Horton, Calvin D., M. D. 1865 - 1926 –
HORTON, PIATT, MURPHY, DASEY, GALLUP
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CALVIN D. HORTON, M. D.
Dr. Calvin D. Horton, who since 1893 has been successfully engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery in Fort Atkinson, was born in Fillmore county, Minnesota, on the 5th of May, 1865. He is a son of Joshua and Laura (Piatt) Horton, natives of New York, both of whom have passed away, the father dying at the advanced age of ninety-three, after having spent his entire active life engaged in farming. To their union were born nine children: George, Samuel and Houston, who have passed away; Olivette, of North Dakota; Thomas, also of North Dakota; Hattie, the widow of Dr. Walter Murphy, of Quebec, Canada; Delmer, who resides in Lime Spring, Iowa; Elizabeth, who married Dr. I. H. Dasey, of Sioux City; and Calvin D., of this review.
The last named was reared in Fillmore county and there acquired his preliminary education. At the age of seventeen he left home and acquired his high-school course at La Crosse, Wisconsin, later teaching in the public schools of Minnesota for five years, after which he entered the medical department of the State University, beginning the practice of his profession one year before receiving his diploma in order to earn the money necessary to carry on his studies. He received his degree of M. D. in 1894 and since 1893 has been in active practice in Fort Atkinson, each year of the intervening twenty bringing him increased success in his chosen calling. Always a close and indefatigable student of his profession, he has kept in touch with its most advanced thought through reading and research and in 1907 took a post-graduate course in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat under Dr. Brown of Chicago, having since done a great deal of successful work along this line. His patronage has increased rapidly as his ability and skill have become more widely known and it has reached extensive proportions at the present time, Dr. Horton being numbered today among the most able and successful physicians in the county where he makes his home.
On the 25th of December, 1887, Dr. Horton was united in marriage to Miss Grace Gallup, and to their union have been born three children: Donald Lyle, aged eighteen; Joyce, aged fourteen; and Glee, nine. Dr. Horton gives his political allegiance to the republican party, and, although he is not active as an office seeker, he takes a commendable interest in community affairs. He is a member of the Methodist church and, being a man of sterling character, has always merited and received the confidence and respect of all with whom professional or social relations have brought him in contact.
Source: History of Winneshiek County, Iowa Vol. II Chicago the S. J. Clark Publishing Company 1913
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