Lake County Biographies

JOSEPH BYNUM, M.D.

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Was born March 5, 1820, in Howard County, Missouri, and was educated in college 
at Fayette, that State.  He was married in 1842 to Elizabeth Adams, and on the 
3d day of February they moved to Sheridan County, where he commenced practicing 
medicine, for which he had his diploma two years previous to that time.  He 
engaged in stock raising and merchandising for two years and paid but little 
attention to his practice.  He then concluded to come to California and left his 
beautiful home April 7, 1853, and arrived in Yolo County in the same year, and 
established himself in Cacheville, and retained a lucrative practice for twelve 
years.  During this time he was County Physician for eight years.  After 
practicing medicine in Yolo County for twelve years he moved to Lower Lake, Lake 
County, on account of the advice of friends.  He settled in that place in 1864, 
and there were only three or four houses in the town when he arrived there.  
Herrick & Getz had a store.  The population was so small that he could not make 
a living by practicing medicine, and he concluded to build a hotel, which was 
the first hotel that was ever at Lower Lake.  It has been his misfortune to lose 
three of his children in Missouri and two in California, and he has five 
children living � three sons and two daughters, all residents of Lake County 
excepting one, who resides in Santa Clara.
 
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California, publ. 1881 � pg. 221-222