George E. Smith

As printed in 1906

GEORGE E. SMITH, AI. D.

Dr. George E. Smith, practicing along modern, scientific lines in Mount Pleasant, was born in Elmwood, Peoria county, Illinois. October 14, 1853, his parents being William A. and Mary R. (Bevans) Smith. The father was a farmer there and at an early day removed from Ohio to Elmwood, where he remained until he came with his family to Mount Pleasant. Here he lived retired until his death, which occurred in 1877. His political allegiance was given to the Republican party, and he and his wife were members of the Baptist church. The latter passed away in 1883.

Supplementing his common school education by study in Howe's Academy, Dr. Smith was thus prepared for a collegiate course which he pursued in the Iowa Wesleyan University. His more specifically literary education being completed, he began preparation for a practice of medicine and surgery as a student in the office of Dr. Marsh, a prominent physician, who directed his reading until he entered Hahneman Medical College, at Chicago. Completing the full course in that institution he was graduated in the class of 1880 and returning to Mount Pleasant opened an office for practice.

Here he has since remained and his professional career has been characterized by consecutive progress until he stands today as one of the most prominent and successful members of the medical fraternity in this part of the state. He has a splendidly equipped suite of rooms constituting model offices in his own block on North Main street. The reception room is eighteen by ninety feet. There is also a private office, an X-ray room, a microscopic room and all of the latest improvements, and facilities and equipments known to medical and surgical science. Dr. Smith belongs to the State Homeopathic Medical Society and through continued reading keeps in touch with the advanced thought of the profession. While never entirely discarding the old and time-tried practices, the value of which has been proven, he nevertheless readily takes up new ideas that promise to be of practical use in his professional service. No other line of life displays such marked progress as does the profession of medicine, owing to the continued research, experiment and inventions that have been made, and Dr. Smith in his practice employs all the latest devices which prove an effective force in the alleviation of suffering and the restoration of health. He has built in Mount Pleasant a fine, double business block on North Main street, which is used for store and office purposes.

In 1893 Dr. Smith was married to Miss Theresa Jones, of this city, and they have two children, Georgia, and Marcus. Fraternally the Doctor is connected with Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 8. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and chapter

No. 8, Royal Arch Masons, Jerusalem Commandery, No. 7. Knights Templar, and El Kahir Temple of the Mystic Shrine, at Cedar Rapids. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he votes with the Republican party, but has never been an aspirant for office. For many years a resident of Mount Pleasant, he is respected for his high standard of professional ethics and of citizenship, as well as for a genial, courteous manner that makes him popular with a large circle of friends.

As printed in Biographical review of Henry County, Iowa, containing biographical and genealogical sketches of many of the prominent citizens of to-day and also of the past .. (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.