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BIOGRAPHIES
Source #3
Commemorative Biographical Records
of
Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of
Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1899
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R. F. LAMSON, M. D. Doctor Lamson
has for nearly a third of a century been one of the
most prominent and successful physicians and surgeons of Williams
county. He is at present residing upon his farm in Bridgewater township,
but expects in the near future to lay aside all business cares and
remove to the city of Bryan, where he owns a pleasant residence.
Doctor Lamson was born in Licking county, Ohio,
February 20, 1838, a son of Andrew and Clarinda (Hughes) Lamson. The
Lamson family is of English origin, and its first representatives in
this country located in Vermont. Richard Lamson, grandfather of our
subject, was a pioneer and one of the most prominent citizens of Licking
county, Ohio, which he represented two terms in the State Legislature.
He was one of the influential members and a leader in the Whig party,
and was called upon to serve in several local offices. He married a Miss
Morgan, whose ancestors were also from England, and were early settlers
of-the Green Mountain State. Throughout his active business life Andrew
Lamson, the Doctor's father, was employed as a saddler and harness
maker: in politics he was first a Whig, later a Republican, and after
the war he was a Democrat. He died in 1896 at the home of his son in
Williams county at the ripe old age of eighty-one.
Mrs. Clarinda Lamson, who is still living in Bryan, at the age of
seventy-seven, is a daughter of Jonathan and Lavina (Davis) Hughes, the
former a native of Virginia, the latter of Licking county, Ohio, and is
a granddaughter of Elias Hughes. Her father was reared in Virginia, and
early in life became an avowed enemy of the red men, as his father,
brother and sweetheart were all killed by the Indians. So deep was his
hatred that he was willing at all times to go to any part of the country
to aid the white men in the Indian wars, and followed the frontier in
hope of revenge. He became a noted Indian fighter, and was the last
survivor of the battle of Point Pleasant, his death occurring in Licking
county, Ohio, when he had reached the advanced age of ninety-eight
years. During the early days when Ohio still maintained her militia
companies, he became quite prominent in military circles, and was
commissioned colonel of a regiment: and during the Civil war, although
then eighty years of age, he shouldered his squirrel gun and joined the
troops which checked John Morgan's raid through Indiana and Ohio.
In the common schools of Utica, Ohio, Doctor Lamson
commenced his literary education, later attended the Wesleyan University
at Delaware, this State, and at the age of sixteen commenced teaching
for the purpose of securing funds with which to complete his education.
He successfully taught for a number of years, then fitted himself for
the legal profession, but finally decided to take up the study of
medicine and make its practice his life work. He began reading with
Doctor J. H. Madden, and in the winter of 1860-61 attended a course of
medical lectures. In the following year, however, he laid aside all
personal interest, enlisting in the Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and for two years he served with the army of the Cumberland,
taking part in several important battles and the sieges of Fort Donelson
and Vicksburg. Owing to ill health he was discharged at the end of that
time and returned home, but when somewhat recovered, he entered the
United States Military Railroad service in the South. After serving in
that department for some time, his health again broke down, and for
almost a year he was confined in a hospital at Nashville, Tennessee,
being there at the time of Lee's surrender.
In 1861, previous to entering the army, Doctor
Lamson
was married to Miss Elizabeth Wanzor, who was born in Madison county,
Ohio, May 10, 1841, a daughter of Ransford and Elizabeth (Burt) Wanzor,
the former a native of New York and of German descent, the latter of
South Carolina and of Welsh extraction. Her father, who was a farmer by
occupation, moved to Michigan later in life, and there died at the age
of eighty-three years. He was a member of the Society of Friends, while
his wife was a Baptist in religious belief. In their family were eight
children, namely; Charles, a farmer and stock raiser of Kansas;
Mrs.
Eunice McCart, whose husband was a colonel in the Civil war;
Mrs.
Abigail Hartzel; John C, an engineer residing in Chicago; Elizabeth,
wife of our subject; Mrs. Mary Barton; Ransford, a farmer of Kansas; and
Sarah, who died unmarried. The Doctor and his wife have one child; Maud,
who was born in 1868, and is now the wife of Charles Anderson, of
Chicago.
On his return from the war Doctor Lamson located in
Bryan, where his father's family and his wife had removed in the winter
of 1865-66. and after teaching for a short time he took up his residence
in Bridgewater township, Williams county, in 1866. Here he commenced the
practice of his profession, soon gained the confidence of the best
people of the community and succeeded in building up a large and
lucrative practice. In 1876 he entered the College of Medicine and
Surgery in Cincinnati, and after his graduation resumed practice in
Bridgewater township, where he remained until 1888. During the following
six years he successfully engaged in practice in Bryan, but in 1894 he
returned to Bridgewater to look after his farm and landed interests
here. Many of his old patrons have again sought his services, but he is
now planning to retire permanently to his pleasant home in Bryan, where
after a useful and well-spent life he may enjoy the rest which he so
well deserves. He is a strong adherent of Democratic principles, is one
of the leading men of his party in Bridgewater township, and during
President Cleveland's first administration was appointed pension
examiner. Socially he is an honored member of the Knights of Pythias,
has filled all the chairs in his lodge, and also belongs to the
Uniformed rank of that order. In religious faith his wife is a member of
the Episcopal Church. Wherever known they are held in high regard, and
have a wide circle of friends and acquaintances throughout Williams
county.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899 - Page 514 |
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DOCTOR J. V.
LESNET. Doctor J. V. Lesnet, medical practitioner,
Montpelier, Williams County, Ohio.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899 - Page 536 |
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