Dr. G. W. Slack, MD moved to Delaware County with his parents when he was just 12-years-old in 1837. He married Mary Louise “Louisa” Hardin in 1854 in Madison County, Indiana. He graduated from Rush Medical College and opened a practice in Yorktown, Indiana in 1854. He practiced in Yorktown until his death in 1886.
Dr. Gus Shively was the son of Dr. David M. Shively who together formed the medical firm of Shively & Shively. Dr. David Shively died just a year prior to his son. According to Gus’ obituary, he was in a “serious mental condition” at the time of his father’s death. He had been an “invalid for a greater part of the time” after his father’s death. He studied medicine at the Medical College of Indiana-University of Indianapolis and graduated in 1895. He earned his medical license in 1897.
Dr. Jonathan Rector Downing was a physician in Delaware County, serving the last 32 years in Yorktown. His son, J. Frank Downing was also a Yorktown physician. Dr. Downing was a Civil War veteran, imprisoned at Libby in Richmond, Virginia. He was released in an exchange between the north and south. In 1865, he was aboard the Steamer Sultana who was transporting prisoners north, when three of its boilers exploded, killing 1,168 people. The steamer sank near Memphis, TN on April 27, 1865. It was the worst maritime disaster in the Untied States history. Only 760 soldiers survived. Downing was injured in the explosion.
Robert was a farmer and a Civil War Veteran, enlisting 13 August 1862 into Company D, 84th Indiana Infantry. He received a disability payment of $6 per month for his injuries in the war. Robert served four years as a county commissioner.
Dr. Benjamin Kelso Snodgrass was the son of Dr. Benjamin Duley Snodgrass. B.K. practiced in Union City, Indiana.
Died at home in Yorktown, Indiana. His son, Benjamin Kelso Snodgrass was a practicing physician in Union City.
His brother’s biography in the Portrait and Record for Randolph and Delaware County 1894 has information about Ben’s father and mother.
Dr. Downing was a Yorktown physician and former Delaware County Coroner. He served as a Lieutenant in WWI in the Medical Corps. His father, Jonathan Rector Downing, was also a physician in Yorktown.
The Ancestry file below contains additional details and research sources.
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Dr. Benjamin F. Hittle was a Yorktown physician. He served in the Civil War when he was just 18 years old. He is buried with his wife in Yorktown Cemetery.
Dr. Frank T. Kilgore was the son of Tecumseh Kilgore and the grandson of the prominent state politician and Yorktown attorney, David Kilgore. Frank graduated in 1898 from the Indiana University School of Medicine. He practiced for 15 years in Daleville and 29 years in Yorktown. Between 1925 and 1929, he served as the coroner of Delaware County, Indiana.
The PDF file below contains detailed information about Dr. Frank T. Kilgore and his family. It includes a list of resource materials used for this biography.
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Dr. Marcellus Phillip Wright was a teacher at Yorktown High School before he followed his father, Dr. Carl H. Wright, into the medical field. Dr. M. P. Wright practiced in Montana, Chicago, and Peoria, Illinois. He is buried in Elm Ridge Cemetery in Muncie.
Below is the researched Ancestry file with detailed information about Dr. Marcellus “Cell” Phillip Wright. This includes a list of source material.
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