California Biographies, Kern County
M. W. PASCOE, M. D.

History of Kern County, California, with biographical sketches 
of the leading men and women of the county who have been 
identified with its growth and development from the early days 
to the present.

Publisher: Los Angeles, Cal., Historic record company, 1914
History by Morgan, Wallace Melvin

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M. W. PASCOE, M. D.— Intense devotion to the science of therapeutics 
and a thorough knowledge of the attractions, demands and possibilities of the 
profession, supplementing an excellent practical training in one of the finest 
universities of the new world, admirably qualify Dr. Pascoe for the building 
up of a substantial clientele represented by a growing practice in the city of 
Taft and the surrounding oil districts. While the period of his association 
with professional work in the west has been comparatively brief (for it was 
in September of 1911 that he came to California and to Taft), the confidence 
and patronage of the people of the community have been accorded him and he 
numbers among his friends the leading men of the locality. When he under- 
took the establishment of a general hospital at this point he received the warm 
support of the general public, for all saw the wisdom of his belief that there 
should be first-class accommodations for the care of men injured in the work 
of the oil fields or for those of the community in need of surgical treatment 
or special care. The success of the hospital has been a source of gratification 
to him personally besides affording him an opportunity to offer to his patients 
superior advantages and experienced nursing. 

Of Canadian birth and parentage, Dr. Pascoe was born at Bowmanville, 
Ontario, May 10, 1871, and is the fourth among seven children and the young- 
est of four sons in the family of Thomas and Margaret (Hogarth) Pascoe, 
now residents of Hempton, Ontario. Excellent educational advantages were 
put within his reach and of these he availed himself to the utmost. For some 
years he pursued a special scientific course in Trinity University. Later he 
took the medical course in the Trinity Medical College, from which he was 
graduated in 1898 with the degrees of M. D. C. M. and F. T. M. C. Shortly 
after graduating he came to the States and settled at Ottumwa, Iowa, where 
he practiced for a period of twelve years. ^Meanwhile he developed special 
aptitude for the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear and nose, and in order to 
fit himself to specialize in these branches he took a post-graduate course in 
Chicago during 1910-11, after which he came to California and settled at 
Taft. During his residence in Ottumwa he met and married Miss Mary E. 
Hendershott and they enjoy the comforts of a cozy home in a five-room bunga- 
low erected by the i3octor shortly after coming to this place. During 1913 
he completed the general hospital which he erected at a cost of $5,000 and 
which is open to all practicing physicians and surgeons for use by their 
patients, the most experienced and skilled care being given to every inmate. 
Personally the Doctor is of genial and companionable disposition and he has 
formed many friendships through his active identification with members of 
the blue lodge of Masonry, and with the Elks and Moose. In politics he has 
been a stanch believer in Republican principles and a firm supporter of candi- 
dates of that party.