Kings County Biographies


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BYRON, WILLIAM P. (DR.)
 
     The able and popular medical man of Kings county, Cal., Dr. William P. 
Byron of Lemoore, was born in that town, October 22, 1878, and there reared and 
educated in the public schools, He is the son of H. W. Byron, one of the first 
pioneers of this part of the state. In 1900 Dr. Byron became a student at the 
California Medical College, San Francisco, and in 1904 was graduated from that 
institution with the degree of M. D. He began the practice of his profession at 
Ridgefield, Wash., and continued it there with considerable success until 1906, 
when he returned to Lemoore and opened an office there. He was successful from 
the outset and soon became one of the most popular physicians in that part of 
the county. In November, 1909, Dr. E. H. Byron, his brother, became his 
professional partner, and this partnership continued until November, 1912. He 
has always devoted himself to general practice and is in much favor as a family 
physician. He was made district surgeon for the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. in 
1907, and is still holding that responsible position. He is the city health 
officer of Lemoore; county physician for Western Kings county, and a member of 
the San Joaquin Valley Health Association, the California State Medical Society 
and the American Society of Medicine. Socially he affiliates with the Masons, 
Odd Fellows, Red Men, Knights of Pythias, Foresters, Woodsmen and the Fraternal 
Brotherhood; also the orders of I. D. E. S. and U. P. E. C., Companions, 
Rebekahs and the Order of the Eastern Star, and with all women�s auxiliary 
lodges in the city of which specific mention has not been made.  
 
     In 1910 Dr. Byron married Miss Ruby E. Fassett of Iowa and they lived on 
Heinlin street, opposite the park. Exacting as are the demands that are made 
upon him professionally he gives much time to the promotion of the general 
interests of Lemoore, and has proven himself a public-spirited citizen, to be 
confidently depended upon in any emergency. 
 
SOURCE:  History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical 
Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913 Pp 426, 427
Transcribed by: Craig A Hahn