| 52 | Community History, Zearing, Iowa | 52 |
Dr. F. S. Newton and Dr. A. W. Brooks were the pioneer Zearing doctors. They moved to Zearing soon after the town was founded. Dr. F. S. Newton was Zearing's first assessor. Dr. Newton moved to Marshalltown, Iowa.
Dr. Denison Tisdale of Des Moines, Iowa, did medical work in Zearing whenever he came to visit at the home of his son, Julius P. Tisdale.
In the early 1890's, Dr. J. A. Brown came to Zearing. In 1901, Dr. Brown and the State Savings Bank, built the brick building on the north side of Main Street. The building was located midway between Center Street and Pearl Street. The building is occupied in the spring of 1956 by the Tri County State Bank and the United States Post Office. Dr. Brown moved to Ames, Iowa, in 1908 or 1909.
Dr. J. J. Hinchman practiced medicine in Zearing during the late 1890's. He moved to St. Anthony, Iowa. Dr. E. E. Dodson was in Zearing for several years prior to 1904. He was succeeded on June 1, 1904, by Dr. C. W. Powell. Dr. Powell moved to Manly, Iowa, in 1915.
For a short time after Dr. Brown left Zearing, Dr. Powell was the only Zearing doctor. Then Dr. H. J. Hertz came to Zearing. A year or so later, Dr. J. J. Craig came. Dr. Craig soon moved to St. Anthony, Iowa.
Dr. H. J. Hertz remained in Zearing until his death on February 25, 1916. He died from heart trouble. Dr. H. E. Harlow succeeded Dr. Hertz. Dr. C. O. Callison succeeded Dr. Powell.
Dr. C. O. Callison practiced in Zearing for several years. Dr. Callison was found dead in Holly, Colorado, in September, 1922. The official verdict was heart failure. Dr. H. E. Harlow died from a brain tumor on July 8, 1920.
Dr. Louis L. Bowie came to Zearing on August 13, 1920. Dr. Bowie moved to Marshalltown, Iowa, in 1942. He had been appointed Chief Surgeon at the Iowa Soldiers Home.
Dr. F. W. Cowgill came to Zearing on April 1, 1926. Dr. Cowgill moved to Nevada, Iowa, in the spring of 1933.
Dr. Charles L. Hall succeeded Dr. Bowie. Dr. Hall moved to Zearing in December, 1942. In 1956, Dr. Hall is Zearing's only doctor. During the summer of 1953, Dr. Hall completed a new five room clinic on the northeast corner of his Center Street lot. Harold D. Norman of Hubbard, Iowa, built the clinic.
Zearing's first house, the Richardson home, has been called the house of the doctors. Dr. Hertz, Dr. Harlow, Dr. Bowie, and Dr. Hall lived there.