MARKER, JOHN ISRAEL
Physician; b Liscomb, Marshall Co, Iowa Oct 7, 1888; s of Charles Merker-Fannie Elizabeth Rudy; ed Liscomb HS; Mount Morris Ill Coll; U of Iowa, BSc 1913, MSc 1915 MD 1917; m Goldie Dial Aug 28, 1910 Cisco Ill; d Mary Elizabeth; 1917-18 & 1919-20 prac med, ptr of Dr C S James, Centerville; 1920- prac med, ptr of Dr William H Rendleman, Davenport; 1930-38 dir Scott Co Med Clinic, Davenport; certified by Amer Bd of Internal Med & Amer Bd of Psychiatry & Neurology; during World War enl in US army June 1917, l st It med corps, neuro-psychiatric section in various camps, disch July 1918; Amer Legion post 26; It col in ORC, USA; Scott Co Med Soc; Iowa St Med Soc, trustee since 1932; FACP; AMA Central Neuro-psychiatric Assn; Scott Co Tuberculosis Soc, 1936-37 pres; Davenport Gyro Club, 1923 pres; UCT; AF & AM 208; York & Scot Rites; Kaaba Shrine, Davenport; hobbies reading woodwork; off 111 E 3rd; res 2635 Le Claire, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1100.