Glenn G. White,
M.D., one of the leading young physicians of
Elkader, has succeeded in building up a large and
lucrative practice in this place though scarcely two
years have passed since he first opened his office here.
He is a well educated and intelligent young man, an
earnest student who brings to bear upon his adopted
profession a keen and practical mind, which has been
trained in harmony with the best medical system of the
age.
The birth of the Doctor occurred in Clayton County in
1866; his father, Thomas D. White, was a native of the
Green Mountain State, his birth having occurred in Grand
Isle. In the early part of the '50's he came to the west
and settled on this county, becoming the owner of a good
farm, to which he has given his care and attention for
many years. His wife, formerly Celinda Clark, was born in
South Hero, Vt., and by her marriage became the mother of
eleven children. The White family are descendants of an
Englishman who located in New England during the last
century.
The boyhood days of our subject were passed under the
parental roof on the old homestead, his time being
divided between working with his father on the home farm
and in attending the district school. In order to
supplement his primary studies he entered Lenox College,
in Delaware County, Iowa, when sixteen yeras of age, and
after taking the prescribed course of four years was
graduated therefrom in 1888. Afterward he taught school
for one year, at the same time beginning his medical
studies. For a period of two years he was next a student
in the medical department of the Iowa University, after
which he was enrolled at the Rush Medical College, in
Chicago, there remaining for one year. In order to obtain
practical and actual experience the Doctor practiced for
a time at the celebrated Bellevue Hospital and Medical
College, at New York City, from which he was graduated
March 28, 1892. Returning hime, he soon afterward opened
his office, and now numbers many of the best residents
and families of Elkader as his regular patients. In order
to keep thoroughly in touch with the best and most
advanced thought of the day in the medical world, he
belongs to the Clayton County Medical Society.
Dr. White is genial and affable in manner, and numbers
among his fellow-citizens many true and devoted friends.
As a physican his standing among his professional
brethren is high, and his success in the future seems
assured, as he has already achieved an enviable degree of
prosperity. Being much interested in fraternal societies,
the Doctor belongs to Elkader Lodge No. 72, A.F. &
A.M., and in regard to politics deposits his ballot and
uses his influence in support of the Democratic party.
~source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque,
Jones and Clayton Counties; Chicago: Chapman Pub. Co.,
1894; pg 394-395
~transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall
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