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Medical/Surgical Directory 1876
Iowa State Medical Society - District and County Societies North Iowa Medical Society Organized, 1859 Includes the Counties of Allamakee, Clayton, Winneshiek, Fayette, and Howard. Meets semi-annually. Officers: Censors: Clayton county Members:
Medical Register Clayton County Andros, Frederick, McGregor;
Providence, R.I., 1824 R. Dr. Andros is the first Regular
Physician who settled in the state. He is now 72 years of
age and in active practice. ~source: The Medical and Surgical Directory of the
State of Iowa; By Charles H. Lathrop, M.D.;
Published by J. C. Hopkins, Printer, Lyons, Iowa; 1876 |
1883 - 1884 Clayton co.
Physician Directory
| NAME | RESIDENCE | SCHOOL / DATE | TYPE |
| Bass, S.A. | Elkader | Hahneman, Chicago; 1882 | Regular in practice |
| Bixby, S.N. | Strawberry Point | College P. & S., Keokuk; 1877 | Regular in practice |
| Blanchard, L. | Edgewood | Univ. Buffalo, N.Y.; 1866 | Regular in practice |
| Boales, W.H. | Garnavillo | Rush, Chicago; 1877 | Regular in practice |
| Chase, H.C. | Strawberry Point | Hahneman, Chicago; 1865 | Homeopathic |
| Clark, H.H. | McGregor | Chicago Medical College; 1870 | Regular in practice |
| Duffin, C.W. | Guttenberg | Rush, Chicago; 1881 | Regular in practice |
| Duffin, W.L. | Guttenberg | Rush, Chicago; 1873 | Regular in practice |
| Fishel, J. | Littleport | Rush, Chicago; 1881 | Regular in practice |
| Guilbert, Eugene A. | McGregor | St. Louis Coll. Hom. P.&S.; 1881 | Homeopathic |
| Hall, W.A. | McGregor | Louisville Med. College, Ky.; 1877 | Regular in practice |
| Hamilton, Charles H. | Monona | Rush, Chicago; 1873 | Regular in practice |
| Hanna, Alexander B. | Elkader | Dartmouth, N.H.; 1854 | Regular in practice |
| Hicks, J.H. | Monona | Regular in practice/ graduation doubtful | |
| Hoffbauer, William | Guttenberg | Univ. Berlin, Prussia; 1842 | Regular in practice |
| Hollingsworth, E. | National | Regular in practice/ Not a Graduate | |
| Horton, W.H. | Volga City | Homeopathic/ graduation doubtful | |
| Kraft, A. | Elkader | Regular in practice/ Not a Graduate | |
| Lewis, J.M. | Elkport | State University, Iowa City; 1879 | Regular in practice |
| Newsom, M.M. | Edgewood | Regular in practice/ Not a Graduate | |
| Nichols, C.E. | Giard | State University, Iowa City; 1880 | Regular in practice |
| Purdy, K.F. | Elkader | Rush, Chicago; 1874 | Regular in practice |
| Rawson, C.H. | Strawberry Point | Castleton, Vermont; 1846 | Regular in practice |
| Renshaw, L.S. | State University, Iowa City; 1880 | Regular in practice | |
| Schneider, Herman T. | Monona | Homeopathic/ graduation doubtful |
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| Sharp, P.H. | Garnavillo | Regular in practice/ graduation doubtful | |
| Shephard, J.L. | Luana | State University, Iowa City; 1878 | Regular in practice |
| Sill, H. | Strawberry Point | State University, Iowa City; 1873 | Regular in practice |
| Taft, O.D. | Elkport | State University, Iowa City; 1873 | Regular in practice |
| Wheeland, Grier W. | Strawberry Point | Rush, Chicago; 1863 | Regular in practice |
~source: Medical and Surgical Directory of the State of Iowa for 1883 and 1884; by Charles H. Lothrop, M.D.; Clinton, Iowa: Allen, Steam Printing & Binding, 1883.~contributed by Roseanna Zehner
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1887 Clayton co. Physicians
| The following are the names of the
physicians of the county, where graduated, and present
location, who have obtained certificates from the state
board of examiners as provided by Chapter 104, laws of
1886. Blanchard, Lewis, Univ. of Buffalo, New York; Edgewood Clark, H. H., Chicago Medical College; McGregor Craig, J. H., Rush Medical College, Chicago; Volga City Cain, J. W., Rush Medical College, Chicago; Elkader Cole, J. F., Medical Department State Univ., Iowa City; Strawberry Point Duffin, W. L., Rush Medical College, Chicago; Garnavillo Duffin, C. W., Rush Medical College, Chicago; Garnavillo Fuehr, G. H., no diploma (certificate granted under the five years practice clause); St. Sebald Gmelin, Rudolph, Filbinger Univ., Wurtemberg; Garnavillo Greaves, G. W., Rush Medical College, Chicago; Strawberry Point Hoffbauer, Wm., Medical Faculty, Berlin; Guttenberg Hall, B. F., Louisville Medical College, Kentucky; Elkader Kriebs, F. J., Rush Medical College, Chicago; Elkport Nichols, C. E., Medical Department State Univ., Iowa City; Giard Newman, M. M., Medical Department State Univ., Iowa City; Edgewood Renshaw, L. L., Medical Department State Univ., Iowa City; Farmersburg Schultze, Charles, no diploma (certificate granted under the five years practice clause); Read Schlemer, H. J., College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York; Guttenberg Sharp, P. H., Columbus Medical College, Ohio; Monona Sharp, M. B., Columbus Medical College, Ohio; Monona Sill, H. N., Medical Department State Univ., Iowa City; Strawberry Point Taft, O. D., Medical Department State Univ., Iowa City; Elkport Wheeland, Grier W., Rush Medical College, Chicago; Strawberry Point William, A. J., State Univ., Ann Arbor, Mich.; McGregor ~Elkader Register, Thur., 02 June
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Miscellaneous Clayton
co. Physicians & Dentists
Dr. Frederick Andros ....Another Dubuque physician, Dr. Frederick Andros, graduated from the Parsons Medical School of Brown University in 1826. Born in Berkeley, Massachusetts, in 1804, Dr. Andros gave up his five-year-old practice in Dubuque in 1838 and moved to Clayton County to engage in agriculture. He acted as the first clerk of the court in Clayton County. He resumed the practice of medicine in 1845, serving as surgeon at Fort Atkinson and also as physician to the Winnebago Indian Agency. ~source:
William J. Peterson, “Pioneer Doctors and
Druggists”, The Palimpsest, June 1969, Pages 307-308 |
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Dr. Samuel Little Born in New Hampshire, 5/22/1801, he studied medicine at Dartmouth College. Removed to Clayton co. in 1855 and located near Farmersburg. He was married to Catherine; and they had a son John and daughter Arabel. He died several days following a carriage accident in March 1878. Sept. 1855 Clayton County Herald, in a column by the editor, A.W. Drips "On Monday morning got into Dr. Andros' buggy and rode with him to Mr. Fisher's in Farmersburg. Expected to find Mr. F. at home; found he was gone .... got acquainted with Dr. Little and family; took dinner with them ..." Dr. Little did not practice medicine after he moved to Clayton county. |
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Dr. Amos Warner He was born in Vermont, and graduated from Willoughby Medical College in 1840. In 1844 he married Esther (Carter) Griswold who was the widow of a friend. They came to Clayton county in 1848, locating in Elkader. In 1859 he was one of the organizers of the Clayton county Medical Society, and presided over the organizational meeting. After adoption of the Constitution, he was elected Vice President of the society. He died at age 51 on 9/16/1861 after being thrown from his buggy. He is buried in the East Side cemetery, Elkader. Two years later Esther removed to Nebraska. |
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Born May 16, 1844 to the Rev. N.W. and Ruby (Knapp) Bixby. Brother of Ransom J., Luthera B. and Lucina R. Bixby. He attended Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois and at Keokuk, Iowa. ~Photo from the Strawberry Point library, contributed by Paula Whitlock O'Donnell |
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Dwight W. Chase, M.D.
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Dr. Dwight "D.W." Chase, physician and surgeon, was born abt. 1820 in the state of New York. He served as a surgeon with the 21st Iowa Infantry during the Civil War. He was the first physician in Strawberry Point, practicing medicine there between 1855 and 1864, perhaps longer. By 1873 he was practicing in Elkader. Dr. Chase was a Master Mason, lodge # 130 in Strawberry Point in 1864. Buried at Dephos Cemetery, Ottawa City, KS ~Photo from the Strawberry Point library, contributed by Paula Whitlock O'Donnell
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Born October 12, 1842. He served in the Civil War with the 92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry. Graduated from the Chicago Medical College in 1869 and located in McGregor in 1870. At the time of his death, January 18, 1925, he was the oldest practicing physician in the state of Iowa. Biography
(1882)
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Joseph Harwood Craig, M.D.
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~Photo & news clipping were contributed by Paula
Whitlock O'Donnell |
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Born 1865 and died in December 1938, Dr. Charles W. Dorman is buried in the Strawberry Point cemetery. He graduated from the College of Dentistry at the University of Iowa, and was the nephew of Dr. J.M. Dorman, a pioneer dentist from Fayette, Fayette co. Iowa. He married Anna Fowells in 1902 and they had one daughter, Doris.
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Dr. H. M. Eaton, D.D.S., has been practicing in Strawberry Point since he graduated from the College of Dentistry at the University of Iowa in 1895. He started his practice in the building now occupied by Dr. C. W. Dorman. Dr. Eaton married Miss Grace Davis. Dr. Eaton has served as Mayor of Strawberry Point, also as director of the school board. He was the first president of the Lion's club organized in 1931. Dr. Eaton was married to Miss Myrtle Gilchrist in 1899. Myrwyn, their only son, is an instructor at Harvard University. Mrs. Eaton died in 1921, and ten years later...(The article inexplicitly ended here.) ~*~ 1910 Federal Census, Cass Twp., Clayton Co., Iowa. shows: Hal M. Eaton, head, 37 Myrtle Eaton, wife, 33 Myrwyn Eaton, son, 5 ~source: likely a local newspaper ~contributed by Reid R. Johnson |
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Dr. Bruce Bilo Everall 1877-1948. Graduated from Drake University in 1901. Long-time physician in Monona, he opened his practice in 1902. Served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WWI and was a member of the Clayton co. Medical Assn. & the Iowa State Medical Assn. |
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Dr. John Linton John Linton of Kentucky managed the Winnebago Mission for the Reverend David Lowry from 1837 to 1842. Returning to Kentucky he studied medicine for two years in Springfield. After attending lectures at Saint Louis in 1845, Dr. Linton established an office at Garnavillo where he became associated with Dr. Andros... ~source:
William J. Peterson, “Pioneer Doctors and
Druggists”, The Palimpsest, June 1969, Pages 307-308 |
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Clark Holden Rawson, MD
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Dr. Rawson was born in New York in 1818. He studied medicine under his brother-in-law and attended medical school in Vermont. He removed to Clayton co. in 1857 & was married to Caroline A. Brownell in 1858. He died in 1901 and is buried in the Strawberry Point cemetery. Biography ~Photo from the Strawberry Point library, contributed by Paula Whitlock O'Donnell |
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Edward Clark Rawson, MD
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Born 1866 in Strawberry Point, Dr. Rawson's father (C.H. Rawson) was one of the pioneer physicians in Iowa. He graduated from Northwestern University Medical College in 1891, and began practicing in Strawberry Point the next year. Dr. Rawson married Gertrude Gilchrist in 1892 and they had two children. He died of carbon monoxide poisioning on November 27, 1927. He is buried in the Strawberry Point cemetery. ~photo is from the Strawberry Point Mail-Press, November 26, 1903 |
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