Waterman, Joseph C.

WATERMAN

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Date: 3/28/2010 at 02:01:06

The practice of medicine claims the time and energies of Dr. Joseph C. Waterman, of Council Bluffs, who for twenty-one years has been located here in the active work of his profession. A native of New England, he was born in Albany, Vermont, in the year 1859, and there lived to the age of six years, when the family removed to St. Lawrence county, New York. There he continued for about five years, after which he accompanied his parents to Iowa, the family home being established in Ames, where he acquired the greater part of his education through attendance at the common schools and as a student in Ames College.

Having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, Dr. Waterman began preparation for that calling by attending lectures in the Iowa State University and later he continued his studies in Drake Medical College, at Des Moines, Iowa, from which he was graduated with the class of 1886. Having thus qualified for professional service he located at Council Bluffs, where he has since remained, and he has made continued advancement in knowledge and ski11 through his experience, research and close study. He has also kept in touch with the onward march of the profession through his membership with the American Medical Association, the State Medical Society and the Pottawattamie County Medical Society and the Council Bluffs Medical Society.

In 1887, in Ames, Iowa, Dr. Waterman was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Stucklagler. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The only offices that he has ever held have been along the line of his profession, he having served as coroner of Pottawattamie county and as city physician of Council Bluffs. His life has in many respects been quietly passed but the force of his character, his strong individuality and his devotion to his professional duties have gained him recognition as one of the representative men of western Iowa.