Treynor, Vernon L. (1866-1939)

TREYNOR

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Date: 10/22/2019 at 09:25:35

Vernon Lawrence Treynor
Sep 28, 1866 - June 12, 1939

(Who's Who in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1920, compiled and edited by F. C. Lake & L. N. Prince)
V. L. Treynor, Physician and surgeon, Council Bluffs; born Council Bluffs, lowa, Sept. 28, 1866; Protestant; Republican; educated High School; Doctor of Medicine, University of Iowa, 1891; married Susie C. Clark, Oct. 12, 1891, Iowa City, Iowa; children, Thos. P., Jack V.; professor, physiology College of Medicine, University of Nebraska; secretary, Iowa State Medical Society; president, Iowa State Medical Society; Medical Society Missouri Valley; South Western Medical Association ; Council Bluffs and Pottawattomie County Medical societies; member Board of Regents, State University of Iowa; member Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Elks; member American Medical Society, State Medical Society, County Medical Society, Council Bluffs Medical Society, Academy of Medicine, International Association of Rail Road Surgeons.

(from Biographies and Portraits of Progressive Men of Iowa…, by Gue & Shambaugh, 1899, vol.2, p.422-423)
Dr. Vernon Laurence Treynor is a typical young Iowan. Born in Council Bluffs, September 28, 1866, educated in her public schools until he was ready for his special medical training, which he received at the Iowa State University, practicing his profession ever since graduation in the city of his birth, he is certainly a good example of what Iowa can do in the way of rearing and training young manhood. Thomas P. Treynor, the father of the Doctor, was an Englishman by birth, a son of an officer in the British Army. At the age of sixteen he came to America, settled in Ohio, was married there and went west overland in the spring of 1853. He located in Council Bluffs, where he was for many years a prominent citizen. In early manhood he was a carriage builder; later he owned a controlling interest in the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil. He was postmaster of Council Bluffs under both administrations of President Grant, retiring from the office to a farm, where he resided until his death. Dr. Treynor’s mother was born in the state of Ohio of Dutch and English stock. Her maiden name was Mary E. Smith. Entirely domestic in her tastes, she devoted her life to her children, whom she reared with the tenderest affection and good judgment. In the city where he has lived all his life, Dr. Treynor is known as a thoroughly wide-awake and up-to-date physician. In these days no man can hope to succeed in that profession unless he takes advantage of everything that may assist him in keeping up with the numerous advancements made in the science of medicine. It is conceded that there is no better means to this end than attendance upon the medical associations of the state and nation. There, new discoveries and methods of treatment are discussed, false theories exposed, and helpful experiences exchanged. That the doctor appreciates this truth is shown by the fact that he holds active membership in the following medical societies: Medical Society of Missouri Valley, Southwestern Iowa Medical Society, Iowa State Medical Society, Iowa State Association of Railway Surgeons, International Association of Railway Surgeons, American Medical Association, and is now president of the Council Bluffs Medical Society, and secretary of the Medical Society of the Missouri Valley. He has always been a regular attendant upon the meetings of these bodies and has contributed a number of interesting and valuable papers to their programs, on medical and surgical subjects.
The doctor is professor of Physiology in the Omaha Medical College and also in the Dental College of that city; surgeon of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and Union Pacific Railway Companies, and a member of the surgical staff of the W. C. A. and St. Bernard’s hospitals. During the two terms in which he was city physician of Council Bluffs he made strenuous efforts to improve the sanitary conditions of the city and to enforce its quarantine laws. The following fraternal societies claim the doctor as a member: Masonic, Odd Fellows, Elks, Woodmen of the World, Royal Arcanum, Maccabees and Foresters. Dr. Treynor has always been an enthusiastic sportsman, an expert in the use of rod and gun, and is especially interested in encouraging athletics, particularly among the high school boys. In this connection it may be stated that he is manager of the Council Bluffs Field Club, and president of the Ganymede Wheel Club. In politics he is a leading republican. October 13, 1891 he was married to Susie C. Clark, of Iowa. City. Four sons have been born to them, of whom two, Thomas P., born April 29, 1895, and Jack, born September 21, 1897, are now living.