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Born 1864
From A Centennial biographical history of the city of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio .. (1901), Centennial history of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio (1909)
SHERMAN LEACH, M. D.
On the roll of the successful physicians of Columbus appears the name of Dr. Sherman Leach. He possesses the true western spirit of enterprise and progress, and this has led to his advancement in the calling wliich he has made his life work. He was born in Mount Sterling, Madison county, Ohio, May 30, 1864, a son of W. T. and Jane (Bostwick) Leach, both of whom were natives of Vermont, and during childhood accompanied their respective parents to Ohio. Robert Leach, the paternal grandfather of our subject, located in Madison 'county, Ohio, near Bloomingburg. Ere his removal to the west he had married Miss Eliza Thompson and to his Ohio home he brought his family. Late in life he removed to Bloomington, Illinois, where his wife died. W. T. Leach, the Doctor's father, is now living retired at his home in Mount Sterling.
Sherman Leach spent the greater part of his youth in that town, and having acquired his literary education in the public schools, he determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, and to this end began readingin the office and under the direction of Dr. W. H. Emery, of Mount SterHng. Later he matriculated in the Starling Medical College,of Columbus, and was there graduated with the class of 1887. He then returned to his native town, where he immediately began practice. Subsequently he pursued a post-graduate course in a post-graduate hospital in New York, and then once more became a practitioner at Mount Sterling, where he continued in business until 1895. when he pursued a hours,e in the Chicago Post-Graduate medical College. It was in 1889 that he removed from Mount Sterling to Columbus. He has spared no labor, time nor expense that would perfect him in his chosen work, and at this writing he is pursuing a special course in the Chicago Post- Graduate Medical School. He is now surgeon of the Woman's Hospital, and is associated with various organizations whose membership comprises representatives of the medical fraternity. He belongs to the American ]Medical Association, the State Medical Society and the Columbus Academy of Medicine, and is a member of the faculty of the Ohio Medical University and a member of the staff of the Protestant Hospital.
In 1889 Dr. Leach was united in marriage to Miss Florence Isl. Hornbeck, of Pickaway county, Ohio, and a daughter of Marvin Hornbeck. _ She died October 12, 1897, 'leaving one child, 'jane M. The Doctor is widely known as a prominent Mason, holding membership in Columbus Lodge. F. & A. M., in Garfield Chapter, No. 6, R. A. M., at Washington Court House, and the Ohio Consistory, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He also belongs to Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a man of strong mentality and keen discernment, qualities which are absolutely essential-to the successful physician. He has studied widely the questions which bear upon human diseases, their prevention and their cure, and added to his interest in scientific investigation is a sympathetic interest in his fellow men which-makes him a capable, strong and successful physician.
As printed in A Centennial biographical history of the city of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio .. (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
SHERMAN LEACH, M. I).
Dr. Sherman Leach, member of the surgical stuff of the Protestant hospital, surgeon of Mercy Hospital and to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, enjoys as well an extensive private practice, giving his attention entirely at the present time to surgical work. It is impossible to consider one's education complete in this calling for each year chronicle* extensive additions to medical literature and the successful physician must ever remain a student of his profession. Recognizing this fact Dr. Leach has read broadly and hit* assimilated those sterling principles of medical and surgical practice which have constituted the most helpful elements in the work of those who become active in the practice of medicine and surgery. He has been a resident of Columbus since 1896, previous to which time he had pitssed his days in his native city of Mount Sterling, MadLson county, Ohio. He was born May 30. 1864. a representative of a prominent and highly respected family of that locality. His father. William T. Leach, was born in the state of Vermont and in his youthful days came to Ohio whence he afterward removed to Illinois where he lived for many years. He became an extensive contractor, largely devoting his life to that field of business. His death occurred in Columbus in 1906. when he had reached the age of seventy-six years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Anna Bostwick. was also a native of Vermont.
In his boyhood Sherman Leach was a pupil in the public schools of Mount Sterling and afterward pursued the regular course in the Starling Medical College of Columbus, being graduated with the class of 1887. Opening an office in hw native city he there remained in successful practice for about nine years but recognizing the state capital as a more inviting field he came to this city in 1896 and his success has attested tho wisdom of his removal. During the past eight years he has given his attention almost exclusively to the practice of surgery and his eminent ability has gained him prominent recognition in the state. He displays great care and precision in surgical work and combines delicacy of touch with comprehensive scientific knowledge. Few men have lost a smaller percent of surgical patients and the cases which come to him are often of a most important and complex character. Even before his removal to this city he was identified with the Ohio Medical College and the Protestant Hospital as lecturer and professor of surgery and he is still serving on the surgical staff of the hospital, is a surgeon to Mercy Hospital and to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company.
In 1889 was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Leach and Miss M. Hornbeck who died in 1895, leaving a daughter. Jane M. Leaeh. Widely known in Masonic circles as a worthy exemplar of the craft, his membership is with Mount Sterling Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Garfield Commandery, K. T., of Washington Courthouse, Ohio; Columbus Consistory, S. P. R. S., and Aladdin Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. In professional relations he is a representative of the Columbus Academy of Medicine and of the State and American Medical Associations, while in all of these connections he is popular and prominent. He is withal an agreeable and entertaining man, keeping fully abreast with the times in literary as well as professional thought and action and always well informed on all questions of interest.
As printed in Centennial history of Columbus and Franklin 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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