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Tingley Centennial: 1883 ~1983

EARLY DENTIST & DOCTORS, TINGLEY

DENTISTS

Dr. J. P. HORTON moved to Tingley in 1907 and practiced dentistry. In 1928, Dr. R. E. LEAZENBY, who was associated with Dr. C. C. LAWHEAD of Mt. Ayr, opened a dental office on Thursdays at the C. W. LENT residence. Previously, Dr. W. M. HOCKABOUT was the dentist.

DOCTORS

Following are some of the doctors who practiced in Tingley:

1883 - 1884  Dr. Louis St. JOHN, aged 49, came from Eugene. He moved West in two years. He apparently "could not save his own" - two of his small children lie in neglected graves at Eugene Cemetery.

NOTE: Actually, there are three St. John children interred at Eugene Cemetery: Annie B. St. JOHN, died at the age of 8 years, 7 months and 11 days on January 23, 1877; Infant Son St. JOHN, died in August of 1875; and, Ivy Pearl St. JOHN, died at the age of 4 months and 14 days on August 6, 1878.

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1887 -     James NICHOLS and R. W. SELBY

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1903 - 1907  M. F. HANNELLY, M.D.

NOTE: Dr. HANNELLEY was born February 10, 1869, near Digaonal, and died August 14, 1922, with interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr.

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1904 - 1906  Lyman R. HINSDILL, M.D., Physician & Surgeon

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1907 - 1908  A. E. LANE, M.D., Phyician & Surgeon

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1908 - 1910  H. H. NELSON, M.D.

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1911 - 1912  Dr. T. W. LITTLE

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1915 -    Dr. T. N. WILSON, Osteopath from Clarinda, office hours Monday and Friday afternoons; Found at R. I. HOUGE'S residence.

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1919 -    E. A. TROTTER, Chriopractor at Mrs. S. H. HEATON'S residence.

  The photograph at right is proof of just one of the many great strides that have beenmade in the prevention of disease. Mary AHSENHURST'S fahter, Henry C. "Hank" OVERHOLTZER, when he had that dread disease, Smallpox, in 1917. He was at the age of 34.

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Treating illnesses in the horse and buggy days was quite different from nowadays. Many times the doctor would have to transport a patient by horse and sleigh or buggy to Shannon City to catch the train and go to the hospital at St. Joseph [MO]. Many patients were sent to Dr. KILLINGSWORTH'S hospital at Clarinda by train. Some were taken by horse and buggy to Cottage Hospital in Creston. After Drs. McINTOSH and BEWAMER came to Tingley, they tookmay patients to Des Moines General, Iowa City, or Creston's Greater Community Hospital.

SOURCE: Tingley, Iowa Centennial: 1883 - 1983.Pp. 12, 127. PSI, Inc. Belmond IA. 1983.
Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library, September of 2011

Transcription and notes by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2011

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