Samuel W. MOORHEAD, M.D.

MOORHEAD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/18/2015 at 16:05:31

March 4, 1849 --- August 11, 1927

S. W. Moorhead was born near Blairsville, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1849, and died in Keokuk, Iowa, August 11, 1927. His education was obtained in common school, in Blairsville Academy, and in Edinboro State Normal School, near Erie. He began teaching school when seventeen years old and followed it for a few years. In 1870 he removed to Batavia, Jefferson County, Iowa, where he published for a time the Batavia Herald. While there he taught a class in shorthand both at Batavia and at Mount Pleasant. In 1871 he removed to Afton where he published the Afton News. While there part of the time he accompanied judge McDill on the judicial circuit as court reporter. In 1872 he sold out and went to Council Bluffs as editorial writer on the Council Bluffs Nonpareil, which position he held a few years. While there he took up the study of medicine and was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk in 1883 and began the practice of medicine at Eagle Grove. In 1881 he was appointed to the chair of materia medica and therapeutics of the College of Physicians and Surgeons but remained in practice at Eagle Grove until 1887 when he removed to Keokuk. There he continued his medical lectures and also practiced medicine for some time. In 1902 he resigned his chair as a lecturer. In 1892 he was elected city alderman, and in 1893, mayor, which position he filled two years. In 1893 he became editor of the Keokuk Gate City, and continued to be most of the time until 1914. In 1906 he was postmaster at Keokuk, and was reappointed in 1910, serving eight years. In 1914 he was again elected mayor, this time under the commission form of government.

"S. W. Moorhead." The Annals of Iowa 16 (1928), 311-312.
http://ir.uiowa.edu/annals-of-iowa/vol16/iss4/9