The first permanent physician in Hancock County, was Dr. BASS RAWSON, who was born Apr. 17, 1799, in the town of Orange, Franklin County, Mass.  He was one of five brothers, who removed from Massachusetts at an early day and settled in Ohio, four being physicians.  In his boyhood he worked on a farm and attended a country school.  From the farm he went to learn a trade of hatter, which he worked at until he was about twenty years of age, but, his health somewhat failing him, he determined to relinquish it and engaged in the study of medicine.  With this end in view he entered an academy at New Salem, Mass., which he attended several terms.  In the meanwhile he taught school for the purpose of earning money to defray the necessary expense of his education.  At the age of twenty-five he married and immigrated to Ravenna, Ohio, where he remained few months.  He then removed to Otsego County, New York, locating at Richfield.  Here he again taught school.  Previous to his leaving Massachusetts he had studied medicine for few months, but on his return to the east he took up the study seriously, with the intention of qualifying himself as physician, Dr. Thomas, of Richfield, becoming his preceptor.  In the winter of 1826-27 he attended medical lectures at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, and at the close of the collegiate term returned to his father's house at New Salem and continued the reading of medicine with Dr. Brooks of Orange.  In June, 1828, he removed to Ohio and practiced little more than year with his brother, Dr. Secretary Rawson, who resided in Medina County, Ohio.  In September, 1829, he removed to Findlay, where he settled permanently in the practice of his profession.  The place had been but recently settled and only twelve white families resided within its limits, the Indians being more numerous than the whites.  Here the doctor practiced without cessation, for over sixty years.  He was member and earnest supporter of the Presbyterian church.  In politics he was a Republican.  His death occurred Dec. 28, 1891.  The writer remembers little incident that happened to the Doctor, and which he used to tell.
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meal.  While thus engaged, man rode up and asked if this was the new doctor that was coming to live in the neighborhood, the Doctor replying that he was, the man then said that he had very sick wife, and would the Doctor please come right away and see her.  And so, eating hurried meal, the Doctor went away with the man.  Thus his practice was started, even before he had reached the end of his journey into the new country that he had picked out for his future home.

     CHARLES OESTERLIN, M. D.

     WILLIAM H. BALDWIN,  M. D.,

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     WILLIAM D. CARLIN, M. D.,

     ANSON HURD, M. D.,

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     LORENZO FIRMIN, M. D., was born Mar. 31, 1809, in South Wilbraham, Mass., son of John Firmin.  When quite young he learned the trade of shoemaking with his father, with whom he was connected in the east till 1834, when he came west to Richfield, Summit County, Ohio, and entered into partnership with Dr. Secretary Rawson, in tannery, which he continued in until 1841, when he sold out to O. M. Oviatt, of Richfield.  In 1841 he came to Findlay, Ohio, read medicine with Dr. Bass Rawson and graduated in the profession.  He practiced at Benton, this county, till 1847, when he returned to Findlay, where he thought an opening existed, owing to the fact that several physicians from Findlay were holding positions in the army during the Mexican war.  He was married June 28, 1838, to Clara H., daughter of Dr. Secretary Rawson.  They had no children.  Dr. Firmin continued his profession in this place until his retirement in 1877, after which he gave his attention to his private business matters, which were many and important.  His first wife having died in 1891, he was again married in 1894, his second wife being Miss Mary B. Humphrey, native of Findlay.  His death, which occurred on Oct. 12, 1901, was received with profound grief by the community where he so long had been a resident and very efficient promoter of the interests of the city and county.

     WILLIAM D. DETWILER, M. D., was born in Mifflin County, Penn., Aug. 23, 1832.  He learned the trade of plastering with his father,

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and in 1851 came west and located in Findlay where he carried on his trade for some time.  He subsequently moved to Illinois, and, on returning from there in 1859 entered the office of Dr. Oesterlin, where he prosecuted the study of medicine.  On the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion, our subject left his worthy preceptor's office and enlisted his service in defense of the Union.  Three years of his time, however, were devoted to service as hospital steward, and upon the close of the war he returned to his medical studies, graduating from the Homeopathic Hospital College of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1867.  Dr. Detwiler located in Findlay and for ten years was prominently identified with the profession of medicine in this portion of the State.  His death occurred Apr. 30, 1877.  He was at that time president of the Ohio State Homeopathic Medical Society, and also president of the Alumni Association of Cleveland College.  The Masonic, Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias societies, the Findlay Guards, and ex-soldiers all took part in the funeral ceremonies in his memory.  Dr. Detwiler was an ardent Sabbath school and church worker, and was an acknowledged leader in all interests he sought to serve.

     TOBIAS G. BARNHILL, M. D.,

     FRANKLIN WAYNE ENTRIKIN, M. D.,

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     FRANCIS W. FIRMIN, M. D., was born in Richfield, Summit County, Ohio, July 15, 1842, and is descendant of pioneers of that name in Massachusetts who came to our shores in 1630 in the fleet with Governor Winthrop.  Our subject is son of Francis B. and Mary (Chapin) Firmin.  He received good education in Wilbraham, Mass., and at Oberlin, Ohio.  In 1862 he came to Ohio and engaged in the study of Medicine with his uncle, Lorenzo Firmin, and in 1867 graduated from the Cleveland Medical College.  He located in Findlay, this county, and has been very creditable professional worker here ever since.  He married here 1869 Mary L. D., daughter of John A. Meeks, pioneer minister of the Presbyterian Church.  The doctor is member of the American Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical Association and of the North western Ohio Medical Association.  July 15, 1863, he enlisted in Company E. One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and after serving his country for eight months was honorably discharged.  He holds high rank in his profession as liberal contributor to all measures tending to the development of the social and industrial life of this locality.

     JOSEPH PARKER BAKER, M. D.,

     DON B. BIGGS, M. D., was born at Arcada, Hancock County, Ohio, June 16, 1873.  He was graduated from the High School at De Graff, Ohio; was three years at Delaware College College, one year at the Ada Pharmacal School, three years at Somisville Medical College and graduated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio.  He is an ex-coroner of Hancock County and a member of the Northwestern Ohio State and National Medical Societies.

     JOHN CHARLES FREMONT MARTIN, M. D., was born at Covington, Miami County, Ohio, on Nov. 10th, 1856, and was graduated at the Covington High School.  He attended and was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Mar. 18th,

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1881.  He was an interne at the st. Mary's Hospital for two years. During 1883 and 1884 he was contract surgeon in the United States Army and was stationed at Ft. Keogh.  During the Spanish-American war he served as Brigade Surgeon with the rank of Major.  He is a graduate of the post-graduate course of London, England, and has practiced in Findlay since 1886.

     HERBERT VINTON BEARDSLEY, M. D.,

     WILLIAM M. YOST, M. D.,

     A. W. BALSLEY, M. D.,

     JOHN M. FIRMIN, M. D., was born in Findlay, Ohio, Oct. 31, 1872.  He is graduate of Findlay High School and Oberlin College (1894) and Master of Arts, 1897.  He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Cleveland, Ohio, Mar. 17, 1897; took the Post Graduate course at Bellevue Hospital in 1900.  He has practiced in Findlay since his graduation.

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College at Cincinnati, in 1894, and subsequently practiced his profession in Findlay until his death, which occurred in Cincinnati, Mar. 17, 1910.  He was a member of the Association of Military Surgeon of the U. S. A., with a rank of Major of Medical Corps, Ohio National Guard; also a member of the Hancock County, Northwestern Ohio State, and National Association.    

     W. S. VAN HORN, M. D., was born in Hancock County, Ohio, June 13, 1853.  He attended the public school and was graduated from the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, in 1883.  He commenced the practice of medicine in Mt. Blanchard, where he remained for five years when he removed to Findlay, where he has remained until the present time.  He is a member of the Northwestern Ohio Eclectic Medical as well as the State and National Association.

     ALLISON M. VAN HORN, M. D., was born in York County, Pa., July 31, 1882.  He is a graduate of Findlay High School (May, 1900) and of the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati (1905).  He has been engaged in the practice of medicine for over four years.  He is a member of the Northwestern Ohio Eclectic and State Eclectic societies.

     J. M. GUISE, M. D., born in Findlay, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1853.  He was educated in the common and high schools and graduated  from the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati in 1887; has held the position of county Physician, and has practiced in Findlay from the time of his graduation to the present writing.

     ALBERT H. LINAWEAVER, M. D., was born in Springfield, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1856.  He attended the common and select schools and studied three years at Whittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio.  He was graduated in medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, Ill., Apr. 21, 1896, and took a post graduate course in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat College in Chicago in 1899.  He ahs practiced in Findlay since graduating.

     R. B. KEERAN, M. D., was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, on Feb. 20th, 1853.  Took the Common School education of the day and graduated at teh Eclectic Medical Institute in Cincinnati in 1876.  Practiced in Marshall, Ill., for ten years and since 1886 to the present time in Findlay, Ohio.  He is a member of the district and State Eclectic Medical societies.

     P. O. GUISE, M. D., was born in Findlay, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1851.  Educated in the common and high schools of Findlay and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, Maryland, in 1882 and has practiced continuously in Findlay ever since his graduation.  He has held the office of township clerk for four years and of township treasurer for two months.

     J. E. POWELL, M. D., born in Findlay, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1853.  He was educated in the common and high schools and graduated from the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati in 1887; has held the position of county physician, and has practiced in Findlay from the time of his graduation to the present writing.

     MRS. CORNELIUS B. KENNEDY, M. D., was born in Van Wert, Ohio, June 20 1862.  She was educated in the common school and high school of Warsaw, Indiana, and graduated in medicine from the Toledo Medical College, Mar. 31, 1896.  She served three terms as secretary of the Hancock County Medical Society of which she is an active member, as well as a member of the Northwestern, Ohio and Ohio State societies.

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     EARL J. THOMAS, M. D., was born in Biglick Township, Hancock County, Ohio, Oct. 7, 1882.  He is a graduate of the Findlay High School and attended one year at the Ohio State University of Columbus.  He is a medical graduate of the University of Michigan, at an Arbor, class of 1905.  After serving a year as interne in the Ann Arbor Hospital he located in Findlay, Ohio, for the practice of his profession.

     O. H. SAUNDERS, M. D., was born in Benton Ridge, Hancock County, Ohio, Mar. 22, 1864.  He was graduated from the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1891.  He is a member fo the Hancok County, State, and National Medical Association, and is clerk of the Board of Education.

     M. M. CROTHERS, M. D., was born in Crawford County, Ohio, on Feb. 8, 1845.  He attended the common and high schools and read medicine in the office of A. E. Jenner, a descendant of the famous Dr. Jenner, the discover of vaccination.  Dr. Crothers graduated from the Medical Department of Wooster at Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1872, and practiced at Sulphur Springs, the succeeding sixteen years, when he removed to Findlay, Ohio.  He has been a member and president of the city council and an ex-member of the State Legislature.

     MILTON S. WILLIAMSON, M. D., was born in Seneca County, Ohio, on Dec. 19, 1850, and was educated in the common and high schools of Findlay, Ohio, after which he attended Heidelberg College at Tiffin, Ohio.  He attended and is a graduate of the Medical Department of the University of Wooster at Cleveland, Ohio, in the class of 1874; also took a post graduate course at Rush Medical College of Chicago, Ill., in 1882; was a member of U. S. Examining Board of Pensions for eight years, twice president of the Hancock County Medical Society and member of the Hancock County State and National Associations and Physician to the Infirmary.  He has practiced at West Independence, Arcadia, Fostori, Alvada and Findlay, Ohio.

     HURON S. WILSON, M. D., was born at Vanlue, Ohio, Dec. 6, 1856.  He was educated in the common schools, attended Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, and graduated at the Kentucky School of Medicine, Louisville, Ky., in the class of 1885.  He practiced his profession at Vanlue, Alvada, McKutchensville and Findlay, Ohio.  Ex-coroner of Hancock County, member of Hancock County, Northwestern, Ohio and State Medical societies.

     J. W. ZOPHI, M. D., was born in Jeffersonville, Sullivan County, New York, Apr. 12, 1859.  He attended the common and high schools and was a student at and graduate of the Medical Department of the University of Buffalo, N. Y., in the class of 1889, after which he served a term is interne in the Buffalo Hospital.

     N. R. McLACHLIN, M. D., was born Nov. 26, 1859, in Middlesex County, Ontario.  He attended the common schools and was graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1878.  He practiced in Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich., for eleven years, moving to Findlay, Ohio, in 1889.  Dr. McLachlin is a member of the Board of U. S. Pension Examiners and of the Hancock County, Northwestern Ohio, State and National Medical societies.  He is also an ex-coroner of Tuscola County, Mich.

     JOHN CHARLES TRITCH, M. D., was born in Findlay, Ohio, Sept. 25th, 1857.  He at-

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tended the city schools and was graduated from the Findlay High School in the class of 1874; entered the office of Doctor Wm. M. Detwiler, his uncle, and studied medicine there; attended the Homeopathic Hospital College at Cleveland and graduated in the class of 1877.  He took post-graduate work in the New York Polyclinic in 1888, 1890, 1896 and 1903; also the New York Post Graduate in 1893; received the degree of A. M. from the Findlay College in 1896.  Dr. Tritch is gynecologist to the Findlay Home and Hospital.  He was a member of the City Board of Education for six years, and coroner of Hancock County from 1880 to 1884.