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Born 1855
From History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio (1909), The history of Montgomery county, Ohio, containing a history of the county; (1882)
GEORGE B. EVANS, M. D., Dayton, was born in Franklin, Warren County, 3bio, April 1, 1855, where he received his primary education in the high school of lis native village, which he attended until 1873. Fie then entered the Hanover College of Indiana, from which he graduated in 1875. Having some knowledge of mediate, he commenced reading it with Dr. O. Evans, Jr., of Franklin, in the summer of 87 5, and afterward attended the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, from which he graduated in March, 1878. For two years thereafter, he practiced his profession in Hiddletown, Ohio. On the 17th of June, 1880, the Trustees of Hanover College conferred upon Mr. Evans the degree of A. M., and in the following fall — September 15 — ie was elected Assistant Physician of the Dayton Asylum for the Insane, which position lie now occupies. Mr. Evans has descended from a line of medical men, hit father and grandfather both being physicians and men who have reflected honor to the profession, the former, Dr. 0. Evans, Jr., now practicing in Franklin, Ohio, of which town he is a native and where his skill as a physician is duly recognized and appreciated, His wife, who was Jane Balentine, is also a native of Franklin. Our subject is a young man of promise, and we feel warranted in saying that in him will be sustained the reputation in the medical profession of the older Evans. He has recently been appointed to make the annual alumni address before the Alumni Association of the Medical College of Cincinnati, which meets in Music Hall, March 1, 1882.
As printed in The history of Montgomery county, Ohio, containing a history of the county; (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
GEORGE B. EVANS, M. D.
Dr. George B. Evans, physician and surgeon of Dayton, was born in Eranklin, Ohio, in 1855, a son of Dr. Otho and Jane (Ballentine) Evans. The family is of Welch descent. The grandfather, who also bore the name of Otho Evans, was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, on the 9th of September, 1797, and in March, 1800, came to Highland county, Ohio. He began the study of medicine in 1818 with Dr. Jesse Smith, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was authorized to practice in 1823. For over sixty years he made his home in Franklin and was one of the leading physicians of that section of the state in early days. On the 30th of December, 1824, he was united in marriage to Miss Ann C. Schenck, the eldest daughter of John N. C. Schenck and a niece of General William C. Schenck, the founder of Franklin, Ohio. The groomsman at this wedding was Admiral Schenck, who was also present at their golden wedding, celebrated on the 30th of December, 1874. Our subject’s grandfather lived to be eighty-seven years of age and died in Franklin. The father. Dr. Otho Evans, Jr., was born in that city, April 15, 1833, and died on the 15th of April, 1908. The birth of his wife occurred in the same city, August 31, 1833, and she passed away on the 27th of May, 1905. In their family were three children, of whom George B. is the eldest, the others being: Mortan IT., a dentist of Toledo, Ohio; and Anna E., the wife of Edward Moore of Dayton. Our subject’s maternal grandfather was Georg'e Ballentine, who was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1793, and was married May 1, 1823, to Miss Mary Patterson, who was born in Franklin township, Warren county, Ohio, December 22, 1803, a daughter of John and Jane Patterson. Eight children blessed this union. George Ballentine died December 18, 1852, and his wife passed away in 1887.
Dr. George B. Evans continued a resident of Franklin until the spring of 1878, when at the age of twenty-three years he removed to Middletown, Ohio. In the meantime he had pursued his education in the public schools of his native town until he was graduated from the high school, while later he attended Hanover College, Indiana, and was graduated in 1875 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. That school has also conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree. Subsequently he entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, completing the full course by graduation as an alumnus of 1878. He then located for general practice in Middletown, Ohio, where he remained for two years, after which he entered the Ohio State Hospital for the Insane at Dayton as assistant physician, there continuing until November 15, 1882. His experience there was of much benefit to him, bringing him comprehensive knowledge of mental and nervous diseases. In 1897 he was appointed a member of the Dayton health board and served for a term of two years, during which time he started the crusade against unclean dairies, regarding them as the cause of much illness through the contamination of the milk. At all times he has been deeply interested in the subject of public health, putting forth earnest and effective effort in support of measures for the dissemination of knowledge that will check the spread of disease through the elimination of its cause. In 1887 he was elected a member of the staff of St. Elizabeth’s hospital and in 1896 was elected to the chair of proctology, which he still fills.
In 1882 Dr. Evans was married in Dayton to Miss Sannie Beaver and they have many friends in the city. They hold membership in the Third Street Presbyterian church and Dr. Evans belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to the Masonic fraternity, having taken the degrees of the Commandery and of the Mystic Shrine. His attention, however, is chiefly concentrated upon his professional duties and he utilized every opportunity for the acquirement of knowledge bearing upon his chosen life work. Pie belongs to the Montgomery County Medical Society, which he has served as president, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Proctological Society. The last named is a national institution, of which he was elected president in 1908. In October, 1909, he entered Johns Hopkins University for a three months’ course of study under Professor Hugh Young in genito-urinary diseases; Professor Howard Kelly in gynecology; and Professor Samuel Earl in proctology, with the intention of limiting his practice to those lines. He has already attained wide fame as a proctologist and is well known as a successful practitioner in the general field of medical and surgical practice.
As printed in History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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