Macy, David (Dr.)

MACY, GIBSON, LEE, CRUNKSHANK

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 7/1/2019 at 20:16:58

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa, (Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), pp 545-46:

"DR. DAVID Macy, deceased, was one of the old and honored pioneers of Pleasanton, Hamilton Township, with whose interests he was identified for many years. He was a native of North Carolina, born in the year 1824. At the age of fifteen years, he accompanied his parents to Grundy County, Missouri, where he studied medicine with Dr. Thompson, one of the first practicing physicians in that part of the State. He was married at the age of eighteen years to Miss Caroline Gibson, who was born in Davis County, Missouri. He began the practice of medicine at Bethany, Missouri, at the age of twenty-three years. His wife died in 1853, leaving at her death three children - E. C., a successful physician of Pleasanton; Naomi, who died in 1875, aged twenty-seven years, and Cynthia. Dr. Macy was again married, in 1854, to Miss Sarah Lee, by who he had three children, of whom only one is now living, named Odious. The names of those deceased are Viola and Orvilla. In 1855 Dr. Macy removed with his family to Pleasanton, Decatur County, where his wife died, in 1858. He was a third time married, in 1863, to Miss Margaret Crunkshank, of Decatur County, who is now a resident of Jamesport, Missouri. The doctor resided at Pleasanton until 1873, where he had a large and successful practice, his circuit extending from thirty to forty miles. In 1873 he removed to Jamesport, Missouri, where he lived till 1880, his death occurring in that year. The doctor was a self-made man in every respect, and at his death left many warm friends. He was a member of the Odd Fellows order."

(Submitted to the Decatur County GenWeb site by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com)