QUINN, Charles Fuller, M. D. - 1914

QUINN, FULLER, EARL

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914

CHARLES FULLER QUINN, M. D.

Dr. Charles Fuller Quinn, of Cherokee, is a selfeducated and selfmade man, whose advancement along intellectual and financial lines is attributable entirely to his own efforts. Laudable ambition prompted him at the outset of his career and his deep interest in his chosen life work constitutes one of the basic elements in his success. A native of Wisconsin, he was born in 1859, a son of John and Sarah J. Fuller, the former a farmer by occupation. They went to California in 1861, crossing the country by wagon, there being eight hundred wagons in the train. There the father died the following year, after which the mother returned to New York by way of the isthmus of Panama. A sister of our subject also died in California, but the mother took her sons Charles and Albertus and his younger sister back to New York. They had to walk across the Isthmus because she had no money to pay their fare. After landing at New York city they proceeded to the home of her husbands father near Buffalo, New York. At a later period Mrs. Fuller went to Wisconsin, afterward to Iowa and subsequently to Illinois, and her last days were spent in Chicago, where she died at the age of fiftyfive years.

Left fatherless at an early age, Charles Fuller was adopted in 1868 by Hollis S. Quinn of Bureau county, Illinois, and took his name. He was then a lad of nine years. In 1870 the Quinns came to Cherokee, finding here a pioneer district. They camped for two weeks where the Fountain House well is now seen. Mr. Quinn then purchased a farm near Meriden, wheron he lived for a few years, and then removed to Sioux Falls.

Dr. Quinn at that time remained in Cherokee county. From an early age he has made his own way in the world. He made it possible to acquire the education that has prepared him for important professional service. Praiseworthy ambition has actuated him from his youth and his determined purpose and unfaltering perseverance have constituted the foundation upon which he has built his success. In early manhood he became a registered pharmacist but afterward studied medicine and was graduated from the Sioux City College of Medicine with the class of 1894. Again in 1896 he took postgraduate work there and also pursued courses of study in the PostGraduate School of Chicago in 1900. He likewise took post-graduate work in the South Bend (Ind.) College of Optics. While he engages in general practice, he specializes to a considerable extent in the treatment of diseases of the eye and has gained a well merited reputation as an able oculist. He formerly served as president of the county medical society and he also belongs to the Iowa State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is now vice president of the County Medical Society and he does all in his power to uphold the high standards of professional service. He reads broadly, thinks deeply and his conclusions constitute a valuable element in restoring health to many patrons.

On the 5th of December, 1885, Dr. Quinn was united in marriage to Miss Ella E. Earl, of Meriden, and unto them have been born three children: Arthur, a pharmacist living at Gushing, Woodbury county, Iowa, where he is conducting business as proprietor of a fine drug store under the name of C. F. Quinn & Son; Raymond, who was killed on the railway near Meriden, February 6, 1906, when fourteen years of age; and Clarence, at home.

Dr. Quinn is an advocate of democratic principles, which he supports by his ballot. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen and is a prominent Mason, having attained high rank in both the York and Scottish Rites, while in his life he exemplifies the beneficent spirt of the craft. His practice affords him ample opportunity to utilize the principles of Masonry, which he does to the benefit of his fellowmen.