Madison County History and Genealogy

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History of Madison County


Medical Professionals of Jefferson


Dr. David Wilson was born in Washington County, Penn., April 20, 1789. He did not study medicine until past middle life. Was a pupil of Dr. Robert Houston, of South Charleston, Ohio. Commenced practice at West Jefferson, Ohio, December 1, 1831, and continued in active practice about twenty-five years. He died of apoplexy, at his home in Jefferson, July 15, 1877, in the eighty-eighth year of his age.

Dr. Jennet Stutson was born in Scituate, Mass., September 7, 1807. Was a pupil of Dr. John A. Turner, of Zanesville, Ohio. In the winter of 1836-37, he attended one course of lectures at Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, and came directly to Jefferson from the college, where he resided until his death, September 23, 1861, aged fifty-eight years.

Dr. Ezra Bliss had practiced in Vershire, Vt., for several years. Was twice married, having twelve children by his first wife, and four by his second, of whom Webb Bliss was the youngest. He came to Jefferson in about 1846, and died there in about 1852.

Dr. John McCullough was born January 10, 1805, in Washington County, Penn.; studied medicine in Eastern Ohio, and afterward practiced medicine for several years in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Moved to Jefferson, Ohio, in 1848, where he continued to practice until about 1872, when age and failing health compelled him to desist. He was married in 1827 to Miss Abba Brower and died December 26, 1880, in Springfield, Ohio.

Dr. Benjamin Franklin Crabb, son of Rev. Henderson and Jemima (Downing) Crabb, was born in Amity, Madison Co., Ohio; studied with Dr. Jennet Stutson, of Jefferson, Ohio; graduated at Starling Medical College, and practiced a few years after 1850 in this place, and removed to South Charleston, Ohio, and afterward to Washington, Iowa. He was a Colonel in the Union army, and was taken prisoner in his first battle—that of Belmont, Mo. Resides in Lincoln. Neb.

Dr. — — Johnson, from about 1851 to 1854, was a popular physician, and died in Jefferson about 1854.

Dr. D. W. Seal, Dr. Archer and Dr. Davis, all eclectics, practiced there for a short time from about 1852. I remember Dr. Seal personally. I called at his house in about November, 1855 or 1856. He impressed me as a man of ability and general intelligence. He was probably about thirty years of age. He was tall, with an intellectual countenance, high forehead, and evidently a cultured gentleman. He had a wife and some small children, but he died not long after my visit, of consumption.

Dr. Thomas W. Forshee practiced there about 1854 to 1857. He was a graduate in medicine, and moved to Amity, from which place he went into the army as an officer in the Fourth Ohio Cavalry. He resigned during the war, and became an Assistant Surgeon to some regiment. He is living in Illinois.

Dr. John Colliver was born in Kentucky December 6, 1811; came to Ohio as early as 1840. In 1842, he lived over in the Darby Plains, on one of James Wilson's farms. It is said of him that he neglected to try to save his large crop of hemp that he had sown, but that he would sit down on the hearth in his log cabin, with his back to the jamb, and alternate until the "wee small hours" of night between his book and an effort to keep the faggots burning brightly enough to see to read. He subsequently studied medicine with Dr. Daniel Bell, of Somerford Township, this county, and located at Mechanicsburg, where he practiced for several years. He moved to Amity in about 1852, and wast here in 1856, when the small-pox got hold of his family. One daughter died, and the entire family became victims to the disease. In 1857, he moved to La Fayette, this county, and in 1858 to Jefferson, Ohio. Whilst he was in La Fayette, I met him almost daily, and remember him as a genial old gentleman, and honorable as a colleague in the profession. He became the most eminent eclectic physician who has ever resided in the county. He died of pneumonia, at his home in Jefferson, Ohio, June 10, 1865. He married, February 5, 1832, in Kentucky, Miss Matilda Robinson.

Dr. John Noble Beach was born at Amity, Madison Co., Ohio, January 29, 1820. Was the pupil of Dr. Charles McCloud, and graduated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, February 25, 1850. After a few years of practice at Unionville Center and Plain City, Ohio, he removed to Jefferson, Ohio, August 8, 1858, where he has since resided continuously, with the exception of the three years spent in the army. He married, June 1, 1858, Eliza J. Snyder, of Champaign County, Ohio.

Dr. Homer Summerfield Quinn, son of Rev. Isaac and Cynthia (Witten) Quinn, was born February 28, 1840. He was a pupil of Dr. John H. Quinn, of Clinton County, Ohio. Graduated at Medical College of Ohio, in the class of 1862, and located at Jefferson in the same year. He was elected by the Democratic party to the State Legislature in the fall of 1877. He married Miss Bettie Putnam, of Jefferson, Ohio, in 1870, and has continued in successful practice since locating at this point.

Dr. Jefferson T. Colliver was born in Kentucky January 19, 1841. He is a son of the late Dr. John and Matilda (Robinson) Colliver. He graduated at the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 1, 1864. He located in Jefferson, and, after the death of his father, in the year following, succeeded to his large and lucrative practice, and still resides there. He married, in November, 1860, Miss Frances Adams, of Clinton, Ill.

Dr. Charles Snyder was born in Champaign County, Ohio, March 12, 1848. Was a pupil of Dr. J. N. Beach, and received the degree of M. D. from the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, March 4, 1870. He was appointed Resident Physician to the Ohio Penitentiary after his graduation, which position he resigned, and located in Jefferson, Ohio, in 1872, where he yet resides. Dr. Horatio Seymour Downs was born in Urbana, Ohio, November 6, 1854; is a grandson of the late Dr. John Colliver. He graduated M. D. at the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 3, 1879, and commenced practice in Jefferson, Ohio, in June, 1880. He married, May 4, 1880, Miss Lizzie Bowen,


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