Knowles, H. S.

KNOWLES

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 9/4/2008 at 13:43:56

H. S. Knowles

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.137, Knox Twp.)
H. S. Knowles, M. D., Avoca, born in New York State in 1827, came here from Findley's Lake, N. Y., where he had been practicing medicine for five years; graduated in 1857, at the Kalamazoo College, Michigan, and took his medical courses in the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, in the winter of 1874-75, and in the Chicago Homeopathic College in the winter of 1877. The Doctor's first practice was in Wisconsin, where he practiced for six years. Going to New York, he practiced five years, when he moved here, where he has practiced for twelve years. Subject's office is at his house, where he keeps a large stock of homeopathic medicines. He and his wife are engaged with son-in-law, the firm being known as P. C. Backus & Co., in a 99-cent store, containing an endless variety of fancy goods and furniture, and are doing an extensive business. Subject was married, December 25, to Miss M. L. Francisco. Her father, B. S. Francisco, was born just after the parents came from France, and her family are noted for their longevity. Her father, joining the army when he was over sixty years old, is still living at the age of eighty-two. One of her great-uncles lived to be one hundred and twenty-four years old. Her mother died in November, 1881, at eighty-three years old. Dr. Knowles' ancestors are also long-lived. His mother died at the age of eighty-four. His grandparents (Knowles) lived to be between ninety and one hundred years old. Dr. and Mrs. Knowles had five children, but only three are living - one daughter, at home; one daughter, Mrs. Backus, is in a large fancy store in Omaha; the other daughter, Mrs. J. J. Hipsley, is in a wholesale and retail book store in Fort Dodge, this State. The Doctor has quite an extensive business in Avoca and surrounding country.