished. This offer was at once accepted. Dr. Robertson came to McConnelsville and found that the two physicians then here --Dr. Barker and Dr. Johnson—were both serving in public offices, the former as sheriff-and the lat Ler as clerk of court. He formed a partnership with Dr. Bar- THE MEDICAL PROFESSION - 275 ker for two years. February 20th he brought his family to their new home. Soon his skill and competency as a physician became known and he had all the practice he could attend to. In 1827 Wilkin & Christy started the Morgan Sentinel—a name which Dr. Robertson suggested—and the Doctor in his spare moments was wont to resume the occupation of his boyhood in their office, both to oblige his neighbors and to amuse himself. For many long years, "in summer's heat and winter's snow,' Dr. Robertson rode weary miles over the hills and rough roads of Morgan County, leading the arduous life of a country physician, his best efforts sometimes received most ungratefully, and on the whole poorly paid, even in thanks. In 1840 the Morgan County Medical Society was organized. He served as its first president and was one of its leading members until his death. In the same year he first attended a meeting of the Ohio Medical Association, and in 1846 assisted in organizing the Ohio State Medical Society at Columbus. In 1856 he was a delegate from the society to the American Medical Association. In 1849-50 he attended a course of lectures at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and received a diploma from that institution. This he had long desired. " Whether or not it was appreciated by the community I could not say, but it was to me a source of satisfaction," says he in the MSS. from which we have already quoted. In 1862 he was appointed enrolling surgeon of the first military district of Ohio, which position he held until the close of the war. In 1876 Dr. Robertson began writing the history of Morgan County, first simply for a public address, but afterward with a view toward publishing it. That work will in after years be regarded as his greatest service to the people among whom he lived so long and labored so faithfully, and will remain a perpetual monument to his memory. Dr. Robertson was twice married. His first wife was Miss Eveline S. Foulke. She died and in 1862 he married Miss Dessie Brown, of Pittsburgh, Pa. By the first marriage there were four children, only one of whom (Mrs. Samuel Sprague) is living; by the last, one daughter, Dessie B. DR. JOHN EWING is among the oldest physicians of McConnelsville and among the leading representatives of the profession in the county. lie was born in Harford County, Md., in 1825, the son of William and Elizabeth (Russel) Ewing. He was brought up on a farm and received an academical education. In 1852 he commenced the study of medicine under Drs. Thomas Tread well and T. M. Elliott, both eminent physicians of Havre de Grace, Md. In 1857 he graduated from the University of Maryland, and in the same year began the practice of his profession in McConnelsville, in partnership with Dr. Amos Ewing. He has resided here ever since and has enjoyed an extensive and lucrative practice. He is a member of the Morgan County Medical Society. For several years he has carried on the drug buSiness in addition to his professional work, and is now senior member of the firm of Ewing & Bingham. TAYLOR J. BINGHAM, M. D., was born in Penn Township, Morgan County, November 19,1849. He was reared on a farm and received an academical education. He read medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. L. S. Rolcomb, of Pennsville. For a number of years 276 - HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY, OHIO. he taught school, at the same time pursuing his - medical studies, and in this way obtained money to enable him to pursue his medical education. He graduated from the Columbus Medical College in January, 1880, and established himself at Malta. His practice became so large that he was unable to attend to its demands, and in 1884 he removed to McConnelsville, where he has since been engaged in the drug business in partnership with Dr. Ewing. Dr. Bingham was married in 1873 to Mary Parsons, of Union Township, whose grandfather, George Parsons, was one of the pioneers of the county. He is a member of the Morgan County Medical Society, of which he is acting president ; also, vice-president of the DiStrict Medical Society, composed of the physicians of Morgan, Muskingum, Guernsey, Perry, Licking and Belmont Counties. In May, 1886, the Doctor was appointed a member of the board of pension examiners for Morgan County. He is a contributor to the following medical periodicals : New York Medical Recorder, Therapeutical Gazette and the Medical Age. JOSHUA H. BROWN, M. D., is the oldest resident physician of McConnelsville. He was born of Quaker parentage, in Belmont, Ohio, October 6, 1883. His parents were Joseph and Lydia (Hoge) Brown, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Virginia. The subject of this notice, after receiving a common school education, read medicine Under the tuition of Dr. Nathan Johnson, of Belmont, and in 1848 graduated from the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio. In 1850 lie came to McConnelsville, where he has since resided. He is a successful physician and a worthy citizen. Dr. Brown was married in 1838 to Elizabeth A. Grove, of Belmont, Ohio, and is the father of three children—William A., Joseph E. and Eugene J. William A. and Joseph E. are physicians and Eugene J. a lawyer. Dr. W. A. Brown was a surgeon in the army in the late war. Dr. Joseph E. Brown studied medicine with his father and is associated with him in practice. He is a graduate of the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati. DR. JOHN ALEXANDER is One of the old and prominent physicians of the county. He has practiced his profession and carried on the drug business in McConnelsville since 1854. He was born near St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, March 9, 1819 ; educated at Franklin College, Ohio, and Washington College, Pa.; read medicine under Dr. John Alexander, of St. Clairsville ; began practice in Belmont County, removing thence to Morgan County in 1847, and to McConnelsville in 1854. W. R. KELLY, M. D., is a son of Joseph and Electa B. Kelly. He was born in McConnelsville, December 10, 1837, and educated in the common schools and at Ohio State University. He studied medicine under the late Dr. Robertson, of McConnelsville, and attended Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, where he graduated in March, 1863. Prior to his graduation he served from May, 1861, to October, 1862, as assistant contract surgeon in hospital service at Philadelphia, Washington and Frederick City. Since 1863 he has practiced his profession principally in his native place. Dr. Kelly was married in 1863 to Sarah A. Johnson, of Morgan County, and is the father of jhree children. DR. HIRAM L. TRUE is the only phy- THE MEDICAL PROFESSION - 277 sician of the eclectic school in the county. He received an academical education and studied medicine under Thomas W. Sparrow, M. D., of Athens, and graduated from the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1870. DR. MICAH ADAMS proffered his skill in the healing art to the dwellers in Malta in 1822 or '23, and attained popularity sufficient to be elected treasurer of Norgan Township. But in a brief time after being reelected business called him abroad, and so urgent was the call that it was attended to between two days, or at early dawn on Sunday, the township funds probably being sufficient to enable him and family to reach an unknown locality. In 1827, in a lengthy announcement of superior professional attainments, Doctor John Cook Bennett informed the public (in the first number of the Morgan Sentinel that he had "it in contemplation to practice Physic and Surgery, with all its collateral branches, in McConnelsville and vicinity." The advertisement was accompanied with a certificate from a prominent M. D. of his good character, and " that the religious impressions he had received will add a virtue to every act of his life." In addition to the eminent professional acquirements he claimed his "religious impressions" gave him the right to another title, and he wrote "Rev. Doctor John Cook Bennett," and occasionally, when not otherwise engaged, gave practical exhibitions of his theological eloquence. But a Malta critic whispers, you have the Rev. Doctor in the wrong pew. Not so he only gave McConnelsville the benefit of his varied talent for five or six months, when he domiciled his family in the Redman House, and after a time took passage for Nauvoo, bearing the title of Major-General of the Mormon legion. The resident physicians, after the exit of Adams and Bennett, are given in the list of members of the Morgan County Medical Society. In the order of residence was Dr. Grimmell, Dr. Shock, Dr. Dover, Dr. John Ewing, Dr. Woods, Dr. Rusk and Dr. Bingham. Dr. Rusk still resides in the village. * DR. DANIEL RUSK was born in Clayton Township, Perry County, Ohio, January 23, 1819, and came to Morgan County about 1828. Both his paternal and his maternal grandfathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary War, serving from its outbreak till the declaration of peace. They were among the early settlers of Perry County ; they were poor, but with fixed religious principles, and energy sufficient to find a way or make one. Daniel Rusk, the father of the subject of this sketch, was married to Jane Falkner, who survived her husband nearly a third of a century. They reared a family of nine children—John, Annie, James, Reuel, Daniel, Elizabeth, Jane, Allen and Jeremiah. John, Reuel and James have been dead many years. Allen is a, farmer in Wisconsin ; he has been honored by his fellow-citizens with two terms in the legislature and other responsible positions. Jeremiah is serving his second term as governor of Wisconsin. Dr. Rusk was reared on a farm. From the time he was nine years old till he was thirteen he attended school three months each winter. The year he was nineteen a "High School" was opened at Deavertown, and this he attended. No further opportunities offered for secular education. It had been, however, his g00d fortune to have * Written by Prof. J. M. Rusk, Malta: 278 - HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY, OHIO. the best and strictest of religious training, as his parents were Presbyterians of the Scotch Covenanter faith, and lived fully up to their privileges. In 1840 he was married to Matilda Deaver, daughter of Levi Deaver, the founder of the village in this county bearing his name The next few years are full of the struggles of a man who had both capacity and longings for a life which would bring him nearer his fellow men. He farmed in the summer, taught school in the winter, was a good neighbor and citizen, and probably would never have changed his vocation had not the infirmities induced by hard work admonished him that his days for toil of that kind were numbered. Providence seems to have guided him in the choice of a profession. The aptitude or appetence for treating diseases lay undeveloped and unknown to himself until called out by the suffering of those near to him and the desire to alleviate it. When eighteen years old he saw his father tortured by a " Steam Doctor," and to use his own vigorous phraseology he would have hustled the doctor out of the house had he not been restrained by respect for the feelings and opinions of his parents. When a student of medicine, the northwest part of this county underwent a scourge from typhoid fever, in the treatment of which the most of the physicians of the county made such failures that many families refused to send for a physician. Dr. Rusk's father was Stricken down and died. The present governor of Wisconsin was pulled through by his student brother. He treated four or five patients besides his brother, all of whom recovered. He did all the necessary preliminary work before beginning to read medicine, unaided, without much encouragement, and with no sympathy. Chemistry he studied in this way, as well as physics. Then lie read three years with his brother James, and two years with William H. Reeves, of Deavertown, practicing with the latter two years. In the fall of 1847 he removed to Rosseau, living there until the death of his wife, in 1858. He then, with his two boys, James M. Rusk, present superintendent of the public schools, Malta, and W. A. Rusk, moved to Malta, where he has since been, save one year, from the fall of 1862 to 1863, during which time he resided in Ames- vine, Athens County, Ohio. In 1859 he was married to his present wife, a daughter of the late Ezekiel Lynn, and the widow of the late Warner Harrison, of Union Township, this county. He was appointed United States examining Surgeon for Morgan County in 1875, continuing in office until 1885. Such, in brief, are the annals of a life now drawing near the allotted age of man— three score years and ten. In his professional career Dr. Rusk has been a close student and a patient, painstaking observer, basing much of his practice on a knowledge of temperament and tendencies peculiar to the individual; He is fully in sympathy with the advanced thought of the day and seems to recognize the lines along which further advances are to be made. In the practical methods he employs where methods are not prescribed; in the bold expedients adopted when death seems to lay claim to its victims; in the calm demeanor amidst the distractions of excited throngs or the lamentations of stricken friends; in the suppression of Sentiment when treating one of his OWn flesh and blood, or battling himself with the cruel attacks of the destroyer, his THE MEDICAL - 279 presence oi mind and strength of will never desert him. His life has been unobtrusive and unostentatious; but it has cast sunshine on landscapse of misery. His life of activity and exertion is an example to be imitated. His trust in God, his firm stand on the side of right, his intense desire to promote happiness and alleviate misery, make him the center toward which kindly expressions and tender sentiments flow from every quarter, from the high and the low, from the rich and the poor, in continually increasing volume. JOSEPH B. HUMPHREY, M. D., was born in Malta, April 2, 1848. He received an academical education, studied medicine under Henry Day, M. D., of Brownsville, Ohio, and graduated from the University of New York City in 1876. The same year he established himself in the practice of his profession at Brownsville, Ohio, whence he came to Malta, where he is now successfully engaged. He is a contributor to the New York Medical Record and a member of both the Morgan and Washington County medical socities. HIRAM JUDSON NOYES, M. D., is of New England birth and education. He was the son of Cyrus and Mary (Page) Noyes, and was born in Haverhill, Mass., April 8, 1834. When he was three years of age his parents moved to Amesbury, and after four years' residence there, to Andover. His father was superintendent of an almshouse in Andover and was accidentally killed. After his death Hiram returned to Haverhill, where he worked for his board and attended school for one year. He then worked for five years in a woolen mill owned by the late Hon. E. J. M. Hale. From August, 1849, to November, 1850, he attended the Washington Street Grammar School, then entered the high school, where he remained one term. He next worked a short time in a shoestore, then went to Atkinson, N. H., where he took care of twenty- four head of cattle for Rev. Jesse Page, President of Atkinson Academy, at the s sine time attending the academy, under the preceptorship of Hon. Wm. C. Todd and Chase Prescott Parsons, where he was prepared for college. He was a student of Amherst College in 1855, and then began the study of medicine with Dr. John Crowell at Haverhill, and attended medical lectures at Dartmouth College, N. H., in 1856. From 1856 to 1861 he was engaged in teaching. In the spring of 1858, while on his way from Philadelphia to Boston, Dr. Noyes lost many valuable books and narrowly escaped losing his life. He was a passenger on the steamer " Palmetto," which was wrecked by striking on a rock near Block Island, seven miles from shore. The boat broke in two in the middle, and the passengers, taking to the lifeboats, all reached the shore in safety, though several of them lost nearly all their worldly possessions. In 1862 he graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Noyes served in the Fairfax Seminary Hospital from August, 1862, until April, 1863; was hospital steward and regimental postmaster of the 33d Regiment of Pennsylvania militia from June 26, 1863, to August 4, 1863 ; hospital steward of the 34th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry from August, 1863, to July, 1864; first assistant surgeon of the 4th Regiment, of United States C. H. A. from July, 1864, to February, 1866. During the 280 - HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY, OHIO. latter period he had charge of the medical department of the regiment several months, and was acting surgeon-in-chief of the post at Columbus, Ky., in the summer of 1865. In 1866 Dr. Noyes located at Meigsville, Morgan County, Ohio, where he has since resided and practiced his profession, taking a high rank as a physician and a citizen. He served as president of the Morgan County Medical Society in 1877; was treasurer of that society in 1881, vice-president in 1882, and one of the censors in 1885. From 1877 to 18.1 he was a member of the Zanesville Academy of Medicine, and is now a member of the Muskingum Valley District Medical Society. He is also a permanent member of the American Medical Association. 1884-5 he was president of the board of education of Meigsville Township. Since 1871 he has been an elder in the Presbyterian church and superintendent of the Sunday school ; was president of the Meigsville Township Sunday School Association in 1880 ; is a member of the National Institute of Pharmacy, a life member of the Ohio State Sunday School Union, and served as district secretary of that body from 1882 to 1886. He is a life member of the Alumni Society of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Noyes received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Amherst College in 1881. He has contributed many articles to the press and has written articles on " The Circulation of the Blood," " The Functions of the Spleen," " Venesection and Its Substitutes," etc. He was married December 16, 1864, to Mrs. Margaret Stewart, widow of T. L. Stewart, who served as a sergeant in Company H, 92d regiment, 0. V. I. Of this union one child has been born, a daughter, Mary Nettie, who was married in 1885 to Rev. T. C. Petty, Ph. B., of the East Ohio Conference. The first resident physician of Deavertown was Dr. Baldwin, who came in year 1827. Previous to that time Dr. Little had prescribed for the "ills that flesh is heir to." Dr. Baldwin remained but a short time and in 1829 Dr. Mercer, of Chandlersville, came. He had the practice for five years, when he left. In 1833 Dr. Lytle established himself in Deavertown, and did an extensive business until 1845, when he disposed of his business to Dr. William H. Reeves, who was in active practice for about ten years. About 1845 Dr. U. K. Hurd, an able physician and an excellent gentleman, commenced the practice. He remained nineteen years, leaving in 1864. He removed to Odin, Illinois, where he now resides. Dr. Philip Kennedy came in 1853 and remained until his decease, in 1882. In 1867 Dr. J. C. Devol came. He practiced his profession in Deavertown and vicinity until his death, which occurred in 1872. Dr. - J. R. Bell succeeded to hiS practice. PHILIP KENNEDY, M. D. —One of the prominent characters of this county in medical circles was Dr. Philip Kennedy, of Deavertown, York Township. An Irishman by birth, his parents came to this country when he was an infant and located at Somerset, Perry County, where his mother is buried. While living at Somerset he acquired a good common school education, but it was acquired under difficulties that would have daunted one less determined than himself. On arriving at majority and while following his trade, that of a cabinet maker, he determined to read medi- PICTURE OF H. J. NOYES M.D. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION - 281 cine. His preceptor was Dr. Jonathan Axline, of Uniontown, Muskingum County, Ohio. He graduated with honor at the Ohio Medical College, in Cincinnati, and established himself in practice at Uniontown in 1851 in connection with his preceptor. Two years after he came to Deavertown and entered upon the practice of his profession under very adverse circumstances. In a few years, however, he succeeded by means of that indomitable energy and untiring industry that always characterized him in building up an extensive and lucrative practice, which he held until his death, which occurred in 1882. This is largely to be attributed to the fact that he was a hard student and a Conscientious and successful practitioner. In addition to his professional duties the doctor took an active interest in politics. An ardent republican, he received the nomination in 1859 for representative at the hands of his party, and after an active and earnest canvass was elected by a handsome majority over his opponent, Hon. James Moore. At the expiration of his term, two years after, he resumed the practice of his profession and followed it continuously with the exception of a short time spent in caring for the wounded soldiers after the battle of Pittsburg Landing, a service he was requested to perform by Governor Tod. The doctor was a charter member of the Morgan County Medical Society, also of the Zanesville Academy of Medicine and of the Perry County Medical Socièty, and for many years. it was his custom to entertain once a year the members of these societies at his pleasant home. Dr. Kennedy married Elizabeth, daughter of Lisle Fulton, of Uniontown, who survives him. Ten children were born to them, nine of whom grew up to be men and women. Dr. Kennedy was emphatically a self-made man. His early life was one of poverty and hardships, and whatever he accomplished he did alone and unaided. Perhaps no man in Southern Ohio was held in closer esteem by his medical brethren and the community in which he resided for more than a quarter of a century. DR. DILTZ, a native of Muskingum County, and a graduate of the Starling Medical College, came to Deavertown about 1883. He had previously been located at other points in the county. He is a young man of more than average ability and is rapidly, obtaining a prominent place in the profession. He is a member of the Morgan County Medical Society. LUCUIS P. CULVER, M. D., was born in Watertown, Washington County, August 17th, 1837. He received an academical education and began the study of medicine in 1858 in the office of P. H. Kelley, M. D. of Waterford, Ohio. He graduated with honor from the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, March 9, 1861, and after a year spent in a reviewing course under the direction of his preceptor, began the practice of his profession at Reinersville, Morgan County, Ohio, in the spring of 1862, where, by his eminent skill as a physician, his honorable character and genial qualities as a man, his energy and strict attention to business, he has built up a large and lucrative practice. He holds a foremost position among the medical profession of the county. November 10, 1863, Dr. Culver entered the army as assistant surgeon of the 61st Regiment, O. V. I.; by the consolidation of the regiment with the 82d O. V. I. he became 282 - HISTORY Or MORGAN COUNTY, OHIO. assistant surgeon of the 82d. June 13, 1865, he was promoted to surgeon of the 82d, which position he filled with credit until the discharge of the regiment, July 24, 1865. He participated in the battle of Chattanooga, Tenn., the campaign for the relief of Knoxville, Sherman's Atlanta campaign and the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and siege of Atlanta, the Savannah campaign and siege of. Savannah, campaign of the Carolinas, the battles of Averysboro and Bentonville, with many other engagements of less importance. After his return from the army he turned his practice at Reinersville, where be now resides. The first physicians in Stockport were Drs. William and David H. Berry, who came from Belmont County About 1840. The former remained here but a few months, but Dr. D H. Berry remained and practiced several years. His health failing he returned to. Belmnt County, where he died. Sickness was quite prevalent for several years after the slackwater improvement, and Dr; Berry's practice was quite extensive. Be was moderately successful. After Dr. Berry, Dr. George Moncton was the principal physician for several years. He studied medicine in Waterford, under Dr. Bowman, and practiced in Stockport from 1843 co 1850, when he went to California . DR. JOHN S. ABBOTT was born in Washington County, Ohio, April 10th, 1824, and was educated in the common schools. He came to Morgan County in 1840 and began the study of medicine under Dr. James H. Berry and finished under Dr. James Bell, of Windsor township. He established himself in the practice of his profession in Stockport in 1846 and has since been a useful and esteemed member of his profession. He was admitted to membership in the Morgan County Medical Society the same year, and is the oldest living member of that body, Dr. Abbott has served as president and vice-president and on the hoard of censors of the society. He is a democrat in politics and a Universalist in religious belief ; a member of the Masonic fraternity for many years. Dr. Abbott was married April 22, 1847, to Lucretia White, of Morgan County. Their children are Henrietta, Henry, Louisa, John Q., May Bell, Jesse R and Arthur, living. James B. was drowned when six years old. DR. JASON ROBERTS practiced for some years in this place in partnership with Dr. White. He came from McConnelsville, where he had studied medicine under the tuition of Dr. J. Alexander. From here he emigrated to Iowa. After his departure Dr. Abbott was for some time the only physician in the town. DR. J. W. WHITE was for many years one of the leading medical practitioners of Morgan County, and one of the most popular and influential citizens. He was born in Marietta November 3, 1819. In 1825 his parents settled on Big Bottom, in Windsor Township. He was educated at Oberlin College, read medicine under Dr. James Bell and graduated from the Cleveland Medical College in 1848. He settled at Windsor, where his practice soon became very large, and so continued until 1867, when he retired from active practice. Dr. White was a prominent member of the Masonic order and a republican in politics. He died February 2, 1875. WESLEY EMMET GATEWOOD, M. D., son of Thomas and ESther Connel Gate- PICTURE OF W. EMMET GATWOOD, M. D. 283 - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. wood, was born in Windsor Township, Morgan County, Ohio, October 23, 1845. Like most farmer's boys of that period his summer's work upon the farm was alternated by a term at the district school in winter. In the primitive log schoolhouse with slab seats he received, despite the meager facilities afforded, the foundation for an excellent education. Here his ambition and aggressive energy made him the easy and acknowledged leader of a school of proud fame and enduring memory. By hard study, both at home and at school, aided by a retentive memory, lie prepared himself for teaching, and at the age of nineteen we find him thus engaged. He continued teaching till 1869 with a record unexcelled. his love for the higher mathematics was. dominant and carried him from algebra to the calculus without a teacher. His collection of problems in the higher mathematics with his original solutions, one of which required seven years, is believed to be the finest in the county. In 1867 he began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Hiram Judson Noyes, M. D., of Unionville, Morgan County, Ohio. In the autumn of 1874 he entered the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York. In August, 1875, he entered the Dartmouth Medical College, New Hampshire, and was graduated from that venerable seat of learning, on the 3d of November, 1875. Returning to New York he reentered the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, and on the 21st of February, 1876, was graduated from that institution. In June, 1876, he began to practice his profession in Stockport, and being impressed with the importance of his vocation, he devoted himself to it with the utmost zeal and an indomitable energy and "courage that could not be battered down." In a short time his practice became so extensive as that it taxed the utmost power of a will and endurance that scorned the elements. No storm has ever stopped him no, opposition has broken his purpose. He has traveled a rough road to results and built it with his own hands. The. following are the names of those who studied medicine under his preceptorship : H. E. Bozman, M. D., T. J. Lyne, M. D., P. B. McSwords, M. D., J. B. Naylor, M. D., John S. Milner, Hiram Hart, Charles H. Harris, and John M. Gatewood. He is a member of no society and a disciple of no man. Self-reliant, imperious and persistent, with an aggressive nature and a hereditary fixity of purpose that tolerates no intervention ; the austerity of his nature is softened by warm and generous impulses—by sincere self-sacrifice and kindness of heart—by his charity and public spirit. Among the salient points of his character are vigor of thought, energy of action, a native force and peculiar style of expression and a severe independence almost oppressive. Sensitive to injustice, injury or ingratitude, strong and earnest in his convictions, he regards a compromise as the left hand of weakness— asks and makes no concessions, and when compelled to break off friendships tears up the bridge to prevent its return. His friendship and his hoStility need no certificate. His individuality is positive and strong and he keeps it under his own hat. He concedes and demands the largeSt personal freedom and contemplates a defeat as--a mere adjourn- 284 - HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY, OHIO. ment in a death race for dominion , Fertile in resource, careful in method, thoughtful; diligent and faithful in the discharge of his duties he has been eminently successful in his profession. In possession of the most extensive, difficult and laborious practice ever controlled by one man in the history of the county, measured by the most exacting standard he is a living monument of earned success and usefulness. His ambition to earn and hold a useful position in the community in which he was reared has been amply gratified. The young men of the county may well emulate the example set by this " proud son of a proud mother." He iS a hard student, a progressive thinker and a frequent contributor to the press. His writings are characterized by accuracy of method, originality and vigor of thought, clearness and force of expression. A cheerful conversationalist of fertile fancy, vigorous imagination and fair memory ; a severe, unsparing satirist, indulging an unfortunate fondness for scathing sarcasm or keenest irony ; he is a devoted admirer of the genius of language whatever its office in. fact or fancy—the fate of an empire or the fall of a tear. He is a monotheist, with a profound and enduring faith in the civilization that is built on the Book. In habit, manner, taste and dress he is natural and unassuming. Long devotion to scientific pursuits has developed a contemplative and severely analytic quality of mind, which finds contentment in the study of the immutable beauties of order and law. His convictions are the result of contemplation and are vigorously maintained under all circumstances. Democratic in sentiment, he concedes the largest liberty to others, while any interference with his own is resented with prompt and prodigious energy. In scorching sun—in winter's driving steel His cheek was to the storm—but still He kept his mother's pride—her iron will, And earned the people's love—a priceless fame. He watched the cradle, and the couch of pain Relieved. Bright eyes grew brighter when he came. DR. JAMES BELT. practiced in Windsor several years, then moved to McConnelsville, where he remained a few years, then sold out to Dr. Brown. He was a graduate of the Ohio Medical College and was regarded as a capable physician. He went to Indiana and died in Terre Haute. JAMES B. NAYLOR, M. D., one of the young physicians of the county, was born in Penn Township, Morgan County, Ohio, October 4, 1860. He received an academical education, which he made practically useful to himself and otherS by teaching. In 1S82 he began the Study of medicine with W. Emmet Gatewood, M. D., of Stockport, graduating from the Starling Medical College, of Columbus, Ohio, in the class of 1886 ; was married to Miss Myrta, daughter of Captain C. J. Gibson, of Windsor, Maich 28, 1886. The first medical practitioners in Chester Hill and vicinity were the physicians of Pennsville and Plymouth, and occasionally Dr. Johnson and others from McConnelsville. Dr. Jesse Foulke was in the place a short time prior to 1837. Dr. Isaac Huestis, who located here in 1837. was the first settled physician, and for years his practice was extensive. Dr. John Boswell, not then a graduate, though he received a degree later, was in Chester Hill for a time about 1840, but never practiced much. 285 - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. DR. ISAAC HUESTIS, a member of the religious Society. of Friends, and the first resident physician of Chesterfield, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1810. In his early life he followed the vocation of a teacher. He began the study of medicine with Dr. Sylvanus Fisher, and established himself in the practice of his profession at Chesterfield in the summer of 1837. For many years he had a large and lucrative practice; he was frequently called in consultations and performed some very important and difficult surgical operations. It is said by physicians who know him intimately that as a surgeon and diagnostician he had few equals in this part of the State. He graduated from the Starling Medical College in 1848, and the following year was made a member of the Ohio State Medical Society. In 1856 he was a delegate to the American Medical Association, at Detroit, Michigan, and in 1858 was a delegate to a meeting of that body held in Washington, D. C. In 1867 he again attended as a member of that association a meeting held in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was elected an honorary member of the Morgan County Medical Society in 1881. But few men in the profession have a more enviable record as a physician and citizen or stand higher in the public esteem than Dr. Isaac Huestis. DR. GEORGE MICHENER, a member of the religious Society of Friends, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in the year 1812. In early life he was engaged in farming and teaching. He studied medicine under Dr. Barack Michener, of Massillon, Ohio, and located at Chesterfield about the year 1840, where for some twenty years he was extensively and reputably engaged in the practice of his profession. He removed to Cedar County, Iowa, in the year 1861, where he was engaged in the practice of medicine about three years. He died in the year 1864. Dr. George Michener was well esteemed as a citizen and member of society, and as a physician he had the confidence of the community in which he practiced. SMITH BRANSON, M. D.—No physician, perhaps, is better or more favorably known in the southwestern part of Morgan County that Dr. Smith Branson, of Chesterfield. Born in 1822 in Belmont County, Ohio, he received a common school and academic education, though alike in character and kind. In 1841 he removed with his parents from Belmont to Washington County, Ohio, remaining there until 1847, when he went to Chesterfield and commenced the study of medicine with Dr. George Michener, one of the pioneer physicians of that section of the county. His course of reading was to some extent enterrupted by other duties devolving on him, and it was not until 1852 that he graduated with honors at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. Immediately following his graduation he returned to Chesterfield and at once entered upon active practice. From the outset his professional qualifications were recognized, and he at once entered upon a lucrative practice that has continued to grow' with each succeeding year. The doctor was a leading member of " The Washington, Morgan and Athens Medical Society " from its formation to its dissolution, and for some years was a member of the State and National Medical Association. In October, 1845, Dr. Branson was married to Miss Eliza Van Law. Three children were born to them, of whom two daugh- 286 - HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY, OHIO. terns, both married, are still living. Lelia E., married to Reece Larkin, Esq., is a resident of Bennett, Nebraska, and Eleanor is the wife of Dr. N. Wright, a practicing physician at Mountville, Morgan County, Ohio. In 1853, Dr. Branson was a candidate for representative from Morgan County on the free-soil ticket. Upon the organization of the prohibition party he became one of its most active and influential members, receiving successively the nomination for State senator from the 14th district, member of the State constitutional convention from Morgan County, and member of congress from the 15th district. Although his party has always been in the minority the doctor has not lost faith in its principles, and next to his chosen profession it has received the best thoughts of a cultured intellect. DR. ISAAC PARKER located at Chesterfield in June, 1845, and has been a resident of the village and engaged in active practice ever since. The Doctor was born at Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, August 15, 1815. His parents were members of the Society of Friends, and as a consequence he received a good education, graduating at Friends' Seminary, Mount Pleasant, in 1836. The same year he began the study of medicine with Dr. William Farmer of Salineville, Columbiana County, and continued to read under his tuition the ensuing three years. Then, in order to pay his preceptor, he assisted him in his practice for one year. Dr. Parker was too poor to attend lectures at any medical college, but received his certificate to practice from the Columbiana Medical Society in March, 1840. Some time after he formed a partnership with Dr. Stille, at Somerton, Belmont County, and practiced with him at that point for the ensuing two years. At this time his health failed him and he did not resume the active practice of his profession again until after his removal to Chesterfield. In 1847 he was married to Miss Frances C. Hodgin. Three children were born to them, only one of whom is now living—Dr. A. J. Parker. For a number of years the Doctor was a member of and a portion of the time president of "The Morgan, WaShington and Athens Medical Society," a regular auxiliary of the State Medical Society, and represented by two delegates in the National Medical Association. Dr. Parker has always taken an active interest in politics and has usually held radical views upon any question he espoused. In 1847 he was elected mayor of Chesterfield, serving two terms, and in 1875 was a candidate for congress on the prohibition ticket in the 15th district. He is now an ardent republican. The Doctor is still in the professional business and enjoys a lucrative practice. ANDERSON JUDKINS PARKER, M. D.— One of the rising young physicians of Morgan County is Dr. Anderson Judkins Parker, of Chesterfield. He was born at Chesterfield in 1856, and after a thorough academic course began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. N. Wright, of that place. He graduated from Miama Medical College, of Cincinnati, in 1881, and immediately entered upon the active practice of his profession at his birthplace, where he has since remained For some years he has been an active and leading member of Morgan County and Muskingum Valley District Medical Societies. In 1876 the Doctor was mar- PICTURE OF CHARLES ROBERTSON 287 - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. ried to Miss Mintie Patterson, of Chesterfield, and one child, a son, has been the result of the union. Dr. Parker is an accomplished physician, as his large and steadily growing practice testifies. He takes great interest in educational matters and for some years past haS officiated as president of the school board of his native village. That he has a bright future before him those who. know him best are most ready to assert. DR. E. G. COULSON, of Pennsville, was born in the village of Georgetown, Harrison County, Ohio, August 18, 1821, and came to Morgan County in 1841. He received a thorough academical education, and at the age of seventeen commenced teaching, which avocation he followed for some years. He pursued a thorough course of study in medicine under several preceptors, more for the love of the science than with any view of future practice. In 1853 this part of the country was visited with a very malignant type of dysentery, which prevailed as an epidemic, and at the urgent solicitation of his friends he was induced to enter upon the active practice of his profession. His success was such that he obtained an extensive and lucrative practice at the outset ; in fact, it was only limited by his powers of endurance. He is now rapidly approaching the sunset of life, and is still devotedly following the calling in which he has been engaged for more than one-third of a century. No one has enjoyed to a greater extent than he the confidence of his patrons ; no one has had a larger share of the public esteem or thy courtesies of the profession. He is one of the pioneer members of the Morgan County Medical Society. In 1875 he was a delegate to the State Medical Society, and by it appointed a delegate to the American Medical Association in Philadelphia in 1876. In the antebellum days the Doctor was a pronounced anti-slavery man and one of the projectors of the Underground Railroad in Morgan County. At the breakout of the war he threw his whole soul into the cause, and entered the army in 1861, and served as private, nurse, hospital steward, surgeon by detail, and came out as captain of volunteers in 1864. He participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburgh Landing, Siegel's retreat from Martinsburg, and other minor engagements. In 1854 the Doctor was married to Miss L. M. White, of Maryland, a very estimable lady. She was the mother of thirteen children. Her decease occurred September 29, 1884. In his religion the Doctor is liberal. His creed is embraced in one word—Charity. It is not necessary to say that he affiliates with the republican party. LEROY S. HOLCOMB, M. D., the present representative of Morgan County in the State legislature, was born in Deaverton, Ohio, September 21, 1839. His father, Robert Holcomb, was a native of New Jersey, and came to Perry County, this State, in 1816, from thence to Deaverton, where he married Miss Margaret Dodds. He reared a family of five children, Leroy S. being the eldest. He passed his boyhood in Deaverton and received an academical education. For a time he engaged in teaching, but this avocation not proving congenial he came to McConnelsville and entered the employ of J. B. Stone, one of the prominent merchants of the place. During the time Company D, 97th O. V. I., was recruited, 288 - HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY, OHIO. and he was one of the first to connect himself with that organization. He was in the battles of Mission Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Franklin, Tenn. In the latter engagement he was seriously wounded, and on account of physical disability was discharged from the service. He returned to his home, and the following year commenced the Study of medicine in the office of Dr. Philip Kennedy, of his native town. He graduated in 1869 from the Ohio Medical College, and the following year he established himself in the practice of his profession at Pennsville, Ohio, where he has since remained. In 1885 he received the nomination for representative, and was elected by a handsome majority. The Doctor is prominently connected with the order of " Odd Fellows," and is deputy grand master of Morgan County. Dr. Holcomb has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Anna, daughter of William Foulke. She died in May of 1871, and in 1872 he was again married to Miss Eliza Scott, of Pennsville, who died in 1835, leaving three children, Anna M., Herold C. and Edith D. The Doctor is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church, and a gentleman highly esteemed, not only as a physician but as a citizen and neighbor. NEHEMIAH WRIGHT, one of the rising young physicians of the county, was born at Chesterfield, Ohio, December 25, 1849. He received a liberal common school education, and a graduated from the Miami Medical College in 1876. From 1875 to 1876 he served as a resident physician in the Cincinnati Hospital, and shortly after commenced practice in Chesterfield. In 1880 he removed to Mountville, where he is now located. Dr. Wright evidences many of the qualifications of the successful practitioner, and is rapidly attaining a foremost position among the physicians of the county. He has been a member of the Morgan Medical Society since 1876 MILES B. DAVIS, M.D., was born in Union Township, Morgan County, Ohio, October 7, 1849. His parents died when he was a child, and at the age of eleven years he was thrown upon his own resources. Through the kindness of an uncle he was sent to school, and so well did he improve his opportunities that at the age of seventeen he commenced teaching, an occupation he followed for fourteen years. His vacations were spent in a select Schools and at the National Normal at Lebanon, and in this way obtained an academical education. In 1869 he began the study of medicine with Drs. Storer and Priest, of Millerstown, Ohio. He completed his preparatory course, however, with James Davis,.M.D., of Ringgold, Ohio, and graduated with honors from the Starling Medical College in February of 1882. In May following he established himself in the practice of his profession at Rosseau, where he has built up an extensive and lucrative business. He is a member of the Morgan County Medical Society, and has already obtained a prominent place among the younger memberS of the profession. The Doctor is emphatically a " self-made man." From early youth he has been dependent upon his own exertions, not only for his education, but for everything else. His career is one which young men should emulate. DR. JAMES DAVIS.—The subject of this notice was born near Ringgold, March 26,4827, and passed his early life on a farm, attending the common THE MEDICAL PROFESSION - 289 schools until he was competent to teach and afterward engaging in that occupation winters. He also learned carpentry and worked at that business till about 1854, meantime devoting his leisure hours to the study of medicine. His medical preceptor was Dr. Daniel Rusk of Malta. Dr. Davis began active practice about 1859 and has since pursued his profession in Ringgold and vicinity, where he is much honored and respected as a citizen and a useful member of his profession. He became a member of the Morgan County Medical Society in 1875. He married, first, Nancy Chappelear; and after her death, Frances Reese, and is the father of four sons and two daughters living—five of the children being those of the second marriage. His oldest son, John D. Davis, is the present county surveyor. DR. E. W. HALL, a native of Muskingum County, studied medicine under Dr. J. F. Leeper, of Rural Dale, graduated at the Starling Medical College in Columbus and began practice in Bristol in 1885. MORGAN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. A meeting was held for the purpose of organizing a medical society at the office of Jolmson & Dawes, in McConnellsville, on the 23d of November, 1839; present, Drs. Samuel Martin, Perley B. Johnson, J. C. Clark, Edward Dawes, Lyman Little, H. H. Little and Charles Robertson. At this meeting a constitution, drafted by Drs. Johnson, Clark and L. Little, was adopted, and the following officers were chosen : Charles Robertson, president ; Edward Dawes, secretary ; Samuel Martin, treasurer; John C. Clark, Lyman Little and P. B. Johnson, censors. The constitution prescribes that only such persons as have a license or diploma from some medical society or college, or have passed a satisfactory examination before the censors, shall be eligible to membership in the society. The society was formally organized in 1840 and incorporated in 1842; The presidents of the society have been Charles Robertson, who served several terms, P. B. Johnson, Lyman Little, J. H. Brown, J. S. Reeves, J. S. Abbott, Daniel Rusk, H. J. Noyes, Philip Kennedy, J. Alexander, L. S. Holcomb and perhaps others. The following list contains the names and date of admission of all who have been admitted to membership in the society. Those whose names are marked with a * are deceased. Charles Robertson,* Edward Dawes,* Perley B. Johnson,* Samuel Martin,* John C. Clark,* Lyman Little, H. H. Little, H. C. Grimmel, 1840; Dearman Williams,* James Rusk,* C. B. Large, R. G. McLane, David R. Berry, Win. H. Berry, J. G. Shoch, 1842; Custis Woodruff,* Isaac T. Shartle,* 1843; Nathaniel McNichols, James Little, P. A. Heitz, U. K. Hurd, 1844; Hiram Dover,* John Hull,* Wm. H. Reeves, JameS Bell,* John S. Abbott,* Aaron Plumly, 1846 ; Wm. F. Grubb,* Daniel Rusk, 1847 ; Arthur Taggart, Wm. W. Wood, 1848 ; James S. Reeves, 1849 ; J. W. White,* James Hull,* J. H. Brown, Win. C. Lenhart, John Alexander, 1855 ; Philip Kennedy,* E. G. Tracy, 1856 ; James McMurray,* 1857 ; M. McConnell,* 1859; Walter Moore, 1861 ; John Ewing, Wm. B. Hedges, W. R. Kelly, 1867 ; Joseph E. Brown, Hiram J. Noyes, Leroy S. Holcomb, L. P. Culver, 1871 ; E. G. Coulson, James Davis, James Tracy; 1874 ; Orin W. Ward, D. M. Thurston, James O'Far- 290 - HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY, OHIO. nell, 1875 ; N. Wright, 1876 ; T. J. Bingham, 1880 ; J. E. Leeper, N. J. Piper,* A. J. Parker, 1881; G. L. Kennedy, Miles B. Davis, 1882. Members now residing in the county; J. S. Abbott, Stockport ; John Alexander, J. H. Brown, J. E. Brown, John Ewing, W. R. Kelly, T. J. Bingham, McConnelsville ; Daniel Rusk, Malta ; L. P. Culver, Reinersville ; L. S. Holcomb, E: G. Coulson, Penn,sville ; G. L. Kennedy, Deavertown ; H. J. Noyes, Unionville ; James Davis, Ringgold ; N. Wright, Mountville ; Isaac Huestis, A. J. Parker, Chester Hill ; E. G. Tracy, Morganville ; M. B. Davis, Rosseau. The records of this society are too voluminous and technical to be of general interest, one extract, however, of more than ordinary interest is given below : February 21, 1874, at the time when the " Women's Crusade" temperance movement was in progress, the society unanimously adopted the following preamble and resolutions. As a temperance utterance from such an authority the resolution attracted much attention : WHEREAS, the use of alcoholic spirits as a beverage is demoralizing, as is demonstrated by its effects in destroying men mentally, physically and morally ; in disrupting domestic relations, and spreading ruin and misery in every conceivable form ; and while we condemn its use and the keeping of it in any place of resort for dispensation as a beverage, yet as physicians we claim that as a remedial agent there is for it no substitute, and that in the manufacture of the most important remedies it is absolutely required and cannot be dispensed with ; therefore, " Resolved, That we will, as we have heretofore, employ all proper means to discourage the use of alcoholic spirits in any way that may tend to create an appetite for strong drink or encourage intemperance. " Resolved, That we regard the use of alcoholic Spirits under proper restrictions and regulations as a necessary medicinal and mechanical agent. " Resolved, That as conservators of the public health we deem it our duty to use whatever remedial agent we believe conducive to the welfare and interest of our patients, and we cannot permit others to dictate to us the remedies we shall use in the treatment of disease." This utterance was made for the purpose of more explicitly defining the position of the society, which, on January one preceding had passed a resolution to the following effect : “WHEREAS, the use of spirituous liquors as a beverage is used [sic] to an alarming extent in all ranks and conditions of society, with the opinion that it is not attended with any bad effects on life and health if it is not used to excess, but also that it is a safe remedy in the hands of the people for any trivial or imaginary ill ; therefore, " Resolved, That we deprecate the indiscriminate use of alcoholic spirits as a beverage, and we regard it as too potent an agent to be prescribed by any but those whose education has qualified them to treat disease."