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allopathic system .seven, and the homoeopathic twenty-three years.

1867. J. Fenimore Niver, M. D. Born at Bethlehem, N. Y., April
31, 1839. Was graduated in 1S64 from the Berkshire Medical College
at Pittsfield, Mass. Began practice at Stillwater, K. Y. ; removed in
1867 to Cohoes; and in 1871 to Cambridge, Washington county, where,
in 1897, he is still engaged in active practice.

1867. Jamf.s Henry Augustus Graham, M. D. Born at Sandisfield,
Mass., January 11, 1809. Was graduated from the Berkshire Medical
College at Pittsfield, Mass., in 1836. Began practice in the city of New
York, where he remained a number of years: resided at Catskill several
years ; and during the last few years of his life, at Berne, Albany county,
where he died in October, 1878, at the age of sixty-nine years. He
adopted the homoeopathic system in 1871, and adhered to it during the
remainder of his life. He had been an old school practitioner thirty-
five years.

1868. James Francis McKown, M. D. Born at Guilderland, N. Y.,
April 1, 1844. Was graduated from the Albany Medical College, No-
vember 25, 1866. Began practice (old school) at Albany the same year.
Adopted the homoeopathic system in 1868, and adhered to it during
the remainder of his life. He died August 25, 1892, at the age of forty-
eight years.

1868. George Ai.DOMER Cox, M. D. Born at Butternut, N. Y., May
]7, 1846. Was graduated in December, 1868, from the Albany Medi-
cal College. He began practice at Albany immediately after gradua-
tion; removed to Cohoes in 1870; returned to Albany in 1871, where,
in 1897, he is engaged in the duties of active practice. He served two
and a half years in the war of the Rebellion, and was mustered out of
the service in June, 1865.

1869. John Smith wick, A. M., M. D. Born at Boston, Mass., No-
vember 8, 1842. Was graduated in December, 1S68, from the Albany



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Medical College. Began practice at Albany in 1809; removed, in 1871,
to Weston, Mass.; in 1880, to Sharon, Mass., his residence in 1897.

1809. Porter Lafayette Reynolds, M. D. Born at Cabot, Vt.,
May 18, 1823. Was graduated in the spring of 18G1 from Castleton
(Vermont) Medical College, and in December, 1801, from the Albany
Medical College. Began practice (old school) at Troy in 1802; enlisted
as assistant surgon, and served two years in the war of the Rebellion;
began practice (homoeopathic) in 1804, at Albany; removed, in 1878,
to Saratoga Springs; returned, in 1880, to Albany; and in 1887, to
Oneida, N. Y., where he died April 21, at the age of sixty-four years.

1870. Nelson Hunting, M. D. Born at Gallupville, N. Y., Novem-
ber 'M, 18:)7. Was graduated in 1809 from the New York Homoeo-
pathic College and Hospital. Began practice at Gallupville, remained
one year, and came to Albany in 1870, where in 1897 he is engaged in
active practice.

1870. Edward Annon Carpenter, M. D. Born at Albany, Novem-
ber 11, 1840. Was graduated from the Albany Medical College in
December, 1869. Entered immediately on practice in Albany; removed
in 1872, to Plattsburg, N. Y. ; thence, in 1883, to Cambridge, Mass.,
where, in 1897, he is practicing his profession.

1870. Stephen H. Carroll, M. D. Born at Milanville, N, Y., Au-
gust 22, 1842. Was graduated in 1870 from the New York Homoeo-
pathic College and Hospital. Began practice in Albany immediately
after graduation, and in 1897 is still engaged in the duties of active
practice.

1870. Thomas Henry Mann, M. D. Born at Norfolk, Mass., April
8, 1843. Was graduated in December, 1870, from the Albany Medical
College. Began practice in 1871 at Willimantic, Conn. ; removed in
1872 to Block Island, R. I.; in 1876 to Woonsocket, R. I., where for
ten years he successfully pursued the practice of his profession. In 1885
he relinquished the practice of medicine, and entered other business
pursuits. Residence in 1897, Fitchburg, Mass. , at which place beholds
the office of postmaster, and is the editor and publisher of the Fitchburg
Evening Mail. Dr. Mann enlisted in the army in 1801, serving during
the war of the Rebellion ; was held a whole year at Andersonville Prison,
and was mustered out of service in May, 1805.

1870. Philip I. Cromwell, M. D. Born at Queensburg, N. Y., July
12, 1848. Was graduated December 22, 1870, from the Albany Med-
ical College. Began practice at Albany, remaining one year; i-emoved



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in 1872 to Cleveland, Oswego county, N. Y. ; in 1874 to DeKalb, 111. ;
and subsequently to Wilmington, Will county, III, where, in 1807, he
still resides.

1871. Henry Green Preston, B. A., M. D. Born at Hartford, Conn.,
in 181:7. Was graduated in 1869 from Bellevue Hospital Medical Col-
lege. Began practice in 1869 at St. John, New Brunswick; removed
in 1871 to Albany and in 1876 to Brooklyn, N. Y., where in 1897 he is
still engaged in successful practice.

1871. John Hiram Fitch, M. D. Born at New Scotland, N. Y.,
April 2, 1837. Was graduated in 18G8 from the Eclectic Medical Col-
lege in New York city. Began practice in 1868 in New York city; in

1871 came to Albany; in 1873 returned to New York city, and in the
fall of the same year removed to New Scotland, Albany county, where
in 1897 he still resides. He enlisted in the army in 1801, and was mus-
tered out of the service in September, 1864.

1871. Frank W. Thomas, M. D. Born at Watertown, N.Y., De-
cember 29, 1846. Was graduated in 1871 from the Hahnemann Med-
ical College, of Philadelphia. Began practice the same year at Albany ;
removed in 1873 to Dayton, Ohio, where he died September 10, 1890,
at the age of forty-four years. His death was occasioned by severe
burns, caused by the explosion of a lamp.

1871. Elliot Calvin Howe, M. D. Born at Jamaica, Vt., February
14, 1828. Was graduated in 1853 from the Metropolitan Medical Col-
of New York city. Began practice (eclectic) the same year at Troy,
remaining until 1868; pursued the occupation of teaching seven years;
in 1868 resumed practice and removed to New Baltimore, N. Y. ; in

1872 removed to Yonkers; and in 1884, to Lansingburgh, where in 1897
he still resides.

1871. D. A. Cookingham, M. D. Had been an old school physician
for a number of years. On coming to Albany in 1871 he adopted the
homoeopathic system of practice; removed in 1872 to Schenectady;
thence in 1874 to Chicago, 111.

1872. William Edward Milhank, M. D. Born at Coeymans, N. Y.,
March 6, 1841. Was graduated in December, 1872, from the Albany
Medical College. Began practice in Albany the same year, and still
(in 1897) is engaged in a large, successful and lucrative practice. Dr.
Milbank has attained the highest standing in his profession; his coun-
sel is often sought by his associates in the care of complicated and
difficult cases; and his official connection with the State Board of



Health contributed largely to the promotion of the purposes for which
it is established.

1872. Frederick Wadsworth Halsey, M. D. Born at Plattsburgh,
July 3, 1849. W&s graduated in 1871 from the National Medical College
at Washington, D.C. Began practice at Albany in 1873; removed in the
fall of the same year to Fort Henry, Essex county; removed in 1876 to
Middleburg, Vt., and in 1885 removed to Boston, Mass., where in 1897
he is conducting an extensive and remunerative practice.

1872. TowNSEND BowEN, M. D. Was graduated in December, 1872,
from the Albany Medical College. Began pi'actice at Albany the same
year, removing in 1873 to Huntington, N, Y., subsequently to Oneonta,
N. Y., thence to Denver and Leadville, Col.

1873. Charles Edmund Jones, A. M., M. D. Born in Albany, Feb-
ruary 13, 1849. Was graduated in arts in 1870 from Hope College, at
Holland City, Mich. ; in medicine in December, 1872, from the Albany
Medical College; also in March, 1873, from the New York Homoeo-
pathic Medical College and Hospital. He began practice immediately
after graduation, in association with his father. Dr. E. D. Jones. He
is still (in 18,97) conducting an extensive and exceptionally successful
practice. He has held many positions of trust and responsibility, and,
as his father was, is regarded as a physician of distinguished ability.

1873. Horace Curran Miller, M. D. Born at Schodack, N. Y., in
1846. Was graduated January 20, 1874, from the Albany Medical Col-
lege. Held the position of resident physician at the Albany Homoeo-
pathic Hospital six months prior to graduation. After graduation he
began practice in Greenbush, Rensselaer county, where (in 1897) he
still resides.

1873. Catharine Elizaueth Goewev, M. D. Born in, the town of
Greenbush, N. Y., November 26, 1835. Was graduated in May, 1873,
from the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women. Began
practice in Albany the same year; removed in 1887 to Brooklyn, N. Y. ;
returned in 1890 to Bath, Rensselaer county, where she died in 189G, at
the age of sixty-one years.

1873 RuFUS Reed, M. D. Born at Rockville, III, April 12, 1843.
Was graduated in 1871 from the Hahnemann Medical College of Phila-
delphia. Resided and practiced one year in Staunton, Va. ; removed
in 1873 to Cohoes, Albany county, remaining three years; removed in
1877 to Lambertville, N. J.; thence in 1882 to Philadelphia, his resi-
dence in 1897.



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1874:. John Jefferson Wallace, M. D. Born at Niagara, Can., De-
cember 15, 1805. He attended medical lectures and was graduated
from one of the New York medical colleges about the year 1835. En-
tered on practice (old school) in that city; was persuaded to make a
study of the homoeopathic system; was graduated in 1863 from the
New York Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, being one of
the first to graduate from that institution; removed in 1874 to Albany,
and in 1877 to East Albany, where he died December 15, 1878, at the
age of seventy- three years.

1874. David Edward Collins, L. M. Began the study of medicine
in 1870; attended four full courses of medical lectures at the Albany
Medical College; rendered essential and helpful service three years as
assistant physician at the Albany Homoeopathic Hospital; was licensed
to practice in the spring of 1874 by the Columbia County Homoeo-
pathic Medical Society; began practice in 1874 at Grapeville, Greene
county; removed to Medway, an adjoining town, and is still (in 1897)
rendering active professional service.

1874. Edgar Valentine Trull, M. D. Born at Cohoes, N.Y., August
26, 1853. Was graduated in December, 1874, from the Albany Medical
College. Began practice at Cohoes, remaining three years; removed
in 1873 to Manchester, Vt., where (in 1897) he still resides.

1874. William Wesley Seeley, M. D. Born at Carlisle, N. Y., in
185-2. Was graduated in 1874 from the Detroit Homoeopathic Medical
College. Began practice after graduation at Albany; removed in 187i!
to East Walworth, N. Y. ; returned in 1880 to Albany, and in 1889 re-
moved to Poughkeepsie.

1874. WiLLiA.M Henry Van Derzee, M. D. Burn at Bethlehem, Al-
bany county, December 18, 1856. Was graduated in December, 1874,
from the Albany Medical College. Began practice in Albany the same
year, where he remained to the time of his death, August 39, 1883.

1875. Nathaniel Emmons Paine, A. M., M. D. Born at New Hart-
ford, N. Y., July 14, 1853. Was graduated in arts in 1874 from Ham-
ilton College ; in medicine, December 33, 1875, from the Albany
Medical College. Began practice at Albany; appointed in 1877 assist-
ant physician at the Middletown State Homoeopathic Hospital for the
Insane; returned in 1880 to Albany; appointed in 1885 superintendent
of the Westborough State Homoeopathic Hospital for :he Insane at
Westborough, Mass. ; removed in 1893 to conduct a private institution
of his own for the care and treatment of nervous and mental diseases
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1875. John Nelson Bradley, M. D. Born at Berne, Albany county,
December 30, 1853. Was graduated December 23, 1875, from the Al-
bany Medical Collegfe. Began practice at Cedarhill, Albany^ county,
and has resided successively in the following- places: Delmar, Albany
county; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Fort Fetterman, Wyoming; Delmar;
South Plattsburg, Tenn. ; Clarksville, Albany county; Westerlo, Al-
bany county, his residence in 1897.

1875. Richard Bennett Sullivan, M. D. Born at Ithaca, N. Y.,
November 27, 1850. Was graduated, in 1875, from the New York Ho-
moeopathic Medical College and Hospital. Began practice at Albany,
and resided successively in the following places : New York city ; Plain-
ville, Onondaga county; Baldwinsville, in the same county; Albany;
Colorado Springs, Col.; Albany, N. Y., where he died, October 29,
1890.

1875. Howard Lansing Waldo, M. D. Born at Centreville, N. Y.,
September 13, 1852. Attended lectures at the Albany Medical College;
admitted to an examination by the State Board of Homoeopathic Med-
ical Examiners, appointed under the law of 1872; approved by such
board; received June 30, 1875, the degree of Doctor of Medicine from
the Regents of the University. Began practice in Watervliet (West
Troy); removed, in 1887, to the city of Troy, his residence in 1897.

1876. John Jay Peckham, M. D. .Born at Easton, N. Y.,in 1851, was
graduated, in March, 1874, from the Hahnemann Medical College of
Philadelphia. Began practice, in 1874, at CrescLiU, Saratoga county;
removed, in 1876, to Albany; in 1877, to California; in the spring of
1878, to Greenbush, Rensselaer county, and in the fall, to Albany. Re-
turned, in 1883, to Los Angeles, Cal. ; removed, subsequently, to San
Francisco, and later, to Emigrant Gap, Cal., his place of residence in
1897.

1876. Burdette Warren, M. D. Was graduated, in 1872, from the
New York Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital. Began prac-
tice at Worcester, Otsego county, and in July, 1876, came to Albany;
returned to Worcester in January, 1877.

1876. Elisha Barker Graham, M. D. Born at Italy, N. Y., January
28, 1840. Was graduated, in 1866, from the Cleveland Homoepathic
Medical College. Began practice at Three Rivers, Mich., removed in
1876, to Albany; in 1878, to Cheyenne, Wyo. ; in 1888, to Ogden, Utah,
his residence in 1897.

1877. George Podmore Harire Tavlor, M. D. Born at Turk's Isl-



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and, West Indies, April 20, 1847. Was graduated, in 1874, from the
Medical Department of the University of the City of New York. Be-
gan practice in the city of New York; removed, in 187(j, to Stillwater,
Saratoga county, his residence in 1897. He became a member, in
1877, of the Albany County Homoeopathic Medical Society.

1877. Richard Rowe Trotter, M. D. Born at Roxbury, Mass.,
April 5, 1849. Was graduated, in 1877, from the Boston University
School of Medicine. Began practice at Springfield, Mass ; removed, in
1877, to Albany; in 1878, to Berne, Albany county; and, in 1883, to
Yonkers, N. ¥,, his residence in 1897.

1877. George H. Benjamin, M. D. Began old school practice about
the year 1870. Gave attention to the study of the homoeopathic sys-
tem of therapeutics, and adopted it in practice. Was admitted in 1877
to membership in the Albany County Homoeopathic Medical Society.
Removed, in 1879, to New York city.

1878. George Elmer GoRHA^r, M. D. Born at Le Raysville, Pa.,
November 8, 1850. Was graduated, in 1874, from the Homoeopathic
Medical College of Chicago. Began practice at Athens, Pa. ; removed,
in 1877, to Cheyenne, Wyo. ; and in 1878, to Albany, where, in 1897,
he is engaged in active professional duties. Dr. Gorham is held in
very high esteem by his medical associates and by his many personal
friends, for strength and accuracy of judgment ; for high moral tone
that pervades every action ; for his assiduous and enthusiastic work as
a student ; and for the decisive way in which he blends reading and ex-
perience and puts them to practical uses. His genius for applying well
known principles to new uses and purposes, is strikingly illustrated in
the construction of the celebrated and unique apparatus known as
"The Gorham Bed," manufactured by the Albany Invalid Bed Com-
pany.

1878. Gertrude Anna Goewey Bishop, M. D. Born at Greenbush,
Rensselaer county, June 23, 1838. Was graduated, in April, 1877, from
the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women. Began prac-
tice at Albany, in 1878, removing, in 1879, to Brooklyn, her residence
in 1897.

1878. Lyman Byles Waldo, A. M., M. D. Born at Edmeston, N. Y.
Was graduated, in arts, in 1844, from Hamilton College; and in medi-
cine in 1863 from the Cleveland Homoeopathic Medical College. Be-
gan practice at Adams, N. Y. ; removed, in 1869, to Oswego; in 1872,
to Lansingburgh ; and in 1878, to West Troy, Albany county, where he
died in 1879, at the age of sixty-four years.



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1878. William H. Griffith, M. D. Held the appointment of resident
ph3'sician to the Albany Homoeopathic Hospital during the summer-
and fall of 1878. He removed elsewhere.

1879. George Washington Gregory, M. D. Born at Fleming, N. Y.,
September 22, 1854. Was graduated, in 1879, from the Albany Medi-
cal College. Began practice in Albany; removed, in 1880, to Troy,
Pa., and in 1895, to Elmira, N. Y., his residence in 1897.

1879. Edson Wyckoff Masten, M. U. Born at Schodack, N. Y., in
1857. Was graduated, in 1879, from the Albany Medical College. Al-
though well qualified to enter on active practice, he has given his whole
time to the business of preparing and dispensing medicines. Has been
engaged since graduation in medicine in conducting a large and profit-
able drug business in the city of Albany.

1879. Mary Almed.\ Garrison Pomeroy, M. D. Was born at Os-
wego, N. Y., February 10, 1823. Was graduated, in 1875, from the
Boston University School iof Medicine. Began practice immediately
after graduation, at Syracuse, N. Y. ; removed, in 1878, to Albany; and
in 1881, removed to Ocean Grove, N. J., where she died, in January,
1892, at the age of sixty-nine years.

1881. HinvARD Simmons Paine, A. M., M, I). Born at New Hartford,
N. Y., July 14, 1856. Was graduated in arts in 1878, from Hamilton
College, and in medicine in 1881, from the Albany Medical College.
Was admitted to an examination by the State Homoeopathic Board of
Medical Examiners; was approved by the board and received a second
time the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Regents of the Univer-
sity. Began practice at Albany immediately after graduation, and
removed in 1894 to Glens Falls, N. Y., his residence in 1897, his prac-
tice being limited to the treatment of diseases of the eyes, ears and
throat.

1881. Edward Llewellyn Crandall, M. D. Born at Greenbush,
N. Y., in 1857. Was graduated in 1880 from the Albany Medical Col-
lege. Began practice at Troy immediately after graduation; removed
in 1881 to Albany; returned in 1883 to Troy, his residence in 1897.

1882. Robert Kennedy, Jr., A. M., M. D. Born at Washington,
D. C, July 29, 1856. Was graduated in 1881 from the Hahnemann
Medical College of Philadelphia. He received the degree (honorary)
of Master of Arts from the Philadelphia High School, from which insti-
tution he was graduated in 1878. Began practice in 1881 at Ocean
Gnive, X. J., removed in 1882 to Green Island, Albany county; in 1883



to Philadelphia, Pa.; and subsequently to Brooklyn, N. Y.. where he
died in April, 1894, at the age of thirty-eight years.

1883. Aaron John Bond, M. D. Born at Dalton, N. H., May 7, 1857.
Was graduated in March, 1883, from the New York Homoeopathic
Medical College and Hospital. Was appointed the same year resident
physician to the Albany Homoeopathic Hospital; resigned in 1884 to
accept a similar position at the Brooklyn Homoeopathic Hospital ; re-
moved in 188() to Adams, Berkshire county, Mass., his residence in
1897.

1884. Walter Foot Robinson, M. D. Was born at Albany in Octo-
ber, 1859. Was graduated in 1884 from the Albany Medical College.
Began practice in Albany ; spent three years in study in various Euro-
pean hospitals; returned in 1890 to Albany, where in 1897 he is giving
special attention to the study and treatment of nervous diseases.

1884. Clark Durant Welch, M. D. Born at Albany June 14, 1844.
Was graduated in 1876 from the New York Homoeopathic Medical
College and Hospital. Began practice in 1877 at Cobleskill, N. Y.,
and in 1879 removed to Castleton, Rensselaer county, his residence in
1897.

1884. Margaret Jackson Reynolds, M. D. Born near Clones, Mona-
ghan county, Ireland, April 12, 1836. Was graduated in 1884 from
the Boston University School of Medicine. Began practice the same
year at Albany in association with her husband; f'emoved in 1887 to
Oneida, Madison county, N. Y., and in 1888 removed to Richmond,
Ind., her residence in 1897.

1885. Joseph Ezra Wright, M. D. Born at Fox Chase, Philadelphia
county, Pa., June 4, 1863. Was graduated in March. 1884, from the
Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia. Was appointed immedi-
ately after graduation to the position of interne to the Ward's Island
Homoeopathic Hospital ; also the same year to the position of ambulance
surgeon to the Brooklyn Homoeopathic Hospital ; resigning in the winter
of 1884, entered on private practice at Royersford, Pa., in 1885, ap-
pointed resident physician to the Albany Homoeopathic Hospital ; re-
moved in 1886 to Sommerville, N. J. ; and in 1890 removed to Phoenix-
ville, Pa., his residence in 1897.

1885. Elmer Arkell Blessing, M. D. Was born at Albany, August
20, 1861. Was graduated in 1885 from the Medical Department of the
University of Vermont at Burlington. Began practice at Albany imme-
diately after graduation, and in 1897 has risen to a position of distinc-
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1886. Edward Willers Campbell. Born at Albany, February 6, 1863,
attended two full courses of medical lectures at the Albany Medical
College, and while an undergraduate held the position of resident-phy-
sician to the Albany Homoeopathic Hospital. Before graduation he
entered mercantile pursuits.

1886. Robert Edward Fivey, M. D. Was born at New York city,
July 28, 1862. Was graduated in 1887 from the Albany Medical Col-
lege. While an undergraduate in 1885 he held the appointment of
resident physician to the Albany County Alms House; in 1886 held a
similar appointment in the Albany Homoeopathic Hospital. Removed
in 1887 to New York city, his residence in 1897.

1886. David James Barry, M. D. Born at Lee, Mass., June 30, 1858.
Was graduated in 1888 from the Albany Medical College. Was ap-
pointed while an undergraduate to the position of resident physician to
the Albany Homoeopathic Hospital. After graduation began practice
at Schenectady, N. Y., his residence in 1897.

1886. Ch.'^rles William Schwartz, M. D. Born at Littlestown, Pa.,
October 19, 1857. Was graduated in 1880 from the Hahnemann Medi-
cal College of Philadelphia. Began practice in 1882 at Emmettsburg,
Md. ; removed in 1886 to Albany, and in 1894 to Ticonderoga, N. Y.,
his residence in 1897.

1886. Wii.i, Melangchton Nead, M. D. Born at Lodi, Ohio, No-
vember 30, 1859. Was graduated in March, 1884, from the Cleveland
Homoeopathic Hospital College. Began practice at Keeseville, N. Y. ;
removed in 1886 to Albany, his residence in 1897. Dr. Nead has suc-
ceeded in establishing a large and steadily increasing practice.

1887. Frank William Van Alstvne, M. D. Born at Chatham
Centre, N. Y., August 3, 1863. Was graduated in 1886 from the New
York Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital. After graduation
held the position of assistant surgeon at the Ward's Island Homoeo-
pathic Hospital ; removed in 1887 to West Troy, where he died December
23, 1890.

1887. Henry Oscar Rockefeller, M. D. Born at Germantown, N.Y, ,
June 8, 1862. Was graduated in 1887 from the Chicago Homoeopathic
Medical College. After graduation he held the position of resident
physician to the Albany Homoeopathic Hospital; removed in 1888 to
Brooklyn, his residence in 1897.

1887. Clarence Mann Paine, A. M., M. D. Born at Clinton, Oneida
county, N.Y., July 9, 1860. Was graduated in arts in 1884 from Ham-



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ilton College; in medicine, in 1887 from the Albany Medical College,
Began practice at Albany immediately after graduation, removing in
1889 to Atlanta, Ga., his residence in 1897.

1887. Owen Frank McAvenue, M. D. Born at Little Falls, N. Y.,
September 21, 1861. Was graduated in 1887 from the Albany Medical
College. After graduation held the position of resident physician to
the Albany Homoeopathic Hospital; removed in 1888 to Amsterdam,
N. Y. ; returned ill 1890 to Albany, his residence in 1897.

1889. David Wesley Pitts, M. D. Born at Nassau, Rensselaer
county, N. Y., September 10, 1835. Was graduated in 1865 from the
New York Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital. Began prac-