Dr. Edwin Waldamar Edahl died on June 8, 1955 in El Paso, Texas, of an acute myocardial infarction. He was a resident of Van Horn. He was born February 14, 1893 in Chicago, Illinois to O.J. and Marta Edahl. He attended the Crane Technical High School in Chicago and the University of Illinois. He received his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Illinois Medical School on April 1, 1930. After an internship at the Wesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago, he began his practice in that city.
In 1941, Dr. Edahl moved to New Mexico, where he was associated with the New Mexico Department of Health. From 1943-1946 he served as a major in the Army Medical Corps, stationed in England, France and Belgium. He had been a bacteriologist during World War I. He then spent one year in practice at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. Moving to Van Horn in 1947, he remained there and was in active practice at the time of his death.
A member of the El Paso County Medical Society, he was also a member of the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and Alpha Omega Alpha medical fraternity. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Shrine, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Nu Sigma Nu fraternity, and the Lutheran Church. He also was past alderman of the city of Van Horn and a past president of Rotary International. For many years Dr. Edahl had studied the history of healing and he left many notes on his research.
Miss Olive Gethin-Davies and the doctor were married in 1946. Mrs. Edahl and two children, Hannah Marta and Anna Bertina, survive, as does his father, O.J. Edahl of Voss, Norway. A son, Edwin Waldamar Edahl, Jr. preceded his father in death.
=== published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or the career of the physician.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Monday, March 05, 2012
William Lawson Allen, M.D. (1880-1955)
Dr. William Lawson Allen died on June 9, 1955, in Rising Star, Texas, of coronary thrombosis. He had been a practicing physician in Rising Star for 25 years, and was in the process of retiring and moving to Sweetwater at the time of his death.
The son of Celia Elizabeth and Samuel Bevel Allen, he was born September 19, 1880, at May, in Brown County, Texas. He attended Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College in College Station, and completed his medical education at the Texas Christian University Medical School in Fort Worth in 1915. After practicing three years in Ranger, Dr. Allen moved to Rotan, where he continued his practice from 1918-1938. From there he went to Brownwood, where he remained until 1942, when he began his practice in Rising Star. He was city health officer for several years, and was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations consecutively through the Eastland, Fisher-Stonewall, Nolan-Fisher-Mitchell, and Brown-Comanche-Mills-San Saba Counties Medical Societies.
Dr. Allen was a past president of the Fisher-Stonewall Counties Society, and a member of Phi Chi medical fraternity. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Delta Chi social fraternity. He owned several pecan orchards and was a member of the Pecan Growers Association. He married Miss Lydia Evatt on June 10, 1910, at May. Mrs. Allen survives, as do two children, Tyrus Allen and Mrs. Jimmy Maddox of Sweetwater. He is also survived by three brothers; Dr. H.B. Allen of Brownwood, E. Otis Allen of Norten, and O.C. Allen of Sydney, and two sisters; Mrs. Maggie Wagnon of Temple and Mrs. V. Earl Earp of Monahans.
=== published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding the family or Dr. Allen's career.
The son of Celia Elizabeth and Samuel Bevel Allen, he was born September 19, 1880, at May, in Brown County, Texas. He attended Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College in College Station, and completed his medical education at the Texas Christian University Medical School in Fort Worth in 1915. After practicing three years in Ranger, Dr. Allen moved to Rotan, where he continued his practice from 1918-1938. From there he went to Brownwood, where he remained until 1942, when he began his practice in Rising Star. He was city health officer for several years, and was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations consecutively through the Eastland, Fisher-Stonewall, Nolan-Fisher-Mitchell, and Brown-Comanche-Mills-San Saba Counties Medical Societies.
Dr. Allen was a past president of the Fisher-Stonewall Counties Society, and a member of Phi Chi medical fraternity. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Delta Chi social fraternity. He owned several pecan orchards and was a member of the Pecan Growers Association. He married Miss Lydia Evatt on June 10, 1910, at May. Mrs. Allen survives, as do two children, Tyrus Allen and Mrs. Jimmy Maddox of Sweetwater. He is also survived by three brothers; Dr. H.B. Allen of Brownwood, E. Otis Allen of Norten, and O.C. Allen of Sydney, and two sisters; Mrs. Maggie Wagnon of Temple and Mrs. V. Earl Earp of Monahans.
=== published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding the family or Dr. Allen's career.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Jesse Mark Hill, M.D. (1880-1955)
Dr. Jesse Mark Hill, who had practiced medicine in Crowell, Texas, for fifty years, died on April 23, 1955 after an automobile accident near his home. He was born on April 13, 1880 in Calhoun County, Georgia to Horace Hill and Nancy Fite Hill. He moved with his parents to Texas, where he attended public schools in Crowell. He attended the University of Tennessee in Nashville, and then completed his medical education at the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons (now known as Emory University School of Medicine) in 1902. Dr. Hill practiced briefly in New York, San Francisco and Chicago before settling in Crowell. The past few years he had devoted primarily to his ranch interests.
Dr. Hill was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Hardeman-Cottle-Foard-Motley Counties Medical Society, and of the Third District Medical Society. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and was president of the local school board for many years.
In 1904 he was married to Miss Edna M. Thacker of Crowell. Mrs. Hill survives, as do three children; J.M. Hill Jr. and Mrs. Helen Norman, both of Crowell, and Mrs. Frances McCombs of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Other survivors include a half sister, Mrs. Mable Burns of California, and three half-brothers, Fite Crowell and Grover Crowell, both of Crowell, and Cliff Crowell of California.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or Dr. Hill's career.
Dr. Hill was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Hardeman-Cottle-Foard-Motley Counties Medical Society, and of the Third District Medical Society. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and was president of the local school board for many years.
In 1904 he was married to Miss Edna M. Thacker of Crowell. Mrs. Hill survives, as do three children; J.M. Hill Jr. and Mrs. Helen Norman, both of Crowell, and Mrs. Frances McCombs of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Other survivors include a half sister, Mrs. Mable Burns of California, and three half-brothers, Fite Crowell and Grover Crowell, both of Crowell, and Cliff Crowell of California.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or Dr. Hill's career.
Thursday, February 09, 2012
George W. Southers (1866-1890)
George W. Southers, a young man who was badly injured yesterday in a wreck three miles east of Santo, Texas, (Palo Pinto County) died January 28th, 1890 in Weatherford. He had been taken there for medical attention and his leg was amputated.
Mr. Southers was scheduled to have been married to Miss May Emmitt of Bloomington, Illinois and had made arrangements for a home in Fort Worth. After he was hurt he told his conductor, Mr. Smith, to write and tell Miss Emmitt he was badly hurt and could not recover, and that he was over with all his trials and troubles in this world.
He was a man of about 24 years of age, a sober and industrious young person, and his untimely death is deeply deplored by all who knew him. He will be buried at Gouldsboro, Louisiana, where his parents reside.
= = based on an obituary in the Galveston Daily News, 30 Jan 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Mr. Southers was scheduled to have been married to Miss May Emmitt of Bloomington, Illinois and had made arrangements for a home in Fort Worth. After he was hurt he told his conductor, Mr. Smith, to write and tell Miss Emmitt he was badly hurt and could not recover, and that he was over with all his trials and troubles in this world.
He was a man of about 24 years of age, a sober and industrious young person, and his untimely death is deeply deplored by all who knew him. He will be buried at Gouldsboro, Louisiana, where his parents reside.
= = based on an obituary in the Galveston Daily News, 30 Jan 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Walter Bassel Jackson, M.D. (1879-1955)
Dr. Walter Bassel Jackson of Waxahachie, Texas, died at his home on June 29th, 1955 of a kidney ailment. He was born February 5th, 1879 in Ozro, Texas, to John and Susan Jackson. After receiving his early education in Maypearl, he attended Northern Indiana Normal School and was a graduate in pharmacy from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana in 1906. He took his medical training at the University of the South in Nashville, Tennessee, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Dallas, from which he received his doctor of medicine degree in 1907.
After practicing briefly in Alvarado, Texas, Dr. Jackson settled in Waxahachie, where he practiced from 1915 until his death. He was past president of the Ellis County Medical Society, and was a member of the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He served as city health officer in both Alvarado and Waxahachie and as a medical examiner during both World Wars. He was a member of the Christian Church, the Odd Fellows Lodge and the Knights of Pythias.
Dr. Jackson and Miss Alice Mansfield were married on September 21, 1900 in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Survivors include Mrs. Jackson, one daughter, Mrs. A.W. Simpson of Dallas; three sons, Buford Jackson, Hayden Jackson and Dick Jackson, all of Waxahachie; and two brothers, Calvin Jackson and Jack Jackson, both of Maypearl.
= = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or the doctor's career.
After practicing briefly in Alvarado, Texas, Dr. Jackson settled in Waxahachie, where he practiced from 1915 until his death. He was past president of the Ellis County Medical Society, and was a member of the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He served as city health officer in both Alvarado and Waxahachie and as a medical examiner during both World Wars. He was a member of the Christian Church, the Odd Fellows Lodge and the Knights of Pythias.
Dr. Jackson and Miss Alice Mansfield were married on September 21, 1900 in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Survivors include Mrs. Jackson, one daughter, Mrs. A.W. Simpson of Dallas; three sons, Buford Jackson, Hayden Jackson and Dick Jackson, all of Waxahachie; and two brothers, Calvin Jackson and Jack Jackson, both of Maypearl.
= = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or the doctor's career.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Charles Edward Davis, M.D. (1926-1955)
Dr. Charles Edward Davis, anesthesiologist, died at his home in Austin, Texas, on his twenty-ninth birthday, June 4, 1955, of chronic glomerulonephritis. He was the son of Charles P. and Nell May Davis, and was born on June 4, 1926 in Magnet, Nebraska. He attended high school in North Platte, and when he was thirteen he began working after school in the local hospital. He spent one year at the University of Nebraska, then went to the University of Idaho at Pocatello, where he graduated in 1945.
He received his medical education at the University of Michigan Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1949. He then interned for one year at the Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. He began a general residency at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas, but was recalled to active duty with the Naval Medical Corps in October, 1950.
He was commissioned as a lieutenant jg, and after several months in the United States, was sent to Korea where he maintained a battalion aid station for the Army with the Twenty-Fourth Division. He was awarded a United Nations Citation for his service. In 1951, he was transferred to the naval hospital in Oceanside, California, and shortly after this, he became ill and was hospitalized there until 1953, when he was retired by the Navy. He returned to Austin and worked with the Austin Anesthesiology Group until January 1955, when he went to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas as a resident in anesthesia.
Dr. Davis was a member of the Travis County Medical Society, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity. He was also a member of Phi Gamma Delta social fraternity and the Christian Church. He enjoyed flying and sailing, and received his private pilot's license when he was seventeen.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Davis, and two sisters, Miss Madelon Elaine Davis and Mrs. Florine Branch, all of Austin.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or Dr. Davis' career.
He received his medical education at the University of Michigan Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1949. He then interned for one year at the Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. He began a general residency at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas, but was recalled to active duty with the Naval Medical Corps in October, 1950.
He was commissioned as a lieutenant jg, and after several months in the United States, was sent to Korea where he maintained a battalion aid station for the Army with the Twenty-Fourth Division. He was awarded a United Nations Citation for his service. In 1951, he was transferred to the naval hospital in Oceanside, California, and shortly after this, he became ill and was hospitalized there until 1953, when he was retired by the Navy. He returned to Austin and worked with the Austin Anesthesiology Group until January 1955, when he went to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas as a resident in anesthesia.
Dr. Davis was a member of the Travis County Medical Society, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity. He was also a member of Phi Gamma Delta social fraternity and the Christian Church. He enjoyed flying and sailing, and received his private pilot's license when he was seventeen.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Davis, and two sisters, Miss Madelon Elaine Davis and Mrs. Florine Branch, all of Austin.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or Dr. Davis' career.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Rex Edward Van Duzen, M.D. (1893-1955)
Dr. Rex Edward Van Duzen of Dallas, Texas, urologist, died in a local hospital on May 24, 1955, following a brief illness. He was a member of the Texas and American Medical Associations through the Dallas County Medical Society, and in 1954 served as chairman of the Urology Section of the American Medical Association. He was an honorary member of the Mexico Society of Urology; his other medical affiliations included membership in the American Urology Association, the Pan American Medical Association, and Phi Chi medical fraternity and fellowship in the American College of Surgeons. He was chairman of the Section on Urology of the Southwestern Medical Association.
Born in Breckenridge, Michigan on November 15, 1893, he was the son of Charles Van Duzen and Amy Taylor Van Duzen. He was graduated from Alma College in Michigan in 1913 and received his medical education at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. In 1918, he served an internship at the New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, and two years later he served his residency in the University of Michigan Hospital. He did postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He moved to Dallas in 1920 and had been in active practice here since that time.
He was a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner, belonged to the Dallas Country Club, and had served on the board of directors of the Dallas Athletic Club since 1949. During World War I, he served in the medical corps as a first lieutenant and was stationed in France.
Dr. Van Duzen was married to the former Miss Barbara Shaw of Galveston on March 15, 1922. She survives, as do three daughters; Mrs. Fred B. Freeman, Miss Yvonne Van Duzen and Miss Gail Van Duzen, all of Dallas; his mother Mrs. Amy Van Duzen of Ypsilanti, Michigan; two brothers, Dr. Verne L. Van Duzen of Ypsilanti, and Dr. Dale Van Duzen of Cleveland, Ohio.
= = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or the physician's career.
Born in Breckenridge, Michigan on November 15, 1893, he was the son of Charles Van Duzen and Amy Taylor Van Duzen. He was graduated from Alma College in Michigan in 1913 and received his medical education at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. In 1918, he served an internship at the New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, and two years later he served his residency in the University of Michigan Hospital. He did postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He moved to Dallas in 1920 and had been in active practice here since that time.
He was a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner, belonged to the Dallas Country Club, and had served on the board of directors of the Dallas Athletic Club since 1949. During World War I, he served in the medical corps as a first lieutenant and was stationed in France.
Dr. Van Duzen was married to the former Miss Barbara Shaw of Galveston on March 15, 1922. She survives, as do three daughters; Mrs. Fred B. Freeman, Miss Yvonne Van Duzen and Miss Gail Van Duzen, all of Dallas; his mother Mrs. Amy Van Duzen of Ypsilanti, Michigan; two brothers, Dr. Verne L. Van Duzen of Ypsilanti, and Dr. Dale Van Duzen of Cleveland, Ohio.
= = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, August 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family or the physician's career.
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