Kings County Biographies


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R. W. MUSGRAVE, PhB, M.D.
 
was born in Grass Valley, Nevada County, California, in 1857. His father, 
Richard M. Musgrave, was a native of the north of Ireland, and of Scotch 
descent.  He was a sea-faring man, a captain of an English merchantman, that 
brought a cargo of merchandise to San Francisco in the early days of the gold 
excitement, and he with his mates left the vessel and went to the mines in 
Nevada County, where he was prominently connected with mining interests during 
the remainder of his life.  He was married in Grass Valley in 1856, to Miss 
Margaret Wilson, a native of Scotland, and they resided there until the death of 
Mr. Musgrave, in 1878.
            R. W. Musgrave was educated in the public schools of Grass Valley, 
graduating in the high school in 1873.  He then entered the University of 
California, taking a scientific course and graduating in 1879.  He obtained his 
medical education in the California Medical College of San Francisco, and 
graduated in 1884.  Dr. Musgrave began the practice of his profession in 
Hanford, Tulare County, and is now the second oldest physician in the town.  He 
does a general practice, and has a large and extended patronage.
            The doctor was married in San Francisco in January, 1890, to Miss 
Sue A. Barrett, a native of Michigan.  This union has been blessed with one 
child, -- Marjorie.
            In fraternal circles Dr. Musgrave occupies a prominent position.  He 
has been Master of Hanford Lodge, No. 279, F.&A.M., for three years, and is a 
charter member of Hanford Parlor, No. 37, N.S.G.W., having filled the chair of 
President for several years.  He was one of the incorporators of the Hanford 
Improvement Association, and is still secretary and a member of the board of 
directors.  This company purchased 400 acres near Hanford, subdivided it into 
tracts of ten acres and organized the Lucerne colony, which is now one of the 
prosperous colonies of the valley.
 
Memorial and Biographical History of the counties of Fresno, Tulare and Kern, 
California
Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892  p. 659-660
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler