Eugene A. Guilbert, M. D.,
McGregor, was born in Waukegan, Ill., Jan. 20, 1850, a
son of Dr. Edward A. and Catherine Guilbert, nee Sommers,
who were the parents of seven children, five sons and two
daughters. Dr. Edward A. Guilbert is at present residing
in Dubuque, Ia., and has been in active practice for the
past thirty-five years. He graduated at Rush Medical
College when twenty-one years of age. Eugene A. commenced
reading medicine in his father's office in 1867, and was
associated with him until 1878, when he attended lectures
at the Homeopathic Medical College of Missouri, and
afterward attended the St. Louis College of Physicians
and Surgeons, graduating from that institution with high
honors in 1881. He was unanimously chosen valedictorian
of his class, and received a gold medal. He has held the
following honorable appointments; United States Examing
Surgeon for Pensions, Health Physician of Mendon
Township, and Medical Examiner of A.O.U.W. and V.A.S.
Lodge. In 1881 he was elected Professor of Ophthalmology
and Otology in the Homeopathic College of Missouri. He
was commissioned Colonel and Aid-de-camp of Governor Gear
of Iowa. The Doctor is well and favorably known
throughout the Northwest as an orator and writer of
unquestionable ability, and ranks with the leading
physicians of Clayton County. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa, 1882, p. 982 |