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 708 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI deep sympatliy and humanitariau principles that urge him to put forth his best efforts in the alleviation of pain and suffering. He has gained recognition from the profession as one of its able representatives and the trust reposed in him by the public is indi- cated by the liberal patronage awarded him. Since 1903 Dr. Rosenthal has been a valued citizen of Cape Girardeau and here he is uni- versally admired and respected for his high order of ability and for his loyal and public- spirited interest in all matters affecting the general welfare. At Scranton, Pennsylvania, occurred the birth of Dr. Closes Rosenthal, the date of his nativity being the loth of May, 1858. He is a son of Julius Rosenthal, who was born and reared at Stolp, Germany, whence he im- migrated to the United States about the year 1855. Julius Rosenthal was born in the year 1825 and he was summoned to the life eternal in 1892. For a time after his arrival in this country' he resided in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, where he was engaged in the general merchandise business. xVt the time of the inception of the Civil war he gave evidence of his intrinsic loyalty to the cause of the south by enlisting as a soldier in the Con- federate army. In 1865, .just after the close of the war, he went to Jackson, Tennessee, where he was engaged for a number of years in the mercantile business and where he con- tinued to reside until his demise. In 1857 was solemnized his marriage to ]Iiss Hen- rietta Aekerman and this union was prolific of four children, of whom the Doctor was the fii-st born and of whom he is now the only survivor. By a former marriage Julius Rosenthal had one child, Benjamin, a resident of Kentucky. Dr. Rosenthal was a child of seven years of age at the time of the establishment of the family home at Jackson, Tennessee, where his preliminary educational training con- sisted of such "advantages as were afforded in an old Catholic school. Subsequently he was matriculated as a student in the Southern Baptist Union University, at Jackson, Ten- nessee, in which excellent school of learning he was graduated as a member of the class of 1875. For two years after completing his collegiate course he was engaged in business with his father but in 1877. deciding upon the medical profession as his future life work, he began to study for the same under the able preceptorship of Dr. Joseph Thompson, at Paducah, Kentucky, the latter having been a surgeon in the Confederate army under (General Sidney Johnson. From Paducah Dr. Rosenthal removed to St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended the Missouri Medical Col- lege, in which well equipped institution he was graduated in 1880, duly receiving his ilegree of Doctor of ]Iedicine. Prior to his graduation and during his residence in Ken- tucky he had been admitted to the medical fraternity of the old Bluegrass state and for a short time he was associated with Dr. Thompson in a general practice. Immedi- ately after graduation he opened offices in the city of St. Louis, where he resided until 1882 and where he was successful in building up a large and lucrative patronage. On account of ill health, however, he was forced to give up liis practice in the ilissouri metropolis and he then went to Pemiscot county, this state, remaining there for a period of two years, at the expiration of which, in 1885, he re- moved to Kennett, in Dunklin county. He maintained his home in the latter place until 1903 and in that year came to Cape Girar- deau, where he controls an extensive practice and where he is a man of prominence and in- fluence in all the relations of life. Since com- ing to this city Dr. Rosenthal has pursued post-graduate courses in St. Louis, Chicago and New York. He is interested in and is a valued member of a number of representa- tive medical organizations of representative chai-acter, including the Southeastern ]Iis- souri Medical Society, in which he has been honored with a number of important official positions. He is surgeon for the C. G. & C. Railroad Company and is everywhere held in high esteem for his splendid ability in the field of one of the most helpful profes- sions to which man may devote his energies. In Januaiw, 1882, at St. Louis, was cele- l)rated the marriage of Dr. Rosenthal to Miss Affie Nickerson, who was born at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on the 16th of May, 1860. Dr. and Mrs. Rosenthal have no children. In religious faith Sirs. Rosenthal is a consistent member of the Presbyterian church. They are popular and prominent factors in con- nection with the liest .social activities of Cape Cirardean. In his political proclivities Dr. Rosenthal is an uncompromising advocate of the prin- ciples and policies set forth by the Democratic party and while he has never mixed much in local politics he served at one time with all of efficiency as coroner of Dunklin county. In fraternal circles he is affiliated with the