North, J. E., M.D.

NORTH, KILGORE

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner
Date: 7/25/2006 at 11:02:40

NORTH, J.E., M.D.

J. E. North, M.D., is one of the popular and successful physicians of Rock Rapids, and owes much of his popularity not less to his thorough mastery of his calling than he does to his courteous and gentlemanly demeanor, his readiness to accommodate his patrons, and his honest and manly character.

Dr. North was born in Madison, Wisconsin, February 17, 1869, and in his third year was taken by his parents to a farm near Joliet, Illinois, where he was reared to manhood. In early youth he attended the district school, and in later years was a graduate of the Joliet high school. For some three years he was bookkeeper and stock keeper for a Joliet firm, and for about the same length of time was a postal clerk in the service of the United States Government. After the expiration of this second three-year period he became a student at the Hahnemann College, of Chicago, and completing a four-year course, graduated in 1895. During these four years he gave special attention to hospital practice, in which he took a post graduate course. After spending a few months in determining the most desirable location, he opened an office in Rock Rapids. Here he has been very successful in building up a large practice, in which he is greatly assisted by his wife, who is also a graduate of the same college and a member of the class of 1895 with her husband. They were married the year of their graduation. She is a stepdaughter of Dr. Kilgore, of Luverne, Minnesota, under whose supervision her medical studies were pursued. She has taken a post graduate course in nursing, and is regarded as a very capable physician. She is the mother of two children, Will Carlton, and Clarence Philbrick. Her ancestors came from Holland and settled in the east.

Selah P. North, father of Dr. North, was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and was long an active miller. He is still living on a farm near Joliet, though he has been retired from active business for many years. His father also bore the name of Selah North, and was a direct descendant of John North, who came from New England in 1636, and made a home near New Haven, Connecticut. From him come many descendants, and the North family tree is a large one.

Dr. North belongs to the Blue Lodge and Chapter and Commandery of the Masonic fraternity, and is a member of Palladium Lodge, No. 91, Knights of Pythias, where he has occupied in turn all the official chairs. For three terms he has been its representative at Grand Lodge. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, while he and his wife belong to the People's church.

Source: Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Lyon County, Iowa. Published under the Auspices of the Pioneer Association of Lyon County. Geo. Monlun, Pres.; Hon. E. C. Roach Sec’y; and Col. F. M. Thompson, Historian. Geo. A. Ogle & CO., Published, Engravers and Book Manufacturers. Chicago, 1904-1905

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