[or-roots] information about doctors in early Oregon

[Anne Comer]

I always appreciate tips even when they don't work out, so thank you Layne for this suggestion.  But my physician, Wilson Fisher died in 1863 so again this 1867 directory won't mention him.  

There are only a couple of places where I find him, first in the Early Oregonians records kept by the Sec. of State. It says he was born in Brown County, Ohio 1818 and arrived in Oregon in September 1850 and that his occupation was physician.  So, he missed that 1850 census but he is listed in the 1860 census living with wife and two children at Lost Valley Precinct, Lane County, Pleasant Hills. This record also says he was a physician.

Wilson was the 2nd husband of one of my Gr-Great Grandmothers, Rebecca Evarts Smith Fisher. I believe that they were married December 1853 in Lane County, although I have not yet found the marriage certificate.  During the 10 years of their marriage they had three children, Sarah, 1853-1867 and a set of twin boys, Daniel and George born in 1856.  Unhappily, Daniel died as an infant of only one month.  So the only child they raised to adulthood was George, and he, in fact was mostly raised by his widowed mother.  Life was hard.

Thanks, 
Anne




 

 
> On Apr 19, 2018, at 12:59 PM, SAWYER Layne G * SOS <Layne.G.SAWYER at oregon.gov> wrote:
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> The Pacific Coast Directory from 1867 might be helpful.  This would provide a listing but not anything about their background and training.
> The Pacific coast business directory for 1867 : containing the name and post office address of each merchant, manufacturer and professional residing in the states of California, Oregon, and Nevada; the territories of Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Utah; and the colony of British Columbia; also, a gazetteer of the counties, cities and towns, and an exhibit of the resources of the Pacific coast
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> This link takes you to a site with the scanned microfilm
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> https://archive.org/details/cihm_17457 <https://archive.org/details/cihm_17457>
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> Layne
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> From: or-roots [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us <mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>] On Behalf Of Anne Comer
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2018 9:43 AM
> To: or-roots mail list <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us <mailto:or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>>
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] information about doctors in early Oregon
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> Dang!  I immediately went to the Lane County page to see if there was any records of early physician licenses but find that early to them means 1889, much too late to help me with a man who was listed as a physician in the 1850s 1860s.  But it was a good try, so thank you.
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> Anne
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> On Apr 19, 2018, at 8:26 AM, SAWYER Layne G * SOS <Layne.G.SAWYER at oregon.gov <mailto:Layne.G.SAWYER at oregon.gov>> wrote:
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> A good source for information on early physicians is sometimes preserved at the county level.  Registers were kept of a variety of medical practitioners.  You might try looking at the Oregon County Historical Records Guide
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> http://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/county/Pages/default.aspx <http://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/county/Pages/default.aspx>
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> Here is sample entry for records related to Clackamas County
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> http://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/county/Pages/clackamas-inventory.aspx <http://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/county/Pages/clackamas-inventory.aspx>
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> Medical Profession Registration Records
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> Regards,
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> Layne Sawyer
> List Mom
> Oregon State Archives
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