GARFIELD, L. K., M. D.

GARFIELD

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Date: 5/19/2005 at 16:35:41

Biography reproduced from page 284 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

L. K. Garfield, M. D., the oldest practicing physician in this county, was born May 6, 1820, in Langdon, Sullivan Co., N. H. He was reared and educated in his native State. When twenty-one years of age he entered the office of Dr. Graves of Langdon, and commenced the reading of medicine. Two years later he attended the Vermont Medical College, his last course in that college being in 1846. He afterward attended the Missouri Medical College; the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, and the Rush Medical College of Chicago. Soon after his last term at the Vermont Medical College he emigrated to Tioga Co., Penn., where he commenced the practice of medicine in partnership with Dr. Krouse, which he continued eight years. He then moved to Schuyler Co., N. Y., and continued his practice until 1865, when he emigrated to Algona, Kossuth Co., Iowa, where he still follows his profession. At this time the county was sparsely settled and his rides were long and dreary, his only guide being the sun and wind by day and the stars by night. Dr. Garfield has been continuously engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery for over thirty-seven years; yet he is well preserved for a man of over sixty-four years. He is a very positive man, and when he makes up his mind no power on earth can move him from his purpose, and in most instances it will be found that he is correct. By his high social endowments and his skill and success in his profession, he has gained many warm and ardent friends, and by his positive character he has made some bitter enemies. Much of his success in life may be attributed to his high professional attainments, skill and success in practice.