John Copeland Bateson

BATESON, PIKE

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Date: 7/6/2020 at 12:53:08

Born Ion, Allamakee Co., Ia., July 25, 1854; studied Hillsdale College; Crozer Theological Seminary 1877-1878; M.D. 1885, New York University; graduated 1890; American Institute of Anthropology and Psychology; 1900, Am of Drugless Healing; member Red Men, P.O.S. of A.F. & A.M., American Medical Association, Volunteer Medical Service Corps; mission and Sabbath School work, teacher in Neb.; rep. and org. American Medical Association; practiced medicine over 35 yrs. Scranton, Pa.; author: Book on Knifeless Surgery 1900; Philosophy of Human Sympathy 1920; Philosophy and Poetry of Love 1913; medical and Christian missionary work; address: Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Pa.

~source: Alphabetic biographical catalog, the Crozer Theological Seminary, 1855-1933; Supplement to The Seminary Bulletin, April, 1933; pg 34-35

Notes:
Where possible, the transcriber has typed out words in the biography that were abreviated in the original by using the list of abbreviations used in the Catalog on pg 9.

Additional information:

1860 U.S. census, Linton twp., Allamakee co. IA:
Edward Bateson, 25, day laborer, b. Ireland
R.L. Bateson, 26, housekeeper, b. OH
John C. Bateson, 6, b. IA
Lavina Bateson, 3, b. IA
Sarah Bateson, 1, b. IA

John C. Bateson of Postville, Iowa appears in the Hillsdale College catalog, as a member of the junior preparatory class in 1876. (Ancestry database, U.S. School Catalogs)

In the 10th Annual Catalogue of the Crozer Theological Seminary, Upland, Penn. 1877-8, He is listed as a member of the Junior Class, his residence as Pottsville, Iowa [Postville, Iowa]

Died Lancaster co., West Donegal twp., PA 11/15/1932, at the Masonic Homes Hospital, aged 78y 3m 20d
Born 7/25/1854 at Ion, Iowa
Occupation: retired Physician
Married to Adah R. Bateson
Father: Edward Bateson, b. Northern Ireland
Mother: Roxa L. Pike, b. Ohio
Buried Masonic Homes Cemetery
source: Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1964, Ancestry database