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Brandon, Dr. Winfield Scott (1852-1931)

Dr. Winfield Scott Brandon, MD was raised in Fairmount, Indiana in Grant County. After finishing his graded classes, he began teaching at the age of 18-years-old for eight years. In 1876, he began courses at the Medical College in Cincinnati. From 1880-1881, he began medical practice in Grant County and also attended Butler University Medical and graduated during that time. After graduation, he went to work in Andrews, in Huntington County, Indiana (the town was previously known as Antiock but was renamed in the 1880’s). Dr. Brandon “taking every opportunity for perfecting his knowledge” took a course in a New York hospital in 1888. Afterwards, in 1889, he moved to Daleville. He was living and practicing in Daleville when he died in 1931.

Dr. W. S. Brandon, MD married twice. First, to Mary S Green in Grant County in 1878. Second, to Nettie Valentine in 1899 in Missouri. They also are in the census records there in 1900.

Part 1 of 1894 “Portrait and Record of Delaware County and Randolph Counties” page 739
Part 2 of 1894 “Portrait and Record of Delaware County and Randolph Counties” page 740
Obituary Muncie Star Press, 18 Aug 1931
Marriage License to Hettie Valentine 1899
Ancestry-Research-File-Brandon-WS-Dr-JH

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Summers, Dr. Henry C. (1843-1902), Physician

Dr. H. C. Summers was one of the pioneer doctors in our area. He was an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.

He moved from Fall Creek Township in Henry Township to Middletown when he was 14-years-old. He attended “the graded” schools until he was 18-years-old. He began attending lectures at the Rush Medical College 1864-1865. According to the Deceased Physician files, Dr. Summers also attended the University of Cincinnati. In 1893. the Delaware County Board of Commissioners gave he and other doctors a concession to care for the poor for the country.

He married first Sarah A Laboyteaux, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Wise) Laboteaux. After Sarah’s death in 1873, he married Louise L. Stewart, daughter of J.V. and Sarah (Bishop) Stewart.

He lived in Daleville but practiced throughout Delaware and Henry Counties. He set up a practice in Daleville a couple of years after graduating from medical school moving from Luray. At the time of his death he was the surgeon for the Union Traction Company.

1894 Portrait and Record of Delaware and Randolph Counties
Deceased Physicians Record, Summers, Henry C.
Ancestry-Research-file-Henry-C-Summers-JH

Doctors to the Poor, Dr. H.C. Summers assigned to Salem Township
Sewed up a patient in a fight 5 Sep 1901 Muncie Star
Saw King Edward VII in 1860 when he came to the US
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Kilgore, Dr. Frank Taylor (1876-1946), Physician

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.

Obituary: Muncie Evening Press 23 Dec 1946, page 3

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.

Kilgore-Dr.-Frank-T.

This is Dr. Kilgore’s American Medical Association Membership Record
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