Page:History of Goodhue County, Minnesota.djvu/390

 324 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY the people of Vasa and vicinity, being highly appreciated by them. His usefulness was cut short by death, June 29, 1908. The eighties brought to Red Wing a large number of physicians, prominent among whom were Drs. M. Magelsen, Peter Mogstad, Edward Boeckman, J. F. A. Twetan, J. H. Sandberg, Ed. Hart, Noble Jones, 0. J. Brown, George Leininger, E. A. Shannon, H. L. Scheide and Drs. Babcock and Simons. Nearly all of them were able practitioners, and several of them continued there for years, but all have removed from the county or passed away, not, how- ever, without leaving behind them the enduring fragrance, of good deeds. In 1886 Dr. II. E. Conley permanently established himself in Cannon Falls. He was born in Palo, la., July 11, 1855. Dr. Conley is a brother of A. T. Conley, and one of the successful physicians of the county. He is president of the Goodhue County Medical Society. Dr. II. L. MeKinstry came to Zumbrota in 1875 and to Red Wing in 1888. He is a Pennsylvanian, born June 14, 1847. Dr. MeKinstry served the Third Regiment, M. N. G., as major and surgeon. 1886-1901, and the city as health officer and councilman, and in various honorary capacities. Two years later Red Wing was chosen as a field by Dr. .1. Y. Anderson, born in Sweden, .March 20, 1860. Dr. Anderson is one of the prosperous physicians. He is the medical director of the Scandinavian Relief Association and a member of the board of United States examin- ing surgeons, and lias served the city as health officer. In the nineties a number of practitioners located in Red Wing, among others Drs. B. Dearborn, V Juell, Th. N. Thoresen, L. L. Mayland and Marcus Thrane. They, like their colleagues of an earlier date, practiced here for a space of time, then sought other fields. In 1893 Dr. F. W. Dimmitt opened an office in Red Wing. He was born in Cambridge, 111., August 25, 1859. Dr. Dimmitt found an extended field of usefulness, and has built up a lucrative practice. He is vice-president of the Goodhue County Medical Society, and one of the most ardent promotors of the society's interests. In the following year Dr. A. W. Jones, a native Ohioan, born April 12, 1863, selected Red Wing as a field. Dr. Jones is a well- equipped physician, a man of intellectual interests, and a scholar of wide range and various cultivation. He is a member of the board of United States examining surgeons and a member of the board of education. In 1893 the village of Goodhue was chosen as a field by Dr. H. P. Sawyer. He was born in 1870. Dr. Sawyer has for years had an extensive clientele, and has much endeared himself to the community in which he lives. In 1894 Dr. M. W. Smith and his wife, Dr. Grace Gardner-Smith, established them- selves in Red Wing. Dr. Smith was born in Rockford, 111., Octo- ber 27, 1870. He is a member of the board of education and countv examiner for the state sanatorium for consumptives. Dr.