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Born 1833
From Portrait and biographical record of Winona County, Minnesota; containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county (1895), Portrait and biographical record of Winona county, Minnesota. Containing biographical sketches of prominenet ... citizens .. (1894)
RANKLIN STAPLES, M. D., a physician and surgeon of Winona, was born in Raymond, now Casco, Cumberland County, Me., on the 9th of November, 1833, and is one of a family of two sons and three daughters born to Peter and Sarah (Maxwell) Staples, natives of Maine. Only two of the children are now living, the Doctor and his sister, Emma, who resides with him. His only brother, Edwin, was a Union soldier in the War of the Rebellion, and was killed in battle in Virginia in 1864. His sister Harriet died after removing to the home of her brother in Minnesota, and one sister died in early childhood The father was a farmer and lumberman of the Pine Tree State, and there died at the age of seventy-four years. The mother of the Doctor passed away when he was a boy of eleven years. The paternal grandfather, Peter Staples, Sr., was a farmer in Maine, and was of English descent. His death occurred at the advanced age of ninety-six. He was one of the first settlers of the town of Raymond, having removed there from Cape Elizabeth, Me., at an early age. At the age of twenty-one he married Sarah Dingley, who was then sixteen y-ears of age, and was also born in Cape Fllizabeth. They lived together for more than seventy years, and reared a large family'. The mother died at the age of ninety-nine. The maternal grandfather of the Doctor, William Maxwell, was born in Maine, and was also of English lineage. He made farming his life work, and died at the age of about seventy. The ancestors of the Staples and Dingley families of New England on coming to this country first settled in Kittery. York County, and in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Me.
Franklin Staples during his early- life lived in Buxton, York County, Me., the family moving there when Franklin was four years old. He received an academical education in the common school in Buxton, at Parsonsfield Seminary, and at Limerick and Auburn (Me.) Academies. He taught school at various places in the Pine Tree State, and for a term of four years in the city of Portland. He began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Charles S. D. Fessenden, of Portland, Me., in 1855, attended lectures in the medical department of Bowdoin College in 1856. and was one of the first students in Portland Scliool for Medical Instruction under the instruction of the late Prof. William C. Robinson and Prof. Israel T. Dana, now of the Maine Medical School. In 1861 he entered llie College of Physicians and Surgeons (the medical department of Columbia College), New York, and graduated therefrom in March, 1862. He first became assistant to the late Prof. David Conant, of the Maine Medical School, as Demonstrator of Anatomy for that year. In the summer of 1862 he established himself as a general practitioner at Winona, Minn.
The Doctor was married on the 4th of June, 1863, to. Helen M. Harford, daughter of the late Ezra Harford, of Portland, Me. Of their four children, two are living. The eldest, Gertrude, is the wife of Seward D. Allen, an attorney residing in Duluth, Minn. The children of Seward D. and Gertrude (Staples) Allen are Franklin Staples and Seward Ralph. Helen Ford Staples is with her parents. Annie and Mae both died at the age of four and a-half years.
The Doctor and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, and have done active work therein and in educational work in the city and state. Dr. Staples was one of the founders of the Winona Preparatory Medical School. In 1871 he was elected President of the Minnesota State Medical Society, and in 1874 was appointed a member of the Minnesota State Board of Health, which position he continues to hold, having been President of that association since the year 1889. He is a member of the American Public Health Association and of the American Medical Association, was one of the Judicial Council of the association in 1875 and 1877, and Vice-President in 1877. During the years 1883 and 1887 he held the chair of the Practice of Medicine in the medical department of the University of Minnesota, when the faculty of the university constituted the Medical Examining Board of the State. He was the first President of the Southern Minnesota Medical Association, which society was organized in 1892. His writings on medical and surgical subjects have from time to time been published in scientific and professional journals, but of late years his attention and interest have been largely given to sanitary science and to practical work in this direction. Among the first of his writings in this line was his report on "The Influence of Climate on Pulmonary Diseases in Minnesota," published in the Transactions of the American Medical Association in 1876. Among his other publications are, "A Report on Diphtheria" in 1878, a part of the State Board of Health work; "The Treatment of Fracture of the Femur," State Medical Society work, 1878; and an article relating to progress in modern surgery, entitled "Some Notes and Suggestions on Asejiic and Antiseptic Surgery of the Present Time,'.' 1893. His writings other than professional have been published from time to time in various journals.
Dr. Staples has been known especially liy his study and practical work as a surgeon, and has been able to witness and have a part in the great progress which in the last quarter of a century our countrjand the world has witnessed in this department of scientific work. His abilities, both natural and acquired, have won for him prominence in his profession, and it may be said of him that he has enjoyed the confidence and respect of his profession and of the community where has been his field of labor. Coining to the then new state of Minnesota in 1862, he has been able to witness the growth and development of this now great commonwealth and to have some part in the work of its progress.
C. A. Bierce.
As printed in Portrait and biographical record of Winona county, Minnesota. Containing biographical sketches of prominent ... citizens .. (1894). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
RANKLIN STAPLES, M. D., a physician and surgeon of Winona, was born in Raymond, now Casco, Cumberland County, Me., on the 9tii of November, 1833, and is one of a family of two sons and three daughters born to Peter and Sarah (Maxwell) Staples, natives of Maine. Only two of the children are now living, the Doctor and his sister, Emina, who resides with him. His only brotiier, Kdwin, was a I'nion soldier in the War of the Rebellion, and was killed in battle in Virginia in 1864. His sister Harriet died after removing to the home of her brother in AHnnesota, and one sister died in early childhood The father was a farmer and lumberman of the Pine Tree State, and there died at the age of seventy-four years. The mother of the Doctor passed away when he was a boy of eleven years. The paternal grandfather, Peter Staples, Sr., was a farmer in Maine, and was of Knglish descent. His death occurred at the advanced age of ninety-six. He was one of the first settlers of the town of Ravmond, having removed there from Cape Elizabeth, Me., at an early age. At the age of twenty-one he married Sarah Dingle-, who was then sixteen years of age, and was also born in Cape Elizabeth. They lived together for moie than seventy yeai-s, and reared a large family. The mother died at the age of ninety-nine. The maternal grandfather of the Doctor, William Maxwell, was born in Maine, and was also of English lineage. He made farming his life work, and died at the age of about seventy. The ancestors of the Staples and Dingley families of New Kiio;ind on coming to this country first settled in Kittery. York County, and in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Me.
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The Doctor was married on the 4tii of.June, 186.3, to Helen M. Harford, daughter of the late Kzra Harford, of Portland, Me. Of their four children, two are living. The eldest, Gertrude, is the wife of Seward D. Allen, an attorney residing in Duluth, Minn. The children of Seward D. and Gertrude (Staples) Allen are Franklin Staples and Seward Ralph. Helen Ford Staples is with her parents. Annie and Mae both died at the age of four and ii-half years.
The Do(;toraiid his wife are members of the Congregational Church, and have done active work therein and in educational work in the city and state. Dr. Staples w.as one of the founders of the Winona Preparatory Medical School. In 1871 he wa.s elected President of the Minnesota State Medical Society, and in 1871 was ai)poiiited a member of the Minnesota Slate Board of Health, which )ositi(>n he continues if) hold, having been President of that association since the year 188i(. He is a member of the American Public Health Association and of the American.Medical.Vssociation, was one of the.judicial Council of the association in 1875 and 1877, aniM'ice-President in 1877. During the years 188.3 and 1887 he held the chair f)f the Practice of Medicine in the medical department of the I'university of Minnesota, when the faculty of the university constituted the Medical Kxamining Board of the State. He was the first President of the Southern Minnesota Medical Association, which society was organized in 1892. His writings on medical and surgical subjects have from time to time been published in.scientific and professional journals, but of late years his attention and interest have been largely given to sanitary science and to practical work in this direction. Among the first of his writings in this line was his report on "The Influence of Climate on Pulmonary- Diseases in Minnesota," published in the Transactions of the American Medical Association in 1876. Among his other_ publications are, "A Report on Diphtheria" in 1878, a part of the Slate Board of Health work; "The Treatment of Fracture of the Femur," State Medical Society work, 1878; and an article relating to progress in modern surgeiT, entitled "Some Notes and Suggestions on Aseptic and Antiseptic Surgery of the Present Time," 1893. His writings other than professional have been published from time to time in various journals.
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C. A. Bierce.
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The paternal grandfather of the subject of this
Ketch was Austin Bierce. He, too, was a native of the Nutmeg State, and carried on agricultural pui-suits as a means of livelihood. He remained in
Connecticut until middle life, when he emigrated with his family to New York, where he spent his declining years. He and his wife died within two days, and were buried in the same grave, as were his parents before him, a remarkable circumstance.
C. A. Bierce was reared to manhood under the parental roof, and on attaining his majority was married, in Michigan, to Miss Frances C. Adams, a native of Genesee County, N. Y., and a daughter of Lockwood and Fannie J. Adams. Her parents were both natives of Connecticut, and their family numbered five daughters. The father, who was a millwright and car)enter, possessed much mechanical genius, and carried on business along those lines during his entire life. He passed away when in the prime of life, but his wife long survived him, and died m 1801, at the ripe old.age of eighty-four years.
Mr. and Mrs. Bierce were married in 1851, and began their domestic life in Michigan, where they made their home until 1857. They then located west of the Mississippi, settling in Osage, Iowa. Mr. Bierce had previously been engaged in merchandising in Michigan, but, like hundreds of others, suffered severe losses in the financial panic of 1857, and after going to the Hawkeye State, turned his attention to te.aching school. For five years he was Principal of the schools of Osage, and then taught for three years in Bradford, lows. On the expiration of that )period he once moie embarked in mechandisiiig, opening a store in Charles City, Iowa, where he continued for three years. lie was then numbered among the meieliants of Northwood, Iowa, for one year, after which lie became a resident of Mankato, Iowa, whence he came to Winona in 1872. Soon after h-3 embarked in the real-estate and insurance business, which he has since followed with good success. For several years he has been one of the Directors of the Gates City Carrifjge Works, and has assisted in the establishment and promotion of many of the leading enterprises of the county.
Throughout his entire life Mr. Hierce has been a Prohibitionist in principle, and on the organization of the third party in Minnesota became its first Secretary. He has been the candidate for Probate.Judge, Secretary of State, and for other othces, but on account of the numerical strength of the old parties could not win election. While in Michigan he was a member of the Methodist Church, but is now connected with the Congregational Church, and in its work is deeply interested. Mis life has been well and worthily )a.ssed, his career h.is been an honorable and upright one, and in this volume he deserves mention.
Thomas Brady.
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36 resources were increased, he extended the boundaries of this farm until it now comprises one hundred and sixty acres of riii and arable land. This he rents, the income from the same being sufficient to enable him to la_y aside business cares and live a retired life.
Mr. Brady holds membership with the Catholic Church. He is a pleasant, genial and popular gentleman, who has made many friends throughout this community, and by his quiet and unassuming, yet honorable, life he has won the confidence of all. He is a self-educated and self-made man, whose success is deserved, and in the history of his adopted county he well deserves representation.
Nelson Breed.
As printed in Portrait and biographical record of Winona County, Minnesota; containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county (1895). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Nelson Breed (b. 1850) Thomas Brady (b. 1828)
Their biographies name Franklin Staples: Oscar Gates Oscar Gates
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