The following article is dated 18 Nov 1895,
Salem, Ky and appeared in the Crittenden Press 21 Nov 1895. It provides
information likely not found elsewhere on "Some of the Physicians Who Have
Grown Prominent and Rich" in Livingston County, Kentucky. The very wordy
article has been abstracted for presentation here.
The most skillful
and successful physician that ever lived in Livingston county was Dr. Thomas
Linley; he was born in 1806 in Mason county, Ky. He practiced medicine in
Mason, Lewis and McCracken counties; in
1840 he came to this county, where he remained until his death in March, 1880.[1] He was
in every sense of the word a self made man; his parents were very poor people
... but when very young, Thomas Linley showed a great desire to get an
education, and at age 12 he began to work for his neighboring farmers at 20
cents per day; he worked during the spring and summer, saved his money and paid
his way to school during the winter months. At the age of 18, he began teaching
school in Hamilton county, Ohio and while teaching he read medicine. His practice extended over whole of this
county and a large part of Crittenden county. He was as skillful in surgery as
in medicine ... He was a graduate of
Transylvania University at Lexington, Ky, also graduated at the Miami Medical
College, Cincinnati.
Dr. J.V.
Hayden was born in 1850. He began the practice of medicine in Pope county, Ill.; he graduated in the Miami
Medical College of Cincinnati in 1878 and in 1879 located in Salem. He formed a
partnership with Dr. J.D. Threlkeld in the practice of medicine and in the drug
store business under the firm name of J.V. Hayden & Co. ... the firm being
worth about $80,000. Dr. Hayden has attended medical lectures several times
since he graduated in the winter of 1893; he attended the New York Polyclinic,
a post graduate school of medicine. For the benefit of any young lady who may
be looking out for a husband, he is yet a single man.
His partner,
Dr. J.D. Threlkeld, was born in Crittenden county in 1851; he graduated at the
Louisville University in 1874 and located in Salem in 1875. He had nothing when
he came to Salem, except his horse, and now he is one of the wealthiest men in
the county.
Dr. C.L.
Harris, of Carrsville, is the oldest physician now living in this county. He
was born in Virginia in 1821; he located at Carrsville and soon went to the
front of his profession. He is a fine conversationalist.
Dr. H.H.
Duley, of Smithland, has always enjoyed
a very large practice. In the last 15 years many people have left Smithland for
Paducah to live, yet all those who have gone to Paducah still send to Smithland
for Dr. Duley when they get sick. He has been a friend to the poor, he has
never been known to ask any man to pay his medical bill, those who desire to pay him
do so when they get ready.
We have
several young physicians who are fast coming to the front.
[1]
Livingston County, Kentucky Homemaker Clubs. Livingston County, Kentucky Cemeteries 1738 - 1976, (Smithland, KY:
n.p., 1977) 13. Mills Pioneer Cemetery, 723 South, just outside Salem: Dr.
Thomas Linley, born Mason Co, Ky., 17 July 1806 - 29 Mar 1880 in the 74th year
of his age.
Published 16 Apr 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
Published 16 Apr 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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