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Directory of Clayton county


Physicians




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:
President, H. H. Clark, McGregor; Secretary and Treasurer, L. A. Merriam, Cresco.

Censors:
J. T. R. Scott, Monona; Horace Hamilton, McGregor; W. C. Lewis, Clermont.

Clayton county Members:

Frederick Andros, McGregor
H. H. Clark, McGregor
D. W. Chase, Elkader
A. B. Hanna, Elkader
Horace Hamilton, McGregor
C. H. Hamilton, Garnaville
C. H. Rawson, Strawberry Point
H. Newell Sill, Strawberry Point
J. T. H. Scott, Monona
O. D. Toft, Elk Port

Medical Register Clayton County
Population, 27,184

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.
Blanchard, John A., Elkport; Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1852, Regular in practice
Bonney, ____, McGregor, Regular in practice
Chase, Dwight, W., Elkader; Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1846, Regular in practice
Clark, H. H., McGregor; Chicago Medical College, Chicago, 1879, Regular in practice
Day, Henry C., Elkader; College Physicians and Surgeons, N.Y, 1870, Regular in practice
Duffin, W. L. Guttenburg; Rush Medical College, Chicago., Ill, 1873, Regular in practice
Hamilton, Chas. H., Garnavillo; Rush Medical College, Chicago., Ill, 1873, Regular in practice
Hamilton, Horace, McGregor, Albany Medical College, N.Y., 1858, Regular in practice; U.S. Examining Surgeon for Pensions
Hanna, Alexander B., Elkader; Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1846, Regular in practice, U.S. Examining Surgeon for Pensions
Hart, _____, McGregor, Regular in practice
Hollingsworth, E., Farmersburg, Regular in practice, not a graduate
Hix, J. H., Monona, Regular in practice, not a graduate
Linton, John, Garnavillo, St. Louis Medical College, St Louis, 1841, Regular in practice
Little, John, Farmersburg; Bowdoin Medical College, Maine; (no date), Regular in practice
Lozier, William, Guttenberg, Regular in practice
Martin, E., McGregor, Regular in practice, not a graduate
McLean, J. W. Elkader; Rush Medical College, Chicago., Ill, 1869, Regular in practice
Rawson, C. H., Strawberry Point; Castleton Medical College, Castleton ,Vermont, 1846, Regular in practice
Sill, H. Newell, Strawberry Point; Medical Department Iowa State University, Iowa City, 1873, Regular in practice
Scott, John T. H., Monona, Regular in practice, not a graduate
Schneider, Herman, Monona, Homeopathic in practice
Toft, O. D., Elkport, Medical Department Iowa State University, Iowa City, 1873, Regular in practice
Yichsner, C., Little Port, Regular in practice, not a graduate
Wiltzie, Alexander, Strawberry Point, Electic in practice
White, Charles M., Strawberry Point; Medical Department University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1873, Regular in 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
~contributed by: Constance Street


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
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 1887
~contributed by Reid R. Johnson (12/30/2022)

 

Miscellaneous Clayton co. Physicians

Dr. Sidney Corbin Ainsworth
Born in January 1877 in New York state. In 1899, he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at St. Louis, MO. First practicing with his father E.A. Ainsworth in West Union, Iowa, he removed to Volga City in 1901, practicing at that place until his death in 1930. Dr. Ray Grant took over Dr. Ainsworth's practice.

Obituary
Gravestone & photo

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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
~contributed by Errin Wilker

Biography
Obituary

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Dr. Sylvanus Newell Bixby

Dr. Sylvanus Newell Bixby
Dr. S. N. Bixby

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.

Obituary
Gravestone
Biography

~Photo from the Strawberry Point library, contributed by Paula Whitlock O'Donnell

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Dr. Frederick Elmer Braucht
1868-1948. He was born in Illinois, but grew up in Nebraska. Studied medicine at the University of Michigan and Rush Medical College in Chicago, graduating in 1894. Dr. Braucht also had the degree of Master of Dental Science. Served in WWI at 127th Base Hospital. Removed to Elkader in 1925.

~sources: obituary & biography

Biography
Obituary & photo
Gravestone & photo

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Dwight W. Chase, M.D.

Dr. Dwight W. Chase
Dr. D.W. Chase

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

Biography
Obituary

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Henry H. Clark, M.D.

Dr. Henry H. Clark
Dr. Henry H. Clark

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)
Biography (undated)
Biography & another photo (1894)
Obituary

~photo is from the "History of Medicine in Iowa", date unknown

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Dr. Joseph Harwood Craig


Dr. J.H. Craig

Born October 5, 1850, the son of Rev. Adam Craig and Mary E. Craig. Graduated from Ruch Medical College in Chicago, Illinois in 1875. Opened a medical office in Volga City in 1881, where he practiced for 23 years.

Obituary

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Highland, Iowa, Aug 3 - One of Clayton county's very best school teachers, Nellie Cunningham, is slowly dying of starvaton at her home in Highland. For seven weeks Dr. Craig, the attending physician, declares that all the nourishment tken by the mouth and retained would not amount to a half teacupful. It is a strange case of stomach and throat difficulty which baffles medical skill, and the physicians who have seen the girl pronouce recovery next to impossible. Miss Cunningham is about 20 years old. ~Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Aug. 3, 1894

~Photo & news clipping were contributed by Paula Whitlock O'Donnell

Paula's notes: Dr. Craig was a family friend of my g-grandparents and the attending physician of two of their children who died in their youth. Nellie Cunningham also was the daughter of my g-grandparents. I have a picture of Nellie and also have a nice letter written by Dr. Craig to my g-grandmother after her husband died.

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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.

Gravestone
Obituary

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Dr. Raymond Edgar 'Ray' Grant

Dr. Grant located in Volga City following the death of Dr. Ainsworth in 1930. He was a graduate of the University of Minnesota. He retired in 1978 and died in December 1982.

~photo credit: Clayton County Register, November 13, 1930

1940 Biography
Gravestone
Obituary

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Dr. Placido R.V. Hommel
Born in Porto Rico, he left there for America with Spanish-American troops commanded by Capt. J.W. Hommell in 1898. He attended medical school at the University of Illinois, graduating in 1916. He entered the U.S. Army in 1917, as a commissioned Lieutenant, he served with the 32nd WI Nat'l guard in France, being discharged as a Captain. Removing to Elkader he practiced with Dr. W.A. Miller and later with Dr. Edward Meggers over a period of more than 50 years. He died in Elkader in 1967.

1940 Biography
Gravestone w/bio and photo
Obituary

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Dr. Joseph W. Hudek
Garnavillo physician, practicing there for 61 years. Dr. Hudek graduated from Iowa Medical School at Keokuk in 1905. His first practice was at Spillville. After one year there, he removed to Garnavillo and took over the practice of Dr. Schmidt. Dr. Hudek retired in 1966 and died later that year.

Biography, obituary & photo
Gravestone

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Dr. Enoch G. Kettelkamp
He was born in Illinois in 1893 and graduated from the University of Kansas as a medical doctor in 1928. In 1931 he moved to Monona where he practiced until 1981. Dr Kettlekamp served in World War I.

Gravestone
Obituary

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Dr. Frank Joseph Kriebs
Graduated from Rush Medical College in Chicago. Was an Elkport - Garber vicinity physician for 7 decades.

Obituary, Funeral card & photo
Photos & a brief bio

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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
~contributed by Errin Wilker

Gravestone
Obituary

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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.

Biography
Obituary
Gravestone

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Dr. Edward C. Meggers
Born at Walker, Linn co IA, he graduated from the medical department of the University of Illinois. He served as an intern at Augustana hospital, Chicago for about six months and then entered the medical corps of the United States Navy in April 1917. He was later attached to the 5th and 6th Marine corps and went to France in June 1918 remaining in France until August 1919. Dr. Meggers was detailed by the navy to hospital service in the Virgin Islands and remained there nearly two years, then returning to this country, was attached to the U.S. Marine hospital in Chicago about a year. In May 1922 he joined the staff of the new sanitarium at Prairie du Chien, WI and was chief operating surgeon for that institution until purchasing the practice of Dr. Miller & joining Dr. P.R.V. Hommel in a co-partnership at Elkader in 1923. In 1924 he removed to McGregor where he & his wife operated the McGregor Hospital for 25 years. He died at Palo Alto, CA in 1952 and is buried in Golden Gate Nat'l Cemetery, CA. ~biographical info. is from the Elkader Register, July 12, 1923; pg 6 & his obituary.

Gravestone
Obituary & photo

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Dr. William J. McGrath
Dr. McGrath was born in Wisconsin in 1871. He graduated from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1895 and came to Elkader shortly after. His practice lasted more than 50 years. He died in Elkader in 1946 and is buried in St. Joseph's cemetery.

Biography
Gravestone
Obituary

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Dr. William Aaron Miller
He was born in Mallory township in August 1870. Studied at Lenox College and graduated from the State Teacher's College. Graduated from the medical school at the State University of Iowa and took a post-graduate couse at the Wisconsin College of Physicians & Surgeons in Milwaukee. Practiced in Elkader with Dr. P.R.V. Hommel from 1897 until 1923, when he retired.

Obituary
Gravestone

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Dr. Clark Holden Rawson

Dr. C.H. Rawson
Dr. C.H. Rawson

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
Gravestone & another photo

~Photo from the Strawberry Point library, contributed by Paula Whitlock O'Donnell

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Dr. Edward Clark Rawson

Dr. E.C. Rawson
Dr. E.C. Rawson

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.

Obituary
Biography
Gravestone

~photo is from the Strawberry Point Mail-Press, November 26, 1903

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Dr. George Washington Tapper
Born in Monona, he practiced medicine in his hometown for over 37 years. He graduated from the State University of Iowa Medical School in 1896. His first practices were in Ashton and Rowley, IA before returning to Monona in 1913.

Obituary
Gravestone

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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.

Biography
Death Notice
Obituary of Mrs. Warner (1901)

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Dr. Glenn Granger White
He was born in National in 1866. Practiced in Elkader for over 40 years, first opening an office there in 1892, His medical studies are recounted in a 1894 biography & his obituary. He removed to California and died at Los Angeles, CA on Nov. 17, 1943.

Biography
Obituary

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