Dr. Neil E. Greer of Lockney, Texas, died in a Lubbock hospital on June 26, 1955, following a cerebral thrombosis and eight years of illness. He was born in Prescott, Arkansas on October 10, 1882 to Will and Cindy Greer. He received his preliminary education in De Leon, Texas and graduated from the Medical Department of the Texas Christian University in 1914. He practiced for a short time in De Leon, Fort Worth, and Petersburg, before moving to Lockney in 1916.
Dr. Greer was elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association in 1950, after having been a member throughout his professional career, most recently through the Hale-Floyd-Briscoe Counties Medical Society. He was a past president of that body, and was a member of the American Medical Association. He was a Methodist, a Mason, and a member of Rotary International. During World War I, he served on the local committee on procurement and assignment of physicians.
On September 6, 1906, Miss Oma Patterson and Dr. Greer were married in De Leon. Mrs. Greer survives, as do two sons, Dr. Wayne Greer of Lockney and Mr. Doyle Greer of Lubbock. Four grandchildren also survive.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Sunday, December 04, 2011
Gideon Graham, M.D. (1884-1955)
Dr. Gideon Graham, physician of Newton, Texas, for 28 years, died in a Jasper hospital on June 23, 1955, of cancer. He was born April 5, 1884 in Osage. He was the son of Jessie Abner Graham and Melvina Allen Graham. After attending Tyler Commercial College in Tyler, Texas, he entered Memphis Hospital Medical College, from which he graduated in 1906.
He practiced briefly at Gonzales, Osage, Doucette and Trent, part of the time as a lumber company doctor, before beginning his practice in Newton. He was a past president of the Jasper-Newton Counties Medical Society, having served in 1943, 1944 and 1945. He was elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association in 1955, after having been a member throughout his career. He was also a member of the American Medical Association. During World War I he was a captain in the Army Medical Corps and served in Louisville, Kentucky and in Del Rio.
Dr. Graham was a member of the Baptist faith, the Lions Club, and the Masonic Order. On March 30, 1926, he married Miss Eunice Woods. Mrs. Graham survives, as do two sons, Cyril J. Graham of Beaumont and Willie Mack Graham of Hillsboro. Four daughters also survive; Mrs. Robert Johnson of Beaumont, Mrs. Obie Straughn of Corpus Christi, Mrs. E.P. Hughes of Jasper, and Mrs. Guy E. Dority, Jr. of El Paso. Dr. Graham also leaves 16 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, a brother W.A. Graham of Gatesville, and a sister, Mrs. R.F. Brown, of Osage.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
He practiced briefly at Gonzales, Osage, Doucette and Trent, part of the time as a lumber company doctor, before beginning his practice in Newton. He was a past president of the Jasper-Newton Counties Medical Society, having served in 1943, 1944 and 1945. He was elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association in 1955, after having been a member throughout his career. He was also a member of the American Medical Association. During World War I he was a captain in the Army Medical Corps and served in Louisville, Kentucky and in Del Rio.
Dr. Graham was a member of the Baptist faith, the Lions Club, and the Masonic Order. On March 30, 1926, he married Miss Eunice Woods. Mrs. Graham survives, as do two sons, Cyril J. Graham of Beaumont and Willie Mack Graham of Hillsboro. Four daughters also survive; Mrs. Robert Johnson of Beaumont, Mrs. Obie Straughn of Corpus Christi, Mrs. E.P. Hughes of Jasper, and Mrs. Guy E. Dority, Jr. of El Paso. Dr. Graham also leaves 16 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, a brother W.A. Graham of Gatesville, and a sister, Mrs. R.F. Brown, of Osage.
= = = published in the Texas State Journal of Medicine, September 1955. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Felix Grundy McConnell (1809-1846)
Washington D.C. September 9, 1846. -- The telegraph will have apprised you of the melancholy suicide of the Hon. Felix McConnell. The news sent a thrill of horror through the community, and crowds eagerly hurried to the body which but a short time ago was bounding with the pulses of life. Oh! Intemperance! how numerous are thy victims.
It appears that the deceased terminated his existence by deliberately cutting the jugular veins on each side of his throat, and by inflicting deep wounds in his sides, with a knife. Two of the stabs were nearly perpendicular. The others were glanced off from his bones and made frightful gashes. His friends say that for about a week past he had relinquished drinking, owing to indisposition, and that the absence of his usual stimulus caused great despondency. He was in fact suffering the horrors of delirium tremens.
He could not, as has been stated, been in great want of money, for I am told he had not drawn his mileage. In addition to this, he had his watch and valuable jewelry on his person, besides a sum of money. A short time before he committed the deed, he called for a pen and ink, for the purpose, it is supposed, of writing to his wife. A coroner's inquest was held on the body, at his room in the St. Charles Hotel, and a verdict was rendered in accordance with the fact.
Mr. McConnell was born in Nashville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, on April 1st, 1809. In 1824, he removed to Talladega County Alabama, where his family, consisting of a wife and four children, now reside. His funeral took place on the 10th, under the direction of the House of Representatives. = = = published in the Baltimore Sun, 11 September 1846.
Transcriber's Note: Mrs. McConnell was Miss Elizabeth Hogan, who married Felix in Alabama in 1835. According to A Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Mr. McConnell worked as a saddler before being admitted to the bar in 1836. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama State Senate before being elected to the U.S. Congress.
It appears that the deceased terminated his existence by deliberately cutting the jugular veins on each side of his throat, and by inflicting deep wounds in his sides, with a knife. Two of the stabs were nearly perpendicular. The others were glanced off from his bones and made frightful gashes. His friends say that for about a week past he had relinquished drinking, owing to indisposition, and that the absence of his usual stimulus caused great despondency. He was in fact suffering the horrors of delirium tremens.
He could not, as has been stated, been in great want of money, for I am told he had not drawn his mileage. In addition to this, he had his watch and valuable jewelry on his person, besides a sum of money. A short time before he committed the deed, he called for a pen and ink, for the purpose, it is supposed, of writing to his wife. A coroner's inquest was held on the body, at his room in the St. Charles Hotel, and a verdict was rendered in accordance with the fact.
Mr. McConnell was born in Nashville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, on April 1st, 1809. In 1824, he removed to Talladega County Alabama, where his family, consisting of a wife and four children, now reside. His funeral took place on the 10th, under the direction of the House of Representatives. = = = published in the Baltimore Sun, 11 September 1846.
Transcriber's Note: Mrs. McConnell was Miss Elizabeth Hogan, who married Felix in Alabama in 1835. According to A Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Mr. McConnell worked as a saddler before being admitted to the bar in 1836. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama State Senate before being elected to the U.S. Congress.
Friday, December 02, 2011
Margaret Minerva Kirlicks (1859-1890)
This morning at 1:15 o'clock Mrs. Margaret M., wife of William Kirlicks of this city, died at her late home in the third ward after a protracted and severe illness. She was born on October 11, 1859 and died on April 14, 1890.
All that a loving husband and affectionate relatives could do to prolong the light of life was done, but the remorseless destroyer could not be turned away. She was only 30 years of age and was one of the lovable characters among the ladies of this city. Harris County was her birthplace and nearly all her life had been spent in Houston.
A devoted husband and three loving children bear the brunt of sorrow. Mr. James Pickens, well known here, was a brother who mourns alongside a sorrowing mother and sister. The funeral took place this afternoon from the First Baptist Church, and the dear lady was buried at Washington Cemetery.
= = published in the Houston News section of the Galveston Daily News, 14 April 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
All that a loving husband and affectionate relatives could do to prolong the light of life was done, but the remorseless destroyer could not be turned away. She was only 30 years of age and was one of the lovable characters among the ladies of this city. Harris County was her birthplace and nearly all her life had been spent in Houston.
A devoted husband and three loving children bear the brunt of sorrow. Mr. James Pickens, well known here, was a brother who mourns alongside a sorrowing mother and sister. The funeral took place this afternoon from the First Baptist Church, and the dear lady was buried at Washington Cemetery.
= = published in the Houston News section of the Galveston Daily News, 14 April 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Ella Petty McDonald (1849-1890)
BASTROP, TEX. April 4th 1890. A sad, sad death occurred a few miles below Bastrop, near Upton Station, last week. Mrs. Ella Petty McDonald, wife of Mr. Tom McDonald, formerly of Hill's Prairie, after several days of severe suffering, passed away, leaving a devoted husband and loving children to try to live without her.
= = published in the Galveston Daily News 5 April 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
= = published in the Galveston Daily News 5 April 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information regarding this family.
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