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Doctors of Bristow, Indiana community were, Sylvester VanWinkle,
then Drs. Meeks, William Lomax, Peter, White, Mayfield, Jeffers,
Claude
Lomax, Coultas, Goble and Epple. Source; Thomas
James De La Hunt, Perry County History - 1916
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The
first medical doctor of
Bristow, Indiana was Dr. William Lomax who settled in Bristow in
1881, a graduate of Indiana Medical College. Dr. William
Lomax married Hettie Dugan, daughter of Thomas And Sarah Jeffers
Dugan. Dr. William Lomax, was born in French Lick, Orange
County, Indiana and practiced medicine in Bristow for 40 or 50
years. Dr. Lomax built the large house were Cledith Genet
now lives. There was a drug Store and office on the north
side. The office is now owned by Hubert Hapenau, the drug
store building has been torn down and a porch added to the house
on that side. He also owned the store and mill at one time.
Several folks remember him and his family. He married the
former Hettie Dugan, Daughter of the First Postmaster, Thomas J.
and Sarah Dungan. Six children were born to them, three
girls, Mary, who was a teacher, married Nicholas Igle; Olive,
married Max Baker; and Ella, married a Simon. Three boys
Russell, Claude (a doctor) and Muriell. After his retirement
he lived 20 years in Evansville, where he was
a member of St.
Benedict's Catholic Church. He died at the home of his son, Dr.
Claude, in Indianapolis at age 91. He is buried in the St.
Joseph's cemetery in Evansville.
Source; A Bristow History 125 years. |
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HARBAVILLE -
Elizabeth "Betsy"
(Basinger) Harbaville was a midwife for Dr. Lomax and she got two
dollars for each child. Joe Harbaville, her husband, was a horse
doctor and they are buried at Apolona in the
Harbaville
Cemetery
.They are the great - grandparents of Maggie Sandage. Betsy &
John Joseph Harbaville
Source; A Bristow History 125 years. |
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GOBLE- Dr. Daniel Starks Goble was a native of Huffman Mill, and
started his practice at Chrisney, IN. He left there and practiced
most of his life in Evansville.
Dr. Goble died at age 78 in the late 40's and is buried in Oak
Hill cemetery in Evansville .
At
the time if his death, he was survived by two daughters, Mrs. L.D.
Kingsbury 'and Mrs. Buford Cadle, and five grandchildren.. Radus
T. Goble, D.C. Goble and Oral Goble were nephews and Mrs. Daniel
(Grace) Foster and Mrs. Herbert (Blanche) Metz were nieces.
Some time ago a friend of Mrs. Louis (Suzanne Goble) Kraus, who is
a great niece of Dr. Goble, found a bottle with Dr. Goble's name
on it. It listed everything the medicine was good for, and it was
good for everything.
Dr. Goble was a member of the Presbyterian church, past president
of the McGuffey Society, and the IN Historical Society .The last
20 years of his life were spent in Indianapolis. He was well known
in this vicinity where he visited friends and relatives often.
Source; A Bristow History 125 years.
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MY DOCTOR - Brought me into this world
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Epple
– Bristow’s Last was born Jan 6 1883, in Anderson Township,
the son of Stephen and Clara Harris Epple. Dr. Epple who
never married was one of six children. Two sisters, Mrs. M. L.
(Mary) Wanish and Mrs. A h. (Lizzie) Davis; three brothers,
Elbert, William, and Jacob.
After attending township schools in the county, Dr. Epple
graduated from Valparaiso University and Indiana University
Medical School and for a short time taught in the University of
Chicago. He practiced medicine in Bristow for 23 years, retiring
in 1946 due to ill health.
At
first his office was upstairs over the store, which at that time
was owned by Ernest Witte. Later the office was moved to the
corner house (Mayfield Home) where he also Dr. Stephen Logan Epple
rented a sleeping room upstairs, with the office downstairs. In
1936, the same year the mill was rebuilt, he built an office
across the street from the mill. That building is now the mill
office. About this time he moved to his niece's home, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred (Flora) Smith and lived there until moving to California
where he lived for the next ten years.
This was one of Bristow's first losses, when we no longer had a
doctor to depend upon in time of sickness. His professional
ability in the vicinity was greatly missed by his many friends.
and all who knew him.
He
died Dec. 14, 1956 at the home of a niece, Mrs. Ray Williams in
Galt, CA. The funeral service was held Dec. 23 at ConDors (Mt.
Zion) Christian Church near Lamar with Brother E. C. Ringer
officiating. Source; A Bristow History 125 years.
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He
entered I.U. at Bloomington in 1948 where he received his three
years of pre-medical and one year of medical training. The final 3
years were spent at the I.U. Medical Center in Indianapolis. He
began practice in Perry County on April 2, 1956. He was associated
with Drs. N. L. Neifert and L. C. Lohoff, in Tell City, Indiana. |
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LOMAX
– Dr. Claude C. Lomax, early doctor of Bristow, was born Jan. 20,
1884, oldest child of Dr. and Mrs. William (Hettie
Dugan) Lomax of Bristow.
He
practiced with his father and later moved to Dale, Indiana. Prior
to this time, Dr. Lomax had been practicing in a hospital in
Portland, OR. He had been studying leprosy and theorizing on its
cure. Obviously there was no way in which he could put to test his
theories formulated for the prevention and cure of the most
dreaded of all diseases. There was only one way-to sacrifice
everything-home, friends and eventually, life. It meant facing the
multitude of horrors, mental and physical agony. On the other hand
was he to succeed where all others had failed, his would be the
crowning glory.
If
he failed, he would have the satisfaction of knowing that even
though no cure was affected, he had eased the suffering of many,
and that after all he had been of account on earth. If he had
succeeded it meant everything. He decided to go. Applications were
made to the government to be sent to "Leper Island" and
preparation was made for the trip.
He
wrote his mother and father at Bristow of his decision.
Heartbroken and almost frantic with grief, his mother telegraphed
that to go would mean her death; that she could not live with the
memory always with her, of the life that he had accepted, and
asked that he stay with her during the remaining years that were
yet hers. His ambition was forgotten and the message came back
that he had withdrawn his application and would give up his
proposed trip to Leper Island. Source; A Bristow History 125
years.
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Dr.
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Addison Lunsford Mayfield was born in 1879 near Paoli, Indiana to
Reverend George Mayfield and Emma (Lomax) Mayfield.
He
attended Central university of Kentucky at Louisville, KY, and
graduated from the University's Hospital College of Medicine in
1902 achieving second highest honors in a graduating class of 45
students.
He
began his practice in 1902 at age 23 years a Bristow, Indiana as a
partner in the office of an uncle, Dr. William Lomax. Soon
he left the association with his uncle and opened his own office
in Bristow.
He
attended John Hopkins University in New York in 1908 where he
studied and interned in surgery for six months. He returned
to Bristow in June 1908 where he built Perry county's first
hospital, a white frame two story building on the south east
corner of Main Street. The building today is used as a
family home.
From the Mosby history we find the hospital had a laboratory and
an operating room. The rooms on the first and second floors
were for patients. Dr. Mayfield charged a total of $12.50
for a tonsillectomy if the patient stayed overnight, and $2.50 if
the patient went home the same day.
On
Feb 3, 1910, Dr Mayfield married Anna Ostheimer, and they had one
daughter, Evelyn Mayfield Witte (Mrs Carl Witte) who is now
deceased.
In
December 1911, Dr. Addison L. Mayfield died at the age of 32
years. He is buried in the Bristow Cemetery. Source; A
Bristow History 125 years. |
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Source; A Bristow History 125 years. |
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Nicholas A. James was a Doctor in Perry
County, IN. Graduate of Bristow High School
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Biography
of Nicholas August James published in 1933. An abbreviated extract
reads: "Nicholas August James, grd. Bristow (Ind.) High Sch.;
Univ. of Louisville Sch . of Medicine, M.D., 1904; was grad.
student, eye, ear, nose and throat course, at Chicago, 1919;
special course in surg. work, at Chicago Polyclinic, 1914; Mayo
Clinic (Rochester, Minn. ), 1927; surg. course at French Hosp.,
New York City, 1929. He practiced medicine at Saint Meinrad, Ind.,
1904-14, and has practiced at Tell City, Ind., since Feb. 1914. He
is one of t he most prominent physicians in Perry and adjoining
Counties. In 1923, he built the Parkview Hosp, at Tell City; it is equipped to care for practically al
l cases of surgery. Dr. James is on staff of Deaconess, and Saint
Mary's Hosps., Evansville , Ind. In July 1918, he enlisted in the
Med. Corps of the U.S. Army for service in the World War I, and was
stationed at Camp Custer (Battle Creek, Mich.); commissioned. 1st
Lieut., and later Maj.; was honorably discharged Feb 24, 1919. Dr.
James is a member of the Am. Legion (Perry Co. Post No . 213), and
the Cath. Ch. On May 16, 1917, Dr. Nicholas August James m. Mabel
Becker, of Tell City, Ind. They are the parents of 1 child, John
Mark, b. June 6, 1924. |
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