S.C. Ainsworth, M.D. S. C. Ainsworth, M. D., has
secure vantage-place as one of the representative
physicians and surgeons of Clayton county, where he has
been engaged in the practice of his profession since
1901, with residence at Volga, from which village he
controls a large and influential practice that extends
throughout the splendid territory normally tributary to
the village. The doctor is upholding most effectively the
high prestige gained by his honored father in the medical
profession, in which his success has been unequivocal and
in connection with which he insistently carries forward
the study and research that keep him in close touch with
the advances made in medical and surgical science. Dr.
Ainsworth was born in the city of Syracuse, New York, on
the 6th of January, 1877, and is the elder of the two
children of Dr. E. A. and Ellen (Stanton) Ainsworth, both
of whom were born and reared in the state of New York.
The younger of the two children is Fannie L., who is the
wife of Charles W. Dickens, with whom she is successfully
associated in the practice of law at West Union, the
judicial center of Fayette county, Iowa, both having been
graduated in the law department of the University of
Iowa. Dr. Ainsworth of this review was about seven years
old at the time when his .parents came to Iowa and
established their residence at West Union, Fayette
county, in 1882. There his father continued in active
practice as one of the leading physicians and surgeons of
that section of the state, until 1914, since which time
he has there lived virtualIy retired, though many of the
families to which he long ministered with all of ability
and unselfish devotion still insist upon having recourse
to his counsel and professional attention. His cherished
and devoted wife was summoned to eternal rest in 1903,
secure in the affectionate regard of all who had come
within the compass of her gentle and gracious influence.
At West Union Dr. S. C. Ainsworth was reared to adult age
and after profiting duly by the advantages afforded in
the public schools, including the high school, he became
imbued with the earnest ambition of emulating his father
in the choice of a career. His preliminary study of medicine
was carried on under the effectIve preceptorship of his
father and to fortify himself still further he then
entered the well-known medical college in the city of St.
Louis, Missouri, in which institution he was graduated as
a member of the class of 1899, and from which he received
his well earned degree of Doctor of Medicine. His
professional novitiate was served at West Union, Fayette
county, where he continued to be associated in practice
with his father until 1901, when he came to Clayton
county and established himself in practice at Volga. Here
he now controls a large and representative practice,
based alike on his recognized ability and the unqualified
personal popularity which he has gained. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa; From The Earliest Historical Times Down to
the Present; by Realto E. Price, Vol. II; pg. 19-20 |