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McLean County Medical Society 1854 - 1954
I do solemnly swear
by that which I hold most sacred:
That I will be loyal to the profession of medicine
and just and generous to its viembers;
That I will lead my life and practice my art
'' A ^ in uprightness and honor; ,^ fff*AT«\T\ff
That into whatsoever house I shall enter, K' lllivlk.l^JlTj
it shall be for the good of the sick
to the utmost of my jiower,
I holding myself aloof from wrong,
from corruption, from the tempting of others to vice;
That I will exercise my art solely for the cure of my patieyits,
and will give no drug,
perform no operation for a criminal purpose,
even if solicited, far less suggest it;
That whatsoever I shall see or hear of the lives of men
which is not fitting to be spoken,
I will keep iyiviolably secret.
These things I do promise
and in proportion as I am faithful to this my oath
may happiness and good repute be ever mine —
the opposite if I shall be forsworn.
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF
The Members of the
McLEAN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
of Illinois
ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Bloomington, Illinois
NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR
WE DEDICATE THIS BOOK
TO OUR WIVES
NOT ONLY FOR THEIR LOYALTY AND PATIENCE
IN SHARING US WITH A DEMANDING PROFESSION,
BUT FOR THEIR HELPFUL UNDERSTANDING
IN THOSE BITTER TIMES WHEN OUR MORTAL SCIENCE FAILS.
AND, TOO.
FOR THE CHEER. LOVE. AND FAITH THEY BRING TO US
TO OFFSET
THE PICTURES OF PAIN. ANXIETY. AND GRIEF THAT FILL
OUR MEMORIES
— Members of the McLean County Medical Society. 1954
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BOOK ONE - 1904
Historical Sketch 13
Organization of McLean County Medical Society 14
Original Constitution 15
By-Laws 17
Revised Constitution 19
By-Laws 21
Presiding Officers, 1854-1954 22
Golden Jubilee, 1904 24
"The Doctor's Wife" — A Toast 25
Biographical Sketches of Members of Society, 1904 28
Fee Bill, Adopted 1901 53
BOOK TWO - 1934
Preface 59
Historical Sketch 61
Eightieth Anniversary and Banquet, 1934 62
Enrollment of Society, 1934 63
Officers of Society, 1934 64
Biographical Sketches of Members of Society, 1934 65
Addenda 77
St. Joseph's Hospital 83
Brokaw Hospital 84
Mennonite Hospital 86
Fairview Sanatorium 88
BOOK THREE - 1954
Preface 93
Historical Sketch 95
One Hundredth Anniversary and Banquet, 1954 98
Enrollment of Society, 1954 99
Officers of Society, 1954 100
In Memoriam • 101
Woman's Auxiliary 102
Mennonite Hospital Eye Bank 103
Memorial Library 104
St. Joseph's Hospital 105
Brokaw Hospital 109
Mennonite Hospital 113
Fairview Sanatorium 116
Biographical Sketches of Members of Society, 1954 119
Addenda 1*^5
Facts of Interest 176
Honors for the Doctor 180
Revised Constitution and Amendments 181
Acknowledgment 189
BOOK ONE - 1904
HISTORY OF SOCIETY
CONSTITUTION
BY-LAWS
PRESIDING OFFICERS SINCE ORGANIZATION
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
FEE BILL
PREFACE
Bloomington, 111.
Dr. C. R. Parke, Louisville, Ky.:
Dear Doctor Parke: — On September 7, 1904, the McLean County
Medical Society passed unanimously the following resolution:
Resolved,. That Dr. C. R. Parke be asked to prepare a history of
the McLean County Medical Society, which is to be included in the
volume of history now being prepared by the McLean County Historical
Society.
Trusting that you will do us the honor to accept this invitation, I am,
Fraternally yours,
A. F. Kaeser, Secretary
Park Place 2460 3rd Street, Louisville, Ky.
November 1, 1904
To the McLean County Medical Society, Bloomington, III.:
Dear Doctors: — In accordance with your request of April 7, 1904,
I have the honor to report the following condensed history of the or-
ganization of the McLean County Medical Society, with a short
biographical sketch of each member, also a brief history of the physi-
cians who located in Bloomington prior to said organization.
The records of the society having been destroyed by the conflagration
of 1900, I have been at great loss for specific data regarding many
members.
I feel under lasting obligations to Drs. Lee Smith, F. H. Godfrey
and F. J. Welch for their invaluable assistance in collecting necessary
material.
Fraternally yours,
Charles R. Parke, M. D.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
Soon after the organization of McLean County — December 25,
1830 — Dr. John Anderson came to Bloomington (1833) from Kentucky.
He was of splendid character, and devoted to his profession. He did a
great deal of hard work in the newly-settled county and died from over-
exertion during a very sickly season, about the year 1844, lamented by
the whole community, leaving an only child, the wife of our townsman,
J. H. Cheney.
Next came Dr. Thomas H. Haines from Ohio, who entered into
partnership with Dr. Anderson, devoting all his energy to the arduous
duties of his profession, and who also died in a sickly season from the
extra labor he was called upon to perform; honored and loved by the
entire community.
Dr. J. F. Henry was another of the pioneer physicians of Bloom-
ington. He also was a Kentuckian, and an ex-congressman. He located
in Bloomington in 1835, coming directly from Cincinnati, where he
served some time in the Ohio Medical College. He remained in Bloom-
ington about ten (10) years, acquiring an extensive practice. In 1846 he
moved to Burlington, Iowa, where he established a large practice, and
where he died in 1873, full of years and honors.
About the year 1836, Dr. David Wheeler came from New York and
located in Bloomington. He continued in active practice until 1848,
when he moved to Waynesville, Illinois, where he died at the ripe old
age of 89 years, honored by all who knew him.
Next came Dr. Jarvis Gaylord, who practiced here about five (5)
years, when he moved to the northern part of the state.
About the year 1838, Dr. E. M. Colburn came to Bloomington from
Buffalo, N. Y., practiced about two (2) years, when he returned to
New York, came back in a year or two and about the year 1850 moved
to Peoria, 111., where from last accounts he was still practicing his
profession.
Dr. Garrett Elkins, who lived in Sangamon county, changed his
residence to Bloomington in 1845. In 1853 he moved to Iowa.
Most of the above history was vouched for by the late General A.
Gridley, who knew them all, having employed them in his family.
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ORGANIZATION OF McLEAN COUNTY
MEDICAL SOCIETY
On Monday evening, March 20, 1854, the following physicians of
Bloomington, Illinois, met in the county court house lor the purpose
of organizing a Medical Society:
Present, Drs. S. Noble, Worrell, Crothers, T. P. Rogers, Roe, Hoover,
Parke, William Elder, Espey, Stipp, D. L, Crist, Cromwell, A, H. Luce,
and Freese.
On motion. Dr. A. H. Luce was called to the chair and Dr. Freese
appointed secretary.
The following resolutions were offered and adopted:
Resolved, First, that we now pi'oceed to oi'ganize a Medical Society
of the county of McLean.
Second, that a committee of five (5) be appointed to draw up a
constitution and by-laws for the society.
The chair appointed Drs. Stipp, Hoover, and Roe and the meeting
added the names of Dr. A. H. Luce and Finch to the committee.
Third, that this society shall be auxiliary to the State and National
Medical Societies.
Fourth, that we adjourn to meet in two weeks from tonight to
receive the report of the committee.
Fifth, that all physicians in this and adjoining counties be invited
to meet and participate with us.
SECOND MEETING
The second meeting of the Society was held pursuant to adjournment
at the Court House, Monday evening, April 3, 1854.
The Committee appointed to draft Constitution and By-laws reported
and their report was accepted, article by article.
The following officers were then elected:
President, Dr. A. H. Luce; V. President, Dr. H. Noble; Cor. Sec'y,
Dr. E. R. Roe; Rec. Sec'y, Dr. Wm. A. Elder; Treasurer, Dr. T. P.
Rogers; Censors, Dr. S. W. Noble, Dr. Z. L. Hoover, Dr. Wm. A. Elder.
The following are the original signers of the constitution:
Dr. A. H. Luce, Dr. G. W. Stipp, Dr. E. R. Roe, Dr. Wm. Cromwell,
Dr. S. W. Noble, Dr. John Finch, Dr. D. L. Crist, Dr. C. R. Parke,
Dr. H. Noble, Dr. J. R. Freese, Dr. T. F. Worrell, Dr. E. K. Crothers,
Dr. Espey, and Dr. Conklin.
14.
ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION OF THE McLEAN
COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
OF ILLINOIS
Article I
This society shall be called "The McLean County Medical Society"
and shall consist of physicians who have united in its formation, and
of such others as shall hei-eafter be duly elected members thereof, all
of whom shall subscribe their names to this Constitution as an evidence
of their willingness to conform to its provisions, before they shall
exercise the privilege of membership.
Article II
The officers of this society shall consist of a President, Vice-Presi-
dent, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, and
three Censors, which offices shall all be chosen annually by ballot, at
the first stated meeting in each year, at such hour and place as the
By-laws may direct; and in default of an election at the annual period,
the officers then in place shall continue until another election shall be
held in conformity to this article. Vacancies may be filled by special
election at any stated meeting of the society, of which the presiding
officer shall cause previous public notice to be given.
Article III
The duty of the President shall be to preside at all the meetings of
the society, to preserve order, regulate debates, state and put all ques-
tions agreeable to the sense and intention of the members, and to perform
such other duties as the By-laws may ordain.
Article IV
In the absence of the President, his duties shall devolve upon the
Vice-President, and in the absence of both, a presiding officer j^f'o ton,
shall be appointed, who shall perform the duties of President.
Article V
The Corresponding Secretary shall manage the correspondence of
the society.
Article VI
The Recording Secretary shall keep correct minutes of all proceed-
ings of the society in a book provided for that purpose. He shall give
notice of all meetings and take charge of all books and papers which
may be committed to his care, and hand them over to his successor in
office.
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Article VII
The Treasurer shall collect all moneys accruing to the society and
shall pay the same agreeably to their order certified to him, by the
presiding officer for the time being.
He shall keep a regular account of all moneys received and paid
out by him as aforesaid, and shall once a year, or oftener if required
by the society, exhibit a correct statement of all his receipts and ex-
penditures as Treasurer, and shall deliver up to his successor, all books,
papers, moneys, and other property in his custody belonging to the
society.
Article VIII
It shall be the duty of the Censors to examine such applicants for
membership as are not graduates in medicine, and report to the society
upon their qualifications for membership. Provided, the person be ad-
mitted to an examination until he satisfies the Censors that he has
faithfully persevered in the study of medicine at least three years, and
that he intends honestly and honorably to pursue the calling of his
profession.
Article IX
Every member at the organization of this society, and every member
subsequently elected, shall previously to signing this constitution, pay
into the hands of the Treasurer the sum of one dollar, and shall annually
thereafter, on the first stated meeting in each year, immediately before
the election of officers, pay into the hands of the Treasurer the further
sum of one dollar, and every member neglecting or refusing to make
such annual payment shall, during such neglect or refusal, be deprived
of the privilege of membership.
Any member may resign his right of membership on paying the
Treasurer all his indebtedness to the society.
Article X
A stated meeting of the society shall be held quarterly, viz: On the
second Monday in the months of April, July, October and January of
each year, the meeting in April being the annual meeting. But special
meetings may be called by the presiding officer whenever in his judg-
ment, the interest of the society requires them, or when requested so
to do by any three members of the society.
Article XI
Any member may be impeached by three members for professional
impropriety or contravening the laws of the society.
The member impeached shall have transmitted to him a copy of
his impeachment, and the society shall not act on it for one month
after the member has received his notice, then at a stated meeting he
may, on ballot, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present be ex-
pelled from the society.
Article XII
This society shall be auxiliary to the Illinois Medical Society and to
the American Medical Association, and the code of ethics adopted by
the latter shall be the governing rule of the society.
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Article XIII
Any alteration to be made in the Constitution shall be prepared
at a stated meeting and entered on the minutes, but shall not be acted
on until a subsequent stated meeting, at which not less than seven
members shall be present, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to
give previous public notice that an alteration of the Constitution is
contemplated at such meeting.
BY-LAWS
1. The order of business of this society shall at all times be subject
to the vote of three-fourths of all the members present, and until
permanently altered, except when for a time suspended.
(1.) The Secretary shall read the minutes of the last meeting.
(2.) Reports from Committees, and the business on the minutes
disposed of.
(3.) Board of Censors report, communications received, and reports
of cases presented.
(4.) New business proposed.
(5.) Essays produced and read, and essayists appointed.
(6.) Adjournment.
2. The stated meetings of the society shall be held at such places
in the county of McLean as the previous meeting may adjourn to, and
the special meetings, at such as may be solicited by the presiding officer
calling the same, of which public notice shall be given by the Secretary.
3. Candidates for membership shall be proposed at a stated meeting,
but shall not be elected until the next stated meeting unless by unani-
mous consent of the members present.
4. It shall be the duty of the .members to report to this society in
writing all remarkable cases of disease coming under their observation,
which in their estimation would be beneficial to the Society; to cultivate
harmony and good understanding among the profession, and generally
to promote its interests according to their several abilities and oppor-
tunities.
5. At each stated meeting of the society, the President shall appoint
two members to read essays at next meeting, and such members, if not
present at the time of their appointment, shall be notified by the
Secretary.
6. Five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for business, but
a smaller number may adjourn from time to time.
7. The rules for conducting business in the Senate of the United
States shall, as far as applicable, be adopted as the rules for regulating
the business of this Society.
8. These By-laws may be amended, added to, or repealed at any
stated meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present.
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AMENDMENT ADOPTED JANUARY 4. 1875
Presented by Dr. E. W. Gray
There shall be appointed annually, a Standing Committee of five
(5) to be known as "The Board of Health of McLean County and City
of Bloomington," whose duty it shall be:
1. To organize by appointing a chairman and secretary, and such
other sub-committees as they may think needful in the prosecution of
their work.
2. To collect as they may be able, such statistics and information
relating to the practice of medicine and public hygiene as they may
deem valuable to the profession and interesting to the public, provided
the society shall not be involved in any expense.
3. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to report progress to the
society monthly, which report shall be subjected to criticism and amend-
ment by the society. It shall also be the duty of the Secretary to
condense from the information gathered during the year, an annual
report, and present the same to the society; such report after due
examination shall be filed as part of the medical history of the county.
4. It shall be the duty of the President to appoint each year a dele-
gate to the state society, whose duty it shall be to prepare a suitable
exhibit of the doings of the society, and present the same to the state
society, as a contribution to the medical literature of the state.
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REVISED CONSTITUTION IN FORCE DECEMBER I. 1904
Article I
This society shall be called "The McLean County Medical Society,"
and shall consist of physicians who reside in McLean county, Illinois,
or in any of the adjoining counties. The object of this society is the
mutual improvement of its members in the art and science of medicine
and in social and ethical culture.
Article II
The officers of the society shall be a President, Vice-President,
Secretary, Treasurer and three Censors, which officers shall be elected
by ballot at the meeting in April, which shall be known as the annual
meeting.
In default of an election at the annual meeting, the officers shall
continue in office until another election, which may be held at any
regular meeting of the society, if the members have been previously
notified by the secretary of the society. Vacancies may be filled by a
special election at any regular meeting of the society, if previous notice
has been given of such an election.
Article III
The duty of the President shall be to preside at meetings of the
society, preserve order, state and put all questions and motions agree-
able to the statement and intention of members, regulate debates, decide
questions and matters in dispute, and perform such other duties as the
by-laws may require.
Article IV
The Vice-President shall perform all the duties of the President in
his absence, or when called on by the latter to preside in his place. In
the absence of both President and Vice-President a presiding officer
pro tempore shall be elected, who shall perform the duties of the Presi-
dent.
Article V
The Recording Secretary shall keep a correct record of all the trans-
actions of the society in a book provided for the purpose. He shall give
notice of all meetings, take charge of books and papers committed to
his care, and hand them over to his successor in office.
Article VI
The Treasurer shall collect all moneys due the society, and pay them
out on the order of the society, signed by the President. He shall keep
a regular account of all moneys received and paid out by him, and
shall once a year, or oftener if required by the society, exhibit a state-
ment'of all his receipts and expenditures as Treasurer and shall deliver
up to his successor in office all books, papers, moneys and other property
in his custody belonging to the society.
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Article VII
Any physician, a resident of McLean county, Illinois, or of any of
the adjoining counties, of good moral character, and who is a graduate
of a regular college of medicine, recognized by State Board of Health
of Illinois as being accredited, may, upon the recommendation of the
Censors, be elected a member of the society by receiving the votes
of three-fourths of the members present. It shall be the duty of the
Censors to carefully examine the professional standing and legal quali-
fications and moral character of all applicants for membership, and
report favorably or unfavorably at the next regular meeting of the
society. Any member may honorably withdraw from the society by
resigning his membership and paying the Treasurer all his indebtedness
to the society.
Article VIII
Every member of the society shall pay to the Treasurer, at the
annual meeting each year, such dues as he may be assessed by the
society, and every new member shall pay to the Treasurer one dollar
as membership fee before his name is enrolled as a member. Every
member neglecting or refusing to pay such dues and fees shall be
deprived of all rights and privileges of membership during such refusal
or neglect.
Article IX
A stated meeting of the society will be held monthly, viz: On the
first Thursday of each month during the year at such time of day and
at such place as the society may choose at the previous meeting.
Special meetings may be called by the President whenever in his
judgment the interests of the society require them, or when requested
to do so by three members of the society.
Article X
Any member may be impeached by two members for words or con-
duct unbecoming a physician or gentleman, or for violating the laws,
rules and customs of the medical profession, or of this society. A copy
of the impeachment shall be transmitted to the member impeached,
and the society shall not act on it for one month after he has received
his notice. If found guilty he may be suspended, reprimanded by the
President or expelled from the society if two-thirds of the members
present vote in favor of the sentence.
Article XI
This society shall be auxiliary to the Illinois State Medical Society,
and to the American Medical Association ; and the code of ethics adopted
by them is adopted by this society for the guidance and government
of its members.
Article XII
This constitution may be altered or amended, but no alteration or
amendment shall be voted on at the meeting at which it is proposed,
but at a subsequent meeting at which nine or more members are present,
and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to notify the members that a
change in the constitution is contemplated at such meeting.
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BY-LAWS
1. The order of business of this society shall at all times be subject
to the vote of three-fourths of all members present, and until perma-
nently altered, except when for a time suspended.
The regular order of business shall be as follows:
(1.) Reading the minutes of the last meeting by the Secretary.
(2.) Reports of committees and unfinished business.
(3.) Board of Censors' report. Communications received and read.
Reports of cases.
(4.) New business.
(5.) Essays read and discussed.
(6.) Essayists appointed for next meeting.
(7.) Adjournment.
2. The stated meetings of the society shall be held at such places
in the county of McLean as the previous meetings may adjourn to, and
the special meeting at such as may be selected by the presiding officer
calling the same, of which public notice shall be given by the Secretary.
3. Candidates for membership shall be proposed at a stated meeting,
but shall not be elected till the next stated meeting unless by unanimous
consent of the members present.
4. It shall be the duty of the members to report to the society, in
writing, all remarkable cases of disease and injury coming under their
observation which in their estimation would be beneficial to the society;
to cultivate harmony and good understanding among the profession,
and generally to promote its interest according to their several abilities
and opportunities.
5. At each stated meeting of the society the President shall appoint
two members to read essays at the next meeting, and such members if
not present at the time of their appointment shall be notified by the
Secretary.
6. All papers read before the society shall become the property of
the same and subject to its disposal.
7. Five members shall constitute a quorum for business, but a
smaller number may adjourn from time to time.
8. The rules for conducting business in the Senate of the United
States shall, as far as applicable, be adopted as the rules for regulating
the business of this society.
9. These By-laws may be amended, added to, or repealed at any
stated meeting, by a two-thirds vote of the members present. Provided,
that such motion shall be made at a stated meeting and lay over until
a subsequent stated meeting, each member to have a notice of such
motion.
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PRESIDING OFFICERS
McLEAN COUNTY ^^EDICAL SOCIETY
The following is a complete list of the different presidents and
secretaries of this society, with dates of their election up to and in-
cluding the last annual election.
PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
Mar.
20
1854
A. H. Luce
J. R. Freese
April
14
1856
Harrison Noble
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12
1857
T. P. Rogers
E. K. Crothers
13
1858
S. W. Noble
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12
1859
W. R. Chew
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8
1861
E. R. Roe
C. R. Parke
14
1862
T. F. Worrell
»
10
1865
C. R. Parke
H. C. Luce
9
1866
S. W. Noble
ft
6
1868
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J. W. Read
5
1869
H. C. Luce
R, D. Bradley
3
1871
»
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1
1872
J. L. White
H. C. Luce
7
1873
D. L. Crist
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6
1874
R. G. Laughlin
H. C. Crist
Oct.
5
1874
L. Asire
April
5
1875
W. A. Elder
J. F. McKenzie
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3
1876
T. D. Fisher
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2
1877
Mrs. E. A. Shaw
E. T. Stahl
June
4
1877
J. Little
April
1
1878
D. 0. Crist
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V
7
1879
C. T. Orner
H. C. Crist
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5
1880
Wm. Hill
J. Little
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4
1881
A. T. Barnes
S. L. Chapin
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S. T. Anderson
April
2
1883
N. B. Cole
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7
1884
Lee Smith
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6
1885
T. F. Worrell
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»
5
1886
J. Little
A. L. Chapman
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4
1887
G. M. Smith
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»
2
1888
H. A. Winter
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1
1889
H. Parkhurst
C. J. Corley
n
7
1890
F. J. Parkhurst
R. M. Galloway
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2
1891
S. T. Anderson
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"
8
1892
F. C. Vandervort
N. F. Jordan
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1893
N. K. McCormick
F. J. Welch
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1894
Rhoda Galloway
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1895
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>>
1896
J. L. White
G. R. Smith
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1897
C. M. Noble
T. W. Bath
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1898
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1899
E. E. Sargent
E. J. Hyndman
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April
PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
1900
C. E. Chapin
F. C. Vandervort
1901
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1902
J. W. Smith
E. S. Reedy
1903
F, C. Vandervort
A. F. Kaeser
1904
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R. A. Noble
1905
A. L. Fox
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1906
T. W. Bath
0. M. Rhodes
1907
F. H. Godfrey
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1908
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R. D, Fox
1909
E, Mammen
A. R. Freeman
1910
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J. W. Dobson
1911
R. A. Noble
T. D. Cantrell
1912
W. H. Gardner
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1913
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1914
H. W. Elder
M. F. Savage
1915
T. D. Cantrell
F. C. Fisher
1916
E. P. Sloan
T. D. Cantrell
1917
F. C. Fisher
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1918
F. L. Wakefield
A, Bernice Curry
1919
W. W. Gailey
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1920
W. M. Young
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1921
E. L. Brown
Ralph P.. Peairs
1922
J. K. P. Hawks
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1923
E. C. Williams
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1924
A. J. Casner
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1925
J. H. Fenelon
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1926
A. W. Meyer
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1927
Frank Deneen
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1928
H. R. Watkins
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1929
H. L, Howell
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1930
J. P. Noble
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1931
G. A. Sloan
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1932
H. W. Grote
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1933
J. C. McNutt
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1934
James Jenson
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1935
F. H. Henderson
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1936
F. W. Brian
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1937
J. N. Elliott
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1938
H. W. Wellmerling
Gerald Cline
1939
Ralph Peairs
Howard Sloan
1940
D. D. Raber
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1941
Gerald Cline
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1942
C. C. Jones
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1943
H. 0. Dolley
Harold Watkins
1944
G. E. Hartenbower
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1945
0. M. Thompson
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1946
E. M. Stevenson
Willis Atkinson
1947
H. P. Sloan
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1948
Ray Doud
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1949
0. H. Ball
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1950
Vincent B. Marquis
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1951
T. C. Scott
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1952
Ralph Loar
A. E. Livingston
1953
D. M. Jenkins
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>t
GOLDEN JUBILEE
On the evening of April 7, 1904, "The McLean County Medical
Society" celebrated its "Golden Anniversary Banquet" at the Illinois
Hotel.
The following members with their wives and daughters were present:
Drs. Bath, Bonnett, Carr, H. S. Chapin, C. E. Chapin, Chapman,
Dally, H. W. Elder, G. D. Elder, Fenelon, A. L. Fox, Fulwiler, Foster,
Guthrie, Godfrey, Hawks, Hull, Hall, Jackman, Kaeser, Little, Mammen,
Meyer, Mullin, J. P. Noble, C. M. Noble, R. A. Noble, Brown, Orner,
C. R. Parke, Parkhurst, E. Reedy, A. E. Rogers, Sargent, Shinn,
G. R. Smith, J. W. Smith, Lee Smith, E. M. K. Taylor, J. B. Taylor,
F. C. Vandervort, Welch, Weiland, R. G. Yolton, J. L. Yolton.
Also the following visitors:
Drs. C. E. Black, President of the State Society; Councilors New-
comb, of Champaign; Barlow, of Robinson; L. J. Harvey, of Griggsville;
O. B. Will, of Peoria, and Clark, of Hamilton, Ohio; total, 92.
A delightful repast was served and heartily appreciated by all,
after which the President, Dr. F. C. Vandervort, acted as "Toast
Master" to which responses were made by Drs. O. B. Will, of Peoria,
Illinois; C. R. Parke, of Louisville, Kentucky; W. E. Guthrie and J. B.
Taylor, of Bloomington, Illinois.
Medical Golden Jubilees are rare and this one especially will long
be remembered by those in attendance.
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THE DOCTOR'S WIFE
A Toast Written cnid Presented by Huttie Morehouse Vandervort
at an Early Banquet of the McLean County Medical Society.
Years ago it was said, "It is not good for man to be alone," and
what is true of man in general is doubly true of the doctor in particular.
When the new fledged M. D. has finished his studies, chosen his
location, hung out his sign, and is waiting patiently - or impatiently
it may be as time goes on - for the patients so slow in coming, he has
time for thoughts on many subjects, and one is pretty sure to be that
of marriage. After a time of hotel boarding and office rooming he
begins to think of a partner of joys and sorrows, hopes and fears,
success and failure, a silent partner who would make a home for him
which would be a much happier place than the one in which he is now
living, and really, from a business point of view he readily persuades
himself, a doctor ought to be a family man.
Of course the women doctors are not in my subject as they do not
need wives.
Well, out of my experience and the fullness thereof, let me tell
what sort of a woman the young man should search for.
First, a woman of strong constitution - a doctor's wife must never
be sick. He has to hear of people's ailments till his whole head is sick
and his heart faint, and when he reaches his haven of rest, he must
find only smiles, pleasant themes, good cooking, quiet and peace.
He has been battling with the world's ills; at home he ought to
forget that there are any sick people and have a complete change. If
our subject lacks in constitution, then she must be the possessor of
double powers of endurance and make believe when nature gives out.
All this for the doctor's comfort and a great deal more for outside
appearances. No one thinks a doctor's wife has any right to be sick.
If she is, the immediate conclusion seems to be that he is a failure as
a doctor. Did any of you ladies ever by mistake speak of not feeling
well and be caught up by the incredulous look and the awful remark,
"And you a doctor's wife?"
Nerves of steel are also necessary. What would a nervous woman do
if she should see her husband start off driving a high mettled horse —
and after awhile see a man bring his medicine case, laprobe, cushion,
etc. and lay them over the fence and say nothing of the cause of all
this? This would be especially trying if there was a new baby by her
side, not yet a whole week old - but a doctor's wife must not be nervous.
He must visit all sorts of infectious and contagious diseases and
she must "get used to it" and "not worry."
Patience in large abundance must she possess; patience with herself
and her own short comings of which, if she is a true woman, no one
is more conscious than she; patience with the doctor, who will some-
times do imprudent things and foolish things just like any ordinary
man; patience with the patients who will many times annoy and per-
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plex her; and more than all with the people at large, who will fire
random shots at the doctor's wife they would not dare aim at him or
at any man.
Faith also is necessary. One of the hardest things I had to learn
was that doctors are not infallible. During my early years our old
family physician was held in such high regard in my father's family
that to send for the doctor meant sure and speedy relief, and as soon
as we saw him coming we felt better - both the sick and the well.
Love - more than all must she love the man who will henceforth
be her counselor, friend, companion, and family doctor.
No weakling girl, who would surrender will.
And life, and reason, with her loving heart
To her possessor; - no soft clinging thing
Who would find breath alone within the arms
Of a strong master, and obediently
Wait on his whims, in slavish carefulness; -
No fawning, cringing spaniel, to attend
His royal pleasure, and account herself
Rewarded by his pats and pretty words.
But a round woman, who, with insight keen
Had wrought a scheme of life, and measured well
Her womanhood; had spread before her feet
A fine philosophy to guide her steps;
Had won a faith to which her life was brought
In strict adjustment - brain and heart meanwhile
Working in conscious harmony and rhythm
With the great scheme of God's great universe.
On toward her being's end.
Thus a doctor of old describes his ideal woman, and if our young
friend can find such a one - or one capable of growth into such a one -
let him not fear to take her for better, for worse until death them
doth part.
Some women marry a man to get rid of him. They might well choose
a doctor. Invite in a company of friends for a social evening - the tele-
phone will be sure to ring, and the doctor must go five miles in the
country. Roads are bad, he gets back just in time to bid the guests
good-night. Attend a lecture. Doctor is called away; you may get home
the best way you can, alone or with some neighbor who happens to be
there.
Two of my most intimate friends are doctors' wives. One complains
bitterly of the "aloneness" for which she never planned, and that'her
husband's pocket book is about all she sees of him. The other with four
children does not have so much loneliness to complain of, but she longs
sometimes for a little more of her husband's society and time to keep
acquainted with him._
A lady told me the other evening, speaking of an old time physician
long since dead, that he always tried all his medicines on his wife first
before using them in his practice. Of course I said nothing, but I thought
of certain bottles on a shelf at home — marked "sample" and wondered
if I was a sample case.
Speaking of bottles. Oh dear! What a torment they are! There is
not a place in the house too sacred for these same bottles and if you
ever dispose of one, that is the very one needed next. All shapes and
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sizes and colors are ever increasing and accumulating. I wish there was
a bottle man like the ragman, who would come and take them away.
Then there are the books, the magazines, the instruments, the medi-
cine cases; no matter if the house is small, she must find a place and
room for all. But the skeleton ! She must resolutely keep it out of the
house, and find not a nook or cranny in home or hearth in which to
stow even its shadow away.
When the doctor is sick, it's the hardest time in our lives. lie has
no faith in doctors - no faith in medicine - he will not stay in bed or
keep quiet - and when he is sick at all he is pretty sick. We will pass
lightly over this subject - it is too personal - and ask,
"Now what, for all this, do we wives get?" We bear their names,
we share their gains, and - this banquet!
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Following is a condensed biographical history of each member of
the McLean County Medical Society of Illinois from its organization to
the present time, as far as ascertainable:
Doctor A. A. Absher was born in Carmi, Illinois, — Graduated in med-
icine and surgery from Chicago P. and S., 1883. Located in Sibley,
Illinois, 1894, where he still continues to practice (1904). Married Miss
Lenora Helmick.
Doctor Edwin M. Adams was born in Hudson, McLean county, Illinois,
September 15, 1877. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Barnes
Medical College, St. Louis, Mo., 1901. Located at Gridley, Illinois, June
10, 1903. He is a member of the McLean County, Illinois State, A. M. A.
and North Central Medical Societies. He married Miss Crystal Mont-
gomery in 1906. Died 1937.
Doctor J. C. Adams was born May 20, 1848, in Cadiz, Ohio. Graduated
in medicine and surgery from Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio,
1873. Located in Hudson, Illinois, and afterward moved to Gridley,
Illinois, where he died December 28, 1903, of cerebral hemorrhage, age
55 years. He practiced in Gridley eighteen years. Married Rosalinda B.
Chadbourn.
Doctor Paul Allyn was boin in Mendota, Illinois, April 10, 1879. Grad-
uated in medicine and surgery, April 16, 1902, at Barnes Medical
College, St. Louis, Missouri. Located in Danvers, McLean county, Illinois,
January 25, 1904. Spent one year in City and Female Hospital, St. Louis,
Mo.
Doctor S. T. Anderson was born in Reily, Butler county, Ohio, June 2,
1844. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College,
Chicago, 1881. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1881. Married Miss Mec.
H. Howe. Died April 10, 1896.
Doctor J. L. Asire was born 18 - - . Graduated 18 - - . Located in Bloom-
ington, Illinois, 18 - - . Was Secretary McLean County Medical Society
1874. Present location unknown.
Doctor Charles Ayling was born July 2, 1869, in Princeville, Peoria
county, Illinois. Graduated fi'om Chicago Medical College 1893. Located
in Gridley, McLean county, Illinois, August 17, 1893, where he still
continues in practice (1904). Married Miss Charlotte A. Mitchell of
Gridley, Illinois*
Doctor W. B. Balcke was born in Burlington, Iowa, December 4, 1875.
Graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis, Missouri,
1898. Located in Cropsey, McLean county, Illinois, 1898. Married Miss
Dora Irwin.
Doctor H. F. Ballard was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, 1852.
Graduated in medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College, Chicago,
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111., 1882. Located in Chenoa, 111., 1882, where he remained in practice
until 1884, when he moved to Cooksville, 111. where he practiced until
1886, returning to Chenoa, 111. He married Miss Mary E. Young, of
Old Town, 111.
Doctor W. J. Ballard was born May 30, 1803 in Albemarle county, Va.
Graduated at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., - - - - Located
in Versailles, Woodford county, and Nicholasville, Ky., 1831 - 1855, when
he moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where he continued in practice until
his health broke in 1878. He was elected eleventh (11th) president of
McLean County Medical Society. Married Miss Elizabeth Tapp.
Doctor Samuel Bane was born February 14, 1871, at Arrowsmith, Mc-
Lean county, Illinois. Graduated in medicine and surgery from North-
western University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, June 17, 1897.
Located in Ellsworth, McLean county. 111., July 6, 1897, where he still
continues in practice. Married Miss Olive Belle Smith.
Doctor A. T. Barnes was born June 21, 1832, in Trimble county, Ky.
Graduated in medicine and surgery at Louisville Medical College, 1856.
Army Medical Certificate, 1863. Practiced in Austin, 111., and in Cen-
tralia, 111., 1865; Bloomington, 111., 1879 until his death. May 30, 1901.
Was Superintendent of Illinois Hospital for Insane at Anna, 1871-1878.
Was a member of medical staff of St. Joseph's Hospital up to the time
of his death. Was President of McLean County Medical Society 1881.
Married Miss Helen Green, 1857.
Doctor G. W. Barton was born in Bedford, Pa., May 11, 1838. Graduated
at Chicago University Session of 1858-9 and entered Mercy Hospital.
Located in Saybrook, 111., 1859. Died September 28, 1885, from gun shot
wounds.
Doctor Thomas W. Bath was born at Tyr Phil, Wales, March 18, 1863.
Emigrated with his parents to Illinois in 1869. Graduated from High
School and became an undergraduate of Adrian College, Michigan.
Studied medicine and graduated from St. Louis College of Physicians
and Surgeons in 1892. First began practice at Ohio, 111., for three
years, thence to Normal, 111., from which place he entered the army
during the Spanish-American war, serving, and commissioned as 1st.
Lieut, and Asst. Surgeon 2nd 111. Vol. Inf. Served in Cuba and the
Philippines, and commissioned as Capt. and Asst. Surgeon U. S. Vols.
Returned to Bloomington after nearly three years' service, at which
place he is now practicing.
Doctor L. M. Bickmore was born May 27, 1838, in Clermont county,
Ohio. Attended lectures at Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, 1859-60.
Graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1866. Prac-
ticed medicine from 1860-69 in Clermont and Hamilton counties, Ohio,
and from 1869 to 18 - - . Shirley, McLean county, Illinois. Married - - -
Present location not known (1904).
Doctor John Y. Bonnett was born September 16, 1873, in Leroy, 111.
Graduated in medicine from Physio-Medical College, Indianapolis, Ind.,
1896, and Illinois Medical, Chicago, 1898. Practiced in Bloomington,
Illinois, from 1898-1902 and Leroy, 111., from 1902 to the present time
(1904). Died July 7, 1916.
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Doctor Robert D. Bradley was born January 9, 1845, in Greene county,
Illinois. Graduated in medicine and surgery, Session of 1868-9 at Jef-
ferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. Located in Bloomington,
Illinois, 1870-71; Pekin, 111., 17 years, and Peoria, 111., 14 years to the
present time (1904). Married Miss Elizabeth Karr, of Bloomington,
Illinois.
Doctor E. L. Brown was born March 31, 1864, at Blair, 111. Attended
and graduated from Northwestern University, Chicago, 1894. Located
in Parkston, South Dakota, 1895-1903 and Bloomington, Illinois, 1903
to present time (1904). Married Miss Ada May Lawrence. Died October
10, 1943.
Doctor C. O. Burke was born in Watertown, N. Y., 1864. Graduated
from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1887. Located in
Bloomington, 111., 1887; McLean, 111., 1888 and Atlanta, 111., 1889 to
present time (1904). Married Miss Nellie Bunn. Deceased.
Doctor R. R. Burns was born in Bloomington, 111., July 8, 1860. Graduated
in medicine and surgery from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois,
1884. Located in Bloomington, 111., 1884. Married Miss Casey. Died
September 19, 1887.
Doctor L. A. Burr was born October 26, 1862, in Charleston, Illinois.
Graduated at Beaumont Medical College, St. Louis, Mo., 1887. Located
in Chicago, 111., from 1889-94 and Bloomington, 111., 1895-98. Married
Miss Clauda L. Brown and second wife Miss Boulware.
Doctor Charles Carle was born August, 1831, in Trumansburg, N. Y.
Graduated at University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York,
1852. Practiced medicine three (3) years in New Jersey. From thence
removed to Perry county, Illinois, where he practiced for five (5) years.
Was Assistant Surgeon of - - regiment Illinois Volunteers U. S. A.,
and at the close of the war returned to Perry county and resumed
practice. In 1867 he located in Bloomington, 111. but did not practice. Died
1879 of cancer of the tongue.
Doctor C. R. Carr was born June 15, 1845, in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Attended lectures at Bellevue Hospital Medical College 1869-70 and 71,
graduating at latter session. After graduating, he practiced nine months
in Bloomington, Illinois, and subsequently six months in Rockford, Illi-
nois. Was house surgeon in New York Eye and Ear infirmary during
Session in 1873, returning to Bloomington in the fall, where he still
resides (1904). Married Miss Ella Hayes.
Doctor Charles E. Chapin was born in DeWitt, Illinois, January 29, 1866.
Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 111., 1891. Located in
Moline, 111., 1891, and practiced there until 1894, when he was appointed
Assistant Physician to State Insane Hospital, Jacksonville, Illinois,
which position he held until 1897, when he moved to Bloomington,
Illinois, where he is still in practice (1904). He is one of the medical
staff of St. Joseph's Hospital. Married Miss Lizzie Sterling. Died Sept.
26, 1930.
Doctor H. S. Chapin was born in DeWitt, Dewitt county, 111., 1849.
Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, 111., 1872. Located in
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Holder, McLean county, Illinois, 1885, where he has been in constant
practice up to the present time. (1904). Married Miss Julia Bosseman.
Doctor Samuel L. Chapin was born in DeWitt, DeWitt county. 111., 1857.
Attended first course of lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago,
Illinois, and graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.,
1875. Located in Holder, McLean county. 111., in 1875, and in Saybrook,
Illinois, 1885, where he practiced until his death. Was assassinated
August 18, 1904, while returning home from his office, 9:30 P. M.
and died 9:30 A. M. August 19, 1904. The assassin, George F. Wilkinson,
supposed to be insane. Dr. Chapin was a member of the McLean county
Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Society and also the American
Medical Association. He was a member of Hope Lodge No. 140, K. P.,
of Saybrook, Illinois. His death was universally regretted by the citizens
of Saybrook and surrounding country. Was married three times. First,
Mrs. Addie Doughlett; second, Mrs. Minnie Cheney; third. Miss L. A.
Cox of Farmer City, Illinois,
Doctor A, L. Chapman was born in Harrison county, Ohio, January 26,
1847. Graduated at Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery after
three full courses. Located at White Oak, McLean county, Illinois, 1877-
83; Bloomington, 111., 1883-91; and Carlock, McLean county, Illinois,
to present time (1904). Served in army during the Civil War, Company
G, 76th O. V. I.; was in "Sherman's March to the Sea," in battles at
Resaca and Kenesaw Mountain. Was U. S. pension examiner at Bloom-
ington, 111., during Cleveland's last administration. Married Miss Lydia
Bramwell in 1879. (Deceased).
Doctor R. W. Chapman was born in Leesburg, Carroll county, Ohio, July
24, 1837. Attended lectures at Starling Medical College,. Columbus, Ohio,
where he graduated 1860. Located in Bakersville, Coshocton county,
Ohio, 1861-67. In New Rumley, Harrison county, Ohio, 1867-69; and in
1869 removed to ElPaso, 111. Present whereabouts unknown.
Doctor W. R. Chew was born March 15, 1816, in Fredericksburg, Va.
Attended lectures in Transylvania Medical College, Lexington, Ky.,
during the session of 1842-3-4, graduating in 1844. Practiced medicine
from 1844 until 1856 in Midway, Woodford county, Ky.; from 1856-60
in Bloomington, 111., and from 1860-63 in East Feliciana Parish, La.
From 1863-68 near Vicksburg, Miss., and from 1868-86 to Clarksville,
Texas, where he died September, 1886, and was buried in Jefferson,
Texas. He was fifth President of the McLean County Medical Society.
Married - - - .
Doctor J. M. Cody was born in Embo, Ontario, B. C, 1861. Graduated
in medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois,
1886. Has been practicing in Tremont, Illinois, since graduating. Mar-
ried Miss Belle Irene Davis.
Doctor N. B. Cole was born December, 1873, in Fairfield county, Ohio.
Attended lecture session 1859-60 in New York Medical College and reg-
ular session of 1860 at Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, where he
graduated. Practiced medicine in Aetna, Ohio, from 1860-68, when he
entered the army, serving until 1865 as Assistant Surgeon of 19th
Ohio and 50th Ohio regiments. After leaving the army, he located in
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Bloomington, 111., Nov. 1, 1865, where he continued in practice until
November, 1896. He was for years physician to the Soldiers' Orphans'
Home at Normal, 111. In 1896 he moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he
died September 11, 1904. Married Miss M. C. Evans.
Doctor Henry Conklin was born in Morristown, New Jersey, 1814. Grad-
uated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, 1830. Practiced
medicine several years in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, thence removed to Hudson,
McLean county, Illinois, 18 - - , where he practiced until he moved to
Bloomington, Illinois, 1864, where he died January 29, 1888. Dr. Conklin
was a charter member of the McLean County Medical Society. He was
married three times. His last wife was Mrs. M. Dodge, of Springfield, 111.
Doctor C. J. Corley was born in Providence, Rhode Island, January 26,
1864. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College, Chi-
cago, 111., 1884. Located in Bloomington, 111., soon after graduating,
where he practiced until his death, June 27, 1898. Married Miss Eugenia
La Case.
Doctor William A. Coss was born October 31, 1870, in Arrowsmith,
Illinois. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Marion Sims Medical
College, St. Louis, Mo., 1901. Located in Danvers, McLean county, 111.,
1901. Married Anna Belle Arbogast.
Doctor J. E. Covey was born in McLean county, Illinois, near LeRoy,
October 7, 1861. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, February
26, 1887. Practiced medicine in Lexington, Illinois, from March, 1887,
to June, 1903, excepting five (5) months spent in study in Germany.
From September 1, 1902, he spent a year in the hospital in Chicago,
making a special study of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Since April
of this year (1904) he has taken a course at Royal London Ophthalmis
Hospital of London, England. August 1, 1904, located in Bloomington,
Illinois. Married Miss Emma L. Scrogin.
Doctor E. G. Covington was born in Washington, D. C, August 1, 1872
(negro). Graduated 1899 at Howard University, Washington, D. C. Lo-
cated in Bloomington, 111., 1900, where he still resides (1904). Assistant
Surgeon of the 8th regiment Illinois National Guards, commissioned
June 2, 1902. (Deceased).
Doctor David L. Crist was born in Perry county, Ohio, May 18, 1817.
Graduated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, 1852. Com-
menced practice soon after at Mt. Sterling, Ohio, and moved to Bloom-
ington, Illinois, 1853, where he practiced until a short time before his
death (which was caused by a complication of diseases) March 18, 1875.
Dr. D. L. Crist was a charter member of the McLean County Medical
Society and a constant attendant of the Illinois State Medical Asso-
ciation.
Doctor D. O. Crist was born in Rushville, Fairfield county, Ohio, August
28, 1824. Practiced in Mt. Sterling until 1855, when he located in Bloom-
ington, 111., from which place he moved to Indianapolis, Ind.
Doctor Howard C. Crist was born in Licking county, Ohio, 1846. Grad-
uated in medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois,
1870. Located in Bloomington, 111., 1870. In 1874 was stationed at Indian
Agency, Arizona, and in 1882 moved to Riverside, California, where he
died August 5, 1883.
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Doctor William Cromwell was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, October
2, 1812. Graduated in medicine and surgery at University of Maryland,
1835, from which time until 1858 he continued in practice. He died in
Bloomington, Illinois, January 7, 1874, of Phthisis Pulmonalis. He was
appointed Postmaster at Bloomington, Illinois, 1867, and served very
acceptably for four years. He was held in such high esteem that upon
the incoming of a new national administration, a large number of both
political parties petitioned for his continuance in office, but the princi-
ples of partisan reward was too important to be overlooked even to retain
a particularly honest and efficient public officer. He subsequently en-
gaged in the insurance business, being unable from failing health, to
practice his profession. His death was greatly regretted by a large
circle of admiring friends. He was one of the charter members of the
McLean County Medical Society. He married Miss Enos of Philadelphia,
Penn.
Doctor E. K. Crothers was born October 29, 1826, at Mount Pleasant,
Jefferson county, Ohio. Attended Medical Department of the University
of Missouri, St. Louis, 1847-8, and Jefferson Medical College, Phila-
delphia, Pa., 1849-50 where he graduated. Located in Bloomington, 111.,
July 4, 1850, where he continued in practice until his death, April 23,
1893. Dr. Crothers was one of the charter members of the McLean
County Medical Society. He married Miss M. L. Depew, who afterward
graduated in medicine and aided her husband very materially in his
office practice.
Doctor H. M. Dally was born in Putnam county, Illinois, 1854. Graduated
in medicine and surgery at Indianapolis, Ind., 1881. Located in Kempton,
Illinois, 1882-1902, and Bloomington, Illinois, October, 1902, to present
time (1904). Married Rose E. Hannah.
Doctor A. T. Darrah was born in Delaware county, Ohio, March 17, 1836.
Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1865. Located at
Tolono, Champaign county, Illinois, 1865-1883, and Bloomington, Illinois,
from 1883 until his death, September 4, 1889. Married Elizabeth J.
Fugate.
Doctor Eliza Dawson was born - - Graduated - - . Located in Blooming-
ton, Illinois - - . Present location unknown.
Doctor D. T. Douglas was born in Morristown, New Jersey, July 7, 1842.
Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1871. Located in Selma,
Illinois, 1871, and Colfax, Illinois, 1883. Married Mary L. Pierson. Died
1909.
Doctor R. W. Dunlap was born near Lexington, Ky., July 4, 1817. He
graduated May, 1839, at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky. Two
years thereafter he took a supplemental course in Philadelphia and New
York. Immediately after graduating he located in Danville, Ky. In 1856,
he located in Bloomington, Illinois. In 1861, he returned to Kentucky,
having a temporary residence in Bloomfield, Nelson county, until after
the war when he returned to Danville, Ky., and there remained until
his death, July 24, 1885. He was an active practitioner aH his life. Was
a charter member of the American Medical Association. President of
Kentucky Medical Association in 1879. Upon the creation of the Ken-
tucky State Board of Health, he was appointed a member by the Gov-
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ernor and remained a member during his life. Dr. Dunlap was greatly-
respected by all the members of the McLean County Medical Society.
His remains are buried in the Danville Cemetery, Kentucky.
Doctor Charles S. Elder was born in Waterloo, New York, May 7, 1835.
Graduated in medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College, Chicago,
Illinois, March, 1863. Located in Chenoa, Illinois, 1863, where he is still
in active practice (1904). In 1869, he married Miss Mary E. Martin, of
Bloomington, Illinois. He died April 12, 1911.
Doctor George W. Elder was born February, 1809. Graduated in Phila-
delphia Medical College, Penn. - Practiced in U. S. Army, Bloomington,
Illinois and LeRoy, Illinois. Died August, 1892. Married Mary Baker.
Doctor Guilford D. Elder was born at Prairie DeLong, Illinois, November
27, 1845. Moved to Bloomington, Illinois, 1852. Graduated at University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1877. Located in Danvers, Illinois, 1877-98 and
Bloomington, Illinois, 1898, until present time (1904). Married Miss
Julia Reed of Bloomington, Illinois. Died October 1, 1906.
Doctor Horace W. Elder was born November 28, 1859 in Bloomington,
Illinois. Attended city schools, including High School, from which he
finished in 1876. Attended Philadelphia School of Pharmacy two years,
1879-80. Clerked in drug store until 1885. That year was married to
Miss Ella Slater. Attended Marion Sims Medical School two years,
Barnes Medical School two years, from which he graduated in the spring
of 1893. Took post-graduate course at Jefferson Medical School, Phila-
delphia, one year. Has practiced medicine in Bloomington since 1895.
Member McLean County Medical Society, American Medical Association,
and Illinois State Medical Association. Also member staff Bloomington
Free Polyclinic for five years. Member Brokaw Hospital staff and St.
Joseph's Hospital staff. He died October 24, 1930. Dr. Horace Elder
was the son of Dr. William A. Elder. Dr. William A. Elder, Dr. Charles
S. Elder, and Dr. Guilford D. Elder were brothers.
Doctor William A. Elder was born in Watertown, Seneca county. New
York, March 3, 1826. Graduated March, 1847, from Medical Department
University of Missouri, St. Louis. Was resident physician at Marine
Hospital at St. Louis one year. Practiced in St. Louis 1848-49-50, Bloom-
ington, llinois, July 1, 1851, until his death, January 3, 1895. Was Pres-
ident of the McLean County Medical Society, 1875. Was a charter
member of the society. Was a member of medical staff at St. Joseph's
Hospital. Married Mary Owens.
Doctor J. H. Fenelon was born December 11, 1864, in Fond du Lac county,
Wisconsin. Graduated, 1889 at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois.
Practiced in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, 1889-95, and Bloom-
ington, Illinois, 1895, to present time (1904). Is a member of the medical
staff St. Joseph's Hospital. Married Miss Mary Slattery, of Bloomington,
Illinois. Practiced until his death, March 3, 1941.
Doctor T. D. Fisher was born in Ligonier, Westmoreland county, Pa.,
October 1, 1826. Attended one course of lectures in Western Reserve
Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated at Rush Medical Col-
lege, Chicago, Illinois, session of 1856-7. Located in Leroy, Illinois, May,
1853., where he was in continued practice until his death, April 6, 1902.
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Doctor D. M. Foster was born in Lexington, Kentucky, February 12,
1817. Graduated from Medical Institute, Louisville, Kentucky, 1841.
Located in Oak Grove, Kentucky, 1841-51; Heusted county, Arkansas,
1852-57; Natchez, Mississippi, 1857-64; Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 1864-73,
and Bloomington, Illinois, from 1873 to present time (1904). The doctor
retired from practice some years since and engaged in the drug business
until recently. Married Miss Mary L. Hawks.
Doctor A. L. Fox was born in Danville, Pa., January 23, 1846. Graduated
at University of Michigan, 1870. Practiced in Michigan 1870-85; Oregon,
1885-93; and Bloomington, Illinois, 1893 to present time (1904). Married
Miss C. V. Deems.
Doctor J. R. Freese was born in New Jersey. Attended lectures in Penn-
sylvania Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. Located in Bloomington,
Illinois in 1854. Was one of the charter members of the McLean County
Medical Society and its first Secretary. Returned to Philadelphia before
the war and has been completely lost sight of.
Doctor C. Judson Gill was born in New Jersey, 1836. Graduated in
medicine and surgery at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1866.
Located in Bloomington, Illinois, where he practiced from 1866-76, when
he moved to Riverside, California, where he now resides. (1904). In 1863,
he married Miss Sophie Crist; second wife Miss Emma Crist, 1865; and
third wife. Miss I. L. Kimball, in 1899. Died December 6, 1904, in Cali-
fornia.
Doctor F. H. Godfrey was born in Newton, Hamilton county, Ohio,
December 14, 1847. Graduated at Miami Medical College, Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1877. Located in Bellflower, McLean county, Illinois, 1877. In 1890
moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where he has been in continued practice
until the present time (1904), with the exception of some time in Lon-
don, England, taking a special course in ophthalmic surgery and diseases
of the eye, nose and throat. Has been a member of medical staff St.
Joseph's Hospital for a number of years. Married Miss Mercie White,
of Bloomington, Illinois. (Deceased).
Doctor Daniel O. Golding was born June 23, 1870, at Plattsmouth,
Nebraska. Graduated in medicine "and surgery from Jefferson Medical
College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1890, and New York Post Graduate M. & H.,
1891. Practiced in Connecticut Home and Hospital, 1890-91, Nebraska
one year, Iowa three years, Arrowsmith, McLean county, Illinois, where
he now resides (1904). Married Miss Fannie Brown.
Doctor R. Earl Gordon was born in Carlyle, Illinois, September 5, 1872.
Graduated in medicine and surgery at Missouri Medical College, St.
Louis, Missouri, March 27, 1893. Located in El Paso, Illinois, December,
1894, where he still continues in practice (1904). July, 1894, he married
Miss Delia C. Chappell of Rolla, Mo. Is local Surgeon for Illinois Central
R. R. Co.
Doctor J. C. Graham was born, 1^50, in Rhode Island. Graduated from
the Western Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio, 1873, and University of
New York, 1875. Resident Physician Cleveland City Hospital 1873-74.
Located in Lexington, Illinois, 1875-89. Located in Detroit, Michigan,
1890-91, since which time he has been in La Port City, Iowa. Married - - .
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Doctor Elias Gray was born February 20, 1821, in Middletown, Ohio.
Was Assistant Surgeon 30th Iowa Regiment 1862-63 and Assistant
Surgeon 58th Mississippi (colored). Was first Secretary of Illinois
Board of Health. Died in Chicago, June 30, 1896.
Doctor William E. Guthrie was born in Abingdon, Illinois, 1857. Grad-
uated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1881, and entered
the firm of White and Guthrie. Married in 1882 to Miss Letta Smith.
Elected County Physician March, 1884, and held that position until
departure for Europe, 1888-9. One year at Berlin and London at clinics,
studied with Von Bergman, Bramann, Oelshausen, Landau and Virchow
at Berlin and with Treves at London. In 1892, commenced practice
alone; 1886, appointed surgeon L. E. & W. R. R.; 1896, appointed
surgeon C. & A. R. R.; 1899, spent five months in Munich studying
with Amann. Was a member of World's Congress of Gynaecologists at
Amsterdam in 1899. One of medical staff of Brokaw Hospital. In 1900,
withdrew from general practice and since then limits his practice to
surgery. ( Deceased ) .
Doctor O. E. Haering was born in Dodge county, Wisconsin, February 6,
1861. Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1886.
Practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinois, since that time with the
exception of eight (8) months spent in Europe in 1889, where he at-
tended medical lectures in University of Berlin, Married Miss Mary A.
Lampel.
Doctor T. T. Haering was born February, 1833, at Frickenhausen, King-
dom of Bavaria, Germany. Graduated at Munich, Bavaria, 1860, and
came to the U. S. of America same year. Practiced medicine in Dodge
county, Wisconsin, two years. Was Assistant Surgeon in the 9th Army
Corps during Rebellion. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1867, where
he was also engaged in the drug business in connection with his
practice. He still practices his profession (1904). Married - - .
Doctor John Haig was born September 5, 1855, near Scotland, Indiana.
Graduated from Miami Medical College, 1880. Located in Scotland, In-
diana, 1880; Downs, Illinois, 1883; and Leroy, Illinois, 1884. Is at present
time Postmaster at Leroy, Illinois. Married Miss Sallie M. Forbes, who
died - - 1900. Second wife. Miss Catherine F. Nelson.
Doctor J. W. Hall was born in Georgetown, Kentucky, August 27, 1868,
Graduated at Kentucky School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1890.
Located at Erlanger, Kentucky, 1890-92; Bloomington, Illinois, 1892-
1903; and Chicago, Illinois, 1903, to present time (1904), Married Miss
Gertrude Crumbaugh, who died 1900.
Doctor William Hallam was born in Louisville, Illinois, April 2, 1851.
Graduated from Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, 1874. Practiced
at Centralia, Illinois, one year; Grayville, Illinois, twelve years. Located
in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1887, where he practiced until his death,
January 23, 1898.
Doctor Lewis Joseph Hammers was born in Woodford county, Illinois,
August 14, 1877. Graduated in medicine and surgery at College of
Physicians and Surgeons, University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1902. Lo-
cated January 1, 1903, in Lexington, Illinois. September 12, 1900,
marVied Miss Minnie Berger, of Dalton Station, Cook county, Illinois,
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Doctor Edson B. Hart wa^ born in 1868 in El Paso, Illinois. Graduated
June, 1901, from Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago,
Illinois. Served one ^ear as interne at Lincoln Hospital, New York,
and May 1, 1902 located in Bloomington, Illinois. Married Miss Louie
Howell April 25, 1911. He died July 18, 1939.
Doctor C. E. Hayward was born in Brimfield, Illinois, - - . Took State
Board of Health examination 1877. Graduated at Rush Medical College,
Chicago, Illinois, in 1886. Located in Morton, Illinois, 1877, and Cropsey,
Illinois, 1880, where he has been in practice until the present time.
Married Elvira Hayward.
Doctor A. T. Kenton was born - - . Practiced on ten (10) years limits
Certificate 1878 - - . Married Miss Boyd of Wilmington, Ohio.
Doctor William Hill was born in Middletown, Butler county, Ohio, March
12, 1829. Attended lectures at Laporte, Indiana, 1849, and Ann Arbor,
Michigan, 1851-53. Graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
Pa., 1856; Illinois Army Certificate 1856-61; Surgeon 48th Illinois
Regiment Infantry 1861-62. In 1856, located in Salem, Illinois, where
he practiced ten (10) years, including time spent in army as surgeon
during Civil War. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, at close of war,
where he still continues in practice (1.904). Was President of "District
Medical Society," 1873, and McLean County Medical Society, 1880; Vice-
President State Medical Society, 1882. Was a member of (House) 32nd
General Assembly of Illinois 1880-82. First wife Miss Ellen Carr;
second wife Miss Frances Roach. After locating in Bloomington, Dr.
Hill paid special attention to Surgery but at the same time did a
general practice.
Doctor Edward P. G. Holderness was born in Manchester, England,
November 5, 1832. Came to this country when a child. Graduated from
Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri, 1860, and Bellevue Hos-
pital Medical College, New York, in 1875. Practiced in Pleasant Hill,
Illinois, 1860-61. Located in Towanda, Illinois 1861-75, and in Chenoa,
Illinois, 1875, to present time (1904). Married Miss Lucinda A. Mitchell,
June, 1860.
Doctor Z. L. Hoover was born in Gettysburg, Pa., 1824. Graduated at
Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, Session of 1846-47. Located in
Germantown, Ohio, 1845-6, Germantown, Indiana, 1848, and Blooming-
ton, Illinois in 1851, where he continued in practice until his death
April 7, 1886. He was a charter member of the McLean County Medical
Society and one of the most successful and popular physicians in the
county. Married Miss Alice Ann Allen of Bloomington, Illinois.
Doctor W. L. Horn was born in McLean, Illinois, - - 1860. Graduated
from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1905. Located for-
merly at Arrowsmith, McLean county, Illinois, but at present resides at
Boulder, Colorado, December, 1903-1904. Married Miss Mary Brock hi
1884.
Doctor Silas Hubbard was born in Mayville, Chautauqua county, Ver-
mont, May 1, 1821. Graduated from Castleton Medical College, Castleton,
Vermont, in 1842. Located in Buffalo, New York, 1842-1855. Practiced
in Bloomington, Illinois, from 1855-58, and in Hudson, Illinois, from
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1858-1900, when he moved to East Aurora, New York, where he con-
tinues in practice (1904). Married Miss Julia F. Read of Buffalo, New
York.
Doctor M. D. Hull was born in Salem. Marion county, Illinois, September
20, 1851. Graduated in medicine at Louisville Medical College in 1876.
Practiced in Salem in partnership with Dr. J. A. Davenport till the fall
of 1877. Moved from Salem to Arrowsmith, McLean county, Illinois, in
October, 1877, and remained there in practice till January, 1894, when
he moved to Bloomington, Illinois, and has since then practiced in
Bloomington, Illinois. Died September 8, 1921.
Doctor Eliza J. Hyndman was born September 3, 1849. in Coatsburg,
Adam county, Illinois. Graduated from Northwestern University Med-
ical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1897. Located in Bloomington, Illinois,
1897, where she still continues in practice (1904). (Deceased).
Doctor F. O. Jackman was born October 23, 1858, at Norwalk, Ohio.
Graduated from Northwestern L'niversity Medical College, Chicago, 111.,
March 29, 1SS7. Located in Topeka, Kansas; Jacksonville, Illinois, and
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. The doctor served on the staff of physicians in the
Insane Asylum of these places. Unmarried. Died May 30, 1932.
Doctor E. B. Johnson was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1830. Grad-
uated in Louisville. Kentucky, 1851. Located in Georgetown, Kentucky,
after lea\ing college, thence to Atlanta and McLean, Illinois, where he
died, 1884. Married Miss Jennie Keens.
Doctor Albert Gallatin Jones was born December 21, 1827, in West
Nev,-ton, Pa. Graduated from Chicago Medical College, now North-
western University Medical College, Chicago. Illinois, March, 1862. After
graduating, located in Farmington, Illinois; Menlo, Guthrie county, Iowa;
and Lexington, Illinois, where he now resides (1904). November 25, 1851,
married Miss Isabella McCoy, of Wayne county, Ohio.
Doctor N. F. Jordan was born in Tollesboro, Kentucky. May 18, 1863.
Graduated at Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1883. Located in
Tollesboro. Kentucky, 1887; Mansfield. Illinois, 1887-8; and Blooming-
ton, Illinois, in 1888, until his death, December 28, 1903. Married Miss
Wallingfred.
Doctor A. F. Kaeser was born December 9, 1878, at Highlands, Illinois.
Graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago. Illinois,
Session of 1901. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1901-1904. Died Jan.
SO, 1940.
Doctor L. S. Keith was born January 16. 1858, in Lebanon, Indiana. Grad-
uated at Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1887. Located in
Congerville, Illinois, 1889-96, and Towanda, Illinois, 1896 to present time
(1904). Married Miss Carrie M. Merrill.
Doctor O. A. Kell was born in Salem, Illinois, 1871. Graduated from
Barnes Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri, 1887. Located in Danvers,
McLean county, Illinois, 1898-1901, and Kankakee Hospital for Insane,
1901-1904.
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Doctor S. L. Kerr was born August 11, 1823, in Washington county, Pa.
Examination by State Board of Health. Located in East Liberty, Allin
county, Indiana, May, 1850, where he remained until the spring of 1856,
removing to Kappa, Illinois, April, 1857. Located in El Paso, Woodford
county, Illinois, where he continued in practice until his death, in 18 - - .
Doctor T. W. Keys was born January 18, 1838, in Ireland. Graduated in
medicine and surgery from Keokuk Medical College, Iowa, February 25,
1879. Located in Leroy, Illinois, June, 1869, where he has been prac-
ticing medicine continuously ever since - thirty-five years. He married
Miss Jennie Magill at Lexington, Illinois, October 8, 1865. (Deceased).
Doctor William J. Kirk was born October 27, 1833, in Simpsonville,
Kentucky. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Louisville College of
Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, 1853. Located in Atlanta, Illinois, 1855,
where he practiced until his death, March 25, 1887. His first wife Marie
Verder, who died in 1865; his second, Olive J. Morris, whom he married
in 1870, still survives.
Doctor M. S. Kopf was born in Paris, France, - - . Served in the French
army in Algiers, Africa - Time Limit. Settled in Freeberg, Illinois, in
1851. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1867, where he practiced until
his death, 1887. Married Miss Elizabeth Weis.
Doctor J. E. Kunkler was born December 16, 1866, in Eureka, Illinois.
Graduated at Physio-Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1896. Located
in Chicago, Illinois in 1897-98 and Bloomington, Illinois, 1898, to present
time (1904). Married - - .
Doctor James S. Lackey was born March 14, 1836, in Richmond, Ken-
tucky. Married Miss Sallie Didlake, November 9, 1858. Graduated from
Chicago Medical College, March 6, 1864. Practiced at Towanda, Illinois,
until 1867. Spent one year at Augusta, Woodford county, Arkansas.
Located in Stanford, McLean county, Illinois, 1868, where he remained
until 1871, when he removed to Normal, Illinois, where he practiced until
1880, returning to Stanford, Illinois, where he continued in practice until
1899, when he retired and removed to Astoria, Oregon, where he died
August 16, 1903, and was cremated. First wife died in Normal, Illinois,
September 26, 1879. Second wife was Mrs. Madaline Nafziger.
Doctor R. G. Laughlin was born in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, Feb-
ruary, 1827. Graduated in University of New York, 1850. Practiced
medicine in New Metamora, Washington county, Ohio, 1850-56, when he
located in Heyworth, McLean county, Illinois. In 1862, he entered the
Union army as Major of 94th regiment volunteers. Was promoted to
Lieut, in 94th Reg. I. V. I. Received an honorable commission as Col.
of the Illinois Volunteers from Governor and subsequently breveted
Col. and Brigadier General by the President of the United States. Dur-
ing l^st year of service he was Inspector General of the 13th Army
Corps. In 1866 he returned to Heyworth, Illinois, and resumed the prac-
tice of medicine. February, 1871, he located in Bloomington, Illinois,
where, after several years of practice, he died about 1881. He was
seventeenth President of the McLean County Medical Society. Married
Miss - - Turner.
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Doctor Julius Lehman was born in Dresden, Saxony, 1826. Attended
lectures three years at University of Prague and graduated at Uni-
versity of Leipsic, 1850. Practiced in Sandusky City, Ohio; Bellevue,
Ohio; Terre Haute, Indiana; and Bloomington, Illinois, 1883. He finally
moved to Stanford, McLean county, Illinois, where he engaged in the
drug business. Married - - ,
Doctor Jehu Little was born in Washington county, Indiana, October 6,
1833. He received his education in the common schools and in Marshall
College, Marshall, Illinois, and in the State Normal University, Normal,
Illinois. He received his medical education in Bellevue Hospital Medical
College, New Yoi'k City, in Long Island Hospital Medical College, Brook-
lyn, New York, and in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania. Of the two latter he is a graduate. He was wardmaster of the
hospital of the 33rd Illinois Vol. Inf. from October 3, 1861, till January 3,
1862; was Hospital Steward in the regular army from October 9, 1862,
until January 12, 1863; was Assistant Surgeon of the 26th Mo. Vol. Inf.,
from January 12, 1863, until October 27, 1864, and Surgeon of the
110th U. S. Vol. Inf., from September 5, 1865 until February 6, 1866.
He was detailed July 16th, 1864, to stay with the wounded soldiers after
the three days' battles around Tupelo, Mississippi, and fell into the
hands of the enemy and was held as a prisoner of war, but was released
at Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, in September, 1864. He practiced
medicine at Leroy, McLean county, Illinois, from July, 1866, until No-
vember, 1876, and in Bloomington, Illinois, from May, 1877, to December,
1904. He was Secretary of the McLean County Medical Society from
1878, until 1880, was President of same in 1886, and Treasurer of same
in 1896 and 1897. He has been a member of the McLean County Medical
Society since April, 1866, of the Illinois State Medical Society since
May, 1866, and of the American Medical Association since June, 1882.
He was married to Miss Helen M. Humiston, February 7, 1867, at
Sharon, Henry county, Illinois. (Deceased).
Doctor A. H. Luce was born February 28, 1816, in Wayne county, New
York. Graduated from Geneva Medical College, New York, in 1842.
Located in Bloomington, Illinois, the same year he graduated and con-
tinued in practice, with the exception of one year in Leroy, Illinois,
until his death, September 5, 1893. He was one of the charter members
of the McLean County Medical Society, and its first President, also
its fourteenth. In 1864, he was elected President of the Illinois State
Medical Association. Dr. A. H. Luce was one of the substantial mem-
bers of the medical profession, rather retiring in disposition, scorning
anything like display to attract attention. For years he was the prin-
cipal surgeon of McLean county, in fact was at the head of the profession
as consulting physician. He was also a member of St. Joseph's Hospital
Medical staff. For several years previous to his death, he was physically
unable to meet all demands for his professional services. His death
was universally regretted by the general public and particularly the
medical profession in county and state. His first wife Miss Lucy Parke
and his second wife Miss Lucinda Dawsont
Doctor Hiram C. Luce was born December 26, 1839, in Erie county,
Pennsylvania. Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois,
1860. He spent one year in Missouri, entered the U.S.A. 1861 as Assist-
ant Surgeon, 4th Illinois Cavalry, promoted to Surgeon in 1863, Was
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honorably mustered out of the service at the close of the war and re-
turned to Bloomington, Illinois, where he continued to practice until
1874, at which time he removed to Indianapolis, Indiana, and retired
from practice. He was elected thirteenth President of McLean County
Medical Society. He returned to Bloomington, Illinois, and died February
27, 1888. Was a member of the John A. Logan Post 146, G. A. R. Mar-
ried Miss E. Hanna, March 16, 1870, at Attica, Indiana.
Doctor Ferd C. McCormick was born September 17, 1874, in Normal,
Illinois. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Northwestern Uni-
versity Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, 1899. Located in Normal, Illi-
nois, in 1899, and practiced there until 1903, when he located in Port
Huron, Michigan. He later returned to Normal, Illinois, where he has
been in practice the past thirty years. He is a member of the McLean
County, and Illinois State Medical Societies. He did post-graduate work
at the University of Michigan. He married Miss Estelle Baker, October
2, 1901. Died in 1945.
Doctor Nelson K. McCormick was born September 30, 1862, in Normal,
Illinois. Graduated from Chicago Medical College, 1888. Located in
Normal, Illinois, 1889, where he continues in practice. Is physician to
Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home, at Normal, at present time (1904).
Married Miss Mary Sudduth, of Normal, Illinois. Died July 26, 1919.
Doctor D. H. McFarland was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania,
October 16, 1831. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois,
1870. Located in Heyworth, Illinois. Married on June 22, 1859, Mi?s
N. Dussen, of Franklin, Indiana, who was born in 1840 and died at her
home in Heyworth, June 5, 1891. Dr. McFarland is still in practice,
especially amongst his old friends and patrons who loathe to give him up.
Doctor William Mcintosh was born October 3, 1865, in Mississippi.
Graduated in medicine and surgery at Barnes Medical College, St. Louis,
Missouri, session of 1894-5. August, 1896, he located in Anchor, McLean
county, Illinois, where he continues to practice (1904). Married Miss
Pearl E. Morris. Deceased.
Doctor John F. McKenzie was born December 27, 1842, in Christian
county, Kentucky. Attended lectures of 1872-3-4 at Louisville Medical
College, Kentucky, graduating at latter session. Practiced in Bennetts-
ville (?), Christian county, Kentucky, until November, 1874, when he
removed to Bloomington, Illinois, where he practiced two years. He
then located in Leroy, Illinois, practicing his profession until his death,
April 15, 1896. Married Miss Mary Louise Dulcant.
Doctor Ernest Mam men was born September 22, 1855, in Oldenburg,
North Germany; emigrated with his parents to Woodford county, Illi-
nois, 1864. Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois,
1884. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1884. County Physician, 1890,
and served three (3) years. Studied in Berlin, Germany, one year,
1893-4, with Von Bergman, and others. He is a surgeon for the C. C. C.
& St. L. R. R., and the B. & N. R. R. at present time (1904). Has been
connected from its beginning with medical staff of Brokaw Hospital.
Married Miss Sarah Melinda Parks. Dr. Mammen did first operation
for radical cure of inguinal hernia and cholelithiasis in McLean county.
He was appointed by President Wilson as the examining physician on
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the local war board to serve during the World War. He taught surgical
diagnosis in St. John's University, Shanghai, China, 1923-24. Died in
1937.
Doctor George W. Mason was born August 8, 1850, at Polo, Illinois.
Graduated in medicine and surgery from Chicago Medical College,
March 3, 1880. He was valedictorian of his class. He served one year as
interne in Mercy Hospital, Chicago, and then located in Bloomington,
Illinois, 1882. Married Miss Jennis Rudd, of Little Rock, Arkansas. Died
October 8, 1887. A few days previous to his death he was called to
perform intubation on two children, suffering from diphtheria and con-
tracted the disease, from which he died. He was a member of the medical
staff of St. Joseph's Hospital.
Doctor A. W. Meyer was born in Bloomington, Illinois, December 13,
1869. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1897. Lo-
cated in Bloomington, Illinois, 1897, where he is still in regular practice.
He was Health Commissioner at Bloomington for nine years. He is a
member of the McLean County, Illinois State, A. M. A., and American
Association for the study of Goiter. Unmarried. Died 1947; cause —
cardio-renal.
Doctor James F. Meyers was born December 29, 1856, at Luray, Licking
county, Ohio. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Rush Medical
College, Chicago, Illinois, March 20, 1883. Dr. Meyers practiced medi-
cine in Farmer City, Saybrook, and Rock Island, Illinois. He is now
(1904) in active practice in the latter city. He holds the position of
"Supreme Medical Director of the Court of Honor, Rock Island, Illinois."
Married Miss Sarah Jane Johnson.
Doctor J. M. Miller was born in Richmond, Kentucky, - - . Graduated in
Louisville, Kentucky, - - . Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1880. Died
at St. Joseph's Hospital, Bloomington, Illinois, October, 1902.
Doctor Frank J. Mittan was born April 13, 1865, in DeWitt, Dewitt
county, IlHnois. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois,
class of 1891. Practiced in Colfax, Illinois from May 1, 1891, to Sep-
tember, 1902, and at Decatur, Illinois, from August 1, 1903, to present
time (1904). Married Miss Emma L. Butcher.
Doctor James Montgomery was born in County Tyi'one, Ireland; August
28, 1837. Emigrated'to the United States of America, 1856. Commenced
study of medicine 1861, when he entered the United States army as a
private. Company F, 94th Illinois Volunteers. Was detailed to perform
the duties of hospital Steward of regiment. In 1863, was appointed
Steward of General Hospital at Brownville, Texas, in which position
he studied medicine under Dr. E. A. Carothers, surgeon in charge. In
1864, he passed an examination before the regular examining board of
the army at New Orleans, where he was appointed assistant to Med-
ical Purveyors department of the Gulf, which he held until the close of
the war. Upon returning to Bloomington, he read medicine in Dt.
William Hill's office for two years and practiced at Downs, McLean
county, Illinois, from 1868 until 1887, when he located in Bloomington,
Illinois, where he died January 4, 1888.
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Doctor D. O. Moore was born in Cadiz, Ohio, August 21, 1838. Studied
at Electic Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1850. Certificate from
State Board (10 year limit). Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1863,
and continued in practice until his death, March 15, 1901. Married Miss
Elizabeth Wakefield. (Deceased).
Doctor John P. Moore was boi-n in Womelsdorf, Berks county, Pennsyl-
vania, August, 1847. Took first course in medicine at Bellevue Hospital
Medical College, New York, 1867. Second course at University of Penn-
sylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he graduated March, 1869.
Practiced with his father from 1869-71. Later located in Osborn City,
Kansas, where he practiced until 1872. In 1874, he located in Bloom-
ington, Illinois. After a few years, he left Bloomington for the West —
some point in Oregon or California, where he was reported shipwrecked
and drowned.
Doctor Ttiomas R. Mullen was boi'n 1868, in Woodford, County Galway,
Ireland. Graduated from Creighton Medical College, Omaha, Nebraska,
1896. Was house physician at Douglas County Hospital, Omaha, eighteen
(18) months. In 1901, he spent six months in Dublin, Ireland, and Lon-
don, England, hospitals. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, January 1,
1898, where he has been in active practice up to the present time (1904).
Was a member of St. Joseph's Hospital staff. Married Miss Margaret
Carrol, of Omaha, Nebraska, 1899. Died at Omaha, Nebraska, April 29,
1941.
Doctor Charles Menaphe Noble was born near Heyworth, Illinois, De-
cember 16, 1850. He read medicine with Dr. W. T. Pollock at Heywoi'th.
Graduated in medicine from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, March 11, 1876. Began the practice of medicine in McLean,
Illinois, where he continued to practice for twenty-two years. On Feb-
ruary 25, 1898, he removed to Bloomington, where he continues in the
practice of his profession. Married Miss Minnie Stevenson June 1, 1876
(1905). (Deceased.)
Doctor Harrison Noble was born March 6, 1812, in Hamilton county,
Ohio, about sixteen miles from Cincinnati. He read medicine one sum-
mer at home and attended Ohio Medical College the fall of 1816 and
received his diploma the following spring in 1847. In 1851 Rush Med-
ical College of Chicago conferred on him an honorary diploma and
degree of Doctor of Medicine. He came to Illinois in 1832 and settled
on a farm one and one-fourth miles north of Heyworth, Illinois, where
he resided until his death. He was one of the chai'ter members of the
McLean County Medical Society and served the Society as its President
in 1856. He was president of the Illinois State Medical Society in 1856.
He was a member of the Illinois Legislature in 1864-65. He married
Miss Abbie Cook, March 21, 1833, who died January 2, 1845. In April,
1848, he married Mrs. Jane E. Marmon. Dr. Noble died August 12, 1870.
Doctor Joseph Price Noble was born July 5, 1868, at Heyworth, Illinois.
Graduated in medicine and surgery April 25, 1893, at Northwestern
University Medical School, Chicago. Married Miss Mary E. Wakefield
June 1, 1893. Located in McLean, Illinois, where he has been practicing
since graduation (1905). (Deceased).
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Doctor Robert Avery Noble was born April 16, 1877, in McLean, Illinois.
Graduated from Northwestern University Medical School, June 18, 1901.
Served as interne in Chicago Hospital and Assistant Instructor in
Anatomy and Operative Surgery at Post-Graduate Hospital for two
years. Located in Bloomihgton in 1903, where he continues in practice.
Married Eleanor Goodman, May 14, 1903 (1905). (Deceased).
Doctor Stephen Wood Noble was born March 9, 1826, in North Bend,
Hamilton county, Ohio. Graduated from the Ohio Medical College, Cin-
cinnati, in 1848, and at once began the practice of his profession in Le-
Roy, Illinois, in partnership with Dr. Cheney. After practicing in LeRoy
seventeen years he moved to Bloomington in January, 1865, where he
continued to practice until his last illness. He was a charter member
of the McLean County Medical Society and served the society as its
President in 1858, 1866 and 1868. He married Miss Amanda M. Green-
man, February 21, 1854. He died March 14, 1871.
Doctor D. H. Nusbaum was born October 30, 1856, in Ontario, Ohio.
Graduated in medicine and surgery from Western Reserve Medical
College, Cleveland, Ohio, 1855, and Jefferson Medical College, Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, 1888. Post Graduate course John Hopkins, 1899.
Located in Cullom, Illinois, 1885-93, and Bloomington, Illinois, 1893-1903.
At present time (1904) he is located at Storm Lake, Iowa. Was a mem-
ber of St. Joseph's Hospital staff. Married - - .
Doctor C. T. Orner was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, 1846. Graduated
from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1867. Lo-
cated in Saybrook, Illinois, 1871-84, and Bloomington, Illinois, 1884 to
present time (1904). Married Miss - - Carothers; second wife, Miss
Edith J. Warren. (Deceased).
Doctor Charles Ross Parke was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania,
June 25, 1823. Attended three (3) courses of medical lectures at the
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating at
session of 1846-7. In 1847 located at Concordville, Delaware county,
Pennsylvania. In 1848 moved west and located at Como, Whiteside
county, Illinois, where he practiced until spring of 1849, when he ac-
cepted the position of Surgeon to the Como Company en route overland
to California. Fall of 1850 he practiced in Sacramento City. Returned
to Illinois via Central America and located near Peoria, Illinois, where
he practiced until August 1, 1852 — one year — when he moved to
Bloomington, Illinois. In 1855, he accepted an appointment as surgeon
in the Russian army, and was assigned to duty in Hospital at Simpher-
opol, Crimea. After peace was declared, he was assigned to duty at the
"Holy City" of Kiev. After two months in Kiev, he resigned his com-
mission and returned home, spending some time in Berlin, Paris and
London, arriving, in Bloomington, 1857. Was Surgeon in Chief St.
Joseph's Hospital, Bloomington, Illinois, for twenty (20) years. Was
charter member of McLean County Medical Society and eighth President*
member Board of Pension Examiners during Cleveland's second admin-
istration. Retired from practice December, 1902, and moved to Louis-
ville, Kentucky. Married Mrs. Lucy Didlake Keith. (Deceased),
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Doctor F. J. Parkhurst was born in Jefferson county, Wisconsin, - - .
Graduated from Chicago Medical College 1880, at head of class. Located
in Danvers, McLean county, Illinois, 1880, where he enjoys a lucrative
practice. He is a member of the American Medical Association, Illinois
State Medical Society, as well as the McLean County Medical Society.
Married Miss - - Abbott. Died September 19, 1915 or 16.
Doctor Harvey Parkhurst was born in Sharon, Windsor county, Vermont,
February 20, 1823. Attended one course of medical lectures in Wood-
stock, Vermont, one in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and one in Buffalo,
New York, where he graduated session of 1850-51, February 25. Prac-
ticed in Prairieville, Berry county, Michigan. Located in Danvers,
McLean county, Illinois, 1850, where he practiced until his death, January
6, 1902. Married Miss - - .
Doctor William Patch was born March 23, 1860, at Kingsville, Ohio.
Graduated February 15, 1885, at Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
Ohio. Located in Ellsworth, Illinois, 1890-95; Stanford, Illinois, 1895 to
1900, and Henry, Illinois, 1900 to present time (1904). Married Lina
Laiker.
Doctor A. R. Penniman was born June 20, 1864, at" North Bloomfield,
Ohio. Graduated, 1895, from National Medical College, Washington, D. C.
Located in practice at Carrollton, Illinois from June, 1895, to 1899, and
Stanford, Illinois, from 1899 to present time (1904). Married Miss
Debby Leach, of Jerseyville, Illinois.
Doctor J. R. Pierce was born in Champaign county, Ohio, February, 1834.
Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1858, and entered
upon the practice of medicine and surgery at Danvers, McLean county,
Illinois, immediately upon graduation. In 1862, he entered the Medical
Department of United States Army and in 1863 was commissioned
Surgeon of the 56th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Died in Vicks-
burg, Mississippi, of pernicious intermittent fever. Dr. Pierce was a
young man of unusual promise, and his untimely death was deeply
regretted by those who know him best.
Doctor W. L. Pollock was born May 4, 1850, in Logan City, Ohio. Grad-
uated, 1871, at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Practiced in Normal, Illinois, from 1871-73, moved to Heyworth, McLean
county, Illinois, thence to Englewood, Illniois; 1.894 to Boone county,
Iowa, and at present, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Married Miss Lettie Bingham.
Doctor J. W. Read was born October 17, 1837, in Batavia, New York.
Graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, 1867.
Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1867, where he continued in practice
until 1868, and from 1868 to 1870 at Colfax, Illinois. 1870 he located
in Newark, New Jersey. Has not been heard from since 1875, then in
Newark. Was Secretary of the McLean County Medical Society, 1868.
Doctor Ernest S. Reedy was born February 3, 1872, at Metamora, Wood-
ford county, Illinois. Graduated at Marion Sims Medical College, St.
Louis, Missouri, 1898. Located in Colorado City, Colorado, May, 1898,
and Bloomington, Illinois, 1899, where he continues in practice (1904).
Married Miss Josephine Ator.
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Doctor W. H. Reedy was born February 14, 1848, in Clairfield county,
Pennsylvania. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois,
1876. Practiced before graduating. Located in Towanda, Illinois, 1874.
Married Miss Sarah J. Slemmons.
Doctor E. R. Roe was born in Lebanon, Ohio, June, 1813. Graduated at
Louisville Medical College, 1841. Practiced at Dayton, Ohio, 1836-7,
thence to Anderson, Indiana, 1840, then 1840 to Shawneetown, Illinois,
then 1849-52 at Jacksonville, Illinois, 1852-61, Bloomington, Illinois,
thence into Army as Lieut. Col. Regiment Illinois Volunteers. After
the war he was appointed U. S. Marshall Southern District of Illinois,
headquarters at Springfield, Illinois. Was twice president of McLean
County Medical Society, 1856 and 1861.
Doctor A. E. Rogers was born May 24, 1870, in McLean county, Illinois,
Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1897. Located in
Bloomington, Illinois, 1897, where he continues in practice (1904). Mar-
ried Miss Sadie Paul, of Stanford, Illinois.
Doctor Thomas P. Rogers was born in 1812. Graduated in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Located in Washington, Woodford county, Illinois, and in
Bloomington, Illinois 1850. Dr. Rogers was one of the charter members of
the McLean County Medical Society and its first Treasurer. He was a
member of the Illinois Legislature (House), session 1872 to 1880 - 28th,
29th, 30th, and 31st. Married Callie Burhans. Died - - .
Doctor E. E. Sargent was born August 19, 1868, at Higginspoi't, Ohio.
Graduated from Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1893. Lo-
cated in Leroy, McLean county, Illinois, 1893, where he still continues
in practice (1904). He was a member of the A. M. A., Illinois State,
and I. C. R. R. Surgeons. He did post-graduate work at New York, Phila-
delphia and Chicago. He married Miss Nellie, R. Sidels in 1896. He
died February, 1534.
Doctor Charles C. Sater was born in Franklin county, Indiana, October
10, 1840. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Miami Medical Col-
lege, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1872. Same year married Miss Helen M. Mc-
Caughey. Was three (3) years in Union Army, Company B, 19th Ind.
Vol., 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps (Iron Brigade). Was
severely wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. After the war he located in Hud-
son, Illinois. Was Pension Examiner in Bloomington, Illinois, last two
years of President Cleveland's first administration. Was Assistant Physi-
cian for the Insane at Jacksonville, 111., 1893-4-5-6. Since leaving Jack-
sonville, Illinois, has been located in Atlanta, 111.
Doctor Mrs. E. A. Shaw was born - - . Graduated - - . Located in
Bloomington, Illinois, 18 - - . Was President of the McLean County
Medical Society, 1877. Present location unknown.
Doctor R. W. Shinn was born July 11, 1850, at Bethel, Illinois. Grad-
uated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1879. Located at
Fielding, Illinois, 1879 to 1883 and Chenoa, Illinois, 1884 to present time
(1904). Married Miss Elizabeth Watkins.
Doctor L. H. Skaggs was born in Monroe county, Virginia, October 13,
1835. Graduated in medicine and surgery from Rush Medical College,
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Chicago, Illinois, 1863. Located in Ellsworth, Illinois, in 1872. Served
as Assistant Surgeon, 94th Regiment, Illinois Vol. Infantry during
rebellion, 1863 to 1865. After the war, he returned to Ellsworth, McLean
county, Illinois, where he is now practicing his profession. Married Miss
Ella Henton.
Doctor G. M. Smith was born in Plymouth, Washington county, Ohio,
January 21, 1845. Graduated in medicine and surgery in Cleveland
Medical College, Ohio, 1869. In 1882, post-gi-aduate course in Cincinnati
and also in Chicago, Illinois, 1886. In 1869, located in N. Lewisburg,
Ohio, and in 1883, Bloomington, Illinois. Married Miss Levina E. Hol-
lingsworth in 1870. Was Mayor of Bloomington, Illinois, 1894. Died
November 17, 1896, in Bloomington, Illinois.
Doctor George R. Smith was born August 21, 1859, in Bloomington,
Illinois. Graduated from the Chicago Medical College, 1887. Located in
Bloomington in 1887, where he continues in practice (1904). Was mem-
ber of U. S. Pension Board of Examiners in Bloomington, Illinois,
during President Cleveland's second administration. Also a member of
medical staff of St. Joseph's Hospital. Married Miss Clara Carlton.
Doctor J. Whitefield Smith was born September 9, 1863, in Pike county,
Illinois. Graduated from Keokuk Medical College, Iowa, in 1891. Located
in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, 1891-5. Was superintendent of the Illinois Asylum
for Feeble Minded Children, Lincoln, Illinois, 1895-97. Attended course
in ophthalmology in Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital and courses at
the University of Cambridge in England in 1897. Located in Blooming-
ton, Illinois, 1897, making specialty of diseases of the eye and ear.
Was member of sui'gical staff of Brokaw Hospital since 1898; on staff
of St. Joseph's Hospital for ten years, later serving as consulting
surgeon. In 1909 and 1913 received diplomas from Drake University and
Iowa State University Medical Schools; given honorary degree of doctor
of laws by Blackburn University, 1916. Was oculist and aurist for Alton
Railroad for several years; eye and ear specialist at the Illinois
Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Normal, Illinois; president of McLean
County Medical Society in 1902-03. He was a member of McLean County
and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., Fellow of American
College of Surgeons, and American Association of Railway Surgeons.
He married Miss Florence Anabel Hillyer in 1887 (deceased) ; one son
— Bernard; married Mrs. Hester B. Williams, April 12, 1923. He died
November 19, 1939; cause, heart disease.
Doctor Lee Smith was born in Hudson, McLean county, Illinois, May 8,
1832. Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1856,
locating in Bloomington, Illinois, where he is still practicing his profes-
sion (1904). During winter of 1862-3 was in General Hospital in
Washington, D. C. as contract surgeon. Dr. Smith has been an active,
enei-getic practitioner, neither weather nor patient's inability to remun-
erate, deterred him from performing his professional duties. For years,
he was a valuable member of the medical staff of St. Joseph's Hospital,
in Bloomington, Illinois. He was twenty-sixth President of McLean
County Medical Society. Married Miss Elizabeth Rogers. (Deceased).
Doctor L. E. Spear was born May 19, 1841, in Cape Vincent, New York.
Graduated from Medical Department Univei'sity of Michigan, March 31,
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1869. Located in Niles, Michigan, - - and Shirley, Illinois, 1881 to date
(1904). Married Miss Ella Hart. Dr. Spear served on Board of U. S.
Pension Examiners 1889 to 1893, during President Harrison's admin-
istration.
Doctor E. T. Stahl was born April, 1836, at Mt. Pella, Somerset county,
Pennsylvania. Was in the Union Army from 1861 to August 1865.
Served as Hospital Steward, 11th Regiment, Indiana Vol. ten months
in 1863, and Captain of Company G., U. S. C. Infantry, November,
1863-5. He attended course of medical lectures at University of Mich-
igan in 1872-3. Also regular course at Bellevue Hospital Medical Col-
lege, New York City, 1873-4, graduating with the class. Practiced in
Seymour, Illinois, from April to July, 1874, in Chicago, July, 1874 to
March 1875; Bloomington, Illinois, March, 1875; Mackinaw, Illinois,
1887, where he died, September 25, 1887.
Doctor J. H. Stein was born March 1, 1851, in St. Louis, Missouri. Grad-
uated from Pope or Dr. McDowell's Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri,
1875. Located in St. Louis, Missouri, 1875 to 1877; Bloomington, Illinois,
1878 to 1882; and Mackinaw, Illinois, 1892 until present time (1904)
Married - - .
Doctor S. L. Stevens was born November 12, 1874, in Bloomington, Illi-
nois. Graduated May 20, 1902, from College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Chicago, Illinois. Located at Dalton City, Illinois, February 12, 1903,
having been engaged in hospital woi'k from time of graduation. Married
Miss Vida E. Uppendake.
Doctor A. E. Stewart was born August 1, 1843, in Randolph Grove,
McLean county, Illinois. Graduated from Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located in Randolph, McLean county, Illi-
nois. Was Assistant Surgeon 94th Illinois Vol. infantry during War of
the Rebellion. Was a member of Illinois Legislature (House) two
sessions - 1872-1876, 28th and 29th General Assembly. Married Miss
Emily Stewart. Died in Bloomington, Illinois, April 4, 1899, respected
and loved by all.
Doctor George W. Stipp was born January 27, 1799, Frederick county,
Virginia. Was appointed one of eight Medical Inspector Generals, during
the War of the Rebellion. Located in Xenia, Ohio - - ; Indianapolis,
Indiana, - - ; Bloomington, Illinois, 1846. Was a charter member of the
McLean County Medical Society. Married first, Mrs. Frances G. Reed
of Xenia, Ohio. Second wife, Miss Sarah Harris, of Dayton, Ohio. He
died August 22, 1879.
Doctor E. M. Stretch was born January 2, 1852, in McLean county, Illi-
nois. Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1878.
Located in Shirley, Illinois, 1878 to 1881. Died October 19, 1881. Married
Miss Ellen Rogers.
Doctor Frank A. Stubblefield was born in Salem, Illinois, November 12,
1855. Graduated in medicine and surgery March 18, 1882, at Missouri
Medical College, St. Louis, Missouri. Practiced seven (7) years in Green-
field, Illinois; fourteen (14) years in El Paso, Illinois, and one year in
Peoria, Illinois. Is now one of the physicians at Central Hospital for
the Insane at Jacksonville, Illinois. Married Miss Mary A. Montgomery,
of Brighton, Illinois.
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Doctor J. M. Suggett was born May 9, 1827, in Scott county, Kentucky.
Graduated at Transylvania Medical College, Lexington, Kentucky, 1847.
Located in Cass county, Missouri, 1856 to 1864, and in Leroy, Illinois,
1864 to 1878, and Clay county, Illinois, from 1878 to 1901, where he died,
October - - . Married Cai'oline M. Rucker of Shelby county, Kentucky.
Doctor John Sweeney was born in Newport, Rhode Island, June 30, 1840.
Graduated at Albany Medical College, New York, session of 1859 and
1860, when 19 years of age. Enlisted in 173rd Regiment, New York
Vol. and was appointed Assistant Surgeon, with rank of Lieut., under
Col. Dudley, of Regular Army. Saw much service in the Shenandoah
Valley, Virginia, under Sherman. About a year before the close of the
war, he was ordered on detached duty to Savannah, Georgia, to look
after its sanitary condition and take a position in U. S. Hospital, re-
maining in service until peace was declared, when he was mustered out
at Washington, D. C, with great honor. He located in Normal, Illinois,
1865. Took an active part in securing the location of Soldiers' Orphans'
Home at Normal, and received the appointment of Medical Attendant,
also Treasurer. He was appointed member of the Board of Directors
by Governor Palmer, and re-appointed by Governor Beveridge. When
Governor Cullom was elected, Dr. Sweeney resigned and entered into
partnership with Dr. C. R. Parke, of Bloomington, Illinois. Died April
4, 1883, and as a morning paper said, "Dr. Sweeney's life in fact was
made up of good deeds, and the words that will be spoken of him in
the hereafter can only be those of kindness and praise." Dr. Sweeney
took an active part in establishing St. Joseph's Hospital in Bloomington,
and was one of its medical staff up to the time of his death. In 1876,
he married Miss Mary E. Hughes of Springfield, Illinois, who was
Assistant Matron at Soldiers' Orphans' Home, Normal, seven (7) years.
Doctor E. M. K. Taylor was born at Groveland, Illinois, January, 1850.
Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1872. Located
in DeWitt, Illinois, 1875-95, and Leroy, Illinois, 1895 to present time
(1904). Married Miss Emma Burns.
Doctor James Branch Taylor was born August 13, 1850, near Win-
chester, Clark county, Kentucky. Graduated from College of Physicians
and Surgeons, New York City, 1882. He also attended medical lectures
in Liepsic, Germany. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, 1882, where he
has been practicing continuously up to the present time (1904), making
the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat a specialty. Dr. Taylor has been connected
with the Brokaw Hospital for several years. He married Miss Sarah
Martin of Lexington, Kentucky. He died on Thanksgiving Day, No-
vember 21, 1940 at Oakland, California.
Doctor Thomas M. Taylor was born in Clark county, Kentucky, Decem-
ber 19, 1800. Graduated in medicine and surgery at Transylvania Uni-
versity, Lexington, Kentucky, 1820. Practiced from that date until
1852, first in Bourbon county, Kentucky, and afterwards in Clark county,
same state. Located near Bloomington, Illinois, 1852, but did not practice.
He subsequently returned to Clark county, Kentucky, where he died
April 21, 1872. Dr. Taylor was a cultured gentleman of the olden time.
He was an honorary member of the McLean County Medical Society,
greatly loved and respected by all its members. Married Miss Nancy
Cache Woodford, of Kentucky. She was a direct descendant of the
Washington family.
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Doctor A. P. Tenney was born September 21, 1833, in Concoi-d, New
Hampshire. Attended Harvard Medical College, Boston, thx-ee years,
graduating March 3, 1859. Was appointed Assistant Physician at Lunatic
Asylum 1858-9, was then appointed Assistant Physician Illinois Hospital
for the Insane at Jacksonville, Illinois, where he remained five years.
Practiced in Lyons, Iowa, 1864. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, June,
1870. Was appointed Superintendent Insane Asylum, Topeka, Kansas,
Married - - ,
Doctor Frank Turner was born March 3, 1868, in Heyworth, Illinois.
Graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, March 28, 1893,
Soon after graduating he located in Heyworth, Illinois, where he is
still in active practice (1904). Married Miss Hattie E. Cogswell. Died
1928.
Doctor John A. Tuthill was born March 21, 1855, in West Milton, Ohio.
Graduated in medicine and surgery, March 2, 1881, from Medical De-
partment, University of Iowa. Took post-graduate courses in Chicago,
Illinois, in 1891 and 1900. Located in Leroy, Illinois, March, 1881, where
he has practiced continually since. Married Miss Lida Kline of Leroy,
Illinois.
Doctor Franklin Cady Vandervort was born August 5, 1858, at Eden-
town, LaSalle county, Illinois. Graduated from Rush Medical College,
Chicago, Illinois, 1881. Located in Tonica, Illinois, 1881-84; Rutland,
Illinois, 1884-88; and Bloomington, Illinois, in 1888 to present time
(1904). He was President of McLean County Medical Society, 1892,
1903, and 1904. Was President North Central Illinois District
Medical Society, 1888; Local Surgeon I. C. R. R. Co., 1893-1920; District
Surgeon I. C. R. R., 1920-25. Served as Surgeon (Lieut.) for Student
Army Training Corps, Illinois Wesleyan University in World War I;
member of Bloomington Board of Education; Trustee of Withers Public
Library of Bloomington; and Trustee of Southern Normal School, Car-
bondale, Illinois, 1899-1910. He was a member of McLean County
Medical Society, A. M. A., American Association of Railway Surgeons.
He married Miss Hattie Morehouse in 1884 (deceased) ; children —
Isabel (Mrs. Locker Hallam), Marion (Mrs. Harry Stubblefield),
Franklin C. Jr. He married Miss Olive Harrison, June 25, 1902. He
died August 29, 1925.
Doctor Nathaniel Parker Ward was born in 1864. Graduated from Rush
Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1894. Located in Bellflower, McLean
county, Illinois, 1898. Married Miss Cordelia Martin. In 1904, he removed
to Saybrook, Illinois.
Doctor J. M. Waters was born in Keokuk county, Iowa, in 1842. He at-
tended lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania, sessions of 1866-7-8, graduating in the class of the latter session.
Practiced in Normal, Illinois, from May, 1870 to March, 1871, and at
Gibson City, Illinois, from December, 1871 to 1875. Married - - .
Doctor J. W. Waters was born December, 1828, in Montgomery county,
Maryland. Graduated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, in
1855. Located soon after graduating in Lexington and Selma, McLean
county, Illinois, where he continued practice until - - . Married - - .
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Doctor E. G. Weiland was born September 28, 1868, in Berlin, Germany.
Graduated at University of Berlin, 1891, and Griefwald University,
1892. State Board of Health Certificate, 1895. Located in Bloomington,
Illinois, 1893, where he continues in practice (1904). Married Miss Julia
Hennecke.
Doctor F. J. Welch was born January 19, 1859, at Morrow, Warren
county, Ohio. Graduated from Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio,
1883. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1884, where he has been in
continuous practice up to the present time (1904). In 1900, was City
Health Officer and has been Secretary of the McLean County Medical
Society, from 1893 to 1895. Married Miss Emily K. Beath.
Doctor John L. White was born December 5, 1832, in Westminster,
Massachusetts. Graduated from Medical Department of Harvard Uni-
versity in 1854, and was one year in Boston, Massachusetts, where he
was elected house pupil, 1852, Massachusetts General Hospital. Located
in Jerseyville, Illinois, in 1854-58; Memphis, Tennessee, 1860, and in
Jerseyville, Illinois, 1861-70, which latter includes his military service
as surgeon" Board of Enrollment, 10th Congressional District. March,
1870, he located in Bloomington, Illinois, where he died. May 13, 1902.
He was surgeon to C. & A. R. R. for a number of years prior to his
death. He also represented McLean county in lower house of Illinois
Legislature, 1894-96, 39th General Assembly, Married Harriet Hawley
in 1857. He was fifteenth President of the McLean County Medical
Society, 1896-7; he was also President Illinois State Medical Society,
18 - - . (Deceased).
Doctor M. C. Wilson was born in New HoHand, Ohio, October ''3, 1851.
Graduated in medicine and sui'gery at Medical College of Indiana and
located in Downs, McLean county, Illinois, in 1883 to 1896, and La-
Fayette, Indiana, 1897, to present time (1904). Married Miss Mattie
Varney, of Champaign, Illinois.
Doctor H. A. Winter was born November 9, 1843, in Cayuga county. New
York. Graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, February
19, 1873. Located in Saybrook, McLean county, Illinois, June 23, 1866.
Married Delia Atkinson, first wife. His second wife was Kate Cheney.
Died May, 1918.
Doctor Thomas F. Worrell was born in Granville county. North Carolina,
in 1821. Graduated at the Medical Department of the University of
Louisville, Kentucky, 1845. He practiced his profession in Christian
county, Kentucky, 1845-46. In 1850, he located in Bloomington, Illinois,
where he died September 12, 1887. He was President of McLean County
Medical Society in 1862 and again in 1885. He was also President of
Illinois State Medical Association in 1874 and a charter member of the
McLean County Medical Society. He was a. member of medical staff of
St. Joseph's Hospital until his death. He was a member of Board of
U. S. Pension Examiners under President Cleveland's first administra-
tion. He married Miss Catherine Ewing. (Deceased).
Doctor S. B. Wright was born in Gallatin, Sumner county, Tennessee,
June 18, 1850. Graduated in medicine and surgery April 26, 1875, at
University of Nashville, Tennessee. Located in Stanford, Illinois, March
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17, 1875, where he still continues in practice (1904). December 24, 1875,
he married Miss Rachel Brooks of McLean county, Illinois.
Doctor R. Wunderlich was born April 20, 1833, in Pfullinger, Wurtem-
burg, Germany. Graduated from Medical College, Tubingen, Germany,
1850-53. Practiced in Germany from 1853-55 and Iqueque, Chili, 1855
to 1868, and Bloomington, Illinois, 1868 to 1893, time of his death,
February 25, 1893. Was a member of medical staff St. Joseph's Hospital.
Married Miss Emma Schultz.
Doctor J. L. Yolton was born August 10, 1858, in Fayette county, Illi-
nois. Graduated from Missouri College, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1885.
Located in Effingham county, Illinois, 1885-89; Crow Indian Agency,
1889-93, and Bloomington, Illinois, in 1893 to present time (1904). His
first wife was Miss Ella Smith. His second wife, Doctor Rhoda Galloway.
He died 1931.
Doctor Rhoda Galloway Yolton was born May 26, 1862, in Jackson county,
Iowa. Graduated from Woman's Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, 1887.
Served one year as interne at Byford's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
Located in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1887. Married Doctor J. L. Yolton,
of Bloomington, Illinois, in 1896. She practiced medicine in Bloomington
for 44 years, practicing general medicine, diseases of women, and gyne-
cology. Retired in 1932. Served on the staff of Brokaw Hospital from
time it was established until her retirement, 1932. Deceased.
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FEE BILL
of the
McLEAN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
Adopted June 6th, 1901
MEDICINE
Visit in city $ 2.00 to $ 3.00
Visit in country, first mile 2.00
Each subsequent mile .75
Consultations, mileage added 10.00 to 25.00
Prescriptions or office consultations, medicines extra .. 1.00 to 25.00
Extra detention, per hour 1.00 to 2.00
Attendance on smallpox, double charge
Night calls, in city, after 9 P. M 3.00 to 4.00
Night service in country, after dark, $1.00 per mile....
Life Insurance examinations, old line 3.00 to 10.00
Urinalysis 2.00 to 5.00
Urinalysis with microscopic examination 3.00 to 10.00
Microscopic examinations 10.00 to 50.00
SURGERY AND GYNAECOLOGY
Reducing fractured femur 25.00 to 75.00
Reducing fractured leg 25.00 to 50.00
Reducing fractured ribs 5.00 to 10.00
Reducing fractured arm or forearm 20.00 to 50.00
Reducing fractured fingers or hand 5.00 to 15.00
Reducing fractured clavicle 10.00 to 25.00
Reducing fractured jaw 20.00 to 50.00
Reducing fractured patella 25.00 to 75.00
Amputation, thigh 75.00 to 150.00
Amputation at knee 50.00 to 100.00
Amputation of foot 50.00 to 75.00
Amputation of fingers or toes 10.00 to 20.00
Amputation at shoulder joint 75.00 to 150.00
Amputation of arm 50.00 to 75.00
Amputation of forearm or hand 50.00 to 75.00
Resection, head of femur 100.00 to 200.00
Resection, knee 75.00 to 150.00
Resection, elbow 50.00 to 100.0.0
Resection, ribs for empyema 50.00 to 150.00
Resection, ankle 50.00 to 100.00
Operation for necrosis 25.00 to 50.00
Operation for osteomyelitis _ 75.00 to 100.00
Reducing dislocated hip 50.00 to 75.00
Reducing dislocated knee 25.00 to 50.00
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Reducing dislocated ankle 25.00 to 50.00
Reducing dislocated fingex's or toes 5.00 to 10.00
Reducing dislocated shoulder or elbow 25.00 to 50.00
Reducing dislocated wrist 15.00 to 35.00
Reducing dislocated jaw 10.00 to 20.00
All dislocations requiring breaking up of adhesions,
double price above.
Operation for hemorrhoids 50.00 to 100.00
Operation for fistula in ano 25.00 to 75.00
Operation stone in bladder 50.00 to 200.00
Circumcision 10.00 to 25.00
Operation hydrocele 25.00 to 50.00
Tapping hydrocele 5.00
Internal Urethrotomy 25.00 to 100.00
External Urethrotomy 50.00 to 100.00
Curetting 25.00 to 50.00
Vesico-vag, or recto-vag, fistula 50.00 to 100.00
Perineorrhaphy without rupture of anal sphincter .... 75.00 to 100.00
Perineorrhaphy with rupture of anal sphincter 100;00 to 150.00
Trachelorrhaphy and operation on cervix 50.00 to 200.00
Alexander's operation 100.00 to 200.00
Vaginal hysterectomy 200.00 to 500.00
Abdominal hysterectomy 200.00 to 600.00
Ovariotomy, simple 200.00 to 300.00
Ovariotomy, complicated 200.00 to 500.00
Any Laparotomy, at least 200.00
Hysteropexy 200.00 to 300.00
Chloecyst-enterostomy 200.00 to 600.00
Appendectomy 200.00 to 500.00
Resection of bowel 200.00 to 500.00
Herniotomy 100.00 to 300.00
Operation for varicocele 25.00 to 75.00
Operation for varicose veins in leg 25.00 to 50.00
Operation for club foot 25.00 to 100.00
Extirpating fatty or innocent tumors 10.00 to 50.00
Extirpating large complicated tumors 50.00 to 200.00
Amputation of breast 100.00 to 200.00
Ligation of small and easily accessible arteries 10.00 to 25.00
Ligation of large arteries 25.00 to 100.00
Operation for hare-lip 25.00 to 100.00
Cleft palate 50.00 to 100.00
Application of plaster jacket 10.00 to 25.00
Hartley operation, gasserian ganglion 100.00 to 200.00
Local treatment at office 1.50 to 5.00
Fitting pessary 2.00 to 5.00
Prostatectomy 100.00 to 250.00
Gastro-enterotomy 200.00 to 500.00
Examination and opinion 5.00 to 50.00
Introducing catheter 1.00 to 5.00
Gonorrhea 10.00 to 50.00
Syphilis 25.00 to 100.00
Vaccination 1.00
Trephining 100.00 to 200.00
Tonsillotomy, each tonsil 5.00 to 10.00
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Reducing hernia by taxis 10.00 to 25.00
Fitting truss for hernia 3.00 to 25.00
Operation for ascites 5.00 to 25.00
Operation for aneurism 10.00 to 100.00
Intubation 75.00 to 200.00
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Office consultation 2.00 to 10.00
Operation, cataract 100.00 to 200.00
Operation, enucleation 50.00 to 100.00
Operation iridectomy 50.00 to 100.00
Operation, strabismus 25.00 to 50.00
Operation for removal of pterygium 25.00 to 50.00
Operation for ectropion or entropion 25.00 to 50.00
OTOLOGY
Consultation in office 2.00 to 10.00
Incision into drumhead 5.00 to 10.00
Operations of bones of middle ear 10.00 to 50.00
Mastoid operation 100.00 to 200.00
OBSTETRICAL
Obstetrical attendance 10.00 to 50.00
Turning or application of forceps 25.00 to 50.00
Craniotomy or embryotomy 25.00 to 100.00
Subsequent attendance extra.
Administering anaesthetic 5.00 to 25.00
MISCELLANEOUS
Postmortem examinations in legal investigations 20.00 to 100.00
Attendance at Court, per day 10.00 to 50.00
Bacteriological investigation 5.00 to 100.00
Services not enumerated in the foregoing at a corresponding rate.
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BOOK TWO - 1934
This part of the history of the members of the
McLean County Medical Society extends over
a period of thirty (30) years. It begins where
the first history of fifty years ended (1904),
and is continued on to the present time ( 1934).
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PREFACE
Bloomington, Illinois, May 8, 1934
To The McLean County Medical Society:
Dear Doctors: Agreeable to your request, the committee consisting
of J. Whitefield Smith, A. W. Meyer, and J. H. Fenelon, appointed
to write a brief biographical sketch of the members of the McLear
County Medical Society whose names have been enrolled during the
past thirty (30) years, together with the names of other physicians and
surgeons who have practiced medicine in McLean County, who were
not members of the society, have the honor to present the following
report :
Thirty years ago (1904), Dr. Charles R. Parke, one of the McLean
County Medical Society's well known surgeons, who was a charter
member of the society, was asked to prepare a history of the organiza-
tion, and write a biographical sketch of its members, during the fifty
(50) years of its progress. Dr. Parke, though living in Louisville, Ky.
at the time, undertook the task with great earnestness, and fidelity of
purpose; and gave us a comprehensive and concise history of the
medical society, during the first half century of its existence. The
society will always be grateful and appreciative for this valuable service.
The report which is hereby submitted is the result of a persistent
effort to gather all the data available in order that we might continue
the history of the McLean County Medical Society over a period of
the last thirty (30) years to the present time (1934). We realize that
there are unavoidable errors and mistakes in this tabulation. However,
the committee has endeavored to fulfill its obligation, from the informa-
tion obtainable, at least, in an acceptable manner. We desire to thank
the members of the society and all of those who have assisted in the
collection of the data, for their cooperation which has, in a large
measure, made this history possible.
Committee
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THE McLean county medical society
1854 - 1934
In the march of civilization, history records the
steps of our progress.
The history of the McLean County Medical Society is an interesting
chapter in the growth and development of the history of the county,
A quarter of a century before the organization of the Society, we find
the pioneer physicians, true to the spirit of their profession, striving
to protect the lives, the health, and the happiness of the early settlers.
Not only this, but we find them assisting in the various organizations
of the local government, and engaged in the development of the insti-
tutional life of the community.
The lives of the pioneer physicians were characterized by a rugged
simplicity, a resolute spirit, and an untiring energy. These men were
courageous, chivalrous, resourceful. They were men of sterling qualities.
It is not a matter of wonder or surprise that the McLean County
Medical Society, born of such lives and characters, should occupy such
an important place in the history of the county during the past years.
Such was its heritage. The spirit of the pioneer physicians has been
impressed on the medical profession of this county for at least three
generations.
Since the organization of the society in the spring of 1854, its
members have kept pace with the progress of medicine and surgery.
The growth of the society has been contemporaneous with the great
discoveries in medical science for nearly a century. The McLean County
Medical Society has been honored many times by the capable services
of its members; not alone for their professional qualifications, but for
the public services its members have rendered the county, state, and
nation. Some have served in the State Legislature; one has been ap-
pointed United States Consul; many have served as presidents of the
Illinois State Medical Society; others were superintendents, or chief
medical directors in a number of our state institutions; while others
have held official positions on the State Board of Health.
As we look backward, we behold a galaxy of distinguished men
and women of this society upholding the banners of the profession.
We see the chaplets of their victories, the garlands of their triumphs,
the laurels of their achievements. They have served their day and gen-
eration. We cherish their memory, and desire to perpetuate their names
in the records of this brief history. And, as we look forward, we see
their mantles falling upon a group of younger physicians; for we take
up our work where others have labored and toiled — we lay it down
for another to take up. The continued progress and success of the
McLean County Medical Society will be determined, largely, by its
heritage from the past, and by the attainments of its physicians and
surgeons of today. When another chapter of its history is written, it
will be of more interest and value, because of the larger opportunities,
the greater accomplishments, and the grander achievements that will
be made in the future, which appear already on the horizon of the
present day.
Committee
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THE EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY AND BANQUET
of
The McLean County Medical Society
May Eighth
1934
Thirty years ago, the McLean County Medical Society celebrated
its "Golden Jubilee" (April 7, 1904). This evening (May 8, 1934) the
Society gathered into the banquet hall of the Illinois Hotel on a similar
occasion. The Doctors at that time were accompanied by their wives and
a number of friends, and after the banquet an interesting program was
furnished by the entertainment committee.
On this event, the eightieth anniversary of the Society, the Doctors,
their wives, and invited guests enjoyed the entertainment and the
banquet which was served at the Illinois Hotel. The banquet room was
beautifully decorated for the occasion. Frequent reference was made
to the Golden Jubilee many years ago —
"O years gone doivn into the jxist,
what pleasant memories come to me."
Dr. James C. McNutt, president of the McLean County Medical
Society, acted as toastmaster. After a short business session, he intro-
duced several of the members of the Society, who spoke in an interesting
manner on the object, the work, and the achievements of the Society.
The honor guest and principal speaker of the evening was Dr.
Logan Clendening of Kansas City, Missouri.
Not all of the members of the Society were present at this anni-
versary: the names of all the members of the Society are printed below,
in order to keep a record of the membership at this time (1934).
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ENROLLMENT
Abbott, O, L.
Adams, E. M.
Ball, 0. H.
Barber, H. C.
Behrendt, E. A.
Brian, F. W.
Brown, E. L.
Cantle, H. C.
Cantrell, T. D.
Casner, A. J.
Cavins, L. B.
Cline, G. M.
Condon, J. J.
Cooper, Rachel M.
Deneen, Frank
Dolley, H. O.
Doud, R. W.
Elliott, J. N.
Fenelon, J. H.
Fisher, F. C.
Fulwiler, J. W.
Galley, W. W.
Goodwin, F. P.
Grote, H. W.
Hantover, M. J.
Hart, E. B.
Hartenbower, G. E.
Hawks, J. K. P.
Henderson, F. H.
Howell, H. L,
Hulick, L. P.
Irwin, L. L.
Jenson, James
Johnson, L. M.
Jones, C. C.
Keller, Alvin
Kelso, G. B.
Kerr, C. R.
Langsdale, G. H.
Loar, R. R.
McConnell, Bernice
McCormick, F. C.
McGee, G. R.
Mcintosh, J. R.
McNutt, J. C.
Mammen, Ernest
Markowitz, Benj.
Marquis, V. B.
May, E. R.
Meyer, A. W.
Minnick, E. M.
Peairs, Ralph P.
Penniman, W. L.
Raber, D. D.
Rhodes, O. M.
Ritter, C. W.
Rost, T. A.
Scott, T. C.
Seymour, G. E.
Shultz, C. E.
Sloan, E. P.
Sloan, G. A.
Sloan, H. P.
Smith, J. W.
Stephenson, G. W.
Stevenson, E. M.
Stickley, W. T.
Thompson, O. M.
Trigger, H. W.
Wakefield, F. L.
Watkins, H. R.
Wellmerling, H. W.
Williams, E. C.
Yolton, L. W.
Yolton, R. G.
Young, W. M.
Ziegler, J. H.
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OFFICERS
of the
McLean County Medical Society
1934
President Vice-President
DR. JAMES C. McNUTT DR. JAMES JENSON
Secretary-Treasurer
DR. RALPH P. PEAIRS
Board of Censors
DR. WILLIAM YOUNG DR. 0. H. BALL
DR. EDGAR M. STEVENSON
Program Committee
DR. 0. H. BALL DR. E. M. MINNICK
DR. NORMAN ELLIOTT
Entertainvient Committee
DR. D. D. RABER DR. C. C. JONES
DR. F. H. HENDERSON
Delegates to the State Convention
Delegate
DR. E. P. SLOAN
Alternate
DR. A. J. CASNER
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
MEMBERS
of the
McLEAN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
1904 - 1934
Doctor Florence Dorothy Ames graduated from Rush Medical College.
Was School physician at State Teachers College, Moorhead, Minnesota.
Was School physician at Illinois State Normal University for two years,
1923-5. Present location Monroe, Michigan.
Doctor O. H. Ball*
Doctor H. F. Ballard was born in 1852 at Lexington, Kentucky. Grad-
uated from Rush Medical College in 1882. Practiced medicine in Chenoa,
Illinois, twenty-six years. He died February 7, 1913. First marriage
Mary E. Young. Second marriage was to Louise Meyers in 1911.
Doctor J. L. Ballard was born in 1826. He graduated from Transylvania
University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1847. He came to Bloomington in
1855 and two years later removed to Saybrook where he practiced
until his death in 1906. In 1849 he married Catherine Ann Hogan.
Doctor Samuel Bane was born in 1871 at Arrowsmith, Illinois. Graduated
from Northwestern University Medical School in 1897. Pi'acticed six
years in Arrowsmith and four years in Peoria, Illinois. Married Olive
Belle Smith in 1898. Died in Peoria, Illinois.
Doctor William E. Banta was born in 1836 in Tazewell county, Illinois.
Graduated from Bellevue Medical College, New York City. Practiced
at Chenoa, Ilinois, and died December 7, 1878. Dr. Banta practiced in
Hudson, Illinois, from 1860-65.
Doctor Harry Clay Barber*
Doctor Edmund A. Behrendt*
Doctor H. H. Bishop was the Medical Health Director of Bloomington,
Illinois for some time. His present address is unknown.
Doctor Stanley Stockwell Boulton*
Doctor Fred W. Brian*
• See "1954" list of biographical sketches
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Doctor Fred M. Bryan was born October 26, 1906, at Chicago, Illinois.
Attended Lewis Institute, Chicago, 111. for three years, receiving A. A.
Degree; received B. S. Degree from Northwestern University, Evanston,
111. in 1931; graduated with M. D. Degree from Northwestern University
Medical School in 1933. Internship: Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des
Moines, Iowa. Has engaged in general practice in Chenoa, 111. from
1933 to present time (1954). Holds appointments at St. James Hospital
at Pontiac, 111. Served in World War II in U. S. Army Medical Corps
from August 25, 1942 to May 18, 1946; entered as 1st Lieut, and dis-
charged as Major. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois
State Medical Societies and American Medical Association. He married
Miss Leota Faye Nickerson in September, 1935; children — Jacquelyn
Ann, Penelope Faye, and Lora Jane.
Doctor E. Martha Bull was born in 1867 at Lexington, Illinois. Grad-
uated from Northwestern University Womans College in 1895. She was
in active practice until 1928 in Lexington, when because of serious
illness was able to resume practice only in a modest way. Practiced
in McLean county twenty-five years. Deceased.
Doctor S. A. Burner was born February 13, 1838, in Licking county,
Ohio. Attended lectures at Rush Medical College in 1864-65. Licensed
November 20, 1877; Years of practice in Illinois. He practiced at Mar-
shall, Illinois, and Martinsville, and Normal, Illinois. He married
Druscilla Sutton, April, 1874.
Doctor Thomas D. Cantrell was born in 1864. He graduated from Rush
Medical College in 1888. He was a Medical Officer in the World War.
He practiced in Bloomington from 1904 to present time. Practice limited
to radiology. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State
Medical Societies, A. M. A., and Illinois Radiological Society. Married
Marietta Arnett in 1887. Died in 1935.
Doctor A. James Casner*
Doctor Lester B. Cavins was born July 22, 1877, at Mattoon, Illinois.
He graduated from the Maryland University of Medicine, Baltimore,
Maryland, May 5, 1904. He did post-graduate work, one year, at John
Hopkins Hospital; eighteen months in London and Paris. He practiced
at Stanford, Illinois, three years, and at Bloomington, Illinois for the
past twenty-two years. Practice: Internal Medicine and Diagnosis.
Served ah Medical Officer in the World War. Married Miss Ida A.
Alstrom, March 7, 1907. Died in 1935.
Doctor S. T. Cavins was born in Mattoon, Illinois, in 1874. Graduated
in 1903 from Maryland University. Practiced most of the time at Stan-
ford, Illinois. He married Mary Schneider in 1907. Deceased.
Doctor Gerald M. Cline*
Doctor J. J. Condon was born November 15, 1888 at Bloomington,
Illinois. He graduated from the Northwestern Medical School, Chicago,
Illinois, in 1911. He served as a Medical Officer in the World War. He
has practiced in Bloomington, Illinois, since 1913. He is a member of
the McLean County, Illinois State, and A. M. A. Medical Societies. He
did post-graduate work in Northwestern Medical College and Harvard
Graduate School of Medicine, 1916. He married Miss Frances Dewenter,
1929.
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Doctor Rachel Merrill Cooper*
Doctor F. L. Crocker was born in Indiana in 1866. Graduated from
Miami Medical College in 1891. Practiced twelve years at Weston, and
is practicing at the present time in Pontiac, Illinois. Belongs to the
Illinois State and the A. M. A, Medical Societies. He married Nettie
J. Johnson in 1891.
Doctor Albert R. DaCosta was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1877. Grad-
uated in 1900 from Chicago Homeopathic Medical School. Practiced in
Bloomington, Illinois, 1905-1917. Was a member of the McLean County
Medical Society. Married Verna M. Solma in 1919.
Doctor Frank Deneen*
Doctor Homer O. Dolley*
Doctor Ray Wilson Doud*
Doctor Walter Du Four was born in 1865. Graduated in 1900 from the
Chicago Medical College. He practiced in Chenoa, Illinois, until 1917
and went to Batavia to practice, where he died in 1931.
Doctor Jeff Dunn was born in Hancock county, Ili-nois, in 1840. He was
graduated from the Homeopathic School in Missouri in 1869, and prac-
ticed in McLean county from 1874 to 1900. He married Julia Ellis in
1867. He died in Oklahoma in 1912.
Doctor McCann Dunn was born in Virginia in 1821 and he was associated
with his brother. Dr. William A. Dunn, in the practice of medicine in
Bloomington, Illinois, for several years. He died in 1882.
Doctor William A. Dunn was born in Virginia in 1814. He received his
medical education at St. Louis Medical College, and he practiced medicine
along with his brother for several years in Bloomington, Illinois. He was
the father of Dr. Jeff Dunn. He was married three times. He died in 1883.
Doctor B. F. Elfrink was born November 18, 1874, at Barrington, Illinois.
Graduated June, 1902, from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois.
Practice: General practice at Chenoa, Illinois, since November 10, 1902.
He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical
Societies, and A. M. A. He did post-graduate work with Dr. De Lee at
Chicago, Illinois. He married Katherine Balback, October 25, 1904.
Doctor J. Norman Elliott*
Doctor Floyd E. Fielding*
Doctor Frank C. Fisher was born November 23, 1868, at Wilmington,
Illinois. Graduated from the University of Illinois, College of Medicine,
Chicago, Illinois, May, 1903. Was secretary of the McLean County Medi-
cal Society in 1909. Was president of the McLean County Medical
Society; and was secretary of the Will County Medical Society in 1905.
Practiced at Joliet, Illinois, 1903-07; and at Bloomington, Illinois, from
1907 to the present time. Practice: General Medicine. He is a mem-
ber of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies. He
married Miss Cora Heafer in 1894. He died in 1946; cause — cerebral
thrombosis and arterio sclerosis.
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Doctor A. J. Fitzgerald practiced medicine in Normal, Illinois, about
1900-10 and removed to Old Mexico and later to California. No further
records found.
Doctor Ralph Deems Fox was born September 14, 1877, at Cedar Springs,
Michigan. Received A. B. Degree from Illinois Wesleyan University,
Bloomington, Illinois in 1899; graduated with M. D. Degree from Uni-
versity of Michigan Medical School in 1903. Did post-graduate work at
Augenklinik, Vienna, Austria. Practiced at Bloomington, Illinois from
1904 until his death, December 31, 1932; cause — carcinoma of pleura.
Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat. On active staff of
Brokaw, Mennonite, and St. Joseph's Hospitals. He was a member of
McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., and Amer-
ican Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. He married Miss
Adella Faith Mcintosh Nov. 25, 1913; children — Ralph Mcintosh and
Walter Sheldon.
Doctor J. W. Fulwiler was. born January 10, 1867, at El Paso, Illinois.
He graduated May 26, 1896, from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illi-
nois. Was County Physician, 1899-1906; Illinois Central R. R. District
Surgeon since 1928 to the present time. Has done a general practice in
Bloomington, Illinois, for the past thirty-eight years. He is a member
of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, and A. M .A.
He did post-graduate work in London and Berlin, 1907. Deceased.
Doctor J. M. Furstman practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinois.
He was the Health Director for the city for some time. His present
address is unknown.
Doctor W. W. Galley*
Doctor G. H. Galford was born in Elkhart, Illinois, in 1883. He graduated
from Hahnemann Medical School in 1908. Was a Medical Officer in
the World War. Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat. He
married Kathryn Smith. Died September 21, 1930.
Doctor Wilfred H. Gardner was born April 27, 1879, at Rockford,
Illinois. Graduated in 1903 from College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Illinois University. Practiced in Bloomington, Illinois, from 1904-1917,
Served as a Medical Officer in the World War. He is a member of
the A. M. A, and the McLean County Medical Society, He did post-
graduate work in the University of Berlin, 1907. His present location
is Los Angeles, California.
Doctor T. C. Gernon was born in Canada in 1870. He graduated from
Rush Medical College in 1889. He practiced medicine in Stanford, and
Bloomington, Illinois, until ill health caused him to retire. He married
Ada A. Kuhns in 1902. Died December 9, 1924.
Doctor Samuel F. Glasford graduated from Barnes Medical College, St.
Louis, Missouri, in 1902. He practiced medicine at Danvers, Illinois, and
later took a post-graduate course in New Orleans in Diseases of the
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. He has been located at Pekin, Illinois,
since 1915.
Doctor F. P. Goodwin*
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Doctor Paul Greenleaf was born November 12, 1885, at Markland,
Indiana. Graduated in 1909 from the University of Louisville, Kentucky,
Served as a Medical Officer in the World War. He practiced his pro-
fession in Lexington and Bloomington, Illinois. He did post-graduate
work in Chicago, Illinois. He married Miss Julia O'Neil on June 16, 1915.
He died December 22, 1928.
Doctor Henry Wallace Grote was born in July, 1869, at Wheaton,
Illinois. He graduated May 24, 1894, from Rush Medical College. He
served as a special examiner for training camps during the World War.
He practiced at Wheaton, Chicago, and Bloomington, Illinois. Practice:
Radiology and Internal Medicine. He is a member of the McLean County
and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., American Roentgen Ray
Society, and American College of Physicians. He did post-graduate
work at the New York Poly-clinic. He married Miss Florence M. Hub-
bard in 1897. Deceased,
Doctor M. V. Gunn was born in Olney, Illinois, in 1860. Graduated from
University of Cincinnati in 1885. Practiced medicine in Bloomington,
Illinois, nineteen years. He was a member of the Tri-State Medical
Society, He married Charlotte Elizabeth Wiseman. Died October 2, 1929,
Doctor Joseph Hallett was born May 9, 184-3 in West Chennock, Somer-
setshire, England. He graduated from Hahnemann Medical College,
Chicago, Illinois, in 1878. Practiced in Pekin, Illinois, three years; and
in Bloomington, Illinois, fifty-one years. He was a member of the
Illinois State Homeopathic Medical Society. He married Miss Eldora
Rodenbeck of Pekin, Illinois, He died November 13, 1932,
Doctor Charles Hamilton was born August 6, 1871, in Corning, Perry
county, Ohio, He graduated from St. Louis University Medical College
in 1904. He practiced at Carlock and Congerville for twenty-seven years.
He married Miss Amelia Lemons in 1910.
Doctor L. J. Hammers graduated from the University of Illinois College
of Medicine in 1900. Practiced medicine in Lexington, Illinois. Present
location is Goodland, Kansas,
Doctor Matthew J. Hantover*
Doctor Harlan Hart was born May 25, 1894, at Bloomington, Illinois,
He graduated from the Northwestern Medical College, Chicago, Illinois,
in 1920, He practiced medicine and surgery in Bloomington, Illinois,
with Doctors Hart and Hawks, and was a meniber of the Brokaw
Hospital Staff, He was a member of the McLean County, Illinois State
Medical Societies, and A. M, A. He married Miss Rachel Harber, Sep-
tember 27, 1919, He died April 2, 1924.
Doctor G. E. Hartenbower*
Doctor W. B. Hatcher was born January 1, 1895 at Middlesboro,
Kentucky. He graduated from Meharry Medical College, Nashville,
Tennesse, May 23, 1923. He practiced medicine at Louisville, Kentucky,
Chicago, Illinois, and Bloomington, Illinois. He is a member of the
A, M, A., Cook County Physicians Association, and John Andrews
Clinical Society. He married Miss Lillian E. Montgomery, September
23, 1925.
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Doctor Heath was the Public Health Director in Bloomington, Illinois,
some years ago. Present address unknown.
Doctor F. H. Henderson*
Doctor J. I. Henline was born September 20, 1868, at Towanda, Illinois.
He graduated from the Hospital College, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1898.
Did post-graduate work at the Polyclinic Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, and
Henroten Hospital in Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat for two years. Practice:
General practice. He was a member of the McLean County, Illinois
State Medical Societies and A. M. A. He married Eva Whitman in 1900.
He died in 1922.
Doctor Edward R. Herrmann graduated in 1906. Practiced medicine in
Stanford, Illinois, from about 1908-18. Served as a Medical Officer in
the World War. He married Miss Delia Linneman.
Doctor Harry Lee Howell*
Doctor Lawrence L. Irwin was born October 22, 1885, at Cuba, Illinois.
Graduated at St. Louis University Medical College, 1907. He practiced
at Carthage, Illinois, two years and Bloomington, Illinois, twenty-four
years. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical
Societies. He married Miss Zona McDowell, October 10, 1915. He died
September 17, 1946; cause — heart attack.
Doctor James Jenson*
Doctor John O. Johnson was born December 23, 1859, in Money Creek
Township. Graduated from the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati,
Ohio. He practiced medicine in Bloomington and Normal, Illinois, for
three years, then moved to Hudson, Illinois, where he practiced for
thirty-five years. He married Miss Ellen Baker of Money Creek. He
died March 6, 1922.
Doctor L. M. Johnson was born September 1, 1880, at Annawan, Illinois.
Graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of
Illinois, in 1903. Has practiced in Arrowsmith thirty years. Founded
the L. M. Johnson Hospital at Arrowsmith. He is a member of the
Illinois State Medical Society and A. M. A. Did post-graduate work in
the Post-graduate Medical School of Chicago, Illinois. Married Miss
Caroline Gless of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1922. He died in 1948;
cause — diabetes mellitus.
Doctor James Johnston was born August 18, 1843, at North Liberty,
Ohio. Graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, in 1872.
He married Miss Welminah Wallace of North Liberty, Ohio. He died
March 26, 1925.
Doctor C. Carroll Jones*
Doctor Frederick W. Jones was born November 2, 1878, in England.
Graduated in 1909. Practiced in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and at Colfax,
Illinois. He is a member of the A. M. A., Pacific Coast Otolaryngology,
Washington County and Washington State Medical Societies. He was
married twice. His first wife was Myrtle Hall, and his second wife was
Blanche Armstrong. Now practicing in Bremerton, Washington.
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Doctor John F. Jones was born March 16, 1861, at Newberg, Macon
county, Illinois. Graduated from University of Colorado in 1895. Served
as a Medical Officer in the Spanish-American and World War. He prac-
ticed in LeRoy, Beardstown, Havana, and Peoria, Illinois. He did post-
graduate work at Denver and New York City. He was married twice.
His first wife was Miss Sallie Allensworth of Minier, Illinois, and his
second wife was Miss Vera C. Cai'lock of Peoria, Illinois.
Doctor Alvin Keller was born in 1870 at Attica, Ohio. Graduated from
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1901. Practiced in Chicago,
Illinois, and in Bloomington, Illinois, since 1918. General practice. He is
a member of the McLean county, and Illinois State Medical Societies,
and A. M. A. He married Nelle M. Hughes in 1910. Deceased.
Doctor Annie E. Kelso was born February 21, 1858, at Oxford, Maine.
She graduated in 1886 from Michigan University Homeopathic Depart-
ment. She practiced two years in Newberry, Michigan. Practice: Gyne-
cology. She was a member of the Illinois Homeopathic Medical Society.
She married Dr. George B. Kelso in 1886. She died in 1927.
Doctor George B. Kelso was born in 1860 at North Bruce, Ontario,
Canada. Graduated from the University of Michigan in 1886. He prac-
ticed in Michigan for two years and came to Bloomington, Illinois, in
1888. He built the Kelso Sanitarium and Hospital and sold it to the
Mennonite association in 1920. He built a private hospital in 1921. He
did post-graduate work in Chicago, Illinois, and Germany. His wife,
Annie E. Kelso, who was also a physician, died in 1927. Deceased.
Doctor Charles Roy Kerr was born January 10, 1885, at North Star,
Michigan. Graduated from the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery
in 1913. Practiced in Anchor, Bellflower, and at the present time, Chenoa,
Illinois. Served as a Medical Officer in the World War. He is a member
of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, and A. M. A.
He married Miss Jessie H. Corbett, March 15, 1915. He was lost in
action in the Philippines during World War II.
Doctor R. A. Laing was born May 1, 1889, at Brussels, Canada. He grad-
uated from Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery in 1917. After his
graduation he practiced in Ellsworth, Illinois, for eleven years. He was
a member of the A. M. A., McLean County and Illinois State Medical
Societies, and was a member of the staff at St. Joseph's Hospital. He
married Miss Edith Alice Peterson in 1920. He died January 4, 1930.
Doctor Guy H. Langsdale*
Doctor James Loar was born February 5, 1830, in Green county, Penn-
sylvania. Graduated from the Physio-Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio,
in 1858. Practiced in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, and Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Moved to Bloomington, 1871, where he remained Until his death in 1894.
Married Miss Marie Stauffer in 1851. Served in the Civil War, rank of
First Lieutenant in 1863.
Doctor Nelson Loar was born April 1, 1840, in Green county, Pennsyl-
vania. He graduated from the Physio-Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio,
in 1867. He came to Bloomington in 1868, and practiced medicine here
until his retirement in 1910. He married Miss Olive Rinehart in 1866.
He died April 29, 1914.
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Doctor R. R. Loar*
Doctor James McCann was born May 24, 1832, at Fayette county, In-
diana. He graduated from the Cleveland, Ohio Medical College. He came
to Illinois in 1856. He practiced in Joliet, Illinois, El Paso, and Normal,
Illinois. He married Miss Martha Kercheval, He died March 11, 1910.
Doctor Bernice Curry McConnell*
Doctor Philip P. McElhiney was born November 20, 1893, at Traer, Iowa.
He graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania, in June, 1920. He practiced in Bloomington, Illinois, 1924-30;
removed to Long Beach, California, where he continues in pi'actice.
During his residence in McLean county he devoted his practice to Urol-
ogy and Dermatology. He is a member of the A. M. A., Fellow of the
American College of Surgeons. He did post-graduate work in Jefferson
Medical College. He married Miss Dorothy E. Dodge, August, 1928.
Deceased.
Doctor George R. McGee was born June 24, 1882, at Sparta, Illinois.
Graduated from Ohio University in 1905. He has practiced in Hudson,
Illinois, for the past twenty-two years. He is a member of the McLean
County and Illinois State Medical Societies. He married Miss Mildred
Kitch. (Still practicing medicine in 1954.)
Doctor William McKnight was born May 20, 1823 in Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania. He graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois,
in 1862. He also studied at Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1883, he came to Normal, Illinois. He died in Mai'ch, 1908.
Doctor James C. McNutt*
Doctor Benj. Markowitz*
Doctor V. B. Marquis*
Doctor B, P. Marsh was born February 25, 1841, at Nunda, New York.
He graduated in the early 70's from Rush Medical College and Hahne-
mann Medical College, Chicago, Illinois. He practiced in Bloomington,
Illinois, for thirty-five years. Durng the Civil War he was a Commis-
sioner of "The Christian Commission." He began the practice of medicine
in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1871. He married Miss Mary Frances Ayres
December 7, 1865. He died March 30, 1911.
Doctor Walworth Marsh, son of Dr. B. P. Marsh, graduated from Rush
Medical College and Hahnemann Medical College. He died soon after his
graduation. He died from blood poisoning contracted from an operation
in Cook County Hospital, February 15, 1901,
Doctor Joseph Marshall was born June 24, 1832, Lexington, Fayette
county, Kentucky. Graduated from St. Louis Medical University in 1854.
First practiced medicine in Lexington, Kentucky, 1854 until November,
1872; in Bloomington, Illinois, 1872-1875; Heyworth, Illinois, 1875-1889;
Normal, Illinois, 1889-1907. Married Mattie Montgomery Goodwin, Sep-
tember 25, 1855 at Lexington, Kentucky. Died March 20, 1907, Normal,
Illinois.
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Doctor Edwin M. Minnick was boi'n March 31, 1870, at Kewanee, Illinois.
He graduated in 1895 from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois.
Practiced at Bradford, Illinois; Mason City, and Danvers, Illinois. Prac-
tice: General medicine. He is a member of the A. M. A., the McLean
County and Illinois State Medical Societies. He did post-graduate work
at Vienna, Austria, 1904-05; He married Jane H. Hayden in 1900. He
died in 1947.
Doctor J. A. Monroe was born January 1, 1843, at Quebec, Canada. He
graduated from Rush Medical College in 1864. He practiced in Chenoa,
Illinois, from 1864-1917 except a short time spent in Chicago, Illinois.
He died in 1917.
Doctor Samuel Morrow graduated in the year of 1871. Practiced in
Weston, Illinois, about 1880. He died in 1882.
Doctor Louis J. Needles was born October 26, 1902, at Lawn Hill, Iowa.
He graduated from Rush Medical College, December, 1929. Practiced at
Berkeley, California; was on the staff of Berkeley Health Center; Alta
Bates, Berkeley General and Children's Hospital of the East Bay. Prac-
tice: General medicine. Present location LeRoy, Illinois. He married
Marion Smoot in 1927.
Doctor Margaret H. Nelson graduated from Cornell University Medical
College. Was resident physician at Woman's Hospital, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Was resident physician at the Broad Lawns Hospital,
Des Moines, Iowa, for four years. Was school physician at the Illinois
State Normal University, 1926.
Doctor William E. Neiberger was born December 3, 1852, at Urbana,
Ohio. He graduated from Chicago Homeopathic Medical College in 1882.
He practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinois, for forty years. He was
a member of the State Homeopathic Society, A. M. A. He was a member
of the staff of Brokaw Hospital. He retired from practice in 1924. He
married Miss Gertrude Coe, September 20, 1888. He died February 7,
1933.
Doctor Ralph P. Peairs*
Doctor Minnie Alice Phillips graduated from Rush Medical College.
Was School Physician in State Normal University one year, 1925. At
the present in University of Chicago.
Doctor D. D. Raber*
Doctor O. M. Rhodes*
Doctor Charles W. Ritter was born October 1, 1877, at Armington, Illi-
nois. He graduated from the Medical Department, University of St. Louis
in 1903. Has practiced general medicine in McLean, Illinois, from the
date of his graduation to the present time. He married Miss Margaret
Estella Daily in 1901. Deceased.
Doctor Edward Ross was born August 8, 1908, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
He graduated from the University of Illinois Medical College in 1931.
Has practiced in Chicago and LeRoy, Illinois; General practice. He is a
member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies and
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A. M. A. Did post-graduate work six months at St. Mary's Hospital at
Quincy, Illinois in Pediatrics. Married Miss Anne Gordon, December 21,
1930.
Doctor Theodore A. Rest was born October 25, 1896, at Petersburg,
Illinois. He graduated June, 1921, from the University of IllinoiB
College of Medicine. He graduated from the University of Illinois Col-
lege of Dentistry, 1924. He located in Bloomington, Illinois, October,
1924, for the practice of dentistry and oral surgery. He is a member
of the McLean County, Illinois State Medical Societies and American
Dental Society. He married Miss Clara A. Tesmer, June 26, 1924.
Doctor M. Frietag Savage was born January 22, 1884, at Arrowsmith,
Illinois. She graduated from the College of Medicine and Surgery, Uni-
versity of Illinois, June 15, 1908. She practiced medicine in Bloomington
six years for diseases of Women and Children. She is a member of the
A. M. A. Did post-graduate work in Rome, Italy; Vienna, Austria; and
Munich, Germany. Her present location is Ossining, New York. She
married Eugene Savage, October 17, 1908.
Doctor F. E. Sayers was born March 5, 1889, at Fisher, Illinois. He
graduated June 26, 1913, from the University of Michigan. He did
general practice in Normal, Illinois, for three years. He did post-grad-
uate work in the Mayo Clinic, 1920-21. His present location is Terre
Haute, Indiana. He married Miss Julia Farrington, September 24, 1912.
Doctor T. C. Scott*
Doctor W. P. Scott graduated from Keokuk Medical College in 1898.
He practiced medicine in Lexington, Illinois from 1913 to the present
time. He did post-graduate work at the Post Graduate Hospital and
Medical School in Chicago, Illinois, in 1911-12. Deceased.
Doctor Charles E. Shultz was born March 27, 1866; son of Henry and
Olive Shultz in Danvers Township, McLean county, Illinois. He grad-*
uated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, June 21, 1900. In-
structor in Rush Medical College, 1900-02. Served as a Medical Officer
in the World War. General practice, 1918-25; City Health Director,
Bloomington, Illinois, 1925-28; Superintendent of Fairview Tuberculosis
Sanatorium, 1928; General practice, 1928-34. He practiced in Chicago,
Colfax, Shirley, and Bloomington, Illinois. Practice: General internal
medicine, surgery, obstetrics and refraction. He is a member of the
Illinois State Medical Society and A. M. A. He married Miss Eva B.
Thompson, May 16, 1900. Four children: Esther 0. is a journalist in
Chicago; Frances W. is Anatomical Artist, Johns Hopkins Medical
School; Gordon H. graduated from the Loyola Medical College; Dorothy
C. is Entomologist, State of Florida. Deceased.
Doctor Guy A. Sloan*
Doctor Howard P. Sloan*
Doctor O. J. Sloan was born September 28, 1885, at Neosho, Missouri.
He graduated June 28, 1907, from the University of Nashville, Nash-
ville, Tennessee. He did post-graduate work in the Clinics of Vienna,
1923-24. Since 1919 his practice has been limited to Surgery, He is a
member of the A. M. A. and F. A. C. S. His present location is at Glen-
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dale, California. He served as a Medical Officer in the World War. He
married Miss Florence M. Beger in June, 1926.
Doctor George W, Stephenson*
Doctor Edgar McLean Stevenson*
Doctor William T. Stickley was born March 19, 1898, at Prescott, Mich-
igan. He graduated from the University of Hlinois Medical College,
Chicago, Illinois, in 1931. Practice: General Medicine, including own
major surgery at Danvers, Illinois, since 1931. He is a member of the
McLean County Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Society, and
A. M. A. He married Miss Pearl Crawford of London, Ontario, August
19, 1929.
Doctor Ezekiel Thomas was born in 1804 at Columbus, Ohio. He grad-
uated from the Ohio Wesley^n University. He practiced in Bloomin^ton,
Illinois, from 1852-1870. On account of ill health he retired and lived on
his farm a few miles southwest of Clinton, Illinois, until his death in
1888.
Doctor James H. Thomas was born Februai'y 21, 1816. He graduated
from Wabash Medical College, Wabash, Indiana in 1840. Served as a
Medical Officer in the Civil War. In 1866 he located at Chenoa, Illinois,
and practiced medicine until his death in 1902.
Doctor O. M, Thompson was born July 29, 1878, at Ellsworth, Illinois.
He graduated from the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago,
Illinois, June, 1906. He served as a Medical Officer in the World War.
He practiced medicine at Downs, Ellsworth and LeRoy, Illinois. He is on
the staff of St. Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals. He is engaged in
general practice; specialty Pediatrics. He is a member of the A. M. A.
and McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies. He did post-
graduate work at Cook County Hospital, Barnes Hospital of St. Louis,
and State Hospital at Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has been practicing in
LeRoy for eighteen years. His first wife was Miss Clara E. Buckles.
His second wife was Miss Rosella Polk. He died in 1948; cause — cardio-
renal.
Doctor Harry W. Trigger was born December 13, 1884, at Ford county,
Illinois. He graduated May 19, 1913, from Chicago College of Medicine
and Surgery. He was assistant Physician in the State Hospitals of
Indianapolis, and Peoria, Illinois, for about four years. Since 1930 he
has been doing general practice in Ellsworth, Illinois. He is a member
of A. M. A. and Illinois State Medical Society. He married Miss Florence
Quinn, October 2, 1917.
Doctor William H. Van Doren was born 1876, in Illinois. He graduated
in June, 1896, from the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio. He
began the practice of medicine in Bellflower in 1896, where he re-
mained for two years; later going to Joliet for five years, then to
Chicago, Illinois, where he remained until his death in June, 1929. He
married Miss Mabelle Altman of Gibson City.
Doctor Bard Wakefield was born November 6, 1884, at Heyworth, Illi-
nois. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago,
Illinois, in June, 1907. Was in general practice in Heyworth, Illinois,
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from July, 1907 to February, 1911. He did post-^aduate work in
Europe, 1911-1913. Specialized in Dermatology in Peoria, Illinois, 1913,
until time of death. May 11, 1932. He was a member of the Peoria
Medical Society, the A. M. A., the Illinois State and the St. Louis
Dermatological Society, and the Chicago Dermatology Society. He mar-
ried Miss Xannette Lewis, June 25, 1907.
Doctor Marshall Wallis -.vas bom July 2S. 1ST5. :r. Erfir.ghan-.. Illinois.
Gr:v--.::i:r: T':-;.-, i:-:^ =.: '-Vashington Unlver;::y Meiical School. After
erajiui".: ; r. :■■■■■: Vr-ir; ".:'.;:ructorship in the C'';;5:e:rical Departn'.ent of
Washington Univr:-;::;/. Hr Jrrv^i a= a ^lii::^.: ij:::cer ir. :he World
War. He prac:::^:: :r.r::::r.r :r N:rr:;ah Ih::-:::;, He v/as a :-er;;::er of
:r.r i::-::5 S:a:e :.:r:::;a: S:;:^:-.- a-i :he A. M. A. He did rist-graduate
v-;:-:-: a: r /r.r.i H:::-:;:;;, Karvar;, Nev,- Y;rk Pes: Graaua:e Medical
S;r.:;:5. He :--arr:ci Marian Sn:::h, March 15, li-lc-. His preset: :::a:ion
Doctor Harold R. Watkins"
Doctor Herman W. Wellmerling*
Doctor E. C. Williams"
Doctor William T. Williamson practiced medicine in Lexir.gton. Illinois.
He served as a Medica'. Officer in the World War. He r-oved to Rich-
mond, Virginia where he died in 1925.
Doctor Wood was Health D:re:::r :: E" ::r:-.ing::n. Ihinois, for several
years. His present address is uni-ini'-vr:.
Doctor Elijah Woolley was born Eebruary 12, 1S43. near Springfield,
Ohio. He graduated in 1880 at Hahnemann College of Medicine, Chicago,
Illinois. He served in the Civil War. He practiced ntedicine at Cropsey
and at Saybrook, Illinois, He vc.-n.ee ei in :; rany B, 152. Illinois
Volunteer Infantry. He practiced :n .^ayr: i-: :r n. 1-il until his death,
March 14, 1923. He married Miss Eiizateth Ann Bunney, January 1,
1868.
Doctor G. R. Wr>olsey practiced in Normal, Illinois, for about forty years.
He "■■•"a= a H"r.'.e:ta:h ani had a large P'raotice, He was P'r :n".:nent »in
n-.et::al ;;r:ir; in M;Lean ^-ounty in the latter half of the last century.
He "A'as unrr.ame't anc ciec m lc".'o.
Doctor Leroy W, Yolton*
Doctor ■V\'il]iam M. Young was "t :rn 0:t:"r.er o, 1-67, at Dovi-ns, Illinois.
He ^:ao-a:-r: M^av. 1--", zi'/n: one E:i-:::: Miroical Institute. He was
fiv/y-:,.^ -. L:n:::n. Ihm:-. as res:o.n: rny-::an in the A. F. M. C.
ilh:r.;;s ^:i:- :-^:r.;:i an: C:l:ny'. He is a iToneiai Practitioner and
anaestne::^:. He :s a n-.v.-..:er :: tn-i MiiL-in L' un:y and Illinois State
Met::al S:;:et.es. He c.^ r ; -:-^ra :::.a-;- ".■'.:): in one New York Post
Graduate School. He married Miss Edith Blinn in May, 1c"j5. Died
in 1939.
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Doctor Julian W. Zinn was born July 30, 1862, at Grant county, Ken-
tucky. He graduated in 1888 from Cincinnati College of Medicine and
Surgery. He practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinois, for two months.
He has practiced medirine in Flanagan, Illinois, for thirty-two years.
He is a member of the North Central Illinois Society. He has taken
several post-graduate courses in Chicago Hospitals. He married Miss
Anne R. Jordan in 1890.
ADDENDA
The committee appointed to write a short biographical history of
the Members of the McLean County Medical Society, and of other Phy-
sicians and Surgeons, who have practiced in McLean County find, after
a careful search, that there are a great many in which the data is very
meager. The following list with such information as is obtainable is
hereby presented in order to make the record as complete as possible.
Dr. H. T. Adams practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinois. His office
was located on the northwest corner of Wood and Oak Streets.
Dr. W. H. Allin practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinois. Had an
office over 114 N. Center Street.
Dr. Albert Arendt practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
National Homeopathic Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1896.
Dr. Isaac Baker, one of the earliest pioneer physicians, located in McLean
county in 1826. This was four years before the organization of the
county.
Dr. J. H. Banks graduated from Keokuk Medical College, Keokuk, Iowa,
in 1892. Practiced at Anchor, Illinois.
Dr. Abraham H. Barnes practiced in Cropsey, Illinois. State certificate
May 29, 1883, for years of practice in Illinois.
Dr. Beedles practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinois, many years ago.
Dr. Samuel Bishop practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
Royal Bavarian Examining Commission, Erlanged, Germany, in 1870.
Dr. R. D. Bradley graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania. Had an office at 120 S. Main Street.
Dr. Martin L. Brookshire practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated
from Barnes Medical College, St. Louis, Missouuri, in 1903.
Dr. William Buckworth graduated from the Medical College of Ohio,
Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1893. Practiced medicine in LeRoy, Illinois.
Dr. Joseph W. Calvert practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated
from Cleveland Medical College in 1896.
Dr. Jesse Chewning practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
St. Louis Medical College in 1863.
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Dr. David L. Cline graduated in 1876 from the Medical Department of
Louisville, Kentucky, He practiced medicine in Ellsworth, Illinois.
Dr. William E. Constant graduated from Hahnemann Medical College,
Chicago, Illinois, in 1883. Practiced medicine in Lexington, Illinois.
Dr. John Cook graduated from the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis,
Missouri, in 1880. Practiced medicine in LeRoy, Illinois.
Dr. John H. Copenhaver graduated from College of Physicians and
Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, in 1903. Practiced medicine in Bellflovirer,
Illinois. Deceased.
Dr. Charles J. Corley practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1888.
Dr. J. W. Craig practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. State Certificate
October 16, 1877, for years of practice in Illinois.
Dr. Maria L, Crothers graduated from the Woman's Medical College of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1883.
Dr. W. H. Davis practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
St. Louis Medical College in 1878.
Dr. George O. DeMoss graduated from the Hahnemann Medical School,
Chicago, Illinois, in 1913. Practiced in Cropsey, Illinois.
Dr. John W. Dobson practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
University of Michigan, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Ann
Arbor, Michigan, in 1892.
Dr. Ophius P. Donovan practiced in McLean, Illinois. Graduated from
College of Physicians and Surgeons, St, Louis, Missouri, in 1903.
Dr. J. M. Downs graduated from Homeopath College, Cleveland, Ohio,
in 1880. He practiced in Saybrook, Illinois.
Dr. Charles S. Estep practiced in Lexington, Illinois, Graduated from
Pulte Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1881.
Dr. E. B. Ferguson (Mrs.) and Dr. W. Ferguson practiced in Bloom-
ington, Illinois. Office located 406 E. North Street.
Dr. Asa R. Freeman graduated from the M-Sims-Beaumont, St. Louis,
Missouri, in 1907, Served as a medical officer in the World War, Prac-
ticed medicine in Bloomington, Illinois.
Dr. C. M. George graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Baltimore, Maryland, in 1892. Practiced medicine in LeRoy, Illinois.
Dr. F. Goetch had an office in Bloomington, Illinois, many years ago.
Dr. John W. Goodheart practiced in Lexington, Illinois. Graduated from
Chicago Medical College in 1890.
Dr. Arthur William Gregg practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated
from College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, in 1909.
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Dr. Homer R. Griffin graduated at the M-Sims-Beaumont Medical Col-
lege in 1906. Present location is Glendale, California.
Dr. David D. Haggard practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated
from Marion-Sims College of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1893.
Dr. Alexander Hamilton, address unknown. Graduated from Psychio-
Medical College in 1904. Practiced at Colfax, Illinois.
Dr. Harvey L. Harris graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago,
Illinois, in 1875. Practiced at Bellflower, Illinois.
Dr. Hiram Haskell graduated from the Northwestern Medical College,
Chicago, Illinois, in 1899. Practiced in Hudson, Illinois.
Dr. Harry M. Hayes graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago,
Illinois, in 1894. He practiced medicine in Chenoa, Illinois.
Dr. J. M. Hiett graduated in 1872. Practiced in Saybrook, Illinois.
Dr. Elmer S. Horine graduated from the Psychio-Medical College at
Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1897. He practiced at Colfax, Illinois.
Dr. John F. .Jones graduated from the Colorado School of Medicine,
Boulder, Colorado, in 1895. Practiced in LeRoy, Illinois.
Dr. L. M. Jones practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinois, at 208 N.
Center Street.
Dr. Mark C. Jones was born in 1872. He graduated from the Marion-Sims
College of Medicine in 1898. He is a member of the Indiana State Med-
ical Association.
Dr. Richard H. Jones practiced in Hudson, Illinois. Graduated from
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, in 1887.
Dr. Henry W. Langstaff graduated from Hahnemann Medical College,
Chicago, Illinois, in 1885. Practiced medicine at Colfax, Illinois.
Dr. Edward Frederick Law graduated from Rush Medical College, Chi-
cago, Illinois, in 1903. Practiced at Weston, Illinois.
Dr. William Lindley was a well known physician in the early history of
the county, having located in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1827.
Dr. Joseph E. Lowrey practiced in Osmond, Illinois. Graduated from
Iowa Medical College, Des Moines, Iowa, in 1885.
Dr. William A. McClelland practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated
from Hering Medical College and Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, in 1896.
Dr. L. C. McConnell graduated from the Medical College of Ohio, Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, in 1859. Practiced medicine at Gridley, Illinois.
Dr. C. R. McDonald graduated from the M-Sims-Beaumont, St. Louis,
Missouri, in 1904. Practiced in Carlock, Illinois.
Dr. David H. McFarland graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago,
Illinois, in 1870. Practiced medicine in Heyworth, Illinois.
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Dr. Uriah C. McHugh graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago,
Illinois, in 1878. Practiced in Lexington, Illinois.
Dr. David R. McKinney graduated from the Medical College of Indiana,
Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1878. Practiced medicine in Downs, Illinois.
Dr. William Mahon graduated from the American College, (Eclectic),
St. Louis, Missouri, in 1881. Practiced at Cooksville, Illinois.
Dr. John M. Major came to McLean county in 1835.
Dr. Laban S. Major, pioneer physician, located in McLean county in 1835.
Dr. E. Martin practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinois. Was located
at 607 N. East Street.
Dr. Frank E. May graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago,
Illinois, in 1887. Practiced in Arrowsmith, Illinois.
Dr. J. A. Monroe graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois,
in 1899. He practiced medicine in Chenoa, Illinois.
Dr. Arthur J. Morris practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated
(Illinois S. B. H. . . . ) Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, Illinois,
in 1891.
Dr. J. S. Niven practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from Rush
Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1894.
Dr. Perry L. Noggle graduated at the Physicians and Surgeons Medical
School, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1895. Practiced in Bloomington, Illinois
and Cooksville, Illinois.
Dr. Rachel S. Packson practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1882.
Dr. Frances A. Phillips practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated
from Homeopathic Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1882.
Dr. R. S. Piper practiced in Bloomington, Illinois, several years ago.
No record found.
Dr. Rinehard Remby graduated from the University of Berlin, Germany,
in 1892. At present time is located in Chicago, Illinois.
Dr. H. D. Reynolds graduated from the College of Medicine and Surgery,
Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1892. Practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinos,
Dr. A, C. Rice graduated from Bennett Medical College, Chicago, Illinois,
in 1889; practiced in Weston, Illinois.
Dr. Eli Vestal Rice graduated in 1896 from the Hospital Louisville,
Kentucky, and practiced in Chenoa, Illinois.
Dr. C. B. Roberts graduated from Ensworth Medical College, St. Joseph,
Missouri, in 1890. Practiced medicine in Downs, Illinois.
Dr. R. B. Roberts graduated from Ensworth Medical College, St. Joseph,
Missouri, in 1897. Practiced medicine in Downs, Illinois.
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Dr. John Roff pi-acticed medicine in Bloomington, Illinois. His office
was located at 409 Albert Street.
Dr. Arthur E. Rogers practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1897.
Dr. G. W. Rudolphi graduated at the Illinois Medical College, 1906.
Practiced medicine in Cooksville, Illinois.
Dr. George H. Rue practiced in Lexington, Illinois. Licensed to practice,
1878.
Dr. Joseph S. Sageser practiced in Ellsworth, Illinois. Graduated fi'om
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1883.
Dr. John F. Sanders practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1898.
Dr. Charles R. Sanderson practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated
from Keokuk Medical School, Keokuk, Iowa, in 1892.
Dr. Edward E. Schell practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1897.
Dr. Harry L. Shafer graduated in 1913.
Dr. Lloyd H. Simmons practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
University of Illinois in 1913.
Dr. P. A. Smith practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinois. Office lo-
cated at 706 N. East Street.
Dr. W. J. Staling graduated from the University of Louisville, Medical
Department, Louisville, Kentucky, 1892. He pi-acticed medicine in Ells-
worth, Illinois.
Dr. F. P. Stedman graduated at Cincinnati (Eclectic) College, in 1899.
Practiced in Saybrook, Illinois.
Dr. Edward Summers graduated from Hahnemann Medical School, Chi-
cago, Illinois, in 1904. Practiced medicine at Shirley, Illinois.
Dr. Bertham O. Swinehart graduated from the College of Medicine and
Surgery, Chicago, Illinois. He served as a Medical Officer in the World
War.
Dr. Howard Switzer graduated from Chicago Medical College, Chicago,
Illinois, in 1885. Practiced medicine at Anchor, Illinois.
Dr. Charles W. Talbert practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated
from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1883.
Dr. Ferris F. Tannus practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, in 1905.
Dr. J. A. Taylor graduated from Bellevue College, New York City, in
1875. Practiced medicine in Gridley, Illinois.
Dr. Andrew Tenbrook graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1876.
Practiced in McLean, Illinois.
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Dr. J. M. Thresh graduated in 1902 from Barnes Medical College, St.
Louis, Missouri. He practiced medicine in Danvers, Illinois. His present
location is Grand Bay, Alabama.
Dr. Guy Van Alstine graduated from the Northwestern Medical College,
Chicago, Illinois, in 1912. Practiced at Anchor, Illinois.
Dr. Ira A. Vandervort practiced in Normal, Illinois. State Certificate,
December 11, 1877, for years of practice in Illinois.
Dr. S. H. Van Doren graduated from Bennett Medical College, Chicago,
Illinois, in 1878. He practiced at Saybrook, Illinois.
Dr. Frederick Volz practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1892.
Dr. Homer Wakefield graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College
in 1891. Present location New York City.
Dr. Z. Waters practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinois. Office located
at 110 W. Washington Street.
Dr. Peter Webber practiced medicine in Bloomington, Illinois, at 410
N. Oak Street.
Dr. E. E. Williams practiced in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated from
Bennett College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, in
1886.
Dr. Edwfn M. Wilson graduated from the Omaha Medical College,
Omaha, Nebraska, in 1895. Practiced medicine in Gridley, Illinois.
Dr. Milton C. Wilson graduated from the Medical College of Indiana,
Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1882. Practiced medicine in Downs, Illinois.
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ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL
Bloomlngfon, Illinois
In the founding of St. Joseph's Hospital, a large measure of credit
is due the Rev. Father Schreiber, pastor of the St. Mary's Church.
At his suggestion in 1879 the Rev. Mother Frances of St. Francis
Hospital of Peoria visited Bloomington vi^ith the view of establishing
a Branch Hospital here.
Dr. John Sweeney and Dr. Chas. Parke were then consulted in
reference to the undertaking, and agreed to lend assistance. Dr. Sweeney,
in company with Sisters and friends of the order, later made a house
to house canvass of Bloomington and succeeded in obtaining sufficient
funds to make the first payment on the property where the hospital is
located. This property is a 7-acre tract near the center of which stood
the Waddell home, an old brick mansion, and here the St. Joseph
Hospital started on its long and successful career on the 22nd day of
March, 1880.
The institution was incorporated at once, and its ownership and
control was vested in the Mother Superior of Third Order of St. Francis
of Peoria and her successors in office. Neither man nor church have the
authority to interfere with her in her vested rights.
Now, four Sisters were placed in charge of the institution and they
selected Dr. Parke to organize a staff. He appointed Dr. A. H. Luce,
Dr. John Sweeney, Dr. T. F. Worrell, Dr. William Elder, Dr. R. Wun-
derlich, and Dr. Lee Smith as members of the first staff.
In 1883 it became necessary to add more space, and a new building
was constructed in connection with the old structure, which then became
the residence and chapel for the Sisters.
In 1888 a substantial addition was built, and the following year
a new chapel added at an expense of $10,000. Having entirely out-
grown the quarters, in 1908 the large east wing was added to the
building, and in 1920 it was necessary to add a west wing still larger.
The hospital as it now stands has a capacity of over 300 beds. It
is strictly modern, the rooms are attractively furnished, and the equip-
ment is the very best including up to date laboratories, diet kitchens,
x-ray, hydrotherapy, and electrotherapy. The operating rooms are of
the highest order, and thei-e are delivery rooms and special obstetric
department. A special ward for children and sun parlors are provided,
and a fully equipped Psychopathic ward.
In 1926 a handsome three-story nurses' home was built to house
the Nurses' Training School which was established in 1921. This insti-
tution has graduated 93 nurses, and has a capacity of 60 beds.
The St. Joseph's Hospital does not discriminate in taking patients.
All races and creeds, the rich and poor alike, find its doors open to them
if they are sick and afflicted. Its charity is without ostentation. More
than 12% of its patients have been treated entirely on charity, and
many more on part charity. Countless meals have been given to the
hungry poor — none are ever turned from the door.
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THE BROKAW HOSPITAL
Normal, Illinois
The Brokaw Hospital got its initial start from some members of
the McLean County Medical Society. In the fall of 1894 and the spring
of 1895 a group of medical men met to consider the question of a new
hospital. After a great deal of discussion, five doctors resolved to con-
tinue in this new enterprise, and each subscribed five hundred dollars
($500.00) as a starting fund for the purpose of purchasing ground,
buildings, and equipment. These men were Dr. J. L. White, Dr. D. H.
Nusbaum, Dr. M. D. Hull, Dr. C. M. Noble, and Dr. Ernest Mammen.
The first consideration was to secure a desirable site or location,
provide the necessary buildings, and furnish the proper equipment. The
next procedure was to obtain a suitable management for conducting
the affairs of this hospital. After much investigation, the present
location was acquired from Mr. Henry Danforth of Washington, Hlinois,
for a consideration of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00). The above
mentioned doctors having secured the contract, Mr. Paul Moratz, archi-
tect, drew sketches and plans for the buildings.
The original building was completed and opened for patients in
1896. It was under the management of the Mennonite Deaconess Nurses
with Rev. John A. Sprunger in charge. It continued under this manage-
ment until August, 1897, when it was taken over by the Methodist
Episcopal Deaconess society of Chicago, and operated until the year
1901. At this time the name of the hospital was changed to Brokaw
Hospital.
Mr. Abraham Brokaw and his wife became interested in the hos-
pital in 1901, and contributed considerable financial aid. In 1903 he
placed a fund of $30,000.00 at the disposal of three trustees for the
benefit of the hospital, and later provided in his will a further endow-
ment of $100,000.00 and 320 acres of valuable farm lands. The several
bequests made by him to the hospital have aggregated more than
$200,000.00. Mr. Brokaw died in 1905.
In January, 1902, the directors of Brokaw Hospital established a
training school for nurses, incorporated under the title of the Brokaw
Hospital School for Nurses. This school offers to women desirous of
becoming professional nurses, a course of practical and theoretical in-
struction. The curriculum provide a three-years' course which fully
meets the requirements of the State Registration Board of Nurses.
The training school is under the efficient management of its superin-
tendent, Miss Maude F. Essig. Miss Macie N. Knapp has been the
general superintendent of the hospital for the past ten years, and
under her capable inanagement and skillful direction, the hospital has
shown great progress in realizing its ideal of usefulness and service.
The location comprises eight acres of rolling ground with a beautiful
campus, delightful terraces, walks and gardens. There are three build-
ings with a capacity of one hundred and one hospital beds. In 1909 a
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separate building was erected for a nurses' home which provides for
the needs and recreation of the nurses when not on duty. The average
number in the Training School for Nurses is about thirty-five. The
staff of physicians and surgeons number twenty-six. The staff holds
regular meetings to discuss clinical and scientific matters of interest
to its members, and of benefit tO' the hospital. Brokaw Hospital shares
with the hospitals of Bloomington and Normal a public service of in-
estimable value, not alone to the citizens of the cities in which they are
located, but also to the large groups of individuals of adjoining com-
munities.
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THE MENNONITE HOSPITAL
Bloomlngton, Illinois
The Mennonite Hospital Association was incorporated in January,
1919. Its organization was the actual expression of the general religious
conviction that ministering to the physically ill, whether rich or poor
and regardless of creed, is an important function of the church.
As early as 1893 there was in many Mennonite churches intense
interest in this humanitarian endeavor, and under the leadership of
Rev. John A. Sprunger they assisted materially in the organization of
the Mennonite Deaconess Hospital. The Mennonite groups, however,
were scattered and with no organization to hold them together, their
activities but not their interest soon languished. Interest in this work
grew and resulted in an informal meeting early in the summer of 1918
of representatives of a number of the churches for the discussion of the
advisability of the church establishing a Mennonite Hospital. The interest
in the proposal was so encouraging that other meetings followed, and
the Mennonite Hospital Association with representatives from Mennonite
churches was formed. The first officers were: Rev. E. Troyer, Presi-
dent; Rev. J. H. King, Secretary; and John Kinsinger, Treasurer. The
next January the organization was incorporated. The first board of
directors was as follows: Rev. E. Troyer, Rev. J. H. King, Rev. Allen
Miller, and Rev. Benjamin Rupp.
The first officers in charge of the hospital were in addition to the
above named President and Secretary: Rev. B. Rupp, Superintendent;
Miss Florence Burgess, Superintendent of Nurses; and Mrs. Mollie
Flint, Surgical Supervisor.
The standing of the local medical profession and the co-operative
attitude of prominent physicians was the decisive factor in influencing
•the Association to decide to establish the proposed hospital in Bloom-
lngton. The John Harber property at 1308 N. Main Street was purchased
and plans were prepared for the construction of a new building on the
large lot. It was decided to make a very modest beginning in the large
three story house already on the lot. This three story residence was
remodeled, and a medical staff with Dr. E. P. Sloan as chief of staff was
organized and nurses were secured.
The first patients were admitted for treatment on May 1, 1919.
An urgent need for more room was almost at once evident. In January
of the next year the Association, instead of building a new building,
purchased the building and equipment known as the Kelso Sanitarium
at 807 N. Main Sti*eet. Again the facilities for service were found to
be inadequate, and a movement was inaugurated to replace the frame
building with a modern fireproof building of larger proportions. In
January, 1932, a new wing of the hospital was opened and the capacity
of the hospital was increased to seventy-eight.
An accredited Nurses' Training School has been maintained since
1920. One hundred and nine nurses have been graduated, and of these
twenty-eight have occupied executive positions in hospitals since their
graduation.
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Since the first year, when only fifty patients were cared for, there
have been more than fifteen thousand cases admitted for treatment,
and nine thousand operations performed. The medical staff through its
organization has contributed largely to the development of the hospital
program and now has a membership of forty-three practicing physicians.
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FAIRVIEW SANATORIUM
Normal, Illinois
At the beginning of this century the results of bacteriological
studies were expressed by better treatment of tuberculosis cases. To get
cooperation among the people a great deal of education was necessary.
The trained nurse was a product mainly of the demand for carrying
out modern discoveries in medicine. At that time the white plague was
everywhere. It took a toll of one hundred and eighteen people in this
county one year. This fact was used as an argument for the establish-
ment of a sanatorium, for it had become evident that tuberculosis
patients could not be successfully treated except in an institution. There
was no unanimity as to how this could be brought about. The state had
passed no law enabling counties to maintain sanatoria, so to get action
on the part of the people fundamental education was necessary.
There existed in this city an Anti-tuberculosis Association. This
association purchased a tent which would seat about seventy-five people.
Ten of our doctors united in giving lectures to the people in this tent.
It was set up in the southeast part of the city for one week, during
which doctors lectured every evening on the diagnosis and treatment
of tuberculosis.
Mr. Edmund O'Connell was engaged to secure a law which would
authorize counties to raise money, purchase grounds, and to build sana-
toria. He was posted in legislative matters, and soon the legislature
passed a proper bill giving us a law under which we are now working.
Then it was necessary to get a vote of the people in favor of a sanato-
rium for this county. Urging this on, the names of Doctors J. B. Taylor,
W. H. Gardner, F.H. Godfrey, E. Mammen, and T. D. Cantrell appear
as very active in trying to influence the votes of the supervisors appear-
ing before them at different times. Finally the supervisors voted on the
question and defeated it. The doctors continued to carry on the propa-
ganda by lectures in school houses, in churches, and otherwise.
The first vote was taken about 1908. The vote of the people authoriz-
ing the supervisors to favor the establishment of a sanatorium was taken
March 7, 1910. In the resolutions passed by the supervisors occurs this
sentence: "There is no question of the need of a tuberculosis sanatorium
for the use of the people of this county, and, although we deplore the
necessity, it is our duty to see the situation as it really is, and to
establish a sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis."
A committee was then appointed as the law provided, and Doctor
C. M. Noble, member of the McLean County Medical Society, was made
a member of that committee.
The supervisors decided to purchase, in March, 1917, forty acres
lying northwest of Normal for fifteen thousand dollars, and proceeded
to erect a building properly adapted to the methods of treatment neces-
sary for the cure of tuberculosis. This was an institution at which all
legal residents of McLean County were entitled to receive treatment
free of charge.
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We have now had it in operation about a quarter of a century. It
has cost something, but the money spent is a trifle compared to the
results attained. The death rate which was 118 per annum has been
reduced to 34 for 1933, so that many lives have been saved and many
others made happier by treatment.
The Fairview Sanatorium has proven to be the best investment
McLean County ever made for the benefit of its people's health.
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BOOK THREE - 1954
This part of the history of the
McLean County Medical Society
extends over a period of twenty
years — 1934 to 1954.
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PREFACE
Bloomington, Illinois - January, 1954
To the McLean County Medical Society
Dear Doctors:
To carry on the work ah'eady compiled by foi-mer committees, the
present committee which includes Dr. Fred W. Brian, Dr. Robert G.
Price, and Dr. Howard P. Sloan, presents to you the One Hundredth
Anniversary Edition of the History of the McLean County Medical
Society. The original history of 1904 and the second volume published
in 1934 compose the first two parts in the present edition. To these
have been added the historical record of the past twenty years, 1934-
1954, thus forming a continuous hundred years' history of the Society.
A number of doctors, whose biographical sketches appeared in the
1934 edition, are still practicing at the present time. Their biographies
have been brought up-to-date and incorporated in the 1954 edition.
In an intricate history of this kind, errors may occur, but we trust
that the information we present herewith has been, on the whole,
accurately tabulated from the material we have gathered. We wish to
thank all the individual members of the Society who have helped in
furnishing the data from which this history has been compiled.
Our McLean County doctors of today have traveled a long way in
the knowledge of medicine and the art of healing since the pioneer
doctor of a hundred years ago. One wonders if the doctors of one
hundred years hence will consider the doctors of today as pioneers also
in the long history of medical research.
The Committee
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HISTORICAL SKETCH
Now one hundred years encompass the McLean County Medical
Society. For an entire century the welfare- and health of the men,
women, and children of this community have been in the hands of the
members of this Society, and it is inspiring to read in this new bio-
graphical history of the lives of those who dedicated themselves to this
honored profession of healing.
Everyone reveres the memory of the pioneer doctor with his devo-
tion to duty. Even though the science of medicine was within its cradle-
of-being during his lifetime, his courageous character and his spiritual
longing to heal was deathless, or should we say, that only death could
interrupt his profession?
Following the pioneer doctor and further along in the advance of
medicinal science appears the "doctor of the old school." Ignorance is
still to the fore, but great scientific discoveries as exemplified by the
names of Pasteur, Liston, and later Osier, are just on the horizon.
The doctors of this era were conscious of their incompetence, but their
sense of dedication to the task of developing future revelations in the
field of medicine was still abiding.
In our own time we remember the doctor of the early 1900's. A
list of prominent names in our Society during the first decade of the
1900's bring to our memory Drs. C. E. Chapin, F. C. Vandervort,
J. W. Smith, R. A. Noble, A. L. Fox, F. H. Godfrey, O. M. Rhodes,
Ernest Mammen, W. H. Gardner, J. K. P. Hawks, E. B. Hart, E. P.
Sloan, L. B. Gavins, F. C. McCormick, and A. W. Meyer. All have passed
on, leaving an enviable record of their ability and the excellent work
they accomplished.
The First World War found many McLean County doctors in its
ranks. The following saw active service in the army, navy, and sea
duty: Drs. Harry Howell, R. A. Noble, Wilfred Gardner, A. E. Rogers,
T. D. Cantrell, J. K. P. Hawks, L. B. Gavins, Frank Sayers, Fred W.
Brian, F. C. Vandervort, G. H. Galford, W. W. Gailey, L. L. Irwin,
E. A. Behrendt, A. J. Casner, J. L. Yolton, H. W. Elder, W. L. Penni-
man, D. D. Raber, A. R. Freeman, Paul Greenleaf, C. E. Shultz, Frank
Deneen. Several others remained at home to serve on the Board of
Examiners.
Not only on the war front but on the home front were the doctors
selflessly on guard against disease and death. The influenza epidemic
of this period was most severe and the remaining physicians did a
heroic job administering their services to the afflicted.
The chapter on public health is a courageous one. Each innovation
meant the long, tiring attempt by the medical profession to educate
the public and their representatives in the legislature and in the city
government to bring about the reforms that would protect present and
future generations. Long quarantine laws for small pox, scarlet fever,
diphtheria, and fumigation methods of those days have all passed by,
so that today with immunization procedures routinely given to young
children, these diseases plus whooping cough and tetanus, have almost
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been eradicated. The young physician today rarely has the oppoi-tunity
to see such cases. Poliomyelitis, measles, chicken pox, and mumps now
remain as the major problems for the health department.
The concluding paragraph in the 1934 historical sketch in this book
was prophetic. The young doctors of 1934 are the older doctors of today.
The "larger opportunities, the greater accomplishments, the grander
achievements" which those sentences foretell, did indeed come to pass,
and it is the younger doctors of that day who helped to bring them to
fulfillment. Here in McLean County today are physicians and surgeons
who have achieved greatly; a few are world renowned. All have taken
full advantage of their inheritance and have kept faith with their
pioneer predecessors.
How far they have traveled! From "two courses of lectures of five
months each" and a "reading knowledge of the English language" the
present day doctor must have four years of college preparation, four
years of medical school, besides a year of internship. Thus the medical
road of the modern doctor, though in a different fashion, is as rugged,
perhaps, as that of the pioneer. Even though he does not die of over-
exhaustion in fighting the elements just to reach his patients, look at
the number of modern physicians who succumb to heart attacks. The
physician's life is a dedicated one, despite its hardships.
And now, indeed, the world of medical science has grown up. In
one hundred years we have passed from cough medicine to the iron
lung. Poliomyelitis, especially, in the acute stage, is far from being
conquered. A wooden respirator made by the employes of the Eureka
Williams Company in Bloomington has saved the lives of many through-
out the world. "Popular Mechanics" magazine, the National Junior
Chamber of Commerce, together with modern television carried on the
publicity internationally, giving Bloomington and St. Joseph's Hospital
credit for such an emergency instrument. Bloomington also was made
one of the downstate Polio centers for treatment and management of
the acute cases, and for the monthly out patient clinics under the
Division of Services for Crippled Children of the University of Illinois.
A cerebral palsy treatment and education unit in conjunction with the
Illinois State Normal University has been in action at the St. Joseph's
Hospital since 1951. Federal and state funds were received to help
build a new wing to the Pediatric Department at St. Joseph's Hospital
to be used for the cerebral palsy unit. The Special Education Depart-
ment of the Illinois State Normal University with its new building has
aided tremendously the problem of education of the handicapped child.
Bloomington and McLean County are most fortunate to have such a
renowned school in its midst.
The older doctors of yesterday could never imagine the changes in
the type of practice the young man sees today. Mastoid, surgery, em-
pyema of the lungs, abdominal infections, pneumonia, meningitis, acute
upper respiratory infections, and typhoid fever under treatment with
the wonder drugs of today are diseases cured and the patient home
from the hospital in a matter of seven to ten days or less, with rarely
any remaining complications. Sulfa drugs in 1936, penicillin in 1944,
aureomycin, terramycin, Chloromycetin, dihydrostreptomycin and others
too numerous to mention, with many in the making, will no doubt con-
tinue to save many lives while at the same time these are being replaced
by more valuable ones. Malaria and tuberculosis are also almost com-
pletely under control.
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Hormones such as ACTH and cortisone have changed entirely the
field of arthritis, rheumatic fever and allergy. What these fields alone
have in store for us no one actually would dare to predict. Atomic
medicine is in its mere infancy and seems a dream too fantastic to
realize now.
Yet psychiatry and its branches bring untold and unpredicted prob-
lems still unconquered. In other words, medical science seems to have
passed what the human mind can control. The physicians of tomorrow
have an enviable yet worrisome world ahead of them which will still
require training and the diligent and honest work of each and every
one. Specialized medicine, we hope, will still remain conquered. To
lose the personal contact and confidence of the patient and doctor re-
lationship, one can't help but feel, would be disastrous.
Who knows what wonders the next one hundred years will bring?
The young doctors of yesterday, who are the older doctors of today,
again spread their mantle over a group of young physicians who are
just starting on their life's work. They will carry on the achievements
that a century of McLean county doctors have fostered to this day.
They will become the physicians and surgeons of tomorrow. The future
is unpredictable. From now on, another history, no doubt, should never
go past a ten year period.
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ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY AND BANQUET
CENTENNIAL MEETING
Tuesday, October 12, 1954
Mirror Room Rogers Hotel
*****
Cocktails at 6:30
Dinner at 7:00
Dr. Harry C. Barber Presiding
President, McLean County Medical Society
Dr. Howard P. Sloan Introduction of Speaker
Mr. Hale Nelson, Speaker 'Tublic Relations"
Vice-Presicleyit, Illinois Bell Telephone Company
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McLEAN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
ENROLLMENT - 1954
Abbott, 0, L.
Ahroon, C. R.
Atkinson, R. L.
Atkinson, W. H.
Bailen, J. L.
Ball, 0. H.
Ball, W. G.
Barber, H. C.
Baxter, R. E.
Beebe, N. S.
Behrendt, E. A.
Bond, C. S.
Boon, L. M.
Boulton, S. S,
Brian, F. W.
Broad, W. J.
Brown, J. G.
Bryan, F. M.
Cantle, H. C.
Causey, G. B.
Chesley, G. L.
Chione, A. G.
Cline, G. M.
Conklin, C. A.
Crowley, F. A.
Gumming, T. S.
Deneen, O.
Denny, Helen
Dew, R. R.
Doud, R. W.
Elliott, J. N.
Elvidge, R. E.
France, G. W.
France, J. T.
Frell, A. C.
Fricke, R. W.
Fruin, L. T.
Gailey, W. W.
Hardy, C. W.
Hartenbower, G. E.
Helm, J. W.
Henderson, F. H.
Hersey, M, F.
Hoopes, B. F.
Houk, P. S.
Irwin, G. E.
Jenkins, D. M.
Jones, C. C. *
Kuhn, W. F.
Livingston, A. E.
Loar, R. R.
Lyman, H. C.
McConnell, B. C.
McGee, G. R.
McGinnes, H. P.
Mcintosh, J, R.
McNeely, G. B.
McNertney, F. D.
McNutt, J. C.
McNutt, Justin C.
Markowitz, B.
Marquis, V. B.
Nelson, P. R.
Nord, S. K.
O'Neil, G. J.
Pai'ker, R. J.
Peairs, R. P.
Pliura, V. K.
Prenzler, L. H.
Price, R. G.
Raber, D. D.
Scott, T. C.
Scott, W. E.
Shinall, H. L.
Shultz, G. H.
Sloan, G. A.
Sloan, H. P.
Smith, T. E.
Stephenson, G. W,
Sterbini, D. A.
Stevenson, E. M,
Theobald, P. G.
Troyer, D. O.
Van Ham, J. A.
Walsh, Rita
Watkins, H. R.
Wellmerling, H. W.
Williams, E. C.
Wuerfele, E. W.
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OFFICERS
OF THE
McLEAN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
*
1954
President Vice-President
D. M. Jenkins, M. D. John France, M. D.
Secretary-Treasurer
A. E. Livingston, M. D.
Board of Censors
F. A. Crowley, M. D. D. M. Jenkins, M. D.
3 years 2 years
E. M. Stevenson, M. D.
1 year
Program Committee
Stanley K. Nord, M. D. Robert Parker, M. D.
L. T. Fruin, M. D. Preston S. Houk, M. D.
Robert R. Dew, M. D.
H. McGinnis, M. D., Chairman
Entertainment Committee
Paul G. Theobald, M. D. George E. Irwin, Jr. M. D.
T. C. Scott, M. D.
G. B. McNeeley, M. D., Chairman
Delegates to the State Convention
Delegate
G. E. Hartenbower, M. D.
Alternate
R. G. Price, M. D.
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IN MEMORIAM
Members of the McLean County Medical Society Who Have
Died Since 1934
DR.
E. M. ADAMS
DR.
DR.
S. J. BARKETT
DR.
DR.
E. L. BROWN
DR.
DR.
MARTHA BULL
DR.
DR.
C. 0. BURKE
DR.
DR.
T. D. CANTRELL
DR.
DR.
A. J. CASNER
DR.
DR.
L. B. GAVINS
DR.
DR.
S. T. GAVINS
DR.
DR.
FRANK DENEEN
DR.
DR.
H. 0. DOLLEY
DR.
DR.
J. H. FENELON
DR.
DR.
F. E. FIELDING
DR.
DR.
F. G. FISHER
DR.
DR.
J. W. FULWILER
DR.
DR.
D. M. GARGIA
DR.
DR.
F. P. GOODWIN
DR.
DR.
H. W. GROTE
DR.
DR.
E. B. HART
DR.
DR.
J. K. P. HAWKS
DR.
DR.
H. L. HOWELL
DR.
DR.
L. L. IRWIN
DR.
DR.
JAMES JENSEN
DR.
DR.
L. M. JOHNSON
DR.
DR.
ALVIN KELLER
DR.
C. R. KERR
G. H. LANGSDALE
F. G. McGORMIGK
P. P. McELHINEY
WILLIAM McINTOSH
ERNEST MAMMEN
A. W. MEYER
E. M. MINNIGK
THOMAS MOATE
T. R. MULLEN
R. A. QUAY
O. M. RHODES
G. W. RITTER
E. L. RYPINS
E. E. SARGENT
W. P. SGOTT
G. E. SHULTZ
E. P. SLOAN
J. W. SMITH
O. M. THOMPSON
F. L. WAKEFIELD
L. W. YOLTON
R. G. YOLTON
W. M. YOUNG
J. H. ZIEGLER
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WOMAN'S AUXILIARY
of the
McLEAN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
In 1927 the Illinois State Medical Society decided that a Woman's
Auxiliary would be desirable. The organization was completed, and Mrs.
G. Henry Mundt, wife of the president of the State Medical Society,
was chosen as president of the new organization. Dr. Harold M. Camp,
secretary of the State Medical Society, sent a letter to the secretaries
of the various county societies asking that the medical societies organize
the women in the counties.
Acting upon that suggestion. Dr. Ralph P. Peairs, secretary of the
McLean County Medical Society, brought the matter before the local
medical society. The medical society approved the plan and authorized
Dr. Frank Deneen, the president, and Dr. Peairs, the secretary, to
invite the wives of the physicians to a luncheon for the purpose of
forming an auxiliary. About twenty-five ladies responded and attended
the luncheon which was held at the Y. W. C. A. in September, 1927.
Mrs. Mundt, the state president, and Miss Jean McArthur, secretary of
the educational committee of the State Medical Society, attended the
meeting and were instrumental in organizing the McLean County Med-
ical Society Auxiliary. McLean county was the first county in Hlinois
to form such an auxiliary,
A nominating committee was selected and reported at a later meet-
ing. Mrs. Myra S. Peairs was elected as the president of the group. The
women were active as delegates to the state and county meetings, sold
the health magazine "Hygeia" and had many interesting speakers for
their monthly programs. The organization continued until 1940, when
it disbanded.
The present auxiliary was formed in May, 1949, with an advisory
committee from the McLean County Medical Society present, and ap-
proving the action. The group's main project has been the establishment
of Student Nurse Loan Funds available to students in St. Joseph's,
Mennonite, and Brokaw Hospitals' schools of nursing.
The members of the Auxiliary have continued to sell a health
publication "Today's Health"; assist once a month at the immunization
clinic at Raymond School; keep informed of current legislation affecting
the medical profession through the A. M. A. newsletters; and contribute
financially to the Crippled Children's Camp held each summer, and to the
State Benevolence Fund. The monthly meetings of the Auxiliary during
1954 will be centered around the National Auxiliary's program theme —
"'Know Your Community."
The officers of the Auxiliary elected May 3, 1^49, at the time of the
reorganization were: President, Mrs. Eugene Taylor; vice-president,
Mrs. Edwin Rypins; secretary, Mrs. Gordon Shultz; treasurer, Mrs.
George France. Present officers of 1954 are: President, Mrs. Stanley
Nord; president-elect, Mrs. Harold Shinall; vice-president, Mrs. J. L.
Bailen; secretary, Mrs. Preston Houk; treasurer, Mrs. John France.
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MENNONITE HOSPITAL EYE BANK
Established by
The Watson Galley Eye Foundation
The Watson Gailey Eye Foundation was established by Dr. Watson
Gailey of the Gailey Eye Clinic in 1948 as a non-profit organization
having for its purpose the channeling of funds into the organization for
improving the quality of ophthalmology; the education of the blind and
partially blind; the education of teachers who wish to take up their
profession as instructors for partially-sighted children; the education of
deserving medical students, most particularly those who are taking up
ophthalmology as their life work; the sponsoring under the direction
of the McLean County Health Department of the first free eye clinic
for indigent families whose childi'en need glasses and eye care (the clinic
being in operation two years) ; and the establishment of an Eye Bank
for the purpose of furnishing human eyes for transplant operations to
ophthalmological surgeons throughout our state for the purpose of sight
restoration.
The date, August 7, 1952, marked an epoch in ophthalmological
surgery in Bloomington, Illinois. The first operation for corneal trans-
plant, which was done in downstate Illinois, was performed on this
date at the Mennonite Hospital by Albert C. Frell, M. D., a member
of the Gailey Eye Clinic staff. The eye was furnished by the Foundation
Eye Bank.
The Eye Bank is now in its second year of operation. Up to the
present time, ten of these corneal transplants have been operated upon.
The results laave been quite gratifying and the visual improvement has
been considerable in each instance. The donor eye has been obtained
from several sources, viz: The Buffalo, New York Eye Bank, The
Chicago Eye Bank under the management of the Illinois Society for
the Prevention of Blindness, and from Bloomington physicians who have
convinced the family of the deceased person that it would be a wonder-
fully generous gesture to permit the donor's eyes to be enucleated
within two hours following death.
The eyes from Buffalo are flown to Peoria by the Eastern Air-
lines where the container is picked up by the local Red Cross and
delivered to the Eye Bank at Mennonite Hospital. All of this excellent
service is done without charge, through the generosity of the president
of Eastern Airlines - Mr. Eddie Rickenbacker.
At the present time the patient waiting list who would be benefitted
by the corneal transplant is considerably in excess of twenty.
Unquestionably this surgical procedure bids fair toward becoming
more and more an instrument in returning sight to thousands of cases
throughout th« states, when more surgeons learn this technique.
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MEMORIAL LIBRARY
OF THE
McLEAN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
The Memorial Library is located in a pleasant room on the base-
ment floor of the new annex to the Mennonite Hospital. The room is
equipped with glass enclosed bookcases, an enclosed built-in file case
for medical journals, a long reading table, and ten large arm chairs
upholstered in red leather.
For many years the collection of books owned by the medical
society was housed in the Withers Public Library. On February 8, 1937,
at the regular meeting of the society, a motion was made and duly
seconded and carried that the medical books belonging to the society
be transferred from the Withers Public Library to a room in the Illinois
Wesleyan University where they would be catalogued and accessible to
any member of the society. Shortly after this the library became inactive.
On June 10, 1947, during the meeting of the society. Dr. A. E.
Livingston made a motion that a county medical library be established
at Mennonite Hospital. Dr. E. M. Stevenson moved that the library be
called the Memorial Library. The library was created at this time
through the generous contributions of individual members of the medical
society.
The present collection of books consists of year books on different
medical subjects; many files of medical journals; about two hundred
fifty new and standard books on medical science; and a complete series
of "The Index Medicus" (Quarterly Cumulative Index of the A.M.D.).
On November 14, 1950, the McLean County Medical Society moved
that an annual budget of $250.00 be allowed for the maintenance of the
Memorial Library. Many of the volumes are donated in memory of
deceased members of the society, and members of the community at
large.
Dr. A. Edward Livingston has been chairman of the Library
Committee since its creation in 1947. The committee selects new books,
either through direct suggestions by medical society members or through
knowledge of current publications. Books and non-current journals may
be taken out of the library by society members provided they sign a
card of information.
The Library Committee encourages donations to the library, espe-
cially in memory of former members, but also of any one who might
have appreciated such a memorial.
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ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL. 1934 - 1954
Historical Sketch
Following the completion and occupation of the Nurses' Residence
in January of 1929, no major construction was undertaken for the next
two decades. Rather, the twenty years of the '30's and '40's were devoted
to improving present facilities.
A number of steps have been taken to facilitate patient care and
nursing service. In 1939 the private duty nurses adopted the eight hour
day. During the war years nursing service took on new importance
which it has not. relinquished. The training of the large nurse cadet
corps in 1944; refresher courses conducted for graduate nurses; training
of volunteer nurse aides and the Gray Ladies; all were instituted as a
part of the war program.
In 1939, St. Joseph's Hospital along with other hospitals was desig-
nated a depository for the "new wonder drug" penicillin. Fourteen
years later, gamma globulin was the scarce drug and slated for careful
distribution.
With the gradual return of our doctors from military to civilian
status, the hospital was able to develop departments long marked for
progress. In 1946, the Radiology service consisted of two sisters, one
of whom was a registered technician, one student technician, and a part
time secretary. A total of 4,426 procedures of which some 3,385 were
X-rays, 363 fluoroscopes, and 678 X-ray treatments was the record.
Today, under the department's present direction, a staff headed by a
radiologist has two registered technicians, four student technicians, and
a full time secretary. They do some 9,724 procedures — 6,679 X-rays,
825 fluoroscopes, 2,220 treatments. The out patient department has
tripled in seven years. The service was recently expanded to occupy
five rooms on the second floor of the hospital. Equipment includes G. E.
X-ray for diagnosis and treatment, a motor driven radiological table,
a spot film device attached to the fluoroscope. The cystoscopic room
has been equipped with the latest model table. St. Joseph's Hospital,
Department of Radiology, received authorization from the United States
Atomic Energy Commission for the procurement of radio active isotopes
on May 25, 1953. This authorization applies to the use of Iodine 131
for the diagnosis of thyroid function.
Paralleling the development of the Radiological Department is that
of the Pathological Laboratory. In 1946 the present director established
the blood bank, the first such depository in this section of the state.
Through the years, the laboratory has grown not only in size but also
in skills. In 1943 routine tissue examinations were first started. From
an average of 1000 tests per month at its inception, the laboratory now
does 10,000. In the eight years the school for technicians has been in
existance, fifty students have been graduated. These students are work-
ing in the other hospitals of the community as well as some of the
doctors' clinics of the two towns. The laboratory now occupies the south
wing on A floor of the hospital, in rooms recently redecorated and with
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equipment comparable to that of larger laboratories. Probably the out-
standing feature of the laboratory is the excellent quality of the bio-
chemistry section.
St. Joseph's Hospital's registered pharmacist, Sister M. Veneranda,
has, during her nine years' tenui'e, planned and carried out the refitting
of the drug room with modern cases, sink, and proper refrigeration for
the storage and distribution of drugs.
In 1946 the polio ward was established. Standard equipment consists
of two iron lungs, a portable respii'ator and the famous wooden lung,
the Eui'eka-Williams model, built in a single night by men of the factory
for use during the 1949 epidemic. This "lung" has had wide publicity.
It was approved by the Council on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
An article on its use appeared in the February 17, 1951 issue of the
Journal of the American Medical Association. Specifications for its con-
struction have appeared in national magazines. This department in
cooperation with the physical therapy department has helped many post
polio patients back to normal living.
The physical therapy department occupies the entire west side of
the south wing on 100 floor. It is strategically situated adjacent to the
polio ward. Under the direction of a qualified registered physical ther-
apist, the department cares for referral cases as well as post polio,
cerebral palsy, and orthopedic cases. The department has the usual
electro and hydro therapy machines as well as the Hubbard tank.
Late in 1949, and 1950 the hospital chapel was remodeled, redeco-
rated, and refurnished. The rededication service was held in March of
1950. This achievement, under the administration of Sister M. Celine
was a proud accomplishment for all the Sisters of the St. Francis
community.
Along with other hospitals of Bloomington-Normal in 1951, St. Jo-
seph's-Hospital undertook the reorganization of its staff to conform to
the standards of the American College of Surgeons. As a result of this
effort the hospital has full approval of the American College of Surgeons
and is also approved by the American Medical Association and the
American Hospital Association of Chicago.
The spring of 1951 also marked the organization of the hospital's
first Woman's Auxiliary, The organization chose for its project the
Cerebral palsy unit and subsequently has been very active in raising
funds. A gift shop is maintained off the reception room at the hospital,
the proceeds going to the Cerebral Palsy fund.
In January, 1952, the Cerebral Palsy Unit was officially opened
with temporary quarters on 500 floor. This department, third of its
kind in the state, is under the direction of the Department of Welfare
of the State of Illinois and of the Special Education Department of
I. S. N. U. It is devoted to the rehabilitation of educable Cerebral Palsy
children. The department is gradually building up the necessary ortho-
pedic, physical, and occupational therapy equipment so essential for
treatment in cases of this type. The department will be permanently
housed in the new building in the fall of 1953.
In the early part of 1953 the Doctors' lounge was moved across the
hall to the front of the building permitting their old quarters to be added
to the Record Library. With Sister Cyriaca, registered medical librarian,
and a staff of four typists, the record library now handles dictation
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from phone connections at strategic stations throughout the hospital.
These larger quarters provide ample space for the filing systems.
It has long been the policy of St. Joseph's Hospital to keep the
hospital efficient by adding new equipment. This necessitates constant
changes and long range planning. New O.B. and O.R. tables, incubator;
washers and dryers for the laundry; kitchens and diet therapy quarters
renovated; conversion of the heating unit from coal to oil burners;
incinerator, sprinkler system, and electrical changes are some of these.
In 1953 the hospital was partially rewired and a new electrical panel
and substation installed. The hospital contains two hundred thirty-five
beds plus thirty beds in the new addition.
In July, 1952, a new service was created, that of public health co-
ordinator. This is a direct effort for follow up care of the patient. In
this connection a series of expectant parents' classes and pre-natal
clinics are conducted.
The new wing of the hospital, extending north west from the present
west section is scheduled for completion in 1953. This unit devoted to
convalescent patients will also house the Cerebral Palsy Department
and Crippled Children's Clinic. Modern in every respect, with piped
oxygen, solarium, and furnishings it is planned to accommodate twenty-
eight patients. When the move is accomplished, hospital authorities
look forward to the expansion of the present Pediatric Department.
The School of Nursing, a vital part of the hospital program, has
been under the leadership of only two directors in the past twenty
years. Sister M. Theddea served from 1933 - 1939. During this period
Sodality and Student-Faculty government were formed. Dramatics and
the student newspaper were activities of the school. Sister M. Loyola,
1939 to date, has seen marked progress in nursing education. The school
is now listed in the temporarily approved list 1953 by the National
Accreditation Agency. The school has had affiliation with DePaul Uni-
versity of Chicago, Peoria State Hospital for psychiatry, and Illinois
State Normal University for physical and biological sciences. In recent
years the school and community have been more closely united under the
Nursing School Committee.
All of these developments during the past twenty years have taken
place under the guidance of four administrators; Sister M. Cecelia,
1936-1942; Sister M. Brigitta, 1942-1945; Sister M. Celine, 1945-1951,
and the present Superior Sister M. Bonaventura, 1951 - to date.
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BROKAW HOSPITAL. 1934 - 1954
Historical Sketch
Brokaw Hospital's efforts in behalf of the ill and hurt of the
community have continued since 1895, and recent decades have per-
mitted its building expansion program to materialize in a real way.
Progress has also been made in accreditation with the American College
of Surgeons. The year 1936 was the first year when full approval by
this group was given. Brokaw Hospital has had full approval since
that date, the medical staff being reorganized in 1947 to conform with
standards.
In 1934 Brokaw Hospital had ninety-six beds and a staff of twenty-
six doctors. The present picture of Brokaw Hospital in 1954 offers a
different aspect, as the building now includes one hundred twenty beds,
and the staff numbers sixty-three doctors and fifty-six nurses. In the
project for expansion. Dr. Herman Smith of Chicago was the consultant
on building plans, and Schaeffer, Hooton and Wilson were the archi-
tects.
A program of fund-raising was begun in the fall of 1948, and under
the leadership of George A. Washburn, now deceased, the original goal
was reached. Due to increased building costs, the effort to raise money
has been continued, and at the present time popular subscriptions from
Bloomington-Normal and McLean County total an approximate $1,100,-
000.00. W. A. Matheson is general chairman of the campaign.
During 1951-1953 the new four-story wing of the hospital was con-
structed with a total outlay of more than a million dollars. The building
activities were launched on October 11, 1951, with breaking-of -ground
ceremonies. The wing was completed, and open house was held on June
11-14, 1953. Patients were moved into the new hospital on July 15, 1953.
The new facilities consist primarily of a four-story wing which in-
cludes a new laundry, kitchen, dining-rooms, business offices, emergency
room, sixty-six new rooms for patients, and a chapel where the nurses
hold their 6:45 A, M. daily devotions. A call system with microphone
equipment has been installed for instant communication between patient
and nurse. The patients' rooms are light and spacious, decorated in
cheerful colors, and equipped with built-in dresser, wardrobe, toilet and
lavatory. A supply of oxygen is piped to each room. Future plans call
for the construction of a one-story surgical wing which would bring all
administrative and out-patient services, including surgical. X-ray and
laboratory, to the ground floor of the hospital with all nursing service
on the three floors above.
The administrators of Brokaw Hospital for the past twenty years
have been — Miss Macie Knapp, 1934-1938; Miss Maude F. Essig, 1938-
1939; Miss Helen Bierman (Mrs. J. E. Willman), 1939-1944; Miss
Frances Mix, 1944-1946; Miss Evelyn G. Johnson, 1946-1948; and W. V.
Herrin, January 1, 1949, to date.
Brokaw Hospital's Board of Trustees, consisting of two trustees
elected by each Protestant congregation of McLean county meets quar-
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terly. The Board of Directors, a smaller group, holds monthly meetings,
and determines the policies for the operation of the hospital. During
1951 and 1952 Brokaw Hospital spent approximately $30,000.00 annually
on free services to the needy of the community.
During the past two decades R. O. Ahlenius, in 1941, completed
twelve years as president of the Board of Directors; Parke Enlow served
one year; Sumner Goodfellow, three years; Hudson Burr, one year;
W. J. Bach, six years; and George P. Davis is in his first year in
this office.
The School of Nursing at Brokaw Hospital celebrated its fiftieth
anniversary in May and June, 1952, with a Golden Jubilee program, and
issued a booklet of its history which included a directory of personnel.
The directors of nurses for the past twenty years were: Miss Maude F.
Essig, 1934-1939 (she began in 1924) ; Miss Helen Bierman (Mrs. J. E.
Willman), 1939-1944; Miss Frances Mix, 1944-1946; Mrs. Evelyn Lantz,
Mrs. Martha Rypins, and Miss Ailleen Keckler for short terms; Miss
Margaret Mae Cheek, December, 1946, through June, 1948; Mrs. Mary
Cade Scott (Mrs. Herman Smith), 1948; and Mrs, Gertrude P. Gallagher,
1949 to the present.
In 1934 there were twenty-six students in the school of nursing;
in 1954 students numbering fifty-five were enrolled in Brokaw Hospital
School of Nursing which is fully accredited by the North Central
Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. At present the school is
affiliated with Illinois Wesleyan University, Peoria State Hospital for
Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Cook County Hospital for Pediatrics,
University of Illinois Research Hospital for Pediatrics, and McLean
County Public Health Department. It also has the approval of the
Illinois State Department of Registration and Education. The courses
offered are: three years, leading to a diploma in nursing; four years,
leading to a bachelor of science in nursing, which course was added in
1951; five years, leading to a bachelor of science degree.
During the period of 1939-1941 the Mae E. Mecherle Memorial
Nurses' Home was constructed at a total cost of $64,000.00. It is a four-
story, brick structure offering modern living accommodations to approx-
imately sixty students. Adequate facilities are provided here for school
activities and for recreation, as well as comfortable living quarters.
House mothers for the Nurses' Home have been Mrs. Elizabeth Forman
for seven years, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Mitchell since April, 1949.
Due to the lack of suitable facilities and a shortage of personnel,
it was necessary to close the Maternity Department in 1942. A gift
of $7,000.00 in memory of Paul F. Beich made possible the re-opening
of the ward in October, 1946 with a capacity of twelve beds and four-
teen bassinets. 0. B. supervisors have been: Miss Ruth Munson, 1934-
1939 and 1946; Mrs. E. Tindle, 1939, 1940; Mrs. B. Stricklin, 1941;
Mrs. Esther Rensberger, 1942, 1947, 1948; Miss Irma Vogel, 1947;
Miss Alice Shipley, 1949, 1950; Mrs. Shirley English, 1951; Mrs. Joann
Sperry, 1952; Miss Schultheis, 1953.
The present medical staff of Brokaw Hospital includes thirty active
members, five associate members, two honorary members, and twenty-
four members on the courtesy staff. Doctors from seven towns of
McLean County hold appointments in the hospital and from four towns
in nearby counties. From 1934 to 1954 these have served as president
of the medical staff: Drs. Gerald M. Cline, Homer O. Dolley, E, M.
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Stevenson, B. Markowitz, L. T. Fruin, David M. Jenkins, Harry C.
Barber, Ralph P. Peairs, Theodore A. Rost, Fred W. Brian, Vincent B.
Marquis, C. R. Ahroon, George W, Stephenson, Raymond E. Baxter,
G. E. Hartenbower, Ray W. Doud, and Benjamin F. Hoopes.
The following interesting statistics for Brokaw Hospital were com-
piled for the year beginning October 1, 1952; patients admitted — 3,131;
patient days — 25,771; major operations — 565; minor operations —
1,281; anesthetics — 1,592; E.K.G's — 526; laboratory tests — 29,223;
diathermy treatments — 188; births — 284; X-rays — 2,519; X-ray
treatments — 1,170.
During the years of World War II, 1942-1945, there were forty-six
names of alumni nurses on the Service Honor Roll of Brokaw Hospital,
and thirteen members of the medical staff were in service. In coopera-
tion with the United States Government, a unit of the Cadet Nurses
Corps was organized by the hospital with thirty-five cadets. However,
the war had ended before any member of this group had finished her
training.
The Women's Service League, inaugurated in 1925, is an auxiliary
to Brokaw Hospital. Its hundreds of members from McLean County pay
annual dues, and its officers direct a program to secure interest, ma-
terials and funds, and also to provide active service in the hospital.
Cherry colored uniforms in the hospital indicate hostesses, saleswomen
at the gift case, or operators of the snack bar. On the third Monday of
each month a group of League members are busy with needles and
sewing machines, working on hospital linens. Another activity is the
Thrift Shop located at 1006 W. Washington Street in Bloomington.
The following have served during the last two decades as presidents
of the Women's Service League: Mrs. E. 0. Brown, three years; Mrs.
E. M. Stevenson, three years; Mrs. Eugene Funk, Jr., two years; Mrs.
Charles Stephenson, two years; Mrs. Homer DoUey, two years; Miss
Clara R. Brian, one year; Mrs. William G. Read, five years, Mrs. John
A. Brokaw, now in her second year.
The past twenty years have seen enormous changes in equipment
and treatments. Much improvement has been made. Mention should be
made of the use of wonder drugs or antibiotics, the early ambulation
of patients, increased use of laboratory and X-ray for diagnosis, spe-
cialization of equipment for the treatment of patients, improved dietary
therapy, development in the practice of medicine, intravenous therapy,
and specialization of personnel, both doctors and nurses.
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MENNONITE HOSPITAL. 1934 - 1954
Historical Sketch
The Mennonite Hospital during the years 1932-36 was confronted
with the problem of maintaining adequate service while many of the
rooms remained vacant. The financial difficulties, nationally, made it
impossible for many people to be hospitalized, since neither the indi-
vidual nor the county had the means to compensate for services ren-
dered.
However, early in 1940, it became apparent that more hospital beds
were necessary in the community, and the Mennonite Hospital Associa-
tion undertook the construction of an east wing which added forty-eight
private rooms. The cost of this structure was $80,000, and some mem-
bers of the medical staff together with the Mennonite constituency
contributed enough to complete the wing in 1941 without debt.
With this growth of the hospital there was, of course, a necessary
increase in the number of nurses. Housing of the Nursing School be-
came a problem, and by 1946 a new nurses' home was dedicated which
would accommodate eighty student nurses and the necessary classrooms
and library.
Again during 1949 a campaign was launched to provide the funds
for added hospital space. This time the effort of Mennonite Hospital to
secure funds was combined in a campaign with St. Joseph's Hospital,
which also wished to build an addition. Pledges to the amount of
$350,000 were secured and the proceeds in cash were equally divided
between the two institutions. With the money thus obtained, construc-
tion of another addition to Mennonite Hospital was begun. The increase
in the number of beds thus provided will bring the capacity of the
hospital to one hundred forty-five, and, in addition, an entirely new
surgical unit will be made available, with space for a new laboratory
and more adequate X-ray facilities.
Along with the development of the physical plant there were
changes in the hospital organization and in the medical staff. During
the first twenty-three years of the hospital's history, Rev. E. Troyer
had been the sole president of the Association. With the passing of Rev.
Troyer and Dr. E. P. Sloan the responsibilty of furnishing the fine
inspiration to further the advancement of the hospital passed more
largely to other members of the board and medical staff.
Dr. E. P. Sloan had been, in effect, the Medical Director of
Mennonite Hospital until his passing in 1935, The pattern of the
medical staff, thereafter, developed with the presidency each year
passing to a member who had not served in that capacity before.
Committees and departments gradually came into being with more
interest shown in a conscious effort to meet standards accepted by the
larger hospitals. In the 1947 Approved Number of the A.C.S. Journal,
Mennonite Hospital was listed as fully approved. Subsequently it was
provisionally approved, and in 1953 was again listed with full approval.
Under the sponsorship of Dr. E. P. Sloan and his associates, Mennonite
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Hospital enjoyed a significant reputation in the field of thyroid surgery.
Several national clinics were held in Bloomington with leaders in that
field participating.
There have been a number of clinics held at Mennonite Hospital in
the field of orthopedic surgery under the sponsorship of Dr. Wellmerling.
With Dr. Gailey concentrating his hospital work at Mennonite Hos-
pital since 1937, there has been a constant hospital load in the field
of eye sui'gery and clinics in this field have also been accommodated.
Beginning in 1920, with a medical staff of twenty-two members,
practically all physicians and surgeons practicing medicine in the county,
with more than a dozen from adjacent counties, are now listed on the
staff roll. Accordingly at the beginning of 1953 there were ninety-one
physicians enrolled either as active, courtesy, associate, or senior active
members of the medical staff.
The nursing school, organized in 1920, has graduated three hundred
fifty-seven nurses from its three year course. Members of the medical
staff have always co-operated in teaching courses in the school. In
addition, the faculty consists of two nurses holding Masters Degrees,
and two nurses with Bachelors Degrees. The school enjoys affiliation
with niinois State Normal University in its Science Department. The
State Department of Education and Registration has always recognized
the school. Under the plan of temporary accrediting, it is also approved
by the National Nursing Accrediting Service.
The hospital during the year of 1923 treated less than 700 patients
at a cost of $40,600; whereas, during 1952 there were 5,528 patients
treated with costs amounting to $525,000. The hospital averaged 100
bed patients per day and the nursery accounted for a daily average of
eighteen babies. Maintaining necessary services for this patient load
required forty-nine graduate nurses, seven technicians, eighty-seven lay
workers, and sixty-three nurses in the training school.
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FAIRVIEW SANATORIUM. 1934 - 1954
Historical Sketch
The Fairview Sanatorium was completed in the summer of 1919
and was formally opened at a service Sunday afternoon, August 17,
1919. The first patients were admitted August 19, 1919.
It was a well built, fireproof, brick building designed to accommo-
date thirty-four patients with room for the employees and nurses in
the same building. At that time there was great emphasis on the fresh
air treatment, and most of the beds for patients were in large unheated
wards with large windows which were always open summer and winter.
In 1922 a nurses' home was built with an apartment for the super-
intendent on the first floor, and rooms for the nurses on the second
floor. This made room for additional patients, bringing the capacity up
to fifty-two patients.
The fresh air treatment as it was practiced in those early years
brought much hardship to both patients and nurses in the winter weather.
In 1930-31, heat was installed in the wards, and since that time windows
have been kept open only in rest hours and at night, making it possible
to give much better care to the patients and adding much to their
comfort.
In 1929 a much needed X-ray was installed, and this was improved
and modernized in 1935, and again in 1945. In 1931 a sterilizer for
dressings, linen, and solutions, was purchased; and in 1938 a passenger
elevator was installed, and an incinerator was constructed, making
possible the safe disposal of sputum papers, dressings, etc.
Dr. A. Bernice Curry was the first Medical Director. She was
succeeded in that office by Dr. Lydia Holmes, Dr. Charles Shultz, and
Dr. Vincent B. Marquis, the present incumbent.
Doctors who have served on the Board of Directors of the Sana-
torium include Dr. C. M. Noble, Dr. F. L. Wakefield, Dr. A. Bernice
Curry McConnell, Dr. Frank Fisher, Dr. F. C. McCormick, and Dr.
Ross E. Elvidge.
During the entire period the Sanatorium has been in operation there
has been an out-patient clinic held twice a week with the Medical
Director in attendance. These clinics are for diagnosis of new cases
and follow-up of discharged cases. At first they were held in the Eddy
Building in Bloomington. In 1932 the clinic was moved to the Sanatorium
in order to make use of the X-ray for out-patients.
With increasing emphasis on chest X-rays as a means of case finding,
attendance at the clinics gradually increased until in 1946 it was
^V'ided to again hold the clinic downtown. This was made possible by
the purchase of X-ray equipment by the McLean County Tuberculosis
Association with funds obtained by the sale of Christmas Seals. This
X-ray was installed in the offices of the Tuberculosis Association in the
American State Bank Building where the clinic has since been held as
a joint project of the Sanatorium and the Tuberculosis Association. In
the last year, 1952-53, 4,914 X-rays were taken.
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During the years since the Sanatorium was opened there have been
great advances in the treatment of tuberculosis. In the early years
chief reliance was on bed rest and fresh air. After the X-ray was in-
stalled it was possible to begin collapse therapy. The first pneumothorax
treatments were begun in 1929, and during the following years many
patients received these treatmeiits. Later, operations on the phrenic
nerve to paralyze the diaphragm became popular, and these treatments
were added. During this period thoracoplasty operations were in the
developmental stage, and were gradually improved and made safer and
more effective. The major operations have not been performed at
Fairview Sanatorium, but patients have been transferred to other sana-
toria for surgery, and later returned to Fairview for continued treat-
ment. Many have been so treated.
The use of chemotherapy in tuberculosis began in 1945 when strepto-
mycin became available. It was soon found that streptomycin did not
cure the disease but it was a great aid when used in addition to the
other types of treatment. Since that time chemotherapy has been greatly
improved by the addition of paraamino salicycilic acid and isoniazid,
and today most patients receive at least two of these drugs and many
all three, and results are thereby much improved.
Since chemotherapy has been extensively used, results of excisional
surgery have been greatly improved, and today pneumonectomy, lobec-
tomy, segmental resections and wedge resections are becoming very
popular, and are gradually replacing pneumothorax, pneumoperitoneum,
and even thoracoplasty in properly selected cases.
It is very difficult for many patients to adjust to the sanatorium
regime, and much attention has always been given to ways and means
of helping them. The coming of radio was a great boon to bedridden
patients everywhere, and since it has been available new vistas have
been opened up which have been very helpful. Also, for several years,
regular feature movies have been shown about every two weeks on a
screen in front of the building. Occupational therapy has also been a
part of the treatment, and more recently rehabilitation programs in
charge of a rehabilitation coordinator have been added, and patients
are encouraged to take correspondence courses. Through the State De-
partment of Vocational Rehabilitation, teachers can be provided for
certain classes.
When the Sanatorium opened, the death rate from tuberculosis in
McLean County was 118 per 100,000. By 1933 this had been reduced to
34, and by 1952 to 8. Many factors have probably worked together to
bring about this marked improvement, but without doubt the work of
the Sanatorium as a center for the whole tuberculosis control program
has been one of the chief factors, and has thus saved many lives and
much sickness and economic distress.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
MEMBERS OF
THE McLEAN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
1934 - 1954
ORVILLE L. ABBOTT was born at Chandlerville, Illinois, September
28, 1906. Attended the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111., 1924-26;
graduated from the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, 111.
with B. S. and M. D. Degrees in 1931. Interned at Grady Memorial Hos-
pital, Atlanta, Ga., 1930-32. Residency: John Diebert Memorial Hospital,
New Orleans, La., in Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat, 1938-40. Took post-
graduate course at Tulane University, New Orleans, La., 1938-40. En-
gaged in general practice at Bellflower, 111., August, 1932 to March,
1938; has specialized in Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat at Bloomington, 111.
from 1945 to present time. On staff of St. Joseph's Hospital; courtesy
staff of Mennonite and Brokaw Hospitals. Served as Major M. C., AUS,
in World War II from September 25, 1942 to November 3, 1945. Was
vice-president of St. Joseph's Hospital staff - 1949-50; president of
staff - 1950-51. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois
State Medical Societies, A. M. A., Central Illinois Society of Ophthal-
mology and Otorhinolaryngology, American Academy of Ophthalmology
& Otolaryngology, Diplomate — American Board of Ophthalmology.
He married Miss Truth E. Kirk, June 16, 1934; children: James Kirk,
Arthur Lindsay, Stephen Elliott, and Thomas William.
GEORGE H. AGATE was born at Orland Park, Illinois, January 17,
1907. Graduated from Crane Junior College, Chicago, 111. with Assoc.
Arts Degree in 1929; graduated with B. S. and M. D. Degrees from
the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, 111. in 1934. Re-
ceived Master Science Public Health from the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Mich, in 1941. Interned at Lucas County Hospital, Toledo,
Ohio, rotating one year. Residency: Childrens Memorial Hospital, Chi-
cago, 111. one year; Municipal Contagious Hospital, Chicago, 111., 6
months; Milwaukee Childrens Hospital, Milwaukee, Wis., 6 months.
Militai-y service. World War II: August 15, 1941 to February 11, 1946.
His practice was limited to pediatrics until 1940. He served as Px'ofessor
of Health Education at the Illinois State Normal University, Normal, 111.
Present location unknown.
CARL RICHARD AHROON, JR., son of Dr. C. R. and Jennie Alstrom
Ahroon, was born March 2, 1905 in Baltimore, Maryland. Received his
A. B. Degree from Johns Hopkins in 1928, and M. D. Degree from the
Univer^ty of Maryland in 1932. Served internship and assistant resi-
dency at the University Hospital, Baltimore. For a year after completing
his hospital training, he took over an established general practice in
Ellicott City, Maryland. In October, 1935, at the death of his uncle,
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Dr. L. B. Gavins, he migrated to Bloomington, where he took over Dr.
Gavins' offices. Since 1936 he has confined his practice to that of internal
medicine and has taken many post-graduate courses relative to this
field. In addition to being a member of the Gounty, State and American
Medical Associations, he is a member of the American Gollege of
Allergy and the American Heart Association. He is on the staffs of
the three local hospitals. On September 21, 1932 he married Marietta
Elizabeth Lucy of Brunswick Gounty, Virginia. Since coming to Bloom-
ington, there have been three children, Garl Richard, 3rd, Roger William,
and Gorrine Hollingsworth. From April 3, 1942 to February, 1946 he
served as Gommander in the Medical Gorps of the United States Navy.
ROBERT L. ATKINSON was born November 27, 1916, at Blooming-
ton, Illinois. Graduated with B. S. Degree from Illinois Wesleyan Univer-
sity, Bloomington, 111. in 1939; with M. D. Degree from University of
Illinois Medical School, Ghicago, 111. in 1943. Interned at U. S. Marine
Hospital, Staten Island, New York. Residency: Urology at Evanston Hos-
pital, Evanston, 111., Northwestern University Medical School, and Gook
County Hospital, Ghicago, 111. Practiced at Bloomington, 111. from No-
vember 1, 1949 to present time; practice limited to urology. Is on active
staff of Brokaw and St. Joseph's Hospitals; courtesy staff of Mennonite
Hospital. Served as Gaptain, M. G. in World War II from January,
1944 to September, 1946, including duty in the European Theatre with
the 198th General Hospital and Medical Detachment of the 176th Field
Artillery Battalion, Third U. S. Army. He is a member of the McLean
Gounty and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., and Fellow of
American Gollege of Surgeons. He married Miss Martha Jane Prindle,
March 27, 1943.
WILLIS H. ATKINSON was born November 5, 1905, at Dwight, 111.
Attended Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111. three years;
graduated from University of Illinois Medical School, Ghicago, 111. in
1937, with B.S. and M.D. Degrees. Interned at St. Francis Hospital,
Peoria, 111. Did post-graduate work at University of Illinois Depart-
ment of Dermatology, and at New York Skin and Gancer Unit of the
New York Post Graduate Medical School. Practiced in Bloomington, 111.
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since July 2, 1938; present practice limited to dermatology and syphi-
lology. Holds hospital appointments in Brokaw, St. Joseph, and Men-
nonite Hospitals, and holds teaching positions in the nurses' training
schools of all three hospitals. Has served as president of staffs of
St. Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals; secretary of staffs at Brokaw
and St. Joseph's Hospitals; and secretary of McLean County Medical
Society. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Med-
ical Societies, A. M. A., and Northwestern Medical Society. He married
Miss Thelma Janice Hyndman, June 2, 1937; children — John Lee and
Martha Jean.
J. LEWIS BAILEN was born January 5, 1910, at Chicago, Illinois.
Attended the Loyola University and the Armour Institute of Chicago,
111. for three years; graduated with B. S. and M. D. Degrees from the
Chicago Medical School in 1934. Interned at Cook County Hospital,
Chicago, 111. Residency in pediatrics and post-graduate course also taken
at Cook County Hospital. Practiced at Chicago, 111., 1937-43; was in
residency at Cook County Children's Hospital, 1946-48; located in Bloom-
ington, 111. and engaged in the practice of pediatrics from 1948 to present
time. Held former appointments at Edgewater and Henrotin Hospitals,
Chicago, 111.; now on active staff of St. Joseph's, Mennonite and Brokaw
Hospitals. Has been instructor at Cook County Hospital's nursing school;
at present is instructor at Bi'okaw and St. Joseph's Hospital schools of
nursing. Served as Captain, Medical Corps, in U. S. Army, from 1943
to 1946. He is a member of the McLean County Medical Society, Illinois
State Medical Society, Central Illinois Pediatric Society, and A. M. A.
He married Miss Thelma Goldman, March 29, 1936; children: Frank
Goldman, Ann Louise, and John Richard.
O. H. BALL was born in Dennis, Kansas, September 15, 1901. At-
tended Washburn College, Topeka, Kan., 1919-1920; Illinois Wesleyan
University, Bloomington, 111., 1920-22; graduated with B. S. Degree,
1924, and M. D. Degree, 1926, from Loyola School of Medicine, Chicago,
111. Internship: St. Joseph Hospital, South Bend, Ind., July, 1926 to
July, 1927. Assistantship: in Sloan Clinic, Bloomington, 111. and with
Dr. W. T. Carlisle, Chicago, 111. Did post-graduate work in 1934 — six
ftobert L. Atkinson - Willii H. Atkinion • J. Lawit Bailan
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weeks guest of gynecological service, Jefferson Medical School, Phila-
delphia, Pa.; twelve weeks in Vienna in 1936; four weeks guest, depart-
ment of Gynecological Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1949.
Practiced in DeKalb, 111. November, 1927 to February, 1928; Heyworth,
111., February, 1928 to September, 1928; Bloomington, 111., September,
1928 to April, 1942; Chicago, 111., January, 1946 to January, 1947;
Bloomington, 111., January, 1947 to present time. Practice limited to ob-
stetrics and gynecology. On active staff at St. Joseph's and Mennonite
Hospitals; courtesy staff at Brokaw Hospital. Was former instructor
in obstetrics at Mennonite Hospital school of nursing, and in gynecology
at St. Joseph's Hospital school of nursing. Was president of McLean
County Medical Society, 1949. Served on active duty in World War II
as Lt. Commander in Medical Corps, USNR beginning April, 1942;
retired as Captain in January, 1946. He is a member of the McLean
County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., Illinois Obstetrical
and Gynecological Society, Academy of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and
Fellow, American College of Surgeons. He married Miss Irene Thomp-
son, September 22, 1922.
WILBUR GUY BALL was born May 24, 1908, at Dennis, Kansas.
Graduated with B. S. Degree from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
Neb. in 1933; M. D. Degree, from the University of Nebraska Medical
School in 1935. Internship: Kansas City General Hospital, Kansas Citj^
Mo. Has engaged in general practice in Bloomington, 111. from 1936 to
present time. Holds appointments at St. Joseph's and Mennonite Hos-
pitals. Served in Medical Corps, Navy, in World War II, from 1942 to
1945; discharged as commander. He is a member of the McLean County
and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., American Fracture Associ-
ation, Illinois College of Surgeons and International College of Surgeons.
He married Miss Cliff ine M. Davis, June 28, 1933; one daughter • —
Linda Lee.
HARRY CLAY BARBER was born February 26, 1904, at Richmond,
Missouri. Graduated with A. B. and B. S. Degrees from Missouri Uni-
versity, Columbia, Mo. in 1927; with M. D. Degree from Washington
University Medical School, St. Louis, Mo. in 1931. Internship: Missouri
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Baptist Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. Did post-graduate work at University
of Pennsylvania Graduate School and at Cook County Graduate School.
Has engaged in general practice and surgery at Normal, 111. from 1932
to present time. On active staff at Brokaw and Mennonite Hospitals;
courtesy staff at St. Joseph's Hospital. Was former president of Brokaw
Hospital staff; vice-president of McLean County Medical Society. Served
in U. S. Medical Corps in World War II from August, 1942 to November,
1945, with two years' duty in U. S. Air Force in Greenland. He is a
member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
A. M. A., Illinois Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, and American
College of Surgeons. He married Miss Edith Bentzen, February 10, 1934;
children — Bruce and John.
SODDIE J. BARKETT was born June 16, 1914, at Hickman, Ken-
tucky. Graduated with M. D. Degree from the University of Illinois
Medical School, Chicago, 111. in 1939. Interned at Charity Hospital, New
Orleans, La. and the Baptist Hospital, Birmingham, Ala. Practiced at
Heyworth, 111. beginning in 1946. Served as Flight Surgeon — Major,
in World War II at 1311th Army Air Force Base Unit and in Indo-
China Division Air Transport Command from July 15, 1941 to January
21, 1946. He was a member of the McLean County Medical Society and
A. M. A., and belonged to the Pi Beta Pi Medical Fraternity. He married
Miss Eugenia Weatherford on March 15, 1942; one son — Richard Alan.
He died August 20, 1946.
RAYMOND E. BAXTER was born December 2, 1907, at Bloomington,
Illinois. Graduated, B. S. Degree, 1931, from Illinois Wesleyan Uni-
versity, Bloomington, 111.; M. D. Degree, 1936, and M. S. Degree, 1938,
from Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 111. Is member
of Phi Rho Sigma and Sigma Chi fraternities. Held assistantship in
Northwestern University Anatomy Department, 1933-34. Interned at
Henrotin Hospital, Chicago, 111., 1935-36; Kings County Hospital, Brook-
lyn N. Y. (Surgery) 1936-38. Residency: Kings County Hospital,
Brooklyn, 1937-38; Wichita Falls State Hospital & Clinic, Texas, 1938-
39. Has engaged in general practice and sui'gery at Bloomington, 111.
from 1939 to pi-esent time. Was former staff member of Wichita County
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Hospital, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1938-39; now on active staff of Brokaw,
Mennonite and St. Joseph's Hospitals. Was former instructor in North-
western University Medical School, 1933-34 ; present instructor in Bro-
kaw, Mennonite and St. Joseph's schools of nursing. Was Bloomington
health director, 1941-42; president of Brokaw Hospital staff, 1951-52;
chief of surgical staff, Brokaw Hospital, 1953; member of surgical
records and program committee, Mennonite, St. Joseph's, and Brokaw
Hospitals; member of public health committee of the Association of
Commerce; medical director of McLean County V. D. clinic for 13*
years; active in Community Chest Medical Division. Served in World
War II as Lt. Commander, Medical Corps, U. S. N. R., October, 1942
to February, 1946; awarded Bronze Star. He is a member of the McLean
County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., and Texas State
Medical Society, He married Miss Eleanor Irene Floyd, August 2,
1934; children — Raymond E., Jr., Robin Lynne, Terry Sue, and William
Mark.
NORMAN SYLVESTER BEEBE was born November 25, 1905, in
New Richmond, Wisconsin. Attended the University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wis. for 21 years; graduated with M. D. Degree from the
Chicago Medical School in 1934. Interned at Bethseda Hospital, St. Paul,
Minn. Engaged in general practice at Sheffield, 111., 1935-37; Colfax, 111.,
1937 to present time. Holds appointments at Brokaw, St. Joseph's, and
Mennonite Hospitals. Served as Captain, Infantry Bn. Surgeon, in World
War II from September, 1942, to October, 1945; awarded Silver Star
and Medical Combat Badge. He is a member of McLean County and
Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., and American Academy of
General Practice. He married Miss Edith E. Bacon, September 14, 1929;
children — Robert Kaye and David Lee.
EDMUND A. BEHRENDT was born October 28, 1883, at Chicago,
Illinois. Graduated with Jr. Mech. & Civil Engineer Degree from the
Military Seminary, Spandow, Germany; M. D. Degree in 1909 from
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 111. Interned at Co-
lumbus Hospital, Chicago, 111. Residency: Columbus Hospital, two years.
Assistantship: Surgery, Columbus Hospital. Took post-graduate work
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at Post Graduate Hospital and Polyclinic, New Yoi*k City, and at Lake
Side Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. Has engaged in general practice and
surgery at Bloomington, 111. from 1912 to present time. Holds appoint-
ments at St. Joseph's Hospital. Served as 1st Lt. in Medical Corps in
World War I. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State
Medical Societies and A. M. A. He married Miss Mildred Peek, Novem-
ber 24, 1917.
C. SPENCER BOND was born March 17, 1909, in Chicago, Illinois.
Attended the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. two years, receiving B. S.
Degree in 1938; graduated with M. D. Degree from the University of
Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, 111., 1938. Interned at Monmouth
Memorial Hospital, Long Branch, N. J. Residency: six months, Elgin
State Hospital, Elgin, 111.; four months, Marlborough State Hospital,
Marlborough N. J. Did post-graduate work in United States Navy for
one year; Bureau of Mental Hygiene, Houston, Texas, Ih years. Prac-
ticed in Rochelle, 111., 1940-42; Houston, Texas, 1946-47; Akron, Ohio,
1947-50; Bloomington, 111., 1951 to present time. Practice has been limited
to specialty or general practice — psychiatry. Holds appointments at
St. Joseph's, Mennonite, and Brokaw Hospitals, Bloomington, 111. Served
as Lt. Comdr. M. C, U. S. N. R. in World War II from June, 1942 to
February, 1946; in Korea from September, 1950 to September, 1951.
He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical
Societies, A. M. A., American Psychiatric Association, and American
Ortho Psychiatric Association. He married Miss Ruth Taborn, June 16,
1940; children — Margaret Ann and Clinton S.
LOREN M. BOON was born October 23, 1917, in Washburn, Illinois.
Attended the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. for two years; received
B. S. Degree in medicine, 1939; graduated from the University of
Illinois Medical School, Chicago, 111. with M. D. Degree in 1942. Interned
at Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, 111. Residency: Milwaukee Hospital,
Milwaukee, Wis. Is member of the Phi Chi Medical Fraternity. Has
engaged in general practice at Danvers, 111. from October, 1947 to
present time. Holds appointments in Mennonite, St. Joseph's and Brokaw
Hospitals, Bloomington and Normal, 111. Was former vice-president of
the McLean County Medical Society; president of Corn Belt Chapter
of Illinois Academy of General Practice. Served as 1st Lt. — Captain
in the Medical Corps, U. S. Army, in World War II from July 1, 1943
to August 19, 1946. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois
State Medical Societies, A. M. A. and the American Academy of General
Practice. He married Miss Catherine H. La Du, May 1, 1943; children —
Bonita Jo and David Loren.
STANTON S. BOULTON was born February 28, 1874, near Green-
field, Illinois, Attended Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. three
years; graduated with M. D. Degree in 1899 from the Missouri Medical
College, now Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Mo.
Residency: Special course at Missouri Medical Clinic. Engaged in gen-
eral practice at Hudson, 111. for twelve years. Moved to Towanda, 111.
where he still continues in practice. Was elected to membership in the
Fifty Year Club of the Illinois State Medical Society. Holds appoint-
ments at Brokaw Hospital, Normal, 111. Served in Volunteer Medical
Service Corps in World War 1, 1918. He has been a school director and
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a member of the village board. He is a member of the McLean County
and Illinois State Medical Societies, and A. M. A. He married Miss
Belle Hasenwinkle, May 20, 1913; one daughter — Betty Ellen Boulton
Christopher.
FRED W. BRIAN was born in Sumner, Illinois, December 12, 1883.
Graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111., B. S.
Degree, in 1908; from Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago,
111., M. D. Degree, 1911. Internship: Wesley Memorial Hospital, Chi-
cago, 111. Did post-graduate work at University of Chattanooga Medical
School, Chattanooga, Tenn. Received the Murphy scholarship in surgery.
Served as Captain in Medical Corps in World War I. Has practiced in
Bloomington, 111. from January 1, 1913 to present time; practice limited
to general surgery and medicine. On active staff at Brokaw and St.
Joseph's Hospitals. Was president of Brokaw Hospital staff; former
instructor in surgery in Brokaw Hospital school of nursing. Was presi-
dent of McLean County Medical Society in 1936. As member of Missouri-
Pacific Hospital Association, has been chief surgeon. Eastern Division,
C. & A., B & O., G. M. & 0. R. R. for forty years to present time. He is
a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
A. M. A., Fellow — International College of Surgeons, Central States
Industrial Surgeons, and Society of American R. R. Surgeons. He mar-
ried Miss Virginia Hillabold, October 15, 1914; children — Virginia Lee,
Frederick Bruce, and Margaret Dale.
WALTER JAMES BROAD was born July 26, 1899, at Negaunee,
Michigan. Attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich, for
six years; graduated with M. D. Degree from the University of Michigan
Medical School in 1927. Received the Degree of Master Science Public
Health from the University of Michigan in 1937. Interned at Foote
Hospital, Jackson, Mich. Practiced at Climax, Mich., 1928-29; Otsego,
Mich., 1930-36; Alabama State Health Department, 1937-41; Illinois
State Department of Public Health, 1941-47; Director of McLean County
Health Department, Bloomington, 111. from 1948 to present time. Prac-
tice limited to public health. Served as Private in United States Army
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from August to November, 1918, in World War I. He is a member of the
McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, American Medical
Association, Fellow of American Public Health Association, Delta Omega
Honor Society in Public Health, Illinois Public Health Association, and
Phi Delta Kappa Professional Education Fraternity. He married Miss
Edith Mae Kitch, June 16, 1923; one daughter — Carmalu.
JAMES G. BROWN was born April 15, 1921, at Cypress, Illinois.
Attended Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 111. and Memphis
State College, Memphis, Tenn.; graduated with M. D. Degree from the
University of Tennessee Medical School, Memphis, Tenn. in 1945. In-
terned at St. Francis Hospital, Peoria, 111. Residency: in obstetrics and
gynecology at St. Francis Hospital, Peoria, 111. and at Illinois Research
& Educational Hospital, Chicago, 111. Located in Bloomington, 111. on
August 1, 1951; practice limited to specialty in obstetrics and gynecology.
Holds appointments at, Brokaw, Mennonite and St. Joseph's Hospitals.
Served in World War II, U. S. Medical Corps, 1946-47. He is a member
of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A.,
and Illinois Obstetrical and Gynecology Society. He married Miss Mar-
jorie Schwartz, June 18, 1950; children — Debra Ann and Cynthia Sue.
DAVID JAMES BUDDRUS was born February 2, 1926, at Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma. Attended Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. 2i years;
graduated with M. D. Degree from Creighton University School of
Medicine in 1947. Interned at Mercy Hospital, Chicago, 111. from July 1,
1947 to June 30, 1948. Took special ti'aining in pediatrics at Children's
M & M Hospital, Omaha, Neb. 1948-49; Babies & Children's Hospital,
Cleveland, Ohio, July 1, 1949 to December 31, 1949; pediatrics and con-
tagious diseases at Cleveland City Hospital, Jan. 1, 1950 to June 30,
1950. While practicing in Bloomington, was on courtesy staff of St.
Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals; was instructor in pediatrics at St.
Joseph's Hospital school of nursing. Served in the U. S. Navy Reserve
during World War II; recalled to service in October, 1950. He is a
member of the McLean County Medical Society, Illinois State Medical
Society, and A. M. A.
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HERBERT C. CANTLE was born March 27, 1870, in England.
Graduated from the University of Vermont Medical School, Burlington,
Vt., M. D. Degree, 1903. Interned at U. S. Marine Hospital, Staten
Island, N. Y., and New York Lying in Hospital, New York City. En-
gaged in general practice at Voluntown, Conn., 1905-06; Austin, W. Va.,
1906-13; Cropsey, 111., 1913 to present time. On associate staff of Bro-
kaw Hospital. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State
Medical Societies, and A. M. A. He married Miss Marguerite Steele,
in 1913.
A. JAMES CASNER was born in Chicago, Illinois, July 29, 1877.
Graduated, M. D. Degree, from the Chicago College of Medicine and
Surgery (now Loyola University) in 1909. Was member of Theta Kappa
Psi fraternity. Interned at Francis E. Willard Hospital, Chicago, 111,
Did post-graduate work at Washington University Medical School, St.
Louis, Mo.; New York Post Graduate Medical School; Harvard Uni-
versity; and Cook County Graduate School. Located in Chicago, 111.,
1909-10; Sibley, 111., 1910-16; Bloomington, 111., 1916-51. Practice limited
to internal medicine. Held appointments at St, Joseph's and Mennonite
Hospitals; was president of staffs, and taught in the nurses' training
schools of both hospitals. He was president of the McLean County
Medical Society in 1924. Served as Captain in World War I, from
October, 1917 to July, 1919. He was a member of the McLean County
and Illinois State Medical Societies and A. M. A. He married Miss
Margaret Jane Connell, August 13, 1899; one son — A. James Casner, II.
He died December 19, 1951; cause — coronary thrombosis.
GILBERT BERNARD CAUSEY was born in Oliver, Indiana, July
21, 1924. Graduated with B. S. Degree from Indiana University, Bloom-
ington, Ind. in 1944; with M. D. Degree from Indiana University Medical
School in 1947; member of Nu Sigma Nu fraternity. Interned at Evans-
ton Hospital, Evanston, 111., 1947-48. Residency: in anesthesiology at
Evanston Hospital, 1948-50. Has practiced in Bloomington, 111. since
July, 1950; practice limited to specialty in anesthesiology. On active
staff of Brokaw, Mennonite, and St. Joseph's Hospitals. Served in World
War II as Pfc. in Army Specialized Training Program at Indiana Uni-
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versity, April, 1944 to March, 1946. He is a member of the McLean
County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., International
Association of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Anesthesiologists,
and Illinois State Anesthesia Society. He married Miss Helen Elizabeth
Denny on July 30, 1949; children — James Denny and Gayle Beth.
GEORGE L. CHESLEY was born at Armour, South Dakota, on
December 28, 1915. Attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wis. and the Northwestern University, Chicago, 111., graduating with
B. S. Degree in 1940; graduated from Northwestern University Medical
School with M. D. Degree in 1942. Interned at St. Luke's Hospital,
Chicago, 111. Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.;
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Practiced in Bloomington, 111. from De-
cember, 1946 to February, 1953; present practice limited to internal
medicine. Held appointments at Brokaw, Mennonite, and St. Joseph's
Hospitals. Serving as Captain, Medical Corps, in United States Army,
entering service on March 17, 1953. He is a member of the McLean
County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., American Heart
Association, American Rheumatism Association, and American Diabetic
Association. He married Miss Isabel Longley, January 24, 1942; children
— Richard H., George L., and Emily S.
ALFRED G. CHIONE was born in LaSalle, Illinois, September 26,
1914. Graduated from University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago,
111., with B. S. and M. D. Degrees in 1940. Interned at St. Joseph Hos-
pital, Joliet, 111. Did post-graduate work at International Post-Graduate
College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1949. Engaged in general practice at Mack-
inaw, 111., 1941; at Danvers, 111. from 1942 to present time. On active
staff at Mennonite Hospital, courtesy staff at Brokaw and St. Joseph's
Hospitals. Was former instructor of obstetrics and gynecology at St.
Joseph's nurses' training school. Was township health officer, 1942-53;
member of school board, Danvers school unit, 1953. Served in World
War II, First Lt. U. S. Air Force, 1942-43. He is a member of McLean
County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., Mississippi Valley
Medical Society, and A. A. G. P. He married Miss Mary A. Graziani,
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June 23, 1941; children — Alfred George, Mary Rita, Lorraine Marie,
and Robert William.
GERALD M. CLINE was born May 31, 1896, in LeRoy, Illinois. Grad-
uated with B. S. Degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111.
in 1918; with M. D. Degree from the University of Illinois College of
Medicine, Chicago, 111. in 1919. Internship: Mercy Hospital, Chicago, 111.
Residency: Misericordia Hospital, and Durand Contagious Hospital,
Chicago, 111., associated with Dr. Robert A. Black, chief of department
in pediatrics, Loyola University School of Medicine. Did post-graduate
work in Northwestern University department of allergy. Has practiced
in Bloomington, 111. from November, 1922, to present time; practice
limited to pediatrics and allergy. Is on active staff of St. Joseph's,
Brokaw, and Mennonite Hospitals; is former instructor in pediatrics at
the schools of nursing in all three hospitals. Serves as medical director
of Illinois Soldier's and Sailor's Children's School, Normal, 111.; is mem-
ber of Commission for Handicapped Children, State of Illinois; Associate
Prof., department of pediatrics. University of Illinois College of Medi-
cine, Chicago, 111.; Illinois state chairman, American Academy of Pedi-
atrics; chairman. National Committee on cooperation with Non-Medical
Groups, American Academy of Pediatrics; Liaison representative of
American Academy of Pediatrics to National P. T. A.; Liaison repre-
sentative of American Academy of Pediatrics to American Camping
Association; past president and founder of Central Illinois Pediatric
Society; president, McLean County Medical Society in 1941; member
of advisory committee. Department of Public Health, State of Illinois;
and member of advisory committee. University of Illinois, Division of
Services for Crippled Children. Is author of several scientific papers
which have been presented before national organizations. Served as 1st
Class hospital apprentice, U. S. Navy, in World War I. He is a member
of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A.,
Chicago Allergy Society, Chicago Pediatric Society; charter member,
Mississippi Valley Medical Society; Fellow — American Academy of
Pediatrics; Fellow — American College of Physicians; Fellow — Amer-
ican College of Allergy; Fellow — Mississippi Valley Medical Society;
Licentiate — American Board of Pediatrics; Licentiate — American
Board of Allergy; Licentiate — American Board of Pediatric Allergy.
He married Miss Hilda Lillian Ross, October 30, 1922; children — Jeanne
and Jerry Ross.
CHARLES A. CONKLIN was born August 13, 1899, in East Peoria,
Illinois. Attended the University of Iowa three years; graduated, M. D.
Degree, University of Iowa Medical School, 1931. Interned at Broad-
lawns General Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa. Residency: Broadlawns Gen-
eral Hospital. Engaged in general practice at Garden Grove, Iowa,
1933-35; Lexington, 111. 1935-37; Bloomington, 111. 1937 to present time.
Was on staff at Decatur County General Hospital, Leon, Iowa; present
appointments at St. Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals, Bloomington,
111. Served in World War II, Commander — U. S. Naval Reserve,
September, 1942 to December, 1945. He is ? member of the McLean
County and Illinois State Medical Societies, and A. M. A. He married
Miss LaVerna Minnie Meiner, March 23, 1923; children — Robert
Arthur, Charles Meiner, and Edward William.
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RACHEL M. COOPER was born November 22, 1876 at Potomoc,
Illinois. Graduated, M. D. Degree, Eclectic Medical School, Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1902; M. D. Degree, University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago,
111., 1906. Was assistant in diagnosis and surgery to Dr. Bertha Van
Hoosen, Chicago, 111., 1917-18. Did post-graduate work at Washington
University, St. Louis, Mo. and at New York Post Graduate School, New
York. Engaged in general practice at Penfield, 111., 1902-04; Danville,
111., 1906-09; Aurora, Neb., 1909-28; Normal, 111., 1928-45. Was school
physician and teacher of Health Education, Illinois State Normal Uni-
versity. She is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State
Medical Societies, and A. M. A. She married Charles J. Cooper, August 4,
1898; after going thi'ough Medical College together and practicing two
years, he died of cryptogenetic septicemia, contracted through a cut on
his finger. One daughter — Charlene Cooper Siebert, Grand Island,
Nebraska. Dr. Cooper is now residing near her daughter.
FREDERICK A. CROWLEY was born in Des Moines, Iowa, De-
cember 16, 1911. Graduated, B. A. Degree, from University of Iowa,
1933; M. D. Degree, University of Iowa Medical School, 1937. Intern-
ship: two years at General Hospital, Rochester, N. Y. Residency:
Brooklyn Eye, Ear Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. Did post-graduate work
at New York Post Graduate Hospital. Began practice limited to ophthal-
mology at Galley Eye Clinic, Bloomington, 111. in 1946. Holds appoint-
ments at Mennonite Hospital. Was vice-president of staff and chairman
of surgical committee at Mennonite Hospital, 1953. Served in World
War II, 26th Field Hospital, June, 1942 to March, 1946; entered as
1st Lt., discharged as Major. He is a member of the McLean County
and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., American Board of
Ophthalmology, and American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-
laryngology. He married Miss Mildred R. Kocher, April 5, 1948.
THOMAS S. GUMMING was born July 2, 1915, at Coal City,
Illinois. Attended University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. two years; grad-
uated M. D. Degree, University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, 111.,
1939; received B. S. Degree, 1937. Interned at Ravenswood Hospital,
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Chicago, 111. Residency: Sherman Hospital, Elgin, 111. Did post-graduate
work at School of Tropical Medicine, Walter Reed Hospital; Army Post-
Graduate School, 1942. Engaged in general practice at Heyworth, 111.,
May, 1946, to date. On active staff, St. Joseph's Hospital; courtesy staff,
Brokaw and Mennonite Hospitals. Was State Director, Illinois Academy
of General Practice; secretary-treasurer. Corn Belt Regional Chapter,
Illinois Academy of General Practice. Served as Major AUS Medical
Corps, World War II, March 5, 1941 to April 17, 1946. He is a member
of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, American
Academy of General Practice, and American Society of Tropical Medi-
cine. He married Miss Lucille M. Thorn, July 15, 1939; children —
Cheryl Lucille and Thomas S., III.
FRANK DENEEN was born June 26, 1890, at Bloomington, Illinois.
Attended the Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111. and the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; graduated with M. D. Degree
from the Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 111. in 1915.
Internship: St. Louis City Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. and Children's Free
Hospital, Detroit, Mich. Has practiced in Bloomington, 111. from 1917
to time of death; practice limited to internal medicine. Was on active
staff of St. Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals. Has served as secretary of
the Section on Internal Medicine of the Illinois State Medical Society;
as chairman of the Section on Medicine of the Illinois State Medical
Society. Served as 1st Lieut, in Medical Corps in World War I. He was
a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
A. M. A., American Heart Association and the American Society for
Study of Goiter. He married Miss Mary Gregory on November 7, 1918;
children — Frank, Owen, and Robert. He died April 12, 1954; cause —
coronary thrombosis.
OWEN DENEEN was born May 12, 1922, at Bloomington, Illinois.
Attended the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. in 1940-42; graduated
with M. D. Degree from Northwestern University Medical School, Chi-
cago, 111. in 1946. Interned at Detroit City Hospital, Detroit, Mich.
Residency: Detroit City Hospital, 1947-49. Assistantship : instructor in
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internal medicine, Wayne University Medical School, Detroit, Mich.,
1949-50. Has practiced in Bloomington, 111. from 1950 to present time,
excluding military service. Practice has been limited to internal medi-
cine. Holds appointments at Mennonite and St. Joseph's Hospitals.
Served as Captain in the Medical Corps, U. S. Army in the Korean War,
1951-53. He is a member of the McLean County and Hlinois State
Medical Societies and A. M. A,
HELEN DENNY was born October 15, 1920, in Jeannette, Pennsyl-
vania. Graduated with B. S. Degree from University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, Pa. in 1941; with M. D. Degree from University of Pitts-
burgh Medical School in 1943; member of Quax; Pi Tau Phi and Alpha
Omega Alpha. Interned at St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. in
1943-44. Residency: pathology. Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
1944-45; pediatrics. Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1945-46; an-
esthesia, Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1946-47; anesthesia, Evan-
stdn Hospital, Evanston, 111., 1947-49. Practiced in Evanston, 111., April,
1948 to February, 1950, assistant to Dr. J. Earl Remlinger, director of
anesthesia, Evanston Hospital, 1949-50; in Bloomington, 111. from
March, 1950 to present time. Present practice limited to anesthesiology.
On active staff of Brokaw, Mennonite and St. Joseph's Hospitals. Has
served as instructor in pathology, University of Pittsburgh; instructor
in pediatrics. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a mem-
ber of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A.,
American Society of Anesthesiology, International Anesthesiology Re-
search Society, Illinois Anesthesiology Society, Chicago Society of An-
esthetists, and International Association of Anesthesiologists. She
married Gilbert B. Causey, M. D. on July 30, 1949; children — James
Denny and Gayle Beth.
ROBERT R. DEW was born April 18, 1920, at Barnesville, Ohio.
Graduated with A. B. Degree from Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, in
1942; with M. D. Degree from University of Louisville Medical School,
Louisville, Ky. in 1946. Member of Phi Chi fraternity; president, Alpha
Alpha Chapter, 1945-46. Interned at Louisville General Hospital, April,
1946 to April, 1947. Residency: internal medicine, April, 1947 to July,
1948 and pediatrics, July, 1950 to July, 1952 at Louisville General Hos-
pital and Louisville Children's Hospital, Louisville, Ky. Started to prac-
tice in Bloomington, 111., July 15, 1952; practice limited to specialty,
pediatrics. Holds appointments at St. Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals.
Served as Captain, Medical Corps, in World War II, July, 1943 - March,
1946; July, 1948 - June, 1950; stationed with the Occupation Forces in
Germany from July, 1949 to June, 1950. He is a member of the McLean
County and Illinois State Medical Societies, and A. M. A. He married
Miss Virginia G. Carson, June 26, 1943; children — John Robert, Jane
Esther, Susan Elizabeth, and Larry Alan.
HOMER O. DOLLEY was born November 17, 1901, at LeRoy, Illinois.
Attended Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111. for two years;
received B. S. Degree from Northwestern University, Evanston, Iir. ;
graduated with M. D. Degree from Northwestern University Medical
School, Chicago, 111. in 1928. Internship: Illinois Masonic Hospital, Chi-
cago, 111. Studied surgery with Dr. Karl Meyer, Cook County Hospital,
Chicago, 111. Was member of Tau Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Pi
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fraternities. Started practice in Bloomington, 111. August 1, 1929 and
engaged in general practice and surgery until his death. On staff of
Brokaw, Mennonite and St. Joseph's Hospitals; was former president
of staff at Brokaw Hospital. Was president of the McLean County
Medical Society in 1943; medical director of Eureka Williams Corpora-
tion; consulting surgeon for the Illinois Central Railroad; and assistant
surgeon for the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio R. R. Served on the Medical
Examining Board of McLean County. He was a member of the McLean
County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., Industrial Sur-
geons Society, and Central States Medical Society. He married Miss
Lula Ellen Connell June 25, 1927; children — Jo Ann and Deborah Lou.
He died March 25, 1950; cause — coronary thrombosis.
RAY WILSON DOUD was born in Gardner, Illinois, March 8, 1899.
Graduated with B. S. Degree from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloom-
ington, 111. in 1921; with M. D. Degree from Northwestern University
Medical School, Chicago, 111. in 1925. Interned at Buffalo General
Hospital, Buffalo, N. Y. Was associate of Dr. Ferd C. McCormick,
Normal, 111. for three years. Had five post-graduate courses in surgery
at Cook County Graduate School. Engaged in general practice and
surgery at Buffalo, N. Y., 1926-28; Normal, 111. from 1928 to present
time. On active staff at Brokaw and Mennonite Hospitals. Was president
of the McLean County Medical Society in 1948. Served as Sgt. in World
War I, July to November, 1918; as Lt. Col. U. S. Army Medical Corps,
World War II, July, 1942 to January, 1946. He is a member of the
McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, International Col-
lege of Surgeons, and A. M. A. He married Miss Marjorie Augustin,
June 26, 1926; children — David Lee and John Richard.
JOSEPH NORMAN ELLIOTT was born at Chicago, Illinois, May 12,
1894. Graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111.,
B. S. Degree, 1916; Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago,
111., M. D. Degree, 1920. Member of Alpha Omega Alpha fraternity.
Internship: Wesley Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 111. Residency: Henry
Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich. Assistantship: Henry Ford Hospital. Did
post-graduate work at Harvard Medical School. Practiced general medi-
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cine in Bloomington, 111., 1922-23; member of staff, Henry Ford Hos-
pital, Detroit, Mich., 1923-26; returned to Bloomington, 111. in September,
1926. Practice has been limited since 1926 to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Former instructor in nursing schools of Mennonite and Brokaw Hos-
pitals. On active staff of Mennonite and Brokaw Hospitals; president of
staff of both hospitals. Dr. Elliott attained fame at Illinois Wesleyan
University as a 16 letter winner in sports and is still acknowledged to
be the greatest all round athlete in the one hundred years of this old
college. He was football coach at Wesleyan University at one time;
basketball coach and assistant football coach at Northwestei-n University
in 1917, 1918, and 1920. Was past member of the Bloomington School
Board. Served in World War I, 1919. He is a member of the McLean
County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., American Academy
of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, and Central Illinois Society of
Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. He married Miss Alice Marquis,
September 4, 1919; children — Joseph (deceased), Margaret, Chalmers,
Peter R., and James.
ROSS E. ELVIDGE was born April 7, 1891, at Rockford, Illinois.
Graduated with M. D. Degree from the University of Illinois Medical
School, Chicago, 111. in 1915. Internship: Rockford City Hospital, Rock-
ford, 111. Engaged in general practice at Hoopeston, 111., 1920-36; Normal,
111., 1936 to present time. Served as 1st Lieut, in Medical Corps of World
War I, 1918-19. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois
State Medical Societies and the A. M. A. He married Miss Roxan
Gardner in August, 1935; children — June and Rosslyn.
FLOYD E. FIELDING was born July 9, 1902, at Colfax, Illinois.
Attended the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. and Illinois Wesleyan
University, Bloomington, 111.; graduated with M. D. Degree from the
University of Louisville Medical School, Louisville, Ky. Was a member
of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical fraternity and Sigma Chi fraternity.
Practiced at McRoberts, Ky., 1926-29; Minonk, 111., 1929-30; served as
health director of Bloomington, 111., 1930-31; moved to Peoria, 111. where
he practiced from 1931 to 1944. Was former president of Proctor Hos-
pital medical staff in Peoria. He was a member of the McLean County
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and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., and Tazewell County
Medical Society. He married Miss Mary Margaret Stallard, August 23,
1926; one daughter — Mary Jane Fielding Pobler, R. N. Dr. Fielding
died of virus pneumonia at Proctor Hospital, Peoria, 111. on February
19, 1944.
EDWARD JOHNSTON FISHER was born September 22, 1905, at
United, Pennsylvania. Graduated with B. S. Degree from the University
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. in 1927; M. D. Degree from Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. in 1931. Interned at Washington
Hospital, Washington, Pa., 1931-32. Residency: General surgery, one
year, 1946, at York Hospital, York, Pa.; obstetrics and gynecology, one
year, 1947, at Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.; obstetrics and
gynecology, one year, 1948, York Hospital, York, Pa. Took post-grad-
uate work at the University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore,
Md., 1949-50 - five months course in the basic sciences as applied to
obstetrics and gynecology. Assistantship : with Dr. O. H. Ball and Dr.
George J. O'Neil, Bloomington, 111., September 1, 1950 to May 15, 1951.
Practice limited to obstetrics and gynecology. From 1935 to 1950 his
hospital appointments were held as a member of the surgical and
gynecologic out-patient staff of York Hospital, York, Pa. Was
former instructor at Jefferson Medical College Hospital, Philadelphia,
Pa., teaching Junior and Senior medical students in obstetrics and
gynecology, 1947. Served in Medical Corps, U. S. Army in World War II
from October, 1942 to June, 1946; including 30 months overseas service,
in Africa and Italy. He is a member of the McLean County Medical
Society, York County Medical Society, York, Penn., and Philadelphia
Obstetrical Society, Philadelphia, Pa. Now located in Carlisle, Pa.
RALPH McINTOSH FOX was born at Bloomington, Illinois, October
10, 1915. Graduated with B. S. Degree from Yale University, New
Haven, Conn, in 1938; with M. D. Degree from Harvard University
Medical School, Cambridge, Mass. in 1942. Interned at Henry Ford
Hospital, Detroit, Mich., 1942-43. Served as Lieut. M. C. in USNR in
World War II from July 10, 1943 to May 1, 1946. Was assistant in
ophthalmology to Dr. F. B. Fralick, Ann Arbor, Mich, in 1946-47.
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Residency: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan
Hospital, 1947-50. Received M. S. Degree in ophthalmology from Uni-
versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich, in 1949. Held teaching positior
in ophthalmology at University of Michigan Medical School from July 1,
1949 to October 1, 1950. Practiced in Bloomington, 111. from November
1, 1951 to April 1, 1952. Now located in Birmingham, Mich.; practice
limited to Specialty of Ophthalmology. He is a member of the Wash-
tenaw County and Michigan State Medical Societies, McLean County
Medical Society, and A. M. A. He married Miss Harriett Stauffer,
September 11, 1943; children — Mary Frances, Jane Elizabeth, Harriett
Ellen, and Robert Sheldon.
GEORGE W. FRANCE was born July 25, 1916, at Chicago, Illinois.
Graduated from Northwestern University, Chicago, 111. with B. S.
Degree, in 1940; M. D. Degree, Northwestern University Medical School,
1943. Also received B. M. Degree from Northwestern University Medical
School. Internship: St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, 111. Has engaged in
general practice at LeRoy, 111. from June 15, 1946 to present time; on
August 10, 1853 opened an office in Bloomington, 111. and divides his
time between Bloomington and LeRoy. On active staff of St. Joseph's
and Mennonite Hospitals, Bloomington, 111. Was lecturer on communi-
cable diseases at St. Joseph's Hospital school of nursing. Served as
Captain, M. C. in U. S. Army, 1944-47; overseas service in World War
II in European theatre of operations; awarded Bronze Star. He is a
member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
A. M. A., and American Academy of General Practice. He married Miss
Ruth Ann Bergunder, January 4, 1944; children — Barbara Jean and
Thomas Michael.
JOHN THOMAS FRANCE was born April 14, 1910, at Decatur,
Indiana. Graduated with B. S. Degree from Loyola University, Chicago,
111. in 1931; M. D. Degree from Loyola University Medical School in
1934. Internship: Mercy Hospital, Chicago, 111. Engaged in general prac-
tice at Ellsworth, 111., 1934-36; Findlay, 111., 1936-42; Bloomington, 111.
from 1945 to present time. On active staff of St. Joseph's and Mennonite
Hospitals, Bloomington, 111. Held former teaching position in St. Joseph's
Hospital school of nursing. Served as Captain, Medical Corps, U. S.
Army in European Theatre of World War II from September 28, 1942 to
December 18, 1945. Was member of the High School Board, Findlay
Community High School, 1940-42. He is a member of the McLean County
and Illinois State Medical Societies, and A. M. A. He married Miss
Freda D. Sutton, May 10, 1936; children — Joan, Mary, and Kathleen.
ANN ELIZABETH FREEMAN was born in Topeka, Kansas, June
22, 1911. Attended the Northwestern University, Evanston, 111. four
years; Columbia University, New York, N. Y., one year; graduated
1932, Bach. Music Education; graduated 1934, M. A., Voc. Guidance &
Personnel in industry; graduated 1942, M. D. Degree, from the Uni-
versity of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, 111. Received M. S. Degree
in surgery in 1947, from the University of Illinois College of Medicine.
Interned at the Research and Education Hospital, Chicago, 111., 1943-44.
Residency: Winfield Peck Fellow Pathology, St. Luke's Hospital, Chi-
cago, 111., 1944-45. Served as former assistant director of University
Health Service at the Illinois State Normal University, Normal, 111.,
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1947-48. She is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State
Medical Societies, and the Alpha Epsilon Iota — Women's Medical
Society. Present address unknown.
ALBERT C. FRELL was born October 23, 1914, at Yorkville, Ohio.
Graduated with B. A. Degree from Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio in 1938; with M. D. Degree from Ohio State University Medical
School in 1942. Interned at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Fla.,
1942-43. Served as Captain, A. U. S. Medical Corps in World War II,
1943-46; stationed in Alaska, Northwest Canada, and Manhattan Atom
Bomb Project. Practiced in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Atom Bomb Project, 1946-
47. Did post-graduate work in ophthalmology at Tulane University,
New Orleans, La., 1947-48. Residency: University Hospital, New York
University - Bellevue Medical Center, 1948-50. Has been located in
Bloomington, 111. from July, 1950, to present time; practice limited to
Eye specialty. Was former staff member, Oak Ridge Hospital, Oak
Ridge, Tenn.; now located at Gailey Eye Clinic with appointments at
Mennonite Hospital, Bloomington, 111. Was secretary-treasurer of Men-
nonite Hospital staff in 1953. He is a member of the McLean County
and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., American Board of
Ophthalmology, and Fellow of American College of Surgeons. He mar-
ried Miss Irene Burbank on July 16, 1949; children — Ellen Frances
and Alice Irene.
RAYMOND W. FRICKE was born May 17, 1913, near LeRoy, Hlinois.
Graduated with B. Ed. Degree from Illinois State Normal University,
Normal, 111. in 1933; with M. A. Degree from the State University of
Iowa in 1937; with M. D. Degree from Northwestern University Medical
School, Chicago, 111. in 1943. Interned at Cook County Hospital in 1943.
Received surgical fellowship - Mayo Foundation, 1946-50. Residency:
in surgery. Cook County Hospital, 1950-51. Has practiced in Bloom-
ington, 111. from August 1, 1951 to present time. Practice limited to
general surgery. Is on active staff of Brokaw, St. Joseph's and Men-
nonite Hospitals. Served as Captain in Medical Corps in World War II
from January, 1944 to August, 1946; awarded Bronze Star in European
Theatre Operations. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois
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state Medical Societies, and A. M. A. He married Miss Nancy Jean
Atkinson, July 7, 1945; children — Helen, Jane, Anna, and William.
LEON T. FRl'IN was born May 25, 1910, in Gridley, Illinois. Grad-
uated with B. S. Degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111.
in 1932; with M. D. Degree from University of Illinois Medical School,
Chicago, 111. in 1934. Member of Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Eta Sigma, Nu
Sigma Nu, Kappa Beta Phi, Tribe of Illini. Internship: Santa Rosa
Hospital, San Antonio, Texas. Was associate of Dr. F. C. McCormick,
Normal, 111., 1935-38. Did post-graduate work at New York Polyclinic,
1939. Practiced at Normal, HI. fi'om 1935 to present time; practice lim-
ited to surgery, gynecology, and obstetrics. Founded THE FRUIN
CLINIC in Normal, 111. in 1950. On active staff of Brokaw and Men-
nonite Hospitals. Was former president of Brokaw Hospital staff.
Served in World War II as Lieut. Comdr. M. C. (S) USNR at hospitals
in United States and in Asiatic-Pacific area, and with Fleet Marine
Force, from March, 1942 to December, 1945; served with two units
which were awarded Presidential Citations. He is a member of the
McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, Illinois Society of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pan-Pacific Surgical Association, World
Medical Association, Fellow of American Medical Association, Fellow
of American College of Surgeons, and Certified Fellow of International
College of Surgeons. He married Miss Virginia L. Ziegler, June 19,
1936; children — Alan Hartman and Eric William.
WATSON GAILEY was born at Ashland, Illinois, September 7,
1882. Graduated, M. D. Degree, College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Chicago, 111., 1904. Internship: Cook County Hospital, 1904-05. and
Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1905-06. Residency: Illinois
Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary. Did post-graduate work in Germany,
Austria, France and England, 1912-13; further post-graduate work in
Germany, Austria, France and England, 1930-31. Was invited with
three other Ophthalmologists, by Anglo-Indian government, in 1930,
to study the causes of the prevalence of cataract in India. Practiced at
Chicago, 111. 1904-07; Jacksonville, 111. 1907-08; Bloomington, 111. 1908
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to present time. Practice limited to ophthalmology. Built the Gailey
Eye Clinic, 1008 N. Main St., Bloomington, 111., 1941; serves as chief
ophthalmologist at Mennonite Hospital; holds teaching position in
Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. In 1948, established the
Watson Gailey Eye Foundation, one service of which is an Eye Bank.
A publication, the Watson Gailey Eye Foundation Digest, containing
several articles written by men of international fame in the ophthal-
mological world is issued two or three times yearly. He served as Capt.
M. C, U. S. A., in World War I, January, 1917 to June, 1918. Was
president of McLean County Medical Society, 1919. Has served on the
advisory committee for ophthalmology for the Illinois public health
commission; holds assistant professorship at Illinois State Normal Uni-
versity; is associate surgeon at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Chicago, 111., and is consultant surgeon for the Division of Services for
Crippled Children at the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. He is a
member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies;
A. M. A., American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago Ophthalmol-
ogical Society, Society of Industrial Surgeons, Central Illinois Ophthal-
mology & Otolaryngology Society, Fellow - American College of Surgeons,
and Fellow - International College of Surgeons. He married Miss Louise
Huf faker, October 29, 1908; one daughter — Janet Gailey Branch.
DONALD M. GARCIA was born February 19, 1910, at Magdalena,
New Mexico. He attended the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
N. M. for three years; graduated with B. M. and M. D. Degrees from
the Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 111. in 1937. In-
terned at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich. He practiced in Heyworth,
111. from 1939 to 1945; Bloomington, 111. from 1945 to 1952. Held ap-
pointments at St. Joseph's Hospital, Bloomington, 111. He was a member
of the McLean County Medical Society and A. M. A. He died in 1952,
cause - hypertension.
EUGENE G. GOFORTH was born June 18, 1912, at Bloomington,
Illinois. Attended Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111. two
years; graduated B. S. Degree, University of Illinois College of Medicine,
Chicago, 111., 1938; M. D. Degree, 1941. Interned at St. Francis Hospital,
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Peoria, 111. Residency; Menninger Foundation School of Psychiatry,
Topeka, Kan. Assistantship; Northwest Clinic of Psychiatry and Neu-
rology, Seattle, Wash. Located at Topeka, Kan. 1946-47; Seattle, Wash.
1947-50; Bloomington, 111., 1950-51; Seattle, Wash. 1951 to present time.
Practice limited to psychiatry and psychoanalysis (Diplomate). Holds
appointments at Swedish Hospital, King County Hospital, and Pinel
Foundation Sanitarium, Seattle, Wash. Was clinical instructor in Psy-
chiatry at University of Washington School of Medicine, 1948-50. Be-
longs to Pi Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Served as Major, U. S. M. C. in
World War II, July, 1942 - January, 1946. Was chief of staff, Pinel
Foundation Sanitarium; president-elect, Seattle Psychoanalytic Study
Group, Seattle, Wash. He is a member of the McLean County and
Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., American Psychiatric Asso-
ciation. He married Miss Virginia Sue Mammen, June 26, 1937; children
— Jeffrey Austin, Jane Elizabeth, and David Johnson.
ERNST GOLDMANN was born May 15, 1898, in Lueben, Germany.
Graduated from University of Breslau, Germany, in 1920; graduated
with M. D. Degree from medical colleges at Heideberg and Munich in
1922. Internship: six months at medical clinic of the University of
Breslau; six months at training school for midwifery at Breslau, Ger-
many. Received special training in gynecology and social hygiene at
East German Social Hygiene Academy at Breslau. Residency: surgical
department of the Allerheiligen Hospital, Breslau. Practiced from April,
1924 to January, 19-39 at Laasen, district of Schweidnitz, Silesia, Ger-
many. Came to the United States in 1939, locating at Saginaw, Mich.
Interned from 1939-40 at St. Mary's Hospital, Saginaw, Mich. Located
in Carlock, 111. in December, 1940, engaging in general practice and
surgery. On active staff of Brokaw Hospital, Normal, 111., Mennonite
and St. Joseph's Hospitals, Bloomington, 111. Served in World War I
in the German Army from 1916 to 1918, winning the Iron Cross. He
was a member of the McLean County Medical Society, Illinois State
Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He married
Miss Luzie Cohn, July 12, 1924; children — Ursula Beate Goldmann
Freireich, Phoenix, Ariz., and Steffi Hortense, graduate of nursing
school in Chicago, 111. He died February 18, 1948; cause of death: heart
disease.
FREDERICK P. GOODWIN was born August 20, 1876, at Leices-
ter, Massachusetts. Graduated with M. D. Degree from the Ohio State
University Medical School in 1905. Residency: proctological training
under H. C. Barr, M. D., and Charles E. Blanchard, M. D.; post-graduate
work at New York City, Detroit, Cleveland, Youngstown, and Cincinnati.
Practiced at Riley, Kansas for twelve years; Crystal River, Fla. for
four years; Strawn, 111. for ten years; Bloomington, 111. until his death
in 195 - from pneumonia. His practice was limited to proctology. He
was a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Soci-
eties, A. M. A., and the National Proctological Association. He married
Miss Mary Hassebrock in 1907. His second wife was Miss Winifred
Mosely, whom he married in 1930.
MATTHEW JAMES HANTOVER was born March 17, 1900, in
Chicago, Illinois. Attended Crane Junior College and Lewis Institute;
graduated from University of Chicago, B. S. Degree, 1922; from Uni-
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versity of Illinois Medical College, Chicago, 111., M. D. Degree, 1926.
Interned at Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 111. Assistantship: Oak
Forest T. B. Hospital, 1928-30. Did post-graduate work at University
of California, School of Public Health, Berkeley, Cal. (for M. P. H.
Degree) September, 1949 to June, 1950. His practice in Bloomington,
111. has been limited to G. P. preventive medicine and Pul. T. B. Has
been in military service as U. S. N. Comdr. (MC) from April 10, 1942,
to present time. Office address is listed as U. S. Navy (MC). Held
Hospital appointments while in Bloomington at Brokaw and St. Joseph's
Hospitals; present appointments, U. S. N.H's. He is a member of the
A. M. A., American College of Chest Physicians, and Association of
Military Surgeons of the U. S. He married Miss Eva Hinshaw, R. N.,
April 24, 1929.
CLARENCE WOODSON HARDY was born January 8, 1898, in
Tecumseh, Michigan. Attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Mich.; graduated with M. D. Degree from the University of Michigan
Medical School in 1923. Interned at St. Joseph's Hospital, Far Rocka-
way. Long Island, N. Y.; Woman's Hospital, New York City; and City
Hospital, Jersey City, N. J. Did post-graduate work in orthopedics at
Mayo Clinic; in general surgery at Cook County Post-Graduate School;
in basic sciences at the University of Minnesota Post-Graduate School.
Engaged in general practice at Hutchinson and Dodge City, Kans.,
1926-28. Served for three years as pilot in the Naval Reserve Flying
Corps, in World War I. Entered the Medical Corps of Regular Army
at Ft. Riley, Kan. in 1929; graduated from the Army School of Avia-
tion Medicine, Brookfield, Texas, 1929; Army Medical School, Wash-
ington, D. C, 1930; Medical Field Service School, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.,
1931; and Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.,
1944, where he served as instructor for one year, receiving the Com-
mendation Ribbon (Army). His experience in the Army has taken hjm
to nine different states. Has served twice in Panama with Canal Zone
Government at Gorgas Hospital on detached service from the Army;
and later in Alaska from 1937-39. In World War II he was stationed in
the South .''-^st Pacific. Was commanding officer of the Army Hospital
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at Fort Jay, Governor's Island, N. Y. from 1950-53, Retired from the
Army at Governor's Island on November 30, 1953 with the rank of
Colonel. In November, 1953, he was appointed director of the Health
Service and Prof, of Health Education of Illinois State Normal Uni-
versity at Normal, 111. where he is now located. On associate staff of
Brokaw Hospital. He is a member of the American Medical Association,
Illinois State Medical Society, Military Surgeons Asociation, and a pro-
bationary (one year) member of the McLean County Medical Society.
He married Miss Marian Painter on June 14, 1928; children — David
Lopp, Periam Burrows, and William Thomas.
GEORGE EARL HARTENBOWER was born August 13, 1892, at
Lostant, Illinois. Graduated with B. S. Degree from Illinois Wesleyan
University, Bloomington, 111. in 1914; with M. D. Degree from North-
western University Medical School, Chicago, 111. in 1921. Interned at
Wesley Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 111., 1920-21. Residency: Wesley
Memorial Hospital, 1921-22; Fellow in Department of Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich., 1922-25. Did post-
graduate work in Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat at Gill Memorial Hospital,
Roanoke, Va.; ophthalmology at George Washington University Medical
School, Washington, D C; anatomy of head and neck at University of
Indiana Medical Center; neuro-muscular anamolies at Children's Me-
morial Hospital, Chicago, 111. Practiced in Detroit, Mich., 1922-25;
Bloomington, 111. from 1925 to present time; practice limited to Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat. Was associated with Dr. Ralph D. Fox in private
practice, 1925-31. On active staff at Brokaw and Mennonite Hospitals;
courtesy staff at St. Joseph's Hospital. Served in National Army Medical
Reserve Corps and S.A.T.C. in World War I; consultant in ophthalmology
and otolaryngology for McLean County Draft Board No. 2, World War
II. Was president of McLean County Medical Society in 1944. He is a
member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
A. M. A., World Medical Association, Mississippi Valley Medical Society,
American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Los Angeles
Research Study Club, Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology and
Otolaryngology, Association for Research in Ophthalmology, Pan-
American Congress of Otorhinolaryngology and Broncho-Esophagology,
and Central Illinois Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. He
married Miss Marjorie Mae Miller, December 28, 1921; children —
Marjorie Joy Petty and Harriet Jean Mitchell.
JOSEPH K. P. HAWKS was born in Bloomington, Illinois, on August
9, 1873. Graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111.
with B. A. Degree in 1896; received M. D. Degree from Northwestern
University Medical School, Chicago, 111. in 1900; member of Phi Gamma
Delta and Nu Sigma Nu fraternities. Was engaged in general practice
for foi'ty years in Bloomington, 111. from 1900 to 1940; was assistant
for thirteen years of Dr. W. E. Guthrie; then associated with his
brother-in-law. Dr. Edson B. Hart until the latter's death, when he
retired on January 1, 1940. On active staff of Brokaw Hospital, later —
Emeritus, Brokaw Hospital. Became honorary Dr. of Science in 1950
from Illinois Wesleyan University. Served on board of trustees of
Illinois Wesleyan University for 31 years; also trustee of Wesley Meth-
odist Church (formerly Grace M. E.) ; trustee of Peoples Bank; senior
medical advisor of State Farm Mutual Insurance Company; on draft
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board of Bloomington, 111. Served as Captain, Medical Corps, in World
War I, 1918. He was a member of tbe Illinois State Medical Society,
A. M. A., and Emeritus, McLean County Medical Society. He married
Miss Esther Hart, February 3, 1912; children — Esther Jo (Mrs. Ray-
mond R. Stephenson) and Allen Hart. He died June 15, 1952; cause —
pneumonia.
J. WESLEY HELM was born January 18, 1906, in Clinton, Illinois.
Graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois,
1930; received M. D. Degree from St. Louis Medical School, St.
Louis, Mo., 1935. Internship: St. Louis City Hospital. Has engaged in
general practice at Gridley, 111. from 1936 to present time. Holds ap-
pointments in Mennonite and St. Joseph's Hospitals. Was instructor
(O.B.) at Mennonite Hospital. Served as Lieut. M. C. in World War II,
September 25, 1942 to August 4, 1943. Was vice-president, Mennonite
hospital staff; vice-president, McLean County Medical Society. He is a
member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
A. M. A., and A. A. G. P. He married Miss Edna Hulbert, January 11,
1933; children — Dolores Mae, Doris Vinita, and Nancy Lee.
F. H. HENDERSON was born September 10, 1882, at Towanda,
Illinois. Attended Northwestern University, Chicago, 111. for three years;
graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, 111.,
with M. D. Degree in 1905. Did post-graduate work at the Illinois Char-
itable Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago, 111. for one year. Has practiced
in Bloomington, 111. since 1918; practice limited to specialty in Eye, Ear,
Nose and Throat. Holds appointments at St. Joseph's and Mennonite
Hospitals. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State
Medical Societies, and A. M. A.
STEPHEN HERMAYER was born May 14, 1915, at New York,
N. Y. Graduated with B. S. Degree from New York University in 1938;
M. D. Degree from Long Island College of Medicine in 1942. Internship:
Fordham Hospital, New York, N. Y.; St. Albans Naval Hospital, New
York; City Hospital, Welfare Island, New York, Took post-graduate
course in ophthalmology at New York University, Bellevue Medical
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Center, Practiced at the Gailey Eye Clinic in Bloomington, 111. from
September 1, 1948, to November 15, 1952. Practice limited to ophthal-
mology. Held appointments at Mennonite Hospital. Served in the Medical
Corps of the U. S. Navy for 3i years. He is a member of the McLean
County Medical Society and the Illinois State Medical Society. Present
location is at Evanston, Indiana.
ROLAND EUGENE HERRINGTON was born at Freeport, Illinois,
August 5, 1922. Graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloom-
ington, 111. with B. S. Degree in 1943; M. D. Degree from Marquette
University Medical School, Milwaukee, Wis. in 1946. Interned at Dea-
coness Hospital, Milwaukee, Wis. Residency: General surgery, Columbia
University — Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, H years.
Was assistant to Dr. Ray Doud, Bloomington, 111., 1949-50. Was engaged
in general practice in Bloomington, 111. from July, 1949 to January, 1951.
Was on associate staff of Brokaw and Mennonite Hospitals. Served in
ASTP during World War II, 1943-45. He is a member of the McLean
County Medical Society. Present location unknown.
MAX F. HERSEY was born June 12, 1915, at Bloomington, Illinois.
After attending Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111. for two
years, he graduated with A. B. Degree from John Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Md. in 1939; with M. D. Degree from John Hopkins Uni-
versity Medical School in 1943. Interned at Presbyterian Hospital,
Chicago, 111., 1943-44. Residency: Surgical resident. Hospital for Women,
Maryland, 1946-48; Gorgas Hospital, Ancon, Canal Zone, 1952-53. En-
gaged in general practice in Bloomington, 111. from 1948 to 1952; from
August, 1953 to present time. Is on active staff of Brokaw and St.
Joseph's Hospitals; associate staff of Mennonite Hospital. Served in
Medical Corps, USNR in World War II for twenty-one months as a
member of surgical team on hospital ship L.S.T. 1025. Received com-
mendation in Philippine invasions at Lahy, P. I., 1944. He is a member
of the McLean County Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Society,
A. M. A., Isthmian Medical Society, Panama, Rep. of Panama, and
John Hopkins Medical and Surgical Society.
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BENJAMIN F. HOOPES was born January 26, 1911, in Blooming-
ton, Illinois. Attended Illinois Wesleyan University, 1928-30; graduated,
B. S. Degree cum laude, Yale University, New Haven, Conn,, 1933;
M. D. Degree, Yale University Medical School, 1937; M. S. Degree
(Surgery) University of Michigan, 1941; won the William A. Rogers
scholarship. Internship: New York Hospital, 1936-37. Residency: New
York Hospital, 1937-39, Henry Ford Hospital, 1939-42 and 1946. Did
post-graduate work at University of Michigan, and Wayne University,
Detroit, Mich. Has practiced in Bloomington, 111. from 1947 to present
time. Practice limited to general surgery. Held appointments in past
at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich.; at present is consultant in
general surgery, VAH, Dwight, 111.; on active staff of Brokaw, Men-
nonite and St. Joseph's Hospitals. Was clinical instructor at Cornell
University Medical School; now on teaching staffs of Brokaw and St.
Joseph's Hospital nursing schools. Served as Lt. Commander, U. S.
Navy in World War II, 1942-46; received commendation, Sicilian land-
ings. Was president of staff, Brokaw Hospital, 1953; vice-president of
staff, Mennonite Hospital, 1951. Is a director of the McLean County
Bank. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical
Societies, A. M. A., American College of Surgeons, Certified American
Board of Surgery, and Central Surgical Association. He married Miss
Frances Kelly, June 21, 1941; children — Benjamin F. Ill, Ann Hilary,
and Jeffrey R.
PRESTON SWARNER HOUK was born AugTist 5, 1920, at Portland,
Indiana. Graduated with A. B. Degree from Indiana University, Bloom-
ingrton, Ind. in 1941; with M. D. Degree from Indiana University
Medical School in 1944. Internship: Grace Hospital, Detroit, Mich. Res-
idency: in surgery at Wyandotte General Hospital, Wyandotte, Mich.,
1945-46; in obstetrics and gynecology, Grace Hospital, Detroit, Mich.,
1948-51. Engaged in the practice of obstetrics and grynecology at Bloom-
ington, 111. from July, 1951, to present time. On active staff of Mennonite,
St. Joseph's and Brokaw Hospitals. Was former instructor in obstetrics
at Grace Hospital school of nursing, Detroit, Mich.; is now instructor
in obstetrics at Mennonite Hospital school of nursing; and instructor in
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gynecology at St. Joseph's Hospital school of nursing, Bloomington, 111.
Was vice-president of St. Joseph's hospital staff, 1953-54. Served as
Captain in Medical Corps, U. S. Army, in Korea during World War II
in 1946-48. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State
Medical Societies, A. M. A., Illinois Obstetrical and Gynecological So-
ciety, and North Central Illinois Medical Association. He married Miss
Wilma J. Curley, April 7, 1945; children — Nancy Jean and Richard
Preston.
HARRY LEE HOWELL was born June 3, 1878, near Kouts,
Indiana. Attended Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.; graduated with
M. D. Degree from Rush Medical College, Chicago, III. in 1904; member
of the Nu Sigma Nu fraternity. Interned at Cook County Hospital.
Began practice in Bloomington, 111. May 29, 1904. Engaged in general
practice and obstetrics until 1917; after 1920, practice limited to gyne-
cology and surgery. Enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1917 with rank
of Lieut. Senior Grade, and served from November, 1917 to April, 1920,
as physician and surgeon on troop ships Calamares and Leviathan,
making a total of fifteen round trips. He helped found the American
Legion in Bloomington, 111., and was its first Commander under charter,
and only member to hold that post twice. Was coroner of McLean
county, 1940; reelected, 1944. Was instrumental in organizing the
Bloomington-Normal Health Council, and the Bloomington-Normal Chap-
ter, National Aeronautic Association of which he was medical ex-
aminer for fourteen years. He was a member of the McLean County
and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., and the Aero Medical
Association of the United States. He married Miss Rose Bachrach,
September 16, 1902; children — Jane Howell Salzenstein and June
Howell Rau. He died December 16, 1944.
GEORGE EARLE IRWIN, JR. was born March 24, 1919, at Kanka-
kee, Illinois. Graduated, B. S. Degree, Northwestern University, Chicago,
111., 1940; M. S. and M. D. Degrees, Northwestern University Medical
School, 1944. Interned at Evanston Hospital Association. Received spe-
cial training in radiology at Wesley Memorial Hospital, Chicago, 111.,
1944-45 and 1947-48. Member of Alpha Omega Alpha and Phi Beta
Harry Lee Howell George Earle Irwin, Jr. - David Meredith Jenkins
Jamtt Janson • C. Carroll Jones • Paul Frederick Kionka
Kappa fraternities. Has practiced in Bloomington, 111. from September
1948, to present time. Held appointments in Wesley Memorial Hospital
as associate director, department of radiology; now radiologist at Bro-
kaw Hospital, Normal, 111, Also serves as consultant in radiology,
Veterans Administration Hospital, Dwight, 111.; consultant in radiology,
Illinois State School and Colony, Lincoln, 111.; radiologist, Evangelical
Deaconess Hospital, Lincoln, 111.; instructor in radiology. Northwestern
University Medical School. Served as Capt. in World War II, 1943-45;
in Medical Corps, AUS, 1945-47. He is chairman and secretary of
Section on radiology, Illinois State Medical Society. He is a member of
the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A.,
Radiological Society of North America, Illinois Radiological Society,
Chicago Roentgen Society, and American College of Radiology. He mar-
ried Miss Marguerite Imle, September 19, 1942; children — Patricia,
Stephen and Janet.
DAVID MEREDITH JENKINS was born in El Paso, Hlinois,
August 20, 1903. Graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloom-
ington, 111., with B. S. Degree, in 1929; from Rush Medical College,
Chicago, 111., with M. D. Degree, in 1933. Interned at St. Luke's Hospital,
Chicago, 111. where he also received special training in surgery. Was
company surgeon in mining camp operated by International Harvester
Company at Benham, Ky. in 1934-37. Has been engaged in general
practice in Bloomington, 111. from 1937 to present time. Holds appoint-
ments at Mennonite and Brokaw Hospitals. Was president of McLean
County Medical Society in 1953. Served as Capt. M. C. in World War II
from August, 1942 to October, 1945. He is a member of the McLean
County Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Society, A. M. A., and
Illinois State Obstetrical and Gynecological Society. He married Miss
Virginia Bachman on November 14, 1934; children — David M., Deborah
D., and Charles H.
JAMES JENSON was born April 20, 1878, at Albert Lee, Minnesota.
Attended college in Sac City, Iowa, two years; graduated from Chicago
College of Medicine and Surgery, M. D. Degree, in 1911. Interned at
Chicago Polyclinic Hospital, nine months. Engaged in general practice
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at Chicago, 111. seven years; Saybrook, 111., 1917-1952. Was presid^jnt
of Saybrook School Board twenty years; president, McLean County
Medical Society, 1934. He was a member of the McLean County and
Illinois State Medical Societies, and A. M. A. He married Miss Bertha
Cathrine Peterson, April 6, 1915; children — Marie Cathrine and Paul
James. He died March 15, 1952; cause — coronary thrombosis.
C. CARROLL JONES was born March 20, 1889, in Maine. Graduated
from Loyola University School of Medicine, Chicago, 111., in 1917. In-
terned at West Suburban Hospital, Oak Park, 111. On staff of Kalamazoo
State Hospital two years, followed by eight years general practice
El Paso, 111. Did post-graduate work at Chicago Lying In Hospital, New
York Post Graduate, and Harvard Medical School. Practiced pediatrics
in Bloomington, 111., from 1929 to 1950. On staffs of Mennonite and
St. Joseph's Hospitals. Was attending pediatrician to Baby Fold, Normal,
111. for fourteen years. Moved to San Diego, Calif, in 1949; anesthetist,
San Diego County General Hospital 31 years. Retired June, 1953. He is
a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
A. M. A., Fellow of American Academy of Pediatrics. He married Miss
Katherine I. Roese, of Buffalo, N. Y.
PAUL FREDERICK KIONKA was born November 15, 1901, in
Melrose Park, Illinois. Attended University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. two
years; graduated, B. S. and M. D. Degrees, University of Illinois Med-
ical School, Chicago, 111., 1928. Interned at West Suburban Hospital,
Oak Park, 111, Did post-graduate work in chest diseases at University
of Chicago, 1948; University of California and Stanford University,
1949. Practiced in Arlington Heights, 111. 1929-36; Bloomington, 111.
1936-42; U. S. Veterans' Hospital, Tucson, Ariz., 1947 to date. Practice
limited to tuberculosis and chest diseases. Was health director, Bloom-
ington, 111. 1937-42. Served in U. S. Navy, Commander, in World War
II, June 8, 1942. to October 22, 1946. He is a member of McLean County
and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., and American College of
Chest Physicians. He married Miss Henriette L. Maypole, June 29, 1947;
one son — Roger Paul.
PAUL LAMBRECHT was born in Bloomington, Illinois, June 2,
1918. Attended Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111. for three
years; graduated from University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago,
111., M. D. Degree, 1943. Internship: Cook County Hospital, Chicago,
III. January, 1944 to October, 1944. Residency: Illinois Eye & Ear
Infirmary, October, 1944 to April, 1946; Valley Forge General Hospital,
April, 1946 to April, 1948. Practiced ophthalmology in Bloomington, 111.
October, 1948 to April, 1950; moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where he
continues in practice. While in Bloomington, held appointments at Men-
nonite Hospital. Served as Captain in World War II, 1946-48, in Army
Eye Center in Valley Forge General Hospital. He is a member of the
Alpha Omega Alpha and Pi Kappa Epsilon Medical fraternities. Was
secretary-treasurer, Des Moines Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryn-
gology, 1950-51. He is a member of the McLean County Medical Society
and A. M. A. He married Miss Grayce Blunk, May 8, 1943; children —
Paula Jean, Barbara June, and Stephen Lee Mark.
GUY H. LANGSDALE was born November 25, 1882, at Florence,
Indiana. Attended Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind. and the Uni-
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versity of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky,; graduated with M. D. Degree from
the College of Medicine and Surgery, Chicago, 111. in 1911. Internship
was in Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 111. Did post-graduate work at
Chicago, Omaha, Vienna and Edinburg, Scotland. Was attending physi-
cian, Chicago Home for Boys, 1910-11; assistant surgeon, Illinois Steel
Co., Joliet, 111., 1912; practiced at Highmore, S. D., 1913-26. While in
Highmore was in partnership with Dr. I. M. Burnside, 1913; county
coroner, 1914-15; superintendent, Hyde County board of health, 1919-26.
Moved to Lexington, 111. where he practiced from 1927 to 1950. He was
a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies and
A, M. A. He married Miss Flora M. Pate, February 19, 1913; children —
Elizabeth, Charlotte Langsdale Farmer, and Bard. Dr. Langsdale died
April 24, 1950; cause of death, thrombo phlebitis.
BENEDICT EGON ANTHONY LIEWEN was born January 5, 1923
in Chicago, Illinois. Graduated, B. S. Degree, Loyola University, Chicago
111., 1943; M. D. Degree, Chicago Medical School, 1946. Interned at Edge
water & Grant Hospitals, Chicago, 111., 1946-47. Was assistant (GYN
& OB) to Dr. E, W. Fischmann at Grant Hospital, Chicago, 111., 1947-50
also Adjunct to Gyn. Fantus Clinics of Cook County Hospital, 1947-50
under Fischmann, Reich, Nechtow, et al. Has engaged in general prac
tice at Bellf lower, 111., 1949-51; Ft. Riley Army Hospital (OB & GYN.)
1951-52; 11th Evacuation Hospital, Korea (general surgeon) 1952-53
praeceptorship in general surgery, Medical Centre, Blue Island, 111.
1953 to present time. While in Bellflower, held appointments at St
Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals, Bloomington, 111. Served as Captain
in the Medical Corps, U. S. Army in Korean War, from February 5,
1951 to February 6, 1953; awarded Korean service medal. United Na-
tions service medal, Korean presidential citation, U. S. presidential
citation, and Union of South Africa commendation medal. He is a mem-
ber of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, and the
A. M, A. He married Miss Jeanne Louise Kosterlitz, August 27, 1947;
children — Antoinette Cara and Margo Beth.
A. EDWARD LIVINGSTON was born September 26, 1912, in Bloom-
ington, Illinois. Graduated with A. B. Degree from the University of
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Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich, in 1933; with M. D. Degree from North-
western University Medical School, Chicago, 111. in 1938. Interned at
Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa. Residency: Denver General
Hospital, Denver, Col. — cme year tuberculosis, two years, medicine.
Practiced at Bloomington, 111. from 1946 to present time; practice limited
to specialty of internal medicine. On active staff of Brokaw, St. .Joseph's
and Mennonite Hospitals. Was former consultant on internal medicine
at Dwight Veterans' Hospital, Dwight, 111.; former instructor in nurses'
training schools at Brokaw, St. Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals.
Served in World War II as Lt. Col. in Medical Corps, AUS, 1941-46;
overseas, 147th Gen. Hosp., 1942-45. He is a member of the McLean
County Medical Society (present secretary), Illinois State Medical So-
ciety, A. M. A., Diplomate — American Board of Internal Medicine,
Fellow of American College of Physicians, member, American Heart
Association, American Geriatrics Society — World Medical Association,
and American Association for the Advancement of Science. He married
Miss Zelona Worden, August 9, 1941; children — Milton R., Peter A.,
Laurie Anne, and Ellen Sue.
RALPH R. LOAR was born August 24, 1891, in Bloomington, Illinois.
Graduated in 1913 with B. S. Degree from Illinois Wesleyan University,
Bloomington, 111.; post-graduate study in 1914; received M. D. Degree
from Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 111. in 1918.
Interned at Chicago Lying In Hospital & Desp., 1918-19; Cook County
Hospital, 1920-21. Received special training in obstetrics at Cook County
Hospital in 1921. Practiced in Holder, 111., 1921-22; moved to Blooming-
ton, 111. where he has engaged in general practice to present time. Holds
appointments at St. Joseph's Hospital (OB. & Gyn. Sec.) and Mennonite
Hospital. Was instructor in obstetrics in St. Joseph's Hospital school of
nursing from 1927 to 1941. Served as Lt,, M. C. in U. S. Navy in World
War I, 1918-19; served in World War II from 1941 to 1946; as asst.
chief dependent clinic, 1942-44; Capt., 1945; sen. med. off., U. S. Mt.
Vernon, 1944-45. Is member of Phi Gamma Delta and Nu Sigma Nu
fraternities. Was president of St. Joseph's Hospital staff in 1946; presi-
dent, Illinois State O. B. and Gyn. Society, 1951; president, McLean
A. Edward Livingston - Ralph R. Loar - Homer C. Lyman, Jr.
Bernice Curry McConnell • Harold Proctor McGinnes - James Robert Mcintosh
County Medical Society, 1952; vice-president, McLean County Health
Department. He is a member of the McLean County and Hlinois State
Medical Societies, A. M. A., and Illinois Society of O. B. & Gyn. He
married Miss Pauline S. Mack, December 21, 1918; one son — Ralph J.
HOMER C. LYMAN, JR. was born at Niantic, Illinois, on September
9, 1921. Graduated from University of Illinois, Urbana, 111., B. S. Degree,
in 1943; from University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, 111., M. D.
Degree, in 1945. Internship: St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, 111. Has en-
gaged in general practice in Normal, 111. from 1946 to date. On active
staff of Brokaw and Mennonite Hospitals. He is a member of the McLean
County Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Society, Fellowship —
American Medical Association, and American Academy of General Prac-
tice. He married Miss Mary Jane Ward, December 17, 1944; children —
Lind^ and Ann.
BERNICE CURRY McCONNELL was born in Logan County, Illinois.
Attended Keokuuk Medical College and College of Physicians and Sur-
geons at Keokuk, Iowa, four years, graduating with M. D. Degree in
1903. Took special training at General Hospital at Fort Dodge, Iowa,
in 1901. Residency: Trudeau School of Tuberculosis, Saranac Lake, N. Y.
in 1919, where she served as secretary of her class; Colorado School of
Tuberculosis, Colorado Springs, Col. in 1922; special course under
Dr. George T. Palmer, T. B. specialist of Springfield, 111. Located in
Delavan, 111. in 1903, but after a few months moved to Bloomington, 111.
and began a general practice of medicine. Was appointed medical
director of the County Tuberculosis dispensary in January, 1918. Was
medical director and superintendent of Fairview Sanatorium, Normal,
111. from 1918 to 1924. Served on Fairview Sanatorium Board from 1924
to 1932. Was secretary of the McLean County Medical Society, 1918-
19-20. Hospital appointments while in Bloomington were at St. Joseph's
and Mennonite Hospitals. Dr. Curry married William McConnell on
May 24, 1924, and did not practice medicine from 1924 to 1931. After
Mr. McConnell's death, July 10, 1931, Dr. McConnell engaged in general
practice in LeRoy, 111. from August, 1932 to present time. She is a
member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
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ation, and National T. B. Association.
HAROLD PROCTOR McGINNES was born April 24, 1920, in Char-
lotte, Michigan. Graduated with B. S. Degree from Michigan State
College, Lansing Mich, in 1943; with M. D. Degree from University of
Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich, in 1945. Member of Phi
Kappa Phi and Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Societies. Interned
at Gi'ace Hospital, Detroit, Mich. Residency: three years in general
surgery, approved graduated resident training at Grace Hospital, 1948-
51. Did post-graduate work during period of resident training in surgical
anatomy, surgical pathology, pathology of neoplasm and gynecological
pathology at Wayne University College of Medicine. Has engaged in
general surgery at Bloomington, HI. from July 1, 1951, to present time.
On active staff of Brokaw, St. Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals.
Served as Pfc. in World War II from June 23, 1943 to September 15,
1945; Captain, Medical Corps, from August, 1946 to June, 1948. He is a
member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
A. M. A., Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Associate —
Detroit Surgical Association, Associate — Central States Society of In-
dustrial Medicine and Surgery. He married Miss Elizabeth Jeanette
Stubbs, July 11, 1942; children — Paul Richard and Sue Ann.
JAMES ROBERT McINTOSH was born Feb. 16, 1899, at Anchor, 111.
Graduated with A. B. Degree from Westminster College, Fulton, Mo. in
1921; M. D. Degree from Tulane University Medical School in 1926. In-
terned at Turo Infirmary, New Orleans, La. Residency: Henry Ford Hos-
pital, Detroit, Mich., 1928-30. Has practiced in Bloomington, 111. from
1931 to present time. Present practice has been limited to urology. On ac-
tive staff of St. Joseph's, Brokaw and Mennonite Hospitals. Served in
three wars — Pfc. AEF, World War I, 1918-19; Captain, Medical Corps,
USNR in World War II, April, 1941 to May, 1946. Served as senior
medical officer at El Toro and Meramer marine bases in the Marine
Air Group 23 of the 1st Marine Air Wing. Was Captain M. C. in Korean
War, 1950-52; awarded Presidential Citation. Was chief of staff at St.
Joseph's Hospital, 1950-51; consultant, Illinois Soldier's and Sailor's
Children's School; medical consultant, Dwight VAH, Dwight, 111. He
is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
A. M. A., and the American College of Sui-geons — Urologist. He mar-
ried Miss Helen Schreck, February 15, 1941.
GEORGE BRADLEY McNEELY was born August 31, 1912, at
Riverton, Illinois. Graduated from the Illinois State Normal University,
Normal, 111. in 1936; B. S. and M. D. Degrees received from the Uni-
versity of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, 111. in 1940. Interned at
Garfield Park Community Hospital, Chicago, 111. Post-graduate study:
abdominal surgery at Cambridge University Medical College, Cambridge,
England; United States Air Force School of Flight Surgery, Randolph
Field, Texas. Has engaged in general practice and surgery at Bloom-
ington, 111. from 1941 to present time. Holds appointments at St.
Joseph's, Brokaw, and Mennonite Hospitals. Served in World War II
as Flight Surgeon, U. A. A. F. from 1942 to 1945; was in England,
France, Germany, Africa and S. America; awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross, European Theatre Medal with 7 Bronze Stars, Presidential
Citation, European Victory Medal. He has published contributions of
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six surgical articles to medical literature. He is a member of the Inter-
national College of Surgeons, Associate Fellow of the Aero Medical
Association, American Medical Writers Association, Ophthalmic Flight
Surgeon C. A. A. Department of Commerce, Mississippi Valley Medical
Society, McLean County Medical Society, A. M. A., Fellow American
Geriatrics Society, Fellow Airline Medical Examiners Society. He mar-
ried Miss Elsie Katz, August 30, 1937; children — George Bradley III,
Kristine Marie, and Timothy Patrick.
FRANCIS D. McNERTNEY was born December 15, 1885, in Boone,
Iowa. Attended Highland Park College (now Drake University), Des
Moines, Iowa in 1905-06; spent four years in Medical School at George
Washington University, Washington, D. C, and Loyola University,
Chicago, 111., graduating in 1916 with M. D. Degree. Graduated in
pharmacy from Highland Park College. Interned at Washington Park
Hospital and Central Hospital of Chicago, 111. Residency: Samaritan
Hospital, Detroit, Mich. Did post-graduate work at Cook County Grad-
uate School. Has engaged in general practice in Bloomington, 111. from
November, 1935, to present time. Served one year in World War I,
1918-19; five years in World War II, as Lt. Colonel, Medical Corps,
1941-45. Was former president of Woodford County Medical Society
and North Central Illinois Medical Society. He is a member of the
McLean County Medical Society and A. M. A. He married Miss Isabel
Hayes, April 28, 1926; children — Mary Katharine, Daniel Francis, afid
Sara Ann.
JAMES CARSON McNUTT was born June 13, 1878, in Herrick,
Illinois. Graduated with A. B. Degree from Illinois Wesleyan Uni-
versity, Bloomington, 111. in 1901; with M. D. Degree from Washington
University Medical School, St. Louis, Mo. in 1905. Was Founder, Tau
Kappa Epsilon fraternity in 1898. Engaged in general practice at Paris,
111., 1905; Indianola, 111., 1905-14; Bloomington, 111., 1914 to present time.
Served as instructor in physiology and anatomy at St. Joseph's Hos-
pital nurses' training schools. Was president of staff at St. Joseph's
and Mennonite Hospitals; president of the McLean County Medical
Society in 1933; co-author of McLean County Medical Society History
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in 1934. Has been district examiner of Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company since 1918; physician of Welfare department, Township and
City of Bloomington, 1916-26 and 1943-53. He is a member of the
McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., and
North Central Medical Society. He married Miss Margaret Newkirk,
September 28, 1902; children — Dorothea McNutt Meyer, Biologist;
Virginia McNutt Northrop, Personnel Director; and Justin C.
JUSTIN C. McNUTT was born February 13, 1914, at Indianola,
Illinois. Graduated, B. S. Degree, 1935, from Illinois Wesleyan University,
Bloomington, 111.; B. M. Degree, 1939, and M. D. Degree, 1940, from
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 111. Interned at Char-
ity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, La., 1939-40. Residency: ortho-
pedic surgery at Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. January 1,
1946 through June 30, 1949. Assistantship : assistant clinician, Uni-
versity of Illinois Research and -Educational Hospital — out patient
department — one day weekly, 1941-42. Did post-graduate work in
traumatic surgefy under direction of Dean Moorehead, New York Post
Graduate Medical School; in surgical anatomy, University of Birming-
ham, Birmingham, England, full time for six weeks, January, February,
1944; in treatment of fractures under Sir Reginald Watson-Jones,
London, England; certificate issued by University of Kansas Graduate
School; in orthopedic anatomy, Columbia University Medical School,
New York City, 1947; in orthopedic pathology, St. Giles Crippled
Children's Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.; in anatomy. Long Island Uni-
versity Medical School. Practiced in Bloomington, 111., 1940-42; Brooklyn,
N. Y., 1946-49; Bloomington, 111. from 1949 to present time. Engaged in
general practice, 1940-41-42, orthopedic surgery beginning September,
1942. Held former appointments in Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn,
N. Y.; now on active staff at St. Joseph's, Mennonite, and Brokaw
Hospitals, Bloomington, Normal, 111. and at St. Clara's Hospital and
Deaconess Hospital of Lincoln, 111. Has held teaching positions in St.
Joseph's school of nursing, 1940-41-42 and 1949-53; orthopedic surgery,
Long Island University Medical School 1947-48-49; laboratory instructor
in anatomy. Long Island University Medical School, 1948. Served as
Captain, M. C. in World War II, September 9, 1942 to January 15,
1946; chief of orthopedics, 44th Evacuation Hospital, September, 1942,
U. S. A., England, France, Belgium and Germany; detached to Combat
Engineers, 6th Special Brigade, 1st Army with orthopedic surgical team
for invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944, then returned to Evacuation
Hospital in July, 1944; chief orthopedic surgery, 191st General Hos-
pital, Paris, France, September, 1945 to December, 1945. Was awarded
Unit Citation, 44th Evacuation & 191st. General Hospitals E. T. O. and
Bronze Arrow Head, Invasion D-Day, Normandy. Served as assistant
coroner, McLean County, 111., 1940-42; medical director, St. Joseph's
Cerebral Palsy Center under auspices of University of Illinois Division
of Services for Crippled Children; secretary. Orthopedic Alumni Club,
Brooklyn, N. Y., 1949-53; consultant in orthopedics, Illinois State Nor-
mal University Special Education School for Handicapped Children. He
is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
A. M. A., Diplomat of American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons, Fellow
— Academy International of Medicine, 1950. He married Miss Lucile
Elizabeth Bain, September 25, 1941; children — Susan Margaret and
Todd Michael.
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BENJAMIN MARKOWITZ was born August 14, 1896, at Pottstown,
Pennsylvania. Attended Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa., 1915-17;
graduated with B. S. Degree from Loyola University, Chicago, 111. in
1921 ; received M. D. Degree from Loyola University Medical School
in 1922. Interned at Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, 111. Post-
graduate: Cook County Hospital, 1927-30. Has practiced in Bloomington,
111. from 1930 to present time. Present practice is limited to pathology.
Held former appointments at Mercy Hospital and Burnham Hospital
in Champaign, 111.; now on active staff of St. Joseph's, Merinonite and
Brokaw Hospitals. Served in World War I in Students' Army Training
Corps. Former president of B'Nai B'rith and of Moses Montefiore
Temple. Held position of health director of Bloomington, 111., 1931-37.
Was president of North Central Illinois Medical Society, 1950-51. He is
now vice-president of the Illinois Society of Pathologists, member of
the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A M. A., Amer-
ican Society of Clinical Pathologists, Founding Fellow of College of
American Pathologists, Fellow of American College of Physicians, and
Specialist certified by American Board of Pathology. He married Miss
Lena Molay, June 25, 1922; children — Robert and Nan (Mrs. Irwin
Lebow) .
VINCENT B. MARQUIS was born November 22, 1897, in BloonT-
ington, Illinois. Graduated with B. S. Degree from University of Illinois,
Urbana, 111. in 1920; M. D. Degree, Rush Medical College, Chicago, 111.,
1928. Internship: Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, N. Y. Did post-
graduate work at Trudeau School of Tuberculosis, Saranac Lake, N. Y.
and at American Trudeau Society, Madison, Wis. Has been Medical
Director of Fairview Sanatorium, Normal, 111. since 1928. Practice
limited to tuberculosis specialty. Has served as president of Brokaw Hos-
pital Medical staff; was president of the McLean County Medical Society,
1950. He is a member of the McLean County Medical Society, Illinois
State Medical Society, A, M. A., and American Trudeau Society. He
married Miss Beulah B. Gibson, August 15, 1933; one daughter —
Beatrice.
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THOMAS MOATE was born November 15, 1871, at Doncaster,
Lancashire, England. Attended Northwestern University, Evanston, 111.;
graduated with M. D. Degree from Northwestern University Medical
School in 1897. Internship: Kankakee State Hospital, Kankakee, 111. He
practiced medicine and surgery in Gridley, 111. from 1897 to 1947, and
was awarded the Fifty-Year Pin. He was a brilliant and well-read man,
especially in the field of mathematics, and he tutored many a young
man in preparation for entering the University. He was very active
in the War Bond Drive of World War I; was Democrat county com-
mitteeman for years; was instrumental in interesting the rural area
around Gridley in installing telephones; was president of the Board of
Trustees of the Methodist Church when it was built in 1925. He was a
member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, and
A. M. A. He married Miss Anna E. Rich in 1901 (deceased) ; children —
Fern Elizabeth and Lola Beatrice (deceased). In 1917 he married Miss
Amelia King; one son — Lester Thomas Moate. Dr. Moate was a
diabetic for a number of years before his death on May 31, 1947, which
was caused by coronary thrombosis.
PAUL R. NELSON was born at Virginia, Minnesota, May 15, 1919.
Graduated with B. A. and B. S. Degrees from University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minn, in 1940; received M. B. and M. D. Degrees from
University of Minnesota Medical School in 1943. Internship: Cleveland
City Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. Residency: Lakewood City Hospital,
Lakewood, Ohio, and Blank Memorial Children's Hospital, Des Moines,
Iowa. Engaged in general practice, Eveleth, Minn., January, 1948, to
June, 1948; pediatric residency at Raymond Blank Memorial Children's
Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, June, 1948 to June, 1950. Has practiced
at Bloomington, 111. from November, 1950 to present time; practice
limited to specialty in pediatrics. Is on active staff at Mennonite and
St. Joseph's Hospitals. Served in World War II as Captain in Medical
Corps, U. S. Air Forces from June, 1945 to June, 1947. He is a member
of the McLean County Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Society,
and American Medical Association. He married Miss Margaret H.
Ogden, June 20, 1945; children — Paul Roger, Mary Beth, and Rebecca
Lynn.
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STANLEY K. NORD was born in Bloomington, Illinois, February 8,
1921. Graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111.
with B. S. Degree in 1944; from the University of Illinois Medical
School, Chicago, 111. with M. D. Degree in 1946. Internship: St. Francis
Hospital, Peoria, 111. Engaged in general practice at Bloomington, 111.
from June, 1949 to present time. On active staff of St. Joseph's and
Mennonite Hospitals, courtesy staff of Brokaw Hospital. Has been
secretary of St. Joseph's medical staff, 1952-53. Served as Captain,
Medical Corps, U. S. Army in World War II from July, 1947 to June,
1949. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical
Societies, and A. M. A. He married Miss Sudie Whittinghill, October 16,
1943; children — Ronald Steven, Paul Frederick, Lawrence Allan,
Daniel Albert, and twin sons, John Robert and David Everett.
GEORGE J. O'NEIL was born March 19, 1906, in Bloomington, Illi-
nois. Attended the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111., 1932-34; graduated
with M. D. Degree from University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago,
111. in 1938. Internship: Cook County Hospital, January, 1939 to July,
1940. Residency: Obstetrics and gynecology at St. Louis City Hospital,
1940-43. Did post-graduate work in obstetrics and gynecology. Has been
engaged as physician and surgeon in Bloomington, 111. from May 1, 1946
to present time. Present practice is limited to obstetrics and gynecology.
On active staff at St. Joseph's, Brokaw and Mennonite Hospitals. Is
instructor in Brokaw Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital schools of
nursing. Served in World War II as Lieut. Commander, Medical Corps
U. S. N. R. from November 1, 1943 to March 15, 1946. He is a member
of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A.,
American Academy of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and American Board
of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He married Miss Birch Mary Lawson,
July 28, 1938; children — Michael Joseph, George Joseph, and Mary
Ellen.
ROBERT J. PARKER was born September 6, 1913, at Bloomington,
Illinois. Graduated, B. S. Degree, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloom-
ington, 111., 1935; received B. M. and M. D. Degrees, Northwestern
University Medical School, 1940. Interned at Passavant Hospital and
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Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 111. Residency: in internal medicine at
St. Joseph's Hospital, Chicago, 111. Practiced in Bloomington, 111. from
September, 1948, to present time; practice limited to internal medicine.
Holds appointments in St. Joseph's, Mennonite, and Brokaw Hospitals.
Was former instructor at St. Joseph's Hospital school of nursing, Chi-
cago, 111.; now instructor in pathology at St. Joseph's, Mennonite, and
Brokaw Hospital schools of nursing. Served as Captain M. C, Pacific
area, in World War II from July 1, 1942 to April 17, 1946. He is a
member of the McLean County Medical Society, Illinois State Medical
Society, and A. M. A. He married Miss Marilyn West, December 3,
1949; one son — Robert West.
RALPH PLUMMER PEAIRS was born May 5, 1875, in Heyworth,
Illinois. Graduated from Illinois State Normal University ,-Normal, 111.,
in 1898; received M. D. Degree from Rush Medical College, Chicago, 111.,
in 1903. Interned at St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, Wis. Residency:
Johnson Emergency Hospital, Milwaukee, Wis. Did post-graduate work
at New York Post Graduate, 1920. Engaged in general practice in Mil-
waukee, Wis., 1903-18; Normal, 111., 1918 to his retirement, January 1,
1952. Was formerly attending surgeon, Johnson Emergency Hospital,
and member of staff. Evangelical Hospital, Milwaukee, Wis.; was on
active staff of Mennonite and Brokaw Hospitals. Has served as presi-
dent of staff of both hospitals. Has been a member of the school board.
Normal Community High School; president of the McLean County
Board of Health since its organization in 1946; secretary, McLean
County Medical Society, 1921-37; medical director of Illinois Soldier's
and Sailor's Children's School from 1910 to 1933; member of the Council,
Illinois State Medical Society, 1937-52; and elected president, in 1953,
of Illinois Association of County Boards of Health. He is a member of
the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, and A. M. A.
Elected to membership in Fifty Year Club of Illinois State Medical
Society. He married Miss Myra A, Sinclair, June 24, 1913 (deceased) ;
children — Myra Anne (Mrs. Fred A. Long), Nancy Jane (Mrs. Louise
E. Ramos), and Richard H. He married Miss Nina B. Crigler, July 24,
1941.
VYTAUTAS K. PLIURA was born March 15, 1920, in Lithuania.
He attended pre-medical school, the Linkuva Gymnasium in Linkuva,
Lithuania for four years, graduating in 1936; studied in the University
of Wilno, Lithuania, the Tuebingen University and the University of
Heidelberg, Germany; graduated with the German equivalent of M. D.
Degree from the University of Heidelberg in 1947. Completed his in-
ternship at Belmont Hospital, Chicago, 111. in June, 1950. Located in
Toledo, Ohio, from 1950 to 1951 as house physician in St. Luke's Hospital
of that city. Returned to Chicago, 111. in 1951 and became house physician
in Belmont Hospital. From July, 1952 to January, 1954, he worked in
Anna State Hospital, and was in charge of the acute hospital wards
(physical). In January, 1954, he engaged in general practice at LeRoy,
111. He is a member of the McLean County Medical Society, Illinois
State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He mar-
ried Miss Natalie Grace Larkin, April, 1950; children — Ramona
Violeta, Vytautas Francis, and Vanesa Karen.
LYLE HOWARD PRENZLER was born November 25, 1922, at
Bloomington, Illinois. Attended the Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloom-
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ington, III. and the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. for three years,
1940-43; graduated with B. S. M. and M. D. Degrees from the Uni-
versity of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, 111. in 1946. Served in V-12
(s) U. S. Navy, World War II, in the University of Illinois Medical
School from 1943 to 1945. Interned at Queens Hospital, Honolulu, T. H.
Was Lt. (j.g.) Medical Corps, U. S. Naval Reserve at Great Lakes, 111.;
at Bethesda, Maryland; and on Staff of Commander Middle East Force
from 1947 to 1950. Held residency in general surgery from 1950 to 1953
at New York University — Bellevue Medical Center, New York City;
at St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, 111. and at Memorial Center for Cancer
Research, New York City. In January, 1954, he located at Bloomington,
111.; practice limited to general surgery. Is on associate staff of St.
Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals. He is a probationary member (one
year) of the McLean County Medical Society and Junior member of
the American College of Surgeons.
ROBERT G. PRICE was born February 22, 1909, at Bloomington,
Illinois. Graduated with B. S. Degree from Illinois Wesleyan Uni-
versity, Bloomington, 111. in 1930; received M. S. Degree (Anatomy) in
1934, and M. D. Degree in 1935 from Northwestern University Medical
School. Is member of Alpha Omega Alpha fraternity. Interned at Cook
County Hospital, 1934-35. Residency: in obstetrics and gynecology at
Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. Was associate of Dr.
E. B. Hart, Bloomington, 111., 1937-39. Did post-graduate work at Cook
County Hospital Postgraduate School, Chicago, 111.; in proctology at
New York Polyclinic Hospital in 1950. Has practiced in Bloomington,
111. from 1937 to present time; practice partially limited to proctology.
Is on active staff of Brokaw, Mennonite and St. Joseph's Hospitals.
Was former instructor in anatomy at Northwestern University Medical
School, 1932-33. Served as Lt. Commander, U. S. Naval Reserve from
1942 to 1946 in World War II, with twenty months' foreign duty in the
South Pacific. He is a director in the Association of Commerce. He is a
member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
A. M. A., St. Louis Proctologic Society, charter member of Illinois State
Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, and Affiliate — American proc-
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tologic Society. He married Miss Catharine J. Sinclaire, November 25,
1939; children — Prudence, Jennifer, and Patricia.
RUSSELL ARTHUR QUAY was born at Port Angeles, Washington,
on May 31, 1916. Graduated with B. S. Degree, from University of
Washington, Seattle, Wash, in 1943; M. D. Degree, Northwestern Uni-
versity Medical School, Chicago, HI. in 1945. Interned at Swedish Hos-
pital, Seattle, Wash. Started practice at Ottawa, 111., 1948-49; en-
gaged in general practice at Stanford, 111. from 1949 to time of death.
Held appointments at St. Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals, Bloom-
ington. 111. and at Brokaw Hospital, Normal, 111. Served as Captain,
Medical Corps, in U. S. Army from 1946 to 1948. He was a member of
the McLean County Medical Society, A. M. A. and A. A. G. P. He
married Miss Hope Brown, March 30, 1946; children — Hope and Rise.
Dr. Quay was stricken with bulbar poliomyelitis on January 1, 1954. He
died January 3, 1954.
DANIEL D. RARER was born in Chenoa, Illinois, April 11, 1878.
Graduated from the Bennett Medical College, Chicago, 111., M. D. Degree,
in 1908. Interned at Rapid City Hospital, Rapid City, S. D. Engaged in
general practice at Piano, 111. 1908-09; Rapid City, S. D. 1909-11;
Buffalo, S. D. 1911-17; Bloomington, 111. September, 1919 to present
time. On active staff of St. Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals; associate
staff of Brokaw Hospital. Has held teaching positions in nurses' train-
ing schools of St. Joseph's and Brokaw Hospitals. Was president of
McLean County Medical Society in 1940. Served as Captain M. C. in
World War I, January 17, 1918 to July 31, 1919. He is a member of the
McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, Fellow — A. M. A,
He married Miss Julia Mae VanDoren, June 27, 1906 (deceased);
children — John E. and Paul A.; he married Miss Sarah Louise
Salmon, Januai-y 28, 1950; one daughter, Margaret Andrews.
ORA M. RHODES was born near Bloomington, Illinois, March 12,
1871. Graduated, B. S. Degree, Illinois State Normal University, Normal,
111., 1898; M. D. Degree, University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago,
111., 1901. Assistantship: Anesthetics, West Side Hospital, under Dr.
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John B. Murphy and Dr. Galloway. Did post-graduate work at Uni-
versity of Vienna, 1912-13; clinic tour, Tri-State District Medical Asso-
ciation to leading clinics of United States in 1923. Practiced in Bloom-
ington, 111. from 1901 to 1952; received gold fifty year pin, October 1,
1951. Practice limited to diagnosis and consultation in latter years;
conducted general diagnostic laboratory serving this section of state,
1914-22. Was secretary, McLean County Medical Society, 1906-07. Served
as vice chairman, Medical Advisory Board, World War I. He was a
member of the McLean County Medical Society, Illinois State Medical
Society (Emeritus), A. M. A., and Tri-State Medical Society. He mar-
ried Miss Myrtie Jane Downs, May 8, 1902; one son — Aaron Payne
Rhodes, now commander, U. S. N. He died December 5, 1952; cause —
cardio-renal.
EDWIN LOUIS RYPINS was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on January
8, 1903. Graduated with B. S. Degree from the University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, Neb. in 1923; with M. D. Degree from the University of
Nebraska Medical School in 1927. Interned at Scranton State Hospital
of Pennsylvania, 1927-28. Residency: Ridley Park Hospital of Penn-
sylvania, 1928-29. Engaged in general practice in Chester, Pa., 1928-29.
Did post-graduate work in radiology at Iowa State Hospital under
Dr. H. Dabney Kerr, 1930-35. Engaged in the practice of radiology in
Bloomington, 111., 1936-42; was appointed director of the radiological
department at Brokaw Hospital, Normal, 111., where he served until
1942. Enlisted in the Army of the U. S. September 10, 1942, with the
rank of Major; was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in
January, 1945; discharged October 24, 1946. He served in medical units
in Louisiana and Texas; was chief of X-ray department in 69th Gen-
eral Hospital in Ledo-Assam, China, Burma and Indian Theatre; also
served on Okinawa and in Manila. He received the European Theatre
Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Medal with battle stars, the World War II
Victory Medal and the Japan Occupation Clasp. Following his discharge
he returned to Bloomington, 111. and re-established his private practice,
and was appointed a consultant to the Veterans Facility, Dwight, 111.
He was a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical
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Societies, the Illinois Radiological Society, Fellow-American College of
Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Radiological Society of
North America, and certified by the American Board of Radiology. He
married Miss Martha Cannon in 1933. Dr. Rypins died on July 4, 1948
at Brokaw Hospital, Normal, 111. The cause of death was skull fracture,
the result of an automobile accident on July 1, when he was returning
from a consultation at the Veterans Facility, Dwight, 111.
JOHN E. SCOTT was born at Pawhuska, Oklahoma, February 27,
1920. After attending the Junior College at Kansas City, Mo. for two
years, he graduated with A. B. Degree from the University of Missouri,
Columbia, Mo. in 1941; attended the University of Missouri Medical
School for two years, graduating with M. D. Degree from the Louisiana
State University Medical School, Baton Rouge, La. in 1944. Interned
at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, La. Residency: Internal medicine,
three years, V. A. Hospital, Wadsworth, Kan., which is affiliated with
the University of Kansas Medical School. Took post-graduate course in
basic sciences at the University of Kansas Medical School, Lawrence,
Kan. Has practiced in Bloomington and Normal, 111. from April, 1950
to May, 1953. Was connected with the Fruin Clinic in Normal, 111. in
association with Dr. L. T. Fruin and Dr. H. C. Lyman. Served in Med-
ical Corps, U. S. Army, from July, 1945 to July, 1947. He is a member
of the McLean County Medical Society. Present location is in Oklahoma.
T. C. SCOTT was born at Princeton, Missouri, August 31, 1899.
Attended Millikin University, Decatur, 111. for three years; graduated
from University of Illinois Medical School, M. D. Degree, in 1925. In-
ternship: St. Louis City Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., 1924-25. Did post-
graduate work at New York Post Graduate Medical School. Engaged in
general practice at Lexington, 111. from 1925-42; at Bloomington, 111.,
1946 to present time. Holds appointments at Mennonite and St. Joseph's
Hospitals. Was president of Mennonite Hospital staff, 1948; St. Joseph's
Hospital staff, 1949. Was president of the McLean County Medical
Society in 1951. Served in World War I as Pvt., 1918-19; World War II
as Capt. M. C, 1942-45. He is a member of the McLean County and
Illinois State Medical Societies, and the American Academy of General
Practice. He married Miss Lucile Schroeder on September 1, 1945; one
son — Guy Thomas.
WALTER EDWARD SCOTT was born October 21, 1912, in Gibson
City, Illinois. Attended University of Illinois, Urbana, 111., 1930-31;
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111., 1931-33; received from
Loyola University Medical School, Chicago, 111. B. S. M. Degree in 1935,
and M. D. Degree in 1937. Interned at Anchor Hospital, St. Paul, Minn.
Did post-graduate work at A. A. F. School of Aviation Med. (three
months), army basic roentgenology (three months), three two-week
refresher courses. Has engaged in general practice at Lexington, 111.
from 1938 to present time. Served as flight surgeon, AAF, from March,
1942 to December, 1945 in World War II; with overseas service from
January, 1943 to July, 1945. Holds appointments at St. Joseph's and
Mennonite Hospitals; on courtesy staff at Brokaw Hospital. He is a
member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
and A. M. A. He married Miss Mary Evelyn Haas, May 28, 1938;
children — John Nelson, Ruth and Jean.
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HAROLD L. SHINALL was born December 19, 1909, at St. Louis,
Mo. Graduated with B. S. Degree from University of Illinois, Urbana,
111. in 1932; with M. D. Degree, University of Illinois Medical College,
Chicago, 111. in 1934. Interned at University Hospital, Chicago, 111. Res-
idency: Radiology, St. Louis City Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. Took post-
graduate course in roentgenology for medical officers at Mayo Clinic
Engaged in general practice at Gibson City, 111. from 1934-41; located
in Bloomington, 111. in 1946. Practice limited to radiology from 1941 to
present time. Is active staff member and radiologist at Mennonite and
St. Joseph's Hospitals, Bloomington, and Gibson Community Hos-
pital, Gibson City, 111.; consultant in radiology, Veteran's Administra-
tion Hospital, Dwight, 111. Was assistant in radiology, St. Louis Univer-
sity School of Medicine in 1942. Served in the Medical Corps, Army of
the United States in World War II from March 2, 1943 to August 18,
1946; entered as Captain, promoted to Major. Was president. Ford
County Medical Society, 1940; certified in Radiology by the American
Board of Radiology in 1945; secretary, Section on Radiology, Illinois
State Medical Society, 1948-49; chairman, Section on Radiology, Illinois
State Medical Society, 1949-50; vice-president, Illinois Radiological
Society, 1950; president, Mennonite Hospital staff, 1953; president,
Illinois Radiological Society, 1953. He is a member of the McLean County
and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., Section on Radiology
(111. State), Illinois Radiological Society, American College of Radiology,
Radiological Society of North America, and American Roentgen Ray
Society. He married Miss Maud Rabourn, September 3, 1932; children —
Shirley and Stanley.
GORDON H. SHULTZ was born January 18, 1906, at Colfax, Illinois.
Attended Illinois State Normal University and Illinois Wesleyan Uni-
versity for four years; graduated with M. D. Degree from Loyola
University School of Medicine, Chicago, 111. in 1933. Interned at St.
Joseph Hospital, South Bend, Ind. Residency: Fellowship at McBride
Clinic Bone & Joint Hospital, Oklahoma City, Okla., orthopedic surgery
at Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 111. Assistantship :
Dr. Edward Compere, Chicago, 111. Has practiced in Bloomington, 111.
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from 1934 to present time. Has staff membership in St. Joseph's, Men-
nonite and Brokaw Hospitals. Served in U. S. Army Medical Corps in
World War II from September 20, 1940, to January 16, 1942; entered
as Lieutenant and discharged- as Captain, with duty in the Pacific with
a Medical Hospital Ship Platoon. He is a member of the McLean County
and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., Fellow of American
College of Surgeons, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery, and
Certified by Board of Orthopedic Surgery. He married Miss Margaret
Feit, March 5, 1935; children — Robert, Joan, and Gary.
EDWIN PLUMMER SLOAN was born February 13, 1876, in Neosha,
Missouri. Graduated with M. D. Degree from University Medical College,
Kansas City, Mo. in 1898. Was abroad five times for study and attend-
ance of international conventions. Did post-graduate work at the Uni-
versity of Berlin, Germany, 1902-03; studied with Theodore Kocher at
Berne, Switzerland; at Chicago Polyclinic and New York Post Graduate
Medical School. He became internationally recognized as a specialist in
goiter operations. Practiced in Danvers, 111. from 1898 to 1903; in
Bloomington, 111. from 1905 until his death at the age of 59. He special-
ized in the surgical treatment of goiter and diseases of the stomach.
Dr. Sloan took the lead in the establishment of Mennonite Hospital,
where he served as chief surgeon; was also chief surgeon at St. Joseph's
Hospital from 1908 until his death. In 1923 under Dr. Sloan's leadership
the American Association for the Study of Goiter was organized in
Bloomington, with Dr. Sloan serving as president. In 1924, the first
three-day clinical meeting was held in Bloomington ith 400 surgeons
from the United States and European countries attending. He and his
friends organized the International Conference on Goiter at Berne,
Switzerland, in 1927. Thirty-seven countries were represented in the
original session. He established the Sloan Clinic in Bloomington in
February, 1919. He published many articles on goiter, abdominal surgery
and gynecology, and wrote a textbook on goiter. He served as county
physician in 1908-09. Besides active membership in the leading medical
and surgical associations both in America and Europe, he was president
of McLean County Medical Society, 1916; president of Illinois State
Medical Society, 1922-23; delegate to annual meetings of A. M. A.,
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1922-33; served eight years as president of the advisory board of the
Illinois State Board of Health; was former president of the American
Association for Study of Goiter; vice-president in 1924 of Tri-State
Medical Society; member of the Judicial Council of A. M. A., and
member of the faculty of the Chicago Medical School. On December 23,
1899 he married Miss Emily Parks Miller (deceased) ; children —
George E. (deceased), Howard P., Ralph E. He married Miss Mary Bell,
October 25, 1916. He died September 18, 1935.
GUY A. SLOAN was born January 10, 1889, at Neosha, Missouri.
Graduated with M. D. Degree, from University of Hlinois Medical
School, Chicago, 111., in 1913. Interned in Sheridan Park Hospital,
Chicago, 111. Has engaged in general practice at Bloomington, 111. from
1914 to present time. Holds appointments at Mennonite and St. Joseph's
Hospitals. He was president of the McLean County Medical Society in
1931. He is a member of the McLean County Medical Society, Illinois
State Medical Society, A. M. A., Fellow — International College of
Surgeons. He married Miss Hazel Myers, 1918 (deceased) ; children —
Guy Hadley and Hazel Jean. He married Miss LaRue Augspurger,
May 18, 1931.
HOWARD PARKS SLOAN was born May 9, 1902, in Danvers,
Illinois. Attended Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va., 1918-19;
University of Illinois, Urbana, 111., 1919-20; graduated from Loyola
University College of Medicine, Chicago, 111. in 1926, with B. S. and
M. D. Degrees. Interned at Los Angeles General Hospital, Los Angeles,
Cal., 1926-27. Spent six months of post-graduate study at Vienna,
Austria, and Edinburg, Scotland in 1929. Has practiced in Bloomington,
111. from June, 1927 to present time; practice limited to general surgery.
Ts on active staff of St. Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals; on courtesy
staff of Brokaw Hospital. Former president of St. Joseph's and Men-
nonite Hospital staffs; president of McLean County Medical Society
in 1947; president of North-Central Illinois Medical Society; executive
counselor of American Goitre Society. Served in World War II as Sr.
Surgeon of Naval Hospital from September, 1942 to April, 1945;
Assistant Chief of Surgery, U. S. N. H. Norman, Okla., April, 1945
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to November, 1945. Discharge rank, Commander, Medical Corps, U.S.
N.R. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical
Societies, A. M. A., American Goitre Society, Fellow — American Col-
lege of Surgeons, Certified Fellow — International College of Surgeons,
North-Central Illinois Medical Association, Central States Industrial
Surgeons, and International College of Proctology. He married Miss
Lena Elizabeth Huggins, May 9, 1936; children — Emily Joan and
Edwin Plummer, II.
THOMAS E. SMITH was born June 7, 1915, at Memphis, Tennessee.
Attended Lambuth College and Union University, Jackson, Tenn. three
years; attended University of Tennessee School of Medicine, 1937-1938;
graduated with M. B. and M. D. Degrees from the Chicago Medical
School in 1941. Interned at Memorial Hospital, Danville, Va., 1941.
Residency: Obstetrics at Memorial Hospital, Danville, Va., 1942. Has
engaged in general practice at McLean, 111. since January, 1946; and
at Bloomington, 111. since January, 1949. On medical staff of Mennonite
and St. Joseph's Hospitals. Served as Captain in the Medical Corps of
the Army of the U. S. in World War II from July 21, 1943 to January
26, 1946; as battalion surgeon received five Battle Stars in European
Theatre, England, France, Germany, Belgium, and Holland. He is a
member of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies,
American Medical Association, American Academy of General Practice,
and U. S. Committee of World Medical Association, 1953. He married
Miss Ruth Wilson Jones of Danville, Va., December 24, 1941.
GUSTAV DEANE SOLTZ was born July 12, 1908, at Erie, Penn-
sylvania. Graduated in 1928 from the Colorado School of Mines, Denver,
Col. and in 1929 from the University of Colorado, Denver, Col. with
P. E. Degree; graduated with M. D. Degree from the University of
Colorado Medical School in 1938. Interned at St. Anthony Hospital,
Denver, Col. Took post-graduate work in Graduate School of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Practiced at the Gailey
Eye Clinic in Bloomington, 111. from April 24, 1950 to September 30, 1951 ;
practice limited to ophthalmology. Held former appointments at St.
Anthony Hospital, Denver, Col.; now at Mercy Hospital, faculty mem-
ber of Stritch Medical School, Loyola University. Military service:
March 15, 1940 to December 21, 1945. He is a member of the Colorado
and South Carolina State Medical Societies, McLean County and Illinois
St'ate Medical Societies, and A. M. A. He married Miss Vicki Ditson
of Denver Col. on November 19, 1941; children — Stanley and Bonita,
Now located in Arlington Heights, 111.
GEORGE W. STEPHENSON was bom May 4, 1902, at Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Graduated with B. S. Degree from Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, Pa., in 1924; M. D. Degree from the University of Penn-
sylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1928. Received M. S.
Degree in surgery at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn, in
1932. Interned at George F. Geisinger Memorial Hospital, Danville, Pa.,
1928-29. Assistant in Pathology Department in Medical School of Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, 1929-30. Residency: Fellow, Mayo Foundation,
University of Minnesota Graduate School of Medicine, 1930-32. First
Assistantship at Mayo Clinic in 1932-33. Practiced in Bloomington, 111.
from 1934 to 1950. Practice limited to general surgery. On active staff
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of Mennonite Hospital; consulting staff, Brokaw Hospital. Instructor
at Brokaw Hospital school of nursing. Director, Bloomington Association
of Commerce, 1940-41-42, 1946-47. Member, Bloomington Board of Edu-
cation, 1941-42. Director, Illinois Division of the American Cancer
Society, 1946-52. President, Bloomington-Normal Health Council, 1936-
38. Served in Medical Corps, AUS, during World War II from August,
1942 to December, 1945, and discharged as Lt. Colonel. He is a member
of the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, American
Medical Association, Honorary Fellow of the Southeastern Surgical
Congress, Fellow — American College of Surgeons, Certified — Amer-
ican Board of Surgery. Appointed Assistant Director of the American
College of Surgeons, August 1, 1950.
DOMENIC ALBERT STERBINI was born in Rome, Italy, December
22, 1895. Graduated with M. D. Degree from the Liceo Conti Gentili-
Alatri, Rome, in 1920. Internship: Policlinic, Rome, Italy — one year;
Municipal Hospital, Spoleto, Italy — one year; Conemaugh Valley
Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, Pa. — ten months. Located at Peoria
State Hospital, May, 1924 to March, 1925; practiced at Springfield, 111.,
August, 1925 to December, 1942; engaged in general practice at Colfax,
111. from 1942 to present time. Served as Lieutenant on active duty in
the Italian army in World War I from September 1, 1915, to November
7, 1917; became POW from November 7, 1917 to November 15, 1918;
served as Lieutenant, Italian army hospital for chest diseases at Celio
Hospital, Rome, Italy. Received honorable discharge from the Italian
Army, October 20, 1920. He is a member of the McLean County and
Illinois State Medical Societies, and National Red Cross Association.
He married Miss Lena Flaminio, November 10, 1927; children — Dea
and Silvana.
EDGAR McLEAN STEVENSON was born August 9, 1897, at
Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated with B. S. Degree from Illinois Wes-
leyan University, Bloomington, 111. in 1920; with M. D. Degree from
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich, in 1924.
Interned at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, R. I. Residency: Rhode
Island Hospital. Post-graduate work: special service at Cook County
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Hospital; observer's service at Mayo Clinic. Practiced in Bloomington,
III. from August, 1928 to present time; practice limited to internal
medicine, cardiology, diagnosis. On active staff of St. Joseph's, Brokaw,
and Mennonite Hospitals; cardiologist consultant at all three hospitals.
Was president of the McLean County Medical Society in 1946. Served
as 1st Lieut. Medical Corps, U. S. Army, 1928-34. He is a member of
the McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, A. M. A., Amer-
ican Heart Association, Licentiate — American Board of Internal Med-
icine, Fellowship — American College of Physicians, America Life
Convention, Life Insurance Medical Directors Association, Fellowship —
American College of Chest Physicians, Fellowship — American College
of Cardiology, Fellowship — Academy of Internal Medicine. He married
Miss Sara Mowery, March 24, 1926; children — Edgar McLean II and
Sally Ann.
EUGENE E. TAYLOR was born at Arrowsmith, Illinois, June 23,
1900. Graduated with B. S. Degree from University of Illinois, Urbana,
111. in 1922; with-M. D. Degree from the University of Illinois Medical
school, Chicago, 111. in 1926. Interned at Lutheran Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, 111. Was former assistant to Dr. R. A. Black, Chicago, 111.
Was clinical professor in pediatrics at Loyola University Medical School,
Chicago, 111., 1930-42. Practiced at Chicago, 111., 1927-42; Bloomington,
111., 1945-50; practice limited to Specialty, Pediatrics. Held former ap-
pointments at Mercy and Woodlawn Lying-in Hospitals, Chicago, 111.;
while in Bloomington, on staff of St. Joseph's, Brokaw, and Mennonite
Hospitals. Served in SATC at Champaign, 111. in 1918; in Air Force
in World War II as Lt. Col. in Medical Corps from 1942 to 1945. Lo-
cated at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., 1950-52; was Prof, in
Physiology Dept., University of Indiana, Bloomington, Ind., 1952-53.
On July 1, 1953 became industrial physician with American Can Co.,
Maywood, 111. He is a member of the Illinois State and McLean County
Medical Societies, A. M. A., Chicago Pediatrics Society, Chicago Allergy
Society, and American College of Allergy. He married Mrs. Janet
Kilgore Hemphill, June 4, 1938; step-daughter — Janet Hemphill.
PAUL G. THEOBALD was born December 20, 1922, in East Lynn,
Illinois, Graduated with B. S. Degree from Illinois Wesleyan University,
Bloomington, 111. in 1947; M. D. Degree, from University of Illinois
Medical School, Chicago, 111, in 1951. Interned at Cook County Hospital,
Chicago, 111. Engaged in general practice at Shell Lake, Wis., July, 1952-
March, 1953; Bloomington, 111., March, 1953, to present time. Holds
appointments in Brokaw, Mennonite and St. Joseph's Hospitals. Served
in World War II as Staff Sergeant, 45th Portable Surgical Hospital,
1943 to 1946 in China, Burma, and India; was awarded the Bronze Star.
He is a member of the McLean County Medical Society, Illinois State
Medical Society, and A. M. A. He married Miss Josephine Louise
Fagerburg, February 24, 1946; one daughter — Paula Jo.
DANA O. TROYER was born July 12, 1920, at Chicago, Illinois.
Graduated with B. A. Degree from Goshen College, Goshen, Ind. in
1939; M. D. Degree from Northwestern University Medical School,
Chicago, 111. in 1944. Interned at St. Joseph's Hospital, Chicago, 111.
Post-graduate Study: Basic course in ophthalmology at Northwestern
University Medical School, October, 1950 to July, 1951. Residency: in
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ophthalmology at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, from July, 1951 to
July, 1952; and at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary from July, 1952
to July, 1953. Practiced at Dhamtari C. P., India from 1945 to 1949;
Keystone, W. Va. for nine months in 1950; Bloomington, 111. at Gailey
Eye Clinic from July 1, 1953, to present time. Practice limited to oph-
thalmology. While in India, he was assistant superintendent of Dham-
tari Christian Hospital at Dhamtari, C. P.; is now on courtesy staff
of Mennonite Hospital. Has been president of the Mennonite Medical
Association, 1951-53. He is a member of the McLean County and Illinois
State Medical Societies, and A. M. A. He married Miss Verna Mae
Burkholder, January 30, 1947; children — Don Lawrence and Robert
Martin.
J. A. VAN HAM was born at Aurora, Illinois, October 28, 1920.
Attended St. Precopious College, Lisle, III. for thi-ee years; graduated
from University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, 111. with B. S.
Degree and M. D. Degree in 1946. Internship: West Suburban Hospital,
Oak Park, 111, Practiced in Ellsworth, 111. from January, 1947 to De-
cember, 1949; now located in Saybrook, 111. where he has engaged in
general practice from January, 1950 to present time. Is on courtesy
staff at Mennonite and St Joseph's Hospitals, Bloomington, 111. Served
in World War II as Apprentice Seaman — V12 at University of
Illinois Medical School, Chicago, 111. He is a member of the McLean
County Medical Society, Illinois State Medical Society, American Acad-
emy of General Practice, and American Medical Association. He mar-
ried Miss Marguerite Mulcay, October 28, 1946; children — Suzanne,
Irene, and Stephanie.
FRANK L. WAKEFIELD was born in Heyworth, Illinois, December
29, 1866. Following graduation from Illinois Wesleyan University,
Bloomington, 111. in 1885, he read medicine with Dr. W. L. Pollock,
Heyworth, 111. Graduated with M. D. Degree from Bellevue Hospital
Medical College, New York, March 10, 1890. Located in Heyworth, 111.
April 1, 1890, and engaged in general practice for fifty-five years until
his retirement in 1945. Held appointments at Brokaw and St. Joseph's
Hospitals, Bloomington, 111. Was local surgeon for the Illinois Central
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R. R. for over fifty years. Awarded the Fifty Year Pin by the Illinois
State Medical Society. He was a member of the McLean County Medical
Society since 1890. and a member of the Illinois State Medical Society.
He married Miss Iris Ryburn. He died September 29, 1952 of bronchial
pneumonia.
RITA WALSH was born at Caguas, Puerto Rico, June 11, 1920.
Graduated with B. S. Degree from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio
Piedros, P. R. in 1939; received B. S. Degree from Columbia University,
New York, N. Y. in 1943; graduated with M. D. Degree cum laude
from the Loyola University Medical School, Chicago, 111., in 1950. In-
terned at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, Los Angeles, Cal. Assistant-
ship: Preceptorship in ophthalmology, Gailey Eye Clinic, Bloomington,
111. Has practiced ophthalmology in Bloomington, 111. from 1951 to pres-
ent time. Holds appointments at Mennonite Hospital, Bloomington, 111.
Held former teaching position at Dartmouth Eye Institute, Hanover,
N. H. as instructor in Physiol. Optics, 1943-45. She is a member of the
McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, and A. M. A.
HAROLD R. WATKINS was born in Bloomington, Illinois, May 15,
1888. Attended Illinois State Normal University, Normal, 111.; grad-
uated with M. D. Degree from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
Pa. in 1920. Internship: Jefferson Medical College Hospital. Special
training included residency at Jefferson Medical College Hospital; post-
graduate study at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School,
Philadelphia, Pa. and the University of Indiana Medical School, Bloom-
ington, Ind. Practiced at Bloomington, 111. from November 1, 1922 to
present time; practice limited to Ear, Nose and Throat. Has held
teaching positions in Brokaw, St. Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals.
Is on active staff of Mennonite Hospital, courtesy staff of St. Joseph's,
and Brokaw Hospitals. Served as Batt. Sgt-Maj. at Base 38 in World
War- 1. He is a member of McLean County and Illinois State Medical
Societies, A. M. A., American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-
Laryngology, Central Illinois Society of Ophthalmology and Oto-Lai-yn-
gology, and American Society of Railroad Surgeons. He married Miss
Helen Frymoyer, November 29, 1923.
Frank L. Wakefield - Rita Walsh - Harold R. Watkins
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Herman W. Wellmerl/ng - Edward C. Williams - Erwin W. Wuerfele
HERMAN W. WELLMERLING was born in September, 1887, in
Bloomington, Illinois. Graduated with B. S. Degree from Illinois Wes-
leyan University, Bloomington, 111. in 1916; with M. D. Degree from
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo. in 1920.
Interned at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., 1920; Mt. Sinai Hospital,
Cleveland, Ohio, 1920-21. Residency: Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.,
Mt. Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. Assistantship : Cleveland Clinic.
Did post-graduate work in 1932 at Vienna, externship — Accident Hos-
pital of Vienna, Austria; Budapest, Hungary; Berlin, Germany; in
1933 at the Mayo Clinic in urology. Practiced at Bloomington, 111. from
1920 to present time. His practice has been general medicine and surgery
until 1930, since then mostly urology. On active staff of St. Joseph's
and Mennonite Hospitals. Served as 1st. Lieut, in World War I from
1917-19; was Captain in Medical Reserve Corps, 1923-38. He is a
member of McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, Amer-
ican Medical Association, Intei-national College of Surgeons, American
Fracture Association, Sec. General, American Association of Industrial
Surgery, Central States Society of Industrial Surgery and Medicine,
Southern Medical Association, North-Central Illinois Medical Society,
and World Medical Association. He married Miss Freda Woleslagel,
November 13, 1922 (deceased) ; one son — Jack Alan.
EDWARD C. WILLIAMS was born October 26, 1874, in McLean
County, Illinois. Attended Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington,
111., 1890-94; graduated with M. D. Degree from Rush Medical College,
Chicago, 111., 1899. Did post-graduate work at Rush Medical College in
1910; at Mayo Clinics in 1920. Engaged in general practice for one
year in Chicago, 111.; one year in Bloomington, 111. in association with
Dr. William Hill; and fifty-two years in Downs, 111. where he is still
practicing. On medical staff of St. Joseph's and Mennonite Hospitals.
Served from 1941 through the duration of World War II as examining
physician, McLean County Board, No. 2, Illinois. Was president of
Downs School Board for eight years; president of the McLean County
Medical Society in 1923; former president of staff of St. Joseph's and
Mennonite Hospitals, Has been elected to membership in the Fifty Year
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Club of the Illinois ;Uate Medical Society. He is a member of the
McLean County and Illinois State Medical Societies, and A. M. A. He
married Miss Alma E. Whitcomb, March 4, 1903; children — Dorothy
E., Howard W., and Edward W.
ERWIN W. WUERFELE was born in Germany on July 16, 1900.
Received the German equivalent of M. S. Degree in 1918, graduating
from the Konigliches Real Gymnasium (Esslingen) ; graduated with
M, D. Degree from the University of Zurich Medical School in 1932.
Interned at Alexian Brothers Hospital, Chicago, 111. Residency: Miseri-
cordia Hospital, Chicago, 111. Engaged in general practice in Carlock,
111., 1938-53; located in Bloomington, 111. in 1953. Has served in the
past on staff of Alexian Brothers Hospital, Chicago, 111. and St. Francis
Hospital, Freeport, 111. Holds appointments at Mennonite and Brokaw
Hospitals at present time. He is a member of the McLean County and
Illinois State Medical Societies and the A. M, A.
C. RICHARD YODER was born June 21, 1914, at West Liberty,
Ohio. Graduated with A. B. Degree from Goshen College, Goshen, Ind.
in 1937; M. D. Degree from Ohio State University Medical School in
1941. Interned at St. Louis City Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., 1941-42. Resi-
dency: in pediatrics at the University of Chicago Clinics, Chicago, 111.,
1945-47. Engaged in the practice of pediatrics in Bloomington, 111. from
December 30, 1947 to September 15, 1950; moved to Elkhart, Indiana in
October, 1950; on May 25, 1953, moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he is
now practicing. While in Bloomington, appointments were in Brokaw,
Mennonite, and St. Joseph's Hospitals. Was instructor in pedriatics at
St. Joseph's Hospital school of nursing, 1948-49. Served as acting assist-
ant surgeon, MSPHS — M. S. Marine Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, from
June 1942 to May, 1943 in World War II; carried on medical relief and
refugee work in Middle East area (Egypt) 1943-45. He is a member of
the McLean County Medical Society, American Academy of Pediatrics
and A. M. A.
LEROY W. YOLTON was born October 14, 1900, in Bloomington,
Illinois. Graduated from the Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington,
C. Richard Yoder • Leroy W. Yolton - John Hartman Ziegler
111. in 1921 as head of his class; member of Phi Kappa Phi fraternity;
graduated with M. D. Degree from Rush Medical College, Chicago, 111.
in 1931. Started practice of medicine and surgery in Bloomington, 111.
in 1933. Was on active staff of Brokaw and Mennonite Hospitals.
Served in World War II as Captain, Medical Corps, U. S. Army from
September 2, 1942 to February 3, 1945, date of his death. Captain
Yolton was killed in action on Luzon Island in the Philippines. The
Dr. Lei'oy W. Yolton Memorial Fund was started by friends in 1947.
This fund was used to establish and equip a library in Dr. Yolton's
memory in the College of Nursing, Silliman University, Philippines.
Over $8,000.00 has been collected, a portion of which provides scholar-
ships for nurses. He was a member of the McLean County and Illinois
State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. He
married Miss Helen Norton, December 26, 1925; childi'en — Martha
June, Leroy William, Jr., and David Wayne.
JOHN HARTMAN ZIEGLER was born December 25, 1881, in Green-
view, Illinois. After attending the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111.,
he graduated with M. D. Degree from St. Louis College of Physicians
and Surgeons, St. Louis, Mo., in 1905. Interned at Jefferson Hospital,
St. Louis, Mo. Was engaged in general practice at Farmer City, 111.,
1905-1954. He was a member of the McLean County and Illinois State
Medical Societies, and A. M. A. He married Miss Clara Louise Squire,
June 19, 1907; children — Virginia (Mrs. L. T. Fruin), Ruth (Mrs.
William Amsler), Margaret (Mrs. Hugh L. Ray, Jr.) Anna Mae and
John D. He died January 21, 1954; cause — carcinoma of the right lung.
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ADDENDA
Very little information can be found concerning the following
physicians:
Sole Ditkowski practiced at Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Children's
School, Normal, 111. in 1940.
Seymour Fisher also located at Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Children's
School in 1935.
Alvin H. Follingstad was elected to membership in McLean County
Medical Society in 1938.
Milton M. Glascoe was located at 313i N. Main St., Bloomington, III.
in 1930-31.
S. J. Huerta practiced in Towanda, 111. in 1937-38.
Frank J. Koenig practiced in Normal, 111. in 1940.
N. M. Koeningsberg practiced in Bellflower, 111. in 1938.
William F. Kuhn II graduated from University of Kansas Medical
School in 1936. Practiced in Bloomington, 111. from 1951 to 1953. Served
in World War II; entered as a Captain May 17, 1942, separated as a
Major in November, 1945, receiving Combat Medical Badge and Unit
Citation. He married Miss Erma Kathleen Mace, RN, AANA, September
5, 1947; children by a former marriage — William Frederick Kuhn III
and Barbara Louise Kuhn.
E. R. Lerwick practiced in Lexington and Bloomington, 111. in 1952.
George E. Morgan practiced in Bloomington, 111. in 1942.
Barbara M. Mounts resigned from the McLean County Medical Society
in 1949.
William L. Penniman practiced in Normal, 111. in 1934.
Sidney S. Schochet was located in Normal, 111. in 1946.
G. E. Seymour practiced in Colfax, 111. in 1936-38.
Clarence P. Wikoff located in Bloomington, 111. in 1934.
C. E. Wittenberg practiced in Danvers, 111. in 1936-38.
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FACTS OF INTEREST
MEMBERSHIP
Biographical sketches of 384 members of the McLean County Med-
ical Society are included in this history: 172 sketches in Book I; 89
sketches in Book II; and 123 sketches in Book III.
BIRTHPLACES OF 358 MEMBERS
Illinois 162
Bloomington — 31
Normal — 2
Ohio 40
Pennsylvania 22
Kentucky 18
Indiana 13
New York 10
Missouri 8
Iowa 7
Germany 6
Virginia 6
Wisconsin 6
Michigan 6
Canada 5
England 5
New Jersey 5
Ireland 3
Kansas 3
Maryland 3
Minnesota 3
Rhode Island 3
Maine 2
Massachusetts 2
Nebraska 2
Oklahoma 2
Tennessee 2
Vermont 1
Paris, France 1
Italy 1
Lithuania 1
Mississippi 1
New Hampshire 1
New Mexico 1
North Carolina 1
Puerto Rico 1
Dresden, Saxony 1
South Dakota 1
Wales 1
Washington 1
Washington, D. C 1
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LOCATION OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS
OF 358 MEMBERS
Name oi Medical School Members Attending
Rush Medical College 59
University of Illinois Medical School 45
Northwestern University School of Medicine 38
Chicago Medical College 23
Ohio Medical College 22
Jefferson Medical College 18
St. Louis College of Physicians & Surgeons 12
University of Michigan Medical School 11
Loyola School, of Medicine 10
Missouri Medical College 9
Louisville Medical College 7
Transylvania University Medical School 6
Eclectic Medical School 6
New York Medical College 6
Barnes Medical College 5
Washington University Medical School 5
Bellevue Hospital Medical School 5
Keokuk Medical College 5
University of Maryland 5
Harvard Medical College 4
Philadelphia Medical College 4
Starling Medical College 4
2 members graduated from 1 member graduated from
medical schools in — medical schools in —
Boulder Col. Yale, New Haven, Conn.
Hahnemann School, Chicago Wabash, Ind.
Woman's Medical College, Baton Rouge, La.
Chicago New Orleans, La.
Bloomington, Ind. Minneapolis, Minn.
Indianapolis, Ind. Kansas City, Mo.
Iowa City, Iowa Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lincoln, Neb. Buffalo, N. Y.
Omaha, Neb. Cornell, Ithaca, N. Y.
Columbus, Ohio Memphis, Tenn.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Burlington, Vt.
Heidelberg, Germany Castleton, Vt.
Washington, D. C.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Rome, Italy
Leipsic, Germany
Zurich, Germany
Geneva, Switzerland
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PATRIOTISM
Members of the McLean County Medical Society who have served
in wars number 136; serving on Medical Examining Boards — 6. Nine
members have served in two wars; while one member, James Robert
Mcintosh, has served in three wars. Two members were killed in the
line of duty during foreign service — Leroy W. Yolton and Charles Roy
Kerr.
Civil War 23
Spanish-American War 2
Crimean War (American surgeon in
Russian Army) 1
World War I 40
World War I (German Army) 1
World War I (Italian Army) 1
World War II 73
Korean War 6
WOMEN DOCTORS
The McLean County Medical Society has had sixteen women doctors
in its membership.
1904 1934
Eliza Dawson Florence Dorothy Ames
Rhoda Galloway Yolton Annie E. Kelso
Eliza J. Hyndman Margaret H. Nelson
Mrs. E. A. Shaw Minnie Alice Phillips
Mrs. E. K. Crothers M. Frietag Savage
E. Martha Bull
1954
Helen Denny
Rachel M. Cooper
Ann Elizabeth Freeman
Bernice Curry McConnell
Rita Walsh
HOSPITAL INSURANCE
First mention of hospital insurance occurs in the minutes of the
May 14, 1940 meeting of the McLean County Medical Society, "Dr.
Casner made a report on 'Hospital Insurance Plans' and motion was
made and carried that McLean County Medical Society endorse any
reliable hospital insurance plan which would be acceptable to our local
hospitals, and would provide patients with their free choice of doctors."
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Family relationships are numerous throughout the membership in
the McLean County Medical Society. The largest family group occurs
in the Sloan-Ball family of six doctors.
Six Members: Brothers — E. P. Sloan, Guy Sloan, and O. J. Sloan.
Their sister was the mother of 0. H. Ball and W. G. Ball. Howard P.
Sloan is the son of E. P. Sloan.
Four Members: Brothers — William A. Elder, Charles S. Elder, and
Guilford D. Elder; Horace W. Elder was the son of William A. Elder.
Three Members: Grandfather — A. L. Fox; son — Ralph Deems
Fox; grandson — Ralph Mcintosh Fox.
Uncle — James Loar; nephew — Nelson Loar; Ralph R. Loar is the
son of Nelson Loar.
Brothers — Charles Menaphe Noble, Joseph Price Noble; Robert
Avery Noble was the son of Charles Noble.
Brothers — William A. Dunn and McCann Dunn; Jeff Dunn was
the son of William A. Dunn.
Father — W. P. Scott; sons — T. C. and Walter E. Scott.
Parents — Rhoda G. Yolton and J. L. Yolton; son — Leroy W.
Yolton.
Two Members: Father and son — Frank Deneen and Owen Deneen;
T. T. Haering and 0. E. Haering; William Mcintosh and James Robert
Mcintosh; James C. McNutt and Justin McNutt; B. P. Marsh and
Walworth Marsh; Charles E. Shultz and Gordon Shultz; Ira E. Vander-
vort and Franklin C. Vandervort.
Uncle and Nephew — Edson B. Hart and Harlan Hart; F. L. Wake-
field and Bard Wakefield.
Brothers — R. L. Atkinson and W. H. Atkinson; Lester B. Cavins
and S. T. Cavins; Charles E. Chapin and H. S. Chapin; George W.
France and John T. France; Ferd C. McCormick and Nelson K. Mc-
Cormick.
Husband and wife — Gilbert B. Causey and Helen Denny (Causey);
E. K. Crothers and Maria L. Crothers; George B. Kelso and Annie E.
Kelso.
FIFTY YEAR CLUB
On March 8, 1938, the McLean County Medical Society held a guest
dinner at Roland's Tea Room in honor of the first member of the Fifty
Year Club of McLean County — Dr. Rhoda G. Yolton. Other members
who have received the Fifty Year Pin from the Illinois State Medical
Society are Drs. Stanley S. Boulton; Thomas Moate, deceased; Ralph
Plummer Peairs; Ora M. Rhodes, deceased; Frank L. Wakefield, de-
ceased; and Edward C. Williams.
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HONORS FOR THE DOCTOR
"I have never had the time," said the old doctor as he looked over
his personal questionnaire, "to accept honorary positions in civic life."
And after the word "Honors" on his questionnaire he firmly wrote
"None."
No honors for the doctor! The very phrase is erroneous. His life
is filled with honors though they may be intangible. His hostages to
fame are the lives he has saved. His medals are the inky footprints of
newborn babies he has ushered into the world. His applause and ex-
pressions of adulation are the prayers of thankfulness wafted toward
heaven by anguished parents.
No title of high rank can compare in greater honor than that of
doctor, for the title of the healer is closest to that of Christ's lifetime
work. No profession holds more courage; the doctor fights as dire a foe
as any soldier — ignorance, disease, death! He builds as marvelous an
edifice as the most eminent architect or engineer, though he builds
with bone and nerves instead of wood and steel. He creates in a delicate
operation as distinguished a performance of virtuosity as the artist
or musician.
Honors for the doctor? No judge in the highest court can vie with
the dignity and nobleness of a doctor's calling; no king has a more
illustrious sceptre or emblem of authority than the old doctor's fifty
year pin. His is the honor to serve humanity. The humblest country
doctor and the most renowned city surgeon reap equal honors in serving
their fellow men with their marvelously trained hands and minds and
hearts.
No honors for the doctor! Rather let us say, "All honors are the
doctor's!"
— Clara Louise Kessler,
Historian
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constitution and by-laws
McLean county medical society
Bloomington, Illinois
REVISED AND ADOPTED NOVEMBER EIGHTH. 1938
CONSTITUTION
Article I. Name
The name and title of this organization shall be the McLean County
Medical Society.
Article II. The Purposes of This Society
The purposes of this Society shall be to organize the physicians of
McLean County so that by frequent meetings and full and frank ex-
change of views the members may secux'e intelligent unity and harmony
in every phase of their labors as will elevate and make effective the
opinions of the profession in all scientific, legislative, public health,
material and social affairs in order that the profession may receive
that respect and support within its own ranks and from the community
to which its honorable history and great achievements entitles it. Its
further purpose is to join with other County Societies and through it
with the other State Associations, to unite with and maintain the
American Medical Association.
Article III. Eligibility
Any registered physician residing and practicing in McLean County
who is of good moral and professional standing and is a citizen of the
United States, and who does not support, practice, or claim to practice
an exclusive system of medicine, shall be eligible for membership.
Article IV. Meetings
Regular meetings shall be held at such time and place as may be
determined by the Society. Special meetings may be called by the Presi-
dent whenever in his judgment the interests of the Society require them
or when requested to do so by five members of the Society. A call for
a special meeting shall state the object of such meeting, at which no
business except that stated in the call shall be transacted.
Article V. Officers
The officers of this Society shall consist of a President, Vice-
President, Secretary-Treasurer, Delegate and Alternate Delegate, and
a Board of Three Censors. These officers, except the Delegate and the
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Board of Censors, shall be elected annually. The Delegate shall be elected
for two years, and in accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws
of the State Society. One member of the Board of Censors shall be
elected each year to serve three years, provided that at the first election
after the adoption of this Constitution one member of the Board shall
be elected for one year, one for two, and one for three years.
Article VI. Funds and Expenses
Funds for meeting the expenses of the Society shall be raised by
annual dues, special assessments and voluntary contributions. Funds
may be appropriated by vote of the Society for such purposes as will
promote its welfare and that of the profession.
Article VII. Amendments
The Society may amend any article of this Constitution by a two-
thirds vote of its members at any regular meeting, provided that such
amendment or amendments are not in conflict with the laws and reg-
ulations of the State Society; provided also, that such amendment shall
have been read in open session at a previous regular meeting and shall
have been sent by mail to each member ten days in advance of the
meeting at which final action is to be taken.
Article VIII. Membership
The Society shall consist of active, honorary and emeritus members.
Any reputable and legally qualified physician who is a citizen of the
United States and a resident of McLean County, and who does not
support, practice or claim to practice sectarian medicine may be eligible
to active membership. Any active member may upon request be elected
to honorary membership. He will not be entitled to the privileges of an
active member, will not have to pay dues, and will no longer be a
member of the State Society.
An active member who has been in good standing for thirty-five
years and has reached the age of seventy years may be elected to
emeritus membership. He may be recommended to emeritus member-
ship in the State Society and when so elected he shall have all the
rights and privileges of an active member without the payment of dues
to this Society or the State Society.
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BY - LAWS
Chapter I. Order of Business
Section 1. The order of business of this Society shall be at all times,
subject to the vote of three-fourths of all the members present. Until
permanently altered, except when suspended for a time, the regular
order of business shall be as follows, unless changed by three-fourths
of the members present:
1. Call to order.
2. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting by the secretary.
3. Report of committees and unfinished business.
4. Board of Censors report. Communications received and read.
5. New business.
6. Report of cases.
7. Program and discussion.
8. Adjournment.
Chapter II. Membership
Section 1. A candidate for membership shall make application in
writing and shall state his age, his college and date of graduation, the
place in which he has practiced, and the date of his registration in
this State. The application must be accompanied by the annual dues
and must be endorsed by two members of this Society. It shall be
referred to the Board of Censors, who shall inquire into the standing of
tlie applicant, assure themselves that he or she is duly registered ac-
cording to the laws of the State, and report at the next regular meeting
of this Society. Election shall be by ballot, and three-fourths of the
votes of the members present and voting shall be necessary to elect.
The application shall be returned to the secretary, who shall file it
for future reference. Applications for membership from rejected candi-
dates shall not again be considered within one year of such rejection.
Section 2. A physician accompanying his application with a trans-
fer card from another component society of this or any State within
sixty days of the issuance of said card, shall be admitted without fee
on a majority vote of the members present, and without the application
being referred to the Board of Censors. Such application may be acted
upon at the meeting at which it is presented on vote of three-fourths
of the members present, otherwise it shall lie over until the next
regular meeting. No annual dues for the current year shall be charged
against such members, provided the iame have been paid to the Society
from which the applicant comes.
Section 3. A physician residing in an immediately adjoining county
may become a member of this Society in like manner and on the same
terms as a physician living in this county, by permission of the society
of the county in which the applicant lives.
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Section 4. A member in good standing who is free from all indebt-
edness to this Society, and against whom no charges are pending, in
case he wishes to withdraw, shall be granted a transfer card. This
card shall give the date the member associated himself with this Society,
the date of issuance of the card, and shall be signed by the President
and the Secretary. It shall be accompanied with a copy of the application
presented at the time the meml>er joined the Society, for information to
the Society to which the mem.ber desires to attach himself.
Section 5. The members of the Society shall be equally privileged to
attend all the meetings; take part in the proceedings, and shall be
eligible to any office of honor within the gift of the Society, so long
as they conform to this Constitution and By-Laws, including the pay-
ment of dues. A member who is under sentence of suspension or expul-
sion shall not be permitted to take part in any of the proceedings, or be
eligible to any office until relieved of such disability. It is further
provided that none of the privileges of membership shall be extended to
any person not a member of this Society except on a majority vote of
the Society in regular meeting.
Section 6. A member who is guilty of a criminal offense or of
gross misconduct either as a physician or as a citizen, or who violates
any of the provisions of this Constitution and By-Laws or the Principles
of Ethics of the American Medical Association, shall be liable to censure,
suspension or expulsion. Charges against a member must be made in
writing and conform to the model procedure laid down for such action
in the Constitution and By-Laws of the Illinois State Medical Society.
Censure or suspension shall require a two-thirds vote of the members
present and voting, and three-fourths vote of those present and voting
shall be required to expel a member. No action shall be taken by the
Society in such cases until at least six weeks have elapsed since the
filing of the charges. A member suspended for a definite time shall be
reinstated at the expiration of the time.
Section 8. Members expelled from this Society for any cause shall
be eligible for membership after one year from the date of expulsion
and on the same terms and in like manner as original applicants.
Chapter II. Powers and Duties
Section 1. This Society shall have general direction of the affairs
of the medical profession of the County, and its influence shall be
constantly exerted to better the scientific, material and social condition
of every physician within its jurisdiction. Systematic efforts shall be
made by each member, and by the Society as a whole, to increase the
membership until it embraces every reputable physician in the County.
Section 2. A meeting shall be held at 6:30 P. M. on the second
Tuesday of the month, September to June inclusive. When advisable
this date may be changed by the officers. Five members shall constitute
a quorum. The officers and the program committee shall profit by the
experience and example of other similar societies, and strive to arrange
for attractive and successful programs for each meeting. Crisp papers,
discussions, and reports of cases shall be arranged for and encouraged,
while tedious and profitless proceedings and discussions shall be avoided
as far as practicable.
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Section 3. The Society shall endeavor to educate its membei's to
the belief that the physician should be a leader in his community in
character, in learning, in dignified and manly bearing, and in courteous
and open treatment of his brother physicians, in order that the profes-
sion may occupy that place in its own and the public estimation to
which it is entitled.
Chapter III, Officers
Section 1, The officers of the Society shall be elected at the
December meeting in each year, which shall be known as the annual
meeting. A nominating committee of three members shall be elected by
the Society at the October meeting and this committee shall report at
the November meeting. It shall present the names of at least one
candidate for each elective office, provided that other names may be
presented at the time of election. Officers elected at the annual meeting
shall take office at the May meeting following the election.
Section 2. The duty of the President shall be to preside at meetings
of the Society, preserve order, state and put all questions and motions
agreeable to the statement and intention of the members, regulate
debates, decide questions and matters in dispute, and perform such
other duties as the By-Laws may require, and also to appoint all
standing committees.
Section 3. The Vice-President shall perform all the duties of the
President in his absence, or when called upon by the latter to preside
in his place. In the absence of both President and Vice-President, a
presiding officer pro tempore shall be elected, and he shall perform
the duties of the President.
Section 4. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep a correct record of
all the transactions of the Society in a book provided for the purpose.
He shall give notice of all meetings, take charge of books and papers
committed to his care, collect all moneys due the Society and pay them
out on the order of the Society signed by the President and counter-
signed by the Secretary. He shall have authority to pay the expenses
of speakers who appear upon the programs but these bills should be
presented for approval at the next regular meeting of the Society.
He shall keep a record of all moneys received and paid out by him,
and shall once a year, or oftener if required by the Society, exhibit a
statement of all receipts and expenditures as Treasurer and shall
deliver up to his successor in office, all books, papers, moneys and
other property in his custody belonging to the Society. At the close
of the year he shall receive an honorarium of not less than tweny-five
dollars. The President shall appoint an auditing committee of two mem-
bers to audit the books and report at the annual meeting.
Section 5. It shall be the duty of the Board of Censors to carefully
examine the professional standing, legal qualifications and moral char-
acter of all applicants for membership and report at the next regular
meeting of the Society. Also to have general oversight over the profes-
sional and ethical conduct of the members, and on receiving the written
complaint of the unprofessional and unethical conduct of a' member
signed by one or more members, they shall immediately investigate
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the charges and if in their judgment the member complained of is
guilty, they shall use their influence to cause such member to discon-
tinue such unprofessional and unethical practice and shall report their
findings in writing at the next regular meeting.
Section 6. The delegate shall attend and faithfully represent the
profession of this County in the House of Delegates of the State Society,
and shall make a report of the proceedings of that body to this Society
at the earliest opportunity.
Section 7. The annual dues shall be $12.00 and shall be payable on
January 1 of each year. The amount of the dues may be changed at
the annual meeting, by a majority vote of those present. Any member
who shall fail to pay his annual dues by April 1 shall be held as
suspended without action on the part of the Society. A member suspended
for non-payment of dues shall be restored to full membership on pay-
ment of all indebtedness. Members more than one year in arrears shall
be dropped from membership in this Society.
Section 8. The fiscal year of this Society shall be from January to
December inclusive.
Section 9. The deliberations of this Society shall be governed by
parliamentary usage as contained in Roberts Rules of Order, unless
otherwise determined by vote.
Section 10. The Principals of Medical Ethics of the American Med-
ical Association shall govern this Society.
Section 11. These By-Laws may be amended, added to or repealed
at any stated meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present.
Provided, that such motion shall be made at a stated meeting and lay
over until a subsequent stated meeting, each member to have notice
of such motion.
Section 12. The Officers of the Society and the Board of Censors
shall constitute an Executive Committee, which may transact any rou-
tine business of the organization, and report the same at its first
subsequent meeting.
Section 13. The standing committees of this Society shall be as
follows :
1. Program.
2. Entertainment.
3. Legislative.
4. Public Relations.
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AMENDMENTS
Article III. Eligibility
(As presented at regular meeting of McLean County Medical Society
on March 11, 1941, and adopted at regular meeting on April 8, 1941.)
Any registered physician residing and practicing in McLean County
who is of good moral and professional standing and is a citizen of the
United States, and who does not support, practice, or claim to practice
an exclusive system of medicine, and who does not contract for the
treatment of employees or members of any fraternal, educational, com-
mercial, or other organization (except with Supervisors of the County
of McLean, city or state governments, or under the provision of the
Workmen's Compensation Act of the State of Illinois) shall be eligible
for membership.
Article VIIL Membership
(Strike out Article VIII and in lieu of part so stricken substitute
following — adopted September 9, 1947.)
Section 1. The Society shall consist of active members, emeritus
members, residency members. Government Service members, past service
m^embers and honorary members.
Section 2. Any reputable and legally qualified physician who is a
citizen of the United States and a resident of McLean County, and who
does not support, practice or claim to practice sectarian medicine may
be eligible to active membership.
Section 3. An active member who has been in good standing for
thirty-five years and has reached the age of seventy years may be
recommended to emeritus membership in the Illinois State Medical
Society, and when so elected by the State Society he shall have all the
rights and privileges of an active member without the payment of dues
to this Society or the State Society.
Section 4. Residency Members. Two years after being licensed to
practice medicine in the State of Illinois, a physician serving full time
as a resident or fellow in an approved hospital in the State of Illinois,
may enjoy all the privilege of full membership at a special rate up to
five years after graduation in medicine. Thereafter the full rate shall
apply. The special rate shall be one-half of the per capita amount
fixed by the Society for active members.
Section 5. Government Service Members. Physicians serving as
medical officers of the United States Army, United States Navy, the
United States Public Health Service and those serving full time in the
Veterans Administration who are members of a component society,
shall be eligible for membership as long as they are engaged actively
in their respective service, and thereafter if they have been retired
on account of age or physical disability or after long and honorable
service under the provisions of an act of Congress.
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Section 6. Past Service Members. A member who has been in good
standing but who has become disabled, may on recommendation of this
society be made a Past Service Member, and have all the rights and
privileges of membership without the payment of dues to this society
or the State Society.
Section 7. Honorary Members. Any active member may upon
request be elected to honorary membership. He will not be entitled to
the privilege of an active member, will not have to pay dues, and will
no longer be a member of the State Society.
BY-LAW
Membership
Each elected applicant shall serve one year of probationary mem-
bership before final election to the membership.
(Introduced December, 1953. Passed January, 1954.)
MEETINGS OF THE McLEAN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
Order of Business
1954
1. Program: Out-of-town speaker.
2. Call to order.
3. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting
by the secretary.
4. Board of Censors report. Communications
received and read.
5. Report of committees.
6. Unfinished business.
7. New business.
8. Adjournment.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We, the undersigned committee, wish to express our
appreciation to Clara Louise Kessler for the way in
which she has assembled the greatly detailed facts
of one hundred years of medical history in McLean
County, and has made them into a book. Her in-
terest in this project has produced not just a book
— she has added flavor by preserving, unchanged,
the historical writing of earlier years; she has un-
folded beauty by portraying faithfulness to the
ideals of the profession as shown in the dedicated
march of a long panorama of doctors; she has dis-
closed adventure and heroism by etching an amazing
patriotic frieze of McLean County soldier-doctors;
she has introduced romance by revealing in the
background of the doctors' lives a charming host
of wives and children; and in a very special way
she has made this volume of history a stepping stone
to inspiration and a guiding post to endeavor for
future generations of McLean County doctors. We
are grateful to her for this achievement.
Signed;
Fred W. Brian
Robert G. Price
Howard P. Sloan
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INDEX
Abbott, Orville L., 63, 99, 119
Absher, A. A., 28
Adams, Edwin M., 28, 63, 101
Adams, H. T., 77
Adams, J, C, 28
Agate, George H., 119
Ahlenius, R. 0., Ill
Ahroon, Carl Jlichard, Jr., 99, 112,
119, 120
Allin, W. H., 77
Allyn, Paul, 28
Ames, Florence Dorothy, 65, 178
Anderson, John, 13
Anderson, S. T„ 22, 28
Anniversary banquet, 1904, 24
Anniversary banquet, 1934, 62
Anniversary banquet, 1954, 98
Anti-tuberculosis Association, 88
Arendt, Albert, 77
Asire, J. L., 22, 28
Atkinson, Robert L., 99, 120, 121,
179
Atkinson, Willis H., 23, 99, 120,
121, 179
Ayling, Charles, 2ij
Bach, W. J., Ill
Bailen, J. Lewis, 99, 121
Bailen, Mrs. J. L,, 102
Baker, Isaac, 77
Balcke, W. B., 28
Ball, 0. H., 23, 63, 64, 65, 99, 121,
122 179
Ball, Wilbur Guy, 99, 122, 179
Ballard, H. F., 28, 65
Ballard, J. L., 65
Ballard, W. J., 29
Bane, Samuel, 29, 65
Banks, J. H., 77
Banta, William E., 65
Barber, Harry Clay, 63, 65, 99,
112, 122
Barkett, Sdddie J., 101, 123
Barnes, Abraham H., 77
Barnes, A. T., 22, 29
Barton, G. W., 29
Bath, Thomas W., 22, 23, 24, 29
Baxter, Raymond E., 99, 112, 123
Beebe, Norman Sylvester, 99, 123,
124
Beedles, Dr., 77
Behrendt, Edmund A., 63, 65, 95,
99, 124
Beich, Paul F., Ill
Bickmore, L, M., 29
Bierman, Helen (Mrs. J. E. Will-
man), 109, 111
Biographical sketches, 1904, 28-52
Biographical sketches, 1934, 65-82
Biographical sketches, 1954, 119-
175
Birthplaces, membership, 176
Bishop, H. H., 65
Bishop, Samuel, 77
Bond, C. Spencer, 99, 124, 125
Bonnett, John Y., 24, 29
Boon, Loren M., 99, 124, 125
Boulton, Stanley Stockwell, 65, 99,
125, 126
Bradley, Robert D., 22, 30, 77
Brian, Clara R., 112
Brian, Fred W., 23, 63, 65, 93, 95,
99, 112, 126, 189
Broad, Walter James, 99, 126
Brokaw, Abraham, 84
Brokaw Hospital, 84, 109
Brokaw Hospital School of Nurs-
ing, 84, 111
Brokaw, Mrs. John A., 112
Brookshire, Martin L., 77
Brown, E. L., 23, 24, 30, 63, 101
Brown, James G., 99, 127
Brown, Mrs. E. 0., 112
Bryan, Fred M., 66, 99
Buckworth, William, 77
Buddrus, David James, 127
Bull, E. Martha, 66, 101, 178
Burgess, Florence, 86
Burke, C. 0., 30, 101
Burner, S..A., 66
Burns, R. R., 30
Burr, Hudson, 111
Burr, L. A., 30
191
Cadet Nurses Corps, Brokaw Hos-
pital, 112
Calvert, Joseph W., 77
Cantle, Herbert C, 63, 99, 127, 128
Cantrell, Thomas D., 23, 63, 66,
88, 95, 101
Carle, Charles, 30
Carr, C. R., 24, 30
Casner, A. James, 23, 63, 64, 66,
95, 101, 128, 178
Causey, Gilbert Bernard, 99, 128,
179
Cavins, Lester B., 63, 66, 95, 101,
120 179
Cavins, S. T., 66, 101, 179
Cerebral palsy treatment, 96, 107
Chapin, Charles E., 23, 24, 30, 95,
179
Chapin, H. S., 24, 30, 179
Chapin, Samuel L., 22, 31
Chapman, A. L., 22, 24, 31
Chapman, R. W., 31
Cheek, Margaret Mae, 111
Cheney, J. H., 13
Chesley, George L., 99, 128, 129
Chew, W. R., 22, 31
Chewning, Jesse, 77
Chione, Alfred G., 99, 129
Clendening, Logan, 62
Cline, David L., 78
Cline, Gerald M., 23, 63, 66, 99,
111, 129, 130
Cody, J. M., 31
Colburn, E. M., 13
Cole, N. B., 22, 31
Condon, J. J., 63, 66
Conklin, Charles A., 99, 129, 130
Conklin, Henry, 14, 32
Constant, William E., 78
Cook, John, 78
Cooper, Rachel Merrill, 63, 67, 131,
178
Copenhaver, John H., 78
Corley, Charles J., 22, 32, 78
Coss, William A., 32
Covey, J. E., 32
Covington, E. G., 32
Craig, J. W., 78
Crist, David L., 14, 22, 32
Crist, D. 0., 22, 32
Crist, Howard C, 22, 32
Crocker, F. L., 67
Cromwell, William, 14, 33
Crothers, E. K., 14, 22, 33, 179
Crothers, Maria L, (Mrs. E. K.),
78, 178, 179
Crowley, Frederick A„ 99, 100, 131
Gumming, Thomas S., 99, 131
Curry, A. Bernice, see McConnell,
B. C.
DaCosta, Albert R., 67
Dally, H. M., 24, 33
Danforth, Henry, 84
Darrah, A. T., 33
Davis, George P., Ill
Davis, W. H., 78
Dawson, Eliza, 33, 178
DeMoss, George 0., 78
Deneen, Frank, 23, 63, 67, 95, 101,
102, 132, 179
Deneen, Owen, 99, 132, 179
Denny, Helen, 99, 132, 133, 178,
179
Dew, Robert R., 99, 100, 133, 134
Ditkowski, Sole, 175
Dobson, John W., 23, 78
Dolley, Homer 0., 23, 63, 67, 101,
111, 133, 134
Dolley, Mrs. H. 0., 112
Donovan, Ophius P., 78
Doud, Ray Wilson, 23, 63, 67, 99,
112, 134
Douglas, D. T., 33
Downs, J. M., 78
Drugs, new wonder, 96, 97, 105
Du Four, Walter, 67
Dunlap, R. W., 33
Dunn, Jeff, 67, 179
Dunn, McCann, 67, 179
Dunn, William A., 67, 179
Elder, Charles S., 34, 179
Elder, George W., 34
Elder, Guilford D., 24, 34, 179
Elder, Horace W., 23, 24, 34, 95,
179
Elder, William A., 14, 22, 34, 83,
179
Elfrink, B. F., 67
Elkins, Garrett, 13
Elliott, J. Norman, 23, 63, 64, 67,
99, 134, 135
Elvidge, Ross E., 99, 116, 135
English, Mrs. Shirley, 111
Enlow, Parke, 111
Espey, Dr., 14
Essig, Maude F., 84, 109, 111
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Estep, Charles S., 78
Eureka Williams Company, 96, 107
Eye Bank, Mennonite Hospital,
103, 140
Fairview Sanatorium, 88, 116
Family relationships, membership,
179
Fee Bill, 1901, 53-55
Fenelon, J. H., 23, 24, 34, 59, 63,
101
Ferguson, Mrs. E. B., 78
Fielding, Floyd E., 67, 101, 135
Fifty Year Club, 125, 157, 159,
162, 171, 179
Finch, John, 14
Fisher, Edward- Johnston, 136
Fisher, Frank C, 23, 63, 67, 101,
116
Fisher, Seymour, 175
Fisher, T. D., 22, 34
Fitzgerald, A. J., 68
Flint, Mrs. Mollie, 86
Follingstad, Alvin H., 175
Forman, Mrs. Elizabeth, 111
Foster, D. M., 24, 35
Fox, A. L., 23, 24, 35, 95, 179
Fox, Ralph D., 23, 68, 179
Fox, Ralph Mcintosh, 136, 179
France, George W., 99, 136, 137,
179
France, John T., 99, 100, 137, 138,
179
France, Mrs. George, 102
France, Mrs. John, 102
Frances, Rev. Mother, 83
Freeman, Ann Elizabeth, 137, 138,
178
Freeman, Asa R., 23, 78, 95
Freese, J. R., 14, 22, 35
Frell, Albert C, 99, 103, 138
Fricke, Raymond W., 99, 138, 139
Fruin Clinic, 139
Fruin, Leon T., 99, 100, 112, 139
Fulwiler, J. W., 24, 63, 68, 101
Funk, Jr., Mrs. Eugene, 112
Furstman, J. M., 68
Gailey Eye Clinic, 103, 140
Gailey, Watson, 23, 63, 68, 95, 99,
103, 115, 139
Galford, G. H., 68, 95
Gallagher, Mrs. Gertrude P., Ill
Galloway, Rhoda, See Yolton, R. G.
Garcia, Donald M., 101, 140
Gardner, Wilfred H., 23, 68, 88, 95
Gaylord, Jarvis, 13
George, C. M., 78
Gernon, T. C, 68
Gill, C. Judson, 35
Glascoe, Milton M., 175
Glasford, Samuel F., 68
Godfrey, F. H., Preface, 23, 24,
35, 88, 95
Goetch, F., 78
Goforth, Eugene G., 140
Golden Jubilee, 24
Golding, Daniel 0., 35
Goldmann, Ernst, 140, 141
Goodfellow, Sumner, 111
Goodheart, John W., 78
Goodwin, Frederick P., 63, 68, 101,
141, 142
Gordon, R. Earl, 35
Graham, J. C, 35
Gray, Elias, 18, 36
Gray Ladies, 105
Greenleaf, Paul, 69, 95
Gregg, Arthur William, 78
Gridley, Gen. A., 13
Griffin, Homer R., 79
Grote, Henry Wallace, 23, 63, 69,
101
Gunn, M. V., 69
Guthrie, William E., 24, 36
Haering, 0. E., 36, 179
Haering, T. T., 36, 179
Haggard, David D., 79
Haig, John, 36
Haines, Thomas H., 13
Hall, J. W., 24, 36
Hallam, William, 36
Hallett, Joseph, 69
Hamilton, Alexander, 79
Hamilton, Charles, 69
Hammers, Lewis Joseph, 36, 69
Hantover, Matthew James, 63, 69,
141, 142
Hardy, C. W., 99, 142
Harris, Harvey L., 79
Hart, Edson B., 37, 63, 95, 101, 179
Hart, Harlan, 69, 179
Hartenbower, George Earl, 23, 63,
69, 99, 100, 112, 143, 144
Haskell, Hiram, 79
Hatcher, W. B., 69
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Hawks, Joseph K. P., 23, 24, 63,
95, 101, 143, 144
Hayes, Harry M., 79
Hayward, C. E., 37
Heath, Dr., 70
Helm, J. Wesley, 99, 144
Henderson, F. H., 23, 63, 64, 70,
99, 144, 145
Henline, J. I., 70
Henry, J. F., 13
Henton, A. T., 37
Hermayer, Stephen, 144, 145
Herrin, W. V., 109
Herrington, Roland Eugene, 145
Herrmann, Edward R., 70
Hersey, Max F., 99, 145, 146
Hiett, J. M., 79
Hill, William, 22, 37
Hippocratic Oath, frontispiece
Historical sketch, McLean County
Medical Society, 13, 61, 95
Holderness, Edward P. G., 37
Holmes, Lydia, 116
Hoopes, Benamin F., 99, 112, 146
Hoover, Z. L., 14, 37
Horine, Elmer S., 79
Horn, W. L., 37
Hospital insurance, 178
Hospitals, Bloomington-Normal,
niinois, 83, 84, 86, 88, 96, 105,
109, 113, 116
Houk, Mrs. Preston, 102
Houk, Preston Swarner, 99, 100,
146
Howell, Harry Lee, 23, 63, 70, 95,
101, 147
Hubbard, Silas, 37
Huerta, S. J., 175
Hulick, L. P., 63
Hull, M. D., 24, 38, 84
Hyndman, Eliza J., 22, 38, 178
Iron lung, Bloomington substitute,
96, 107
Irwin, George Earl, 99, 100, 147
Irwin, Lawrence L., 63, 70, 95, 101
Jackman, F. 0., 24, 38
Jenkins, David Meredith, 23, 99,
100, 112, 147, 148
Jenson, James, 23, 63, 64, 70, 101,
148
Johnson, E. B., 38
Johnson, Evelyn G., 109
Johnson, John 0., 70
Johnson, L. M., 63, 70, 101
Johnston, James, 70
Jones, Albert Gallatin, 38
Jones, C. Carroll, 23, 63, 64, 70,
99, 148, 149
Jones, Frederick W., 70
Jones, John F,, 71, 79
Jones, L. M., 79
Jones, Mark C, 79
Jones, Richard H., 79
Jordan, N. F., 22, 38
Kaeser, A. F., Preface, 23, 24, 38
Keckler, Ailleen, 111
Keith, L. S., 38
Kell, O. A., 38
Keller, Alvin, 63, 71, 101
Kelso, Annie E. (Mrs. George B.),
71, 178, 179
Kelso, George B., 63, 71, 179
Kelso Sanitarium, 86
Kerr, Charles Roy, 63, 71, 101, 178
Kerr, S. L., 39
Kessler, Clara Louise, 180, 189
Keys, T. W., 39
King, Rev. J. H., 86
Kinsinger, John, 86
Kionka, Paul Frederick, 148, 149
Kirk, William J., 39
Knapp, Macie N., 84, 109
Koenig, Frank J., 175
Koeningsberg, N. M., 175
Kopf, M. S. 39
Kuhn, William F., 99, 175
Kunkler, J. E., 39
Lackey, James S., 39
Laing, R. A., 71
Lambrecht, Paul, 149, 150
Langsdale, Guy H., 63, 71, 101,
149, 150
Langstaff, Henry W., 79
Lantz, Mrs. Evelyn, 111
Laughlin, R. G., 22, 39
Law, Edward Frederick, 79
Lehman, Julius, 40
Lerwick, E. R., 175
Liewen, Benedict, E. A., 150
Lindley, William, 79
Little, Jehu, 22, 24, 40
Livingston, A. Edward, 23, 99, 100,
104, 150, 151
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Loar, James, 71, 179
Loar, Nelson, 71, 179
Loar, Ralph R., 23, 63, 72, 99, 151,
179
Lowrey, Joseph E., 79
Luce, A. H., 14, 22, 40, 83
Luce, Hiram C, 22, 40
Lyman, Homer C, 99, 151, 152
McCann, James, 72
McClelland, William A., 79
McConnell, Bernice Curry, 23, 63,
72, 99, 116, 152, 178
McConnell, L. C, 79
McCormick, Ferd C, 41, 63, 95,
101, 116, 179
McCormick, Nelson K., 22, 41, 179
McDonald, C. R., 79
McElhiney, Philip P., 72, 101
McFarland, David H., 41, 79
McGee, George R., 63, 72, 99
McGinnes, Harold Proctor, 99, 100,
152, 153
McHugh, Uriah C, 80
Mcintosh, James Robert, 63, 99,
152, 153, 179
Mcintosh, William, 41, 101, 179
McKenzie, John P., 22, 41
McKinney, David R., 80
McKnight, William, 72
McLean County Medical Society
Anniversary, 50th, 24
Anniversary, 80th, 62
Anniversary, 100th, 98
Constitution & By-Laws, Orig-
inal, 15-18
Constitution & By-Laws, Re-
vised, 1904, 19-21
Constitution & By-Laws, 1938
Revision, 181-188
Enrollment, 1934, 63
Enrollment, 1954, 99
Fee bill, 1901, 53-55
Historical sketch, 1904, 13
Historical sketch, 1934, 61
Historical sketch, 1954, 95
Membership, 176
Military service, 178
Officers, 1854-1954, 22, 23
Officers, 1934, 64
Officers, 1954, 100
Organization, 14
McLean County Tuberculosis Asso-
ciation, 116
McNeely, George Bradley, 99, 100,
153, 154
McNertney, Francis D., 99, 154
McNutt, James Carson, 23, 62, 63,
64, 72, 99, 154, 179
McNutt, Justin C, 99, 155, 156,
179
Mahon, William, 80
Major, John M., 80
Major, Laban S., 80
Mammen, Ernest, 23, 24, 41, 63, 84,
88, 95, 101
Markowitz, Benjamin, 63, 72, 99,
112, 156
Marquis, Vincent B., 23, 63, 72, 99,
112, 116, 156
Marsh, B. P., 72, 179
Marsh, Walworth, 72, 179
Marshall, Joseph, 72
Martin, E., 80
Mason, George W., 42
Matheson, W. A., 109
May, E. R., 63
May, Frank E., 80
Medical schools, Attendance of, 177
Memorial Library, 104
Memoriam, In, 101
Mennonite Hospital, 86, 103, 104,
113
Mennonite Hospital Eye Bank, 103
Mennonite Hospital School of
Nursing, 86, 113, 115
Methodist Episcopal Deaconess So-
ciety, 84
Meyer, A. W., 23, 24, 42, 59, 63,
95, 101
Meyers, James F., 42
Military service record, 178
Miller, Rev. Allen, 86
Miller, J. M., 42
Mir*nick, Edwin M., 63, 64, 73, 101
Mitchell, Mrs. Gwendolyn, 111
Mittan, Frank J., 42
Mix, Frances, 109, 111
Moate, Thomas, 101, 157, 179
Monroe, J. A., 73, 80
Montgomery, James, 42
Moore, D. O., 43
Moore, John P., 43
Moratz, Paul, 84
Morgan, George E., 175
Morris, Arthur J., 80
Morrow, Samuel, 73
Mounts, Barbara M., 175
195
Mullen, Thomas R., 24, 43, 101
Munson, Ruth, 111
Needels, Louis J., 73
Nefberger, William E., 73
Nelson, Margaret H., 73, 178
Nelson, Paul R., 99, 157
Niven, J. S., 80
Noble, Charles Menaphe, 22, 24,
43, 84, 88, 116, 179
Noble, Harrison, 14, 22, 43
Noble, Joseph Price, 23, 24, 43, 179
Noble, Robert Avery, 23, 24, 44,
95, 179
Noble, Stephen Wood, 14, 22, 44
Noggle, Perry L., 80
Nord, Mrs. Stanley, 102
Nord, Stanley K., 99, 100, 157, 158
Nurses' Home, Mae E, Mecherle
Memorial, 111
Nurses' Training School, Brokaw
Hospital, 84, 111
Nurses' Training School, Mennon-
ite Hospital, 86, 113, 115
Nurses' Training School, St. Jos-
eph's Hospital, 83, 108
Nusbaum, D. H., 44, 84
O'Connell, Edmund, 88
O'Neil, George J., 99, 158
Orner, C. T., 22, 24, 44
Packson, Rachel S., 80
Parke, Charles Ross, Preface, 14,
22, 24, 44, 59, 83
Parker, Robert J., 99, 100, 158
Parkhurst, F. J., 22, 24, 45
Parkhurst, Harvey, 22, 45
Patch, William, 45
Peairs, Mrs. Myra S., 102
Peairs, Ralph Plummer, 23, 63,
64, 73, 99, 102, 112, 158, 159
Penniman, A. R., 45
Penniman, William L., 63, 95, 175
Phillips, Frances A., 80
Phillips, Minnie Alice, 73, 178
Pierce, J. R., 45
Pioneer doctors, 13, 61
Piper, R. S., 80
Pliura, Vitautas K., 99, 159, 160
Pollock, W. L., 45
Preface, Book II, 59
Preface, Book III, 93
Prenzler, L. H., 99, 159, 160
Price, Robert G., 93, 99, 100, 160,
189
Quay, Russell Arthur, 101, 161
Raber, Daniel D., 23, 63, 64, 73,
95, 99, 161
Read, J. W., 22, 145
Read, Mrs. William G., 112
Reedy, E. S., 23, 24, 45
Reedy, W. H., 46
Remby, Rinehard, 80
Rensberger, Mrs. Esther, 111
Reynolds, H. D., 80
Rhodes, Ora M., 23, 63, 73, 95, 101,
161, 179
Rice, A. C, 80
Rice, Eli Vestal, 80
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 103
Ritter, Charles W., 63, 73, 101
Roberts, C. B., 80
Roberts, R. B., 80
Roe, E. R., 14, 22, 46
Roff, John, 81
Rogers, A. E., 24, 46, 81, 95
Rogers, Thomas P., 14, 22, 46
Ross, Edward, 73
Rost, Theodore A., 63, 74, 112
Rudolphi, G. W., 81
Rue, George H., 81
Rupp, Rev. Benjamin, 86
Rypins, Edwin Louis, 101, 162
Rypins, Mrs. Edwin, 102, 111
Sageser, Joseph S., 81
St. Joseph's Hospital, 83, 96, 105
St, Joseph's Hospital School of
Nursing, 83, 108
Sanders, John F., 81
Sanderson, Charles R., 81
Sargent, E. E., 22, 24, 46, 101
Sater, Charles C, 46
Savage, M. Frietag, 23, 74, 178
Sayers, Frank E., 74, 95
Schell, Edward E., 81
Schochet, Sidney S., 175
Schreiber, Rev. Father, 83
Schultheis, Miss, 111
Scott, John E., 162, 163
Scott, Mrs. Mary Cade (Mrs, Her-
man Smith), 111
Scott, T. C, 23, 63, 74, 99, 100,
162, 163, 179
196-
Scott, Walter Edward, 99, 163, 164,
179
Scott, W. P., 74, 101, 179
Seymour, G. E., 63, 175
Shafer, Harry L., 81
Shaw, Mrs. E. A., 22, 46, 178
Shinall, Harold L., 99, 164
Shinall, Mrs. Harold L., 102
Shinn, R. W., 24, 46
Shipley, Alice, 111
Shultz, Charles E., 63, 74, 95, 101,
116, 179
Shultz, Gordon H., 99, 164, 179
Shultz, Mrs. Gordon H., 102
Simmons, Lloyd H., 81
Sister Mary Bonaventura, 108
Sister Mary Brigitta, 108
Sister Mary Cecelia, 108
Sister Mary Celine, 107, 108
Sister Mary Cyriaca, 107
Sister Mary Loyola, 108
Sister Mary Theddea, 108
Sister Mary Veneranda, 107
Skaggs, L. H., 46
Sloan, Edwin Plummer, 23, 63, 64,
86, 95, 101, 113, 165, 179
Sloan, Guy A., 23, 63, 74, 99, 165,
166, 179
Sloan, Howard Parks, 23, 63, 74,
93, 99, 165, 166, 179, 189
Sloan, O. J., 74, 179
Smith, G. M., 22, 47
Smith, George R., 22, 24, 47
Smith, J. Whitefield, 23, 24, 47, 59,
63, 95, 101
Smith, Lee, Preface, 22, 24, 47, 83
Smith, P. A., 81
Smith, Thomas E., 99, 166, 167
Soltz, Gustav Deane, 166, 167
Spear, L. E., 47
Sperry, Mrs. Joann, 111
Sprunger, Rev. John A., 84, 86
Stahl, E. T., 22, 48
Staling, W. J., 81
Stedman, F. P., 81
Stein, J. H., 48
Stephenson, George W., 63, 75, 99,
112, 166, 167
Stephenson, Mrs. Charles, 112
Sterbini, Domenic Albert, 99, 168
Stevens, S. L., 48
Stevenson, Edgar McLean, 23, 63,
64, 75, 99, 100, 104, 112, 168
Stevenson, Mrs. E. M., 112
Stewart, A. E., 48
Stickley, William T., 63, 75
Stipp, George W., 14, 48
Stretch, E. M., 48
Stricklin, Mrs. B., Ill
Stubblefield, Frank A., 48
Student nurse loan funds, 102
Suggett, J. M., 49
Summers, Edward, 81
Sweeney, John, 49, 83
Swinehart, Bertham 0., 81
Switzer, Howard, 81
Talbert, Charles W., 81
Tannus, Ferris F,, 81
Taylor, Eugene E., 168, 169
Taylor, E. M. K., 24, 49
Taylor, J. A., 81
Taylor, James Branch, 24, 49, 88
Taylor, Mrs. Eugene, 102
Taylor, Thomas M., 49
Tenbrook, Andrew, 81
Tenney, A. P., 50
Theobald, Paul G., 99, 100, 169,
170
Thomas, Ezekiel, 75
Thomas, James H., 75
Thompson, 0. M., 23, 63, 75, 101
Thresh, J. M., 82
Tindle, Mrs. E., Ill
Toast — "The Doctor's Wife", 25-
27
Trigger, Harry W., 63, 75
Troyer, Dana 0., 99, 169, 170
Troyer, Rev. E., 86, 113
Tuberculosis treatment, 116
Turner, Frank* 50
Tuthill, John A., 50
Van Alstine, Guy, 82
Vandervort, Franklin Cady, 22, 23,
24, 50, 95, 179
Vandervort, Hattie Morehouse, 25
Vandervort, Ira A., 82, 179
Van Doren, S. H., 82
Van Doren, William H., 75
Van Ham, J. A., 99, 170
Vogel, Irma, 111
Volz, Frederick, 82
Wakefield, Bard, 75, 179
Wakefield, Frank L., 23, 63, 101,
116, 170, 171, 179
Wakefield, Homer, 82
197-
Wallis, Marshall, 76
Walsh, Rita, 99, 171, 178
Ward, Nathaniel Parker, 50
Washburn, George A., 109
Waters, J. M., 50
Waters, J. W., 50
Waters, Z., 82
Watkins, Harold R., 23, 63, 76, 99,
171
Watson Gailey Eye Foundation,
103, 140
Watson Gailey Eye Foundation
Digest, 140
Webber, Peter, 82
Weiland, E. G., 24, 51
Welch, F. J., Preface, 22, 24, 51
Wellmerling, Herman W., 23, 63,
76, 99, 115, 172
Wheeler, David, 13
White, John L., 22, 51, 84
Wikoff, Clarence P., 175
Williams, Edward C., 23, 63, 76, 99,
172
Williams, E. E., 82
Williamson, William T., 76
Wilson, Edwin M., 82
Wilson, Milton C, 51, 82
Winter, H. A., 22, 51
Wittenberg, C. E., 175
Woman's Auxiliary, 102
Women doctors, membership, 178
Women's Service League, Brokaw
Hospital, 112
Wood, Dr., 76
Wooley, Elijah, 76
Woolsey, G. R., 76
Worrell, Thomas F., 14, 22, 51, 83
Wright, S. B., 51
Wuerfele, Erwin W., 99, 172, 173
Wunderlich, R., 52, 83
Yoder, C. Richard, 173
Yolton, J. L., 24, 52, 95, 179
Yolton, Leroy W., 63, 76, 101, 173,
178, 179
Yolton Memorial Fund, Dr. Leroy
W., 174
Yolton, Rhoda Galloway, 22, 24,
52, 63, 101, 178, 179
Young, William M., 23, 63, 64, 76,
101
Ziegler, John Hartman, 63, 101,
173, 174
Zinn, Julian W., 77
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