CLEAVES, Prentiss B., M. D - 1914

CLEAVES, INGALLS, DELAPLANE

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Date: 7/1/2009 at 12:49:08

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

PRENTISS B. CLEAVES, M. D.

For a decade Dr. Prentiss B. Cleaves has been engaged in the practice of medicine in Cherokee and displays more than ordinary skill in surgery. Thorough college training and wide reading have made him thoroughly well informed concerning the principles of medicine and his careful diagnosis of his cases leaves little doubt as to the result. He is yet a comparatively young man and the future undoubtedly holds in store for him continued success. He was born in Cook county, Illinois, in 1879, and is a son of Benjamin L. and Mary B. (Ingalls) Cleaves, the former a brother of Dr. R. L. Cleaves. Benjamin L. Cleaves died in the year 1883, after which his widow went to Maine, and in the public schools of that state Dr. Prentiss B. Cleaves pursued his early education. Subsequently he entered the University of Michigan and was graduated from the medical department with the class of 1902. He then located for practice in Ann Arbor, remaining in that city for a year, but in 1903 removed to Cherokee, where he has since remained. Here he conducts a general practice and, although he does not specialize in any particular line, he does a large amount of surgery. He is thoroughly conversant with the study of anatomy and the component parts of the human body and his coolness in emergencies, combined with his scientific knowledge, has made him very skilful in this branch of the profession.
In 1906 Dr. Cleaves was united in marriage to Miss Jane Delaplane, of Tip- ton, Iowa, and they have become the parents of two children, Prentiss B., Jr., and Richard D. Their home is a hospitable one and its good cheer is enjoyed by many friends. In his political views Dr. Cleaves is an earnest republican but not an office seeker. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while along strictly professional lines he is connected with the Cherokee County and the low? State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. That he is esteemed and respected by his fellow practitioners, who know him best, is indicated in the fact that three times he has been elected to the office of president of the County Medical Society. His brethren speak of him in terms of confidence and high regard and the general public recognize his ability and trustworthiness.