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DR. J.J. TRICHEL, born February 22, 1880 in Sabine parish, LA, received his medical license April 1908 from the Eclectic Medical Institute in Ohio. Dr. Trichel lived in Wallisville.
DR. GEORGE L. MORGAN, was born June 5, 1869 in
Pulaski County, KY. He had a tremendous
influence upon many people throughout Chambers County. Dr. Morgan arrived in the Turtle Bayou area
shortly after graduating from the Memphis Hospital Medical College in Tennessee
1899. He and his wife Lucy Gardner soon established themselves in Hankamer. The
Morgans later purchased the Monroe White general merchandise store on Turtle
Bayou. In 1926 the store was relocated to a new building one mile south of
Hankamer on what is today Highway 61. (White’s Park). Dr. Morgan died in
1954.
DR. THOMAS
WILLIAM SHEARER, one of the most
progressive businessmen to settle in Wallisville was Dr. Thomas William Shearer
(1856-1925), a native of Janesville, Wisconsin, and a graduate of Iowa State
College and the medical school of what is now the University of Illinois. He
married in 1886 to Miss Hannah “Harrie” Hutton at Ames, Iowa, Shearer came to
Texas in the fall of 1887 at the request of his brother, Robert. He built a
flat boat at Livingston, where Robert resided at the time, launched it in the
Trinity River nearby and rowed down to Wallisville in Chambers County,” wrote
his wife many years later. Dr
Shearer came to Wallisville in time to
find that “the doctor resident” (probably Dr. John Underwood Raymond) was
anxious to move. He purchased the drugs and medical equipment that the doctor
was selling and promised to return a month later to take over the practice.
Shearer sent for his wife in June 1888 and named his small sailboat the Harrie Hutton in her honor. Often he
would use it to visit a patient at Old River, Anahuac, Double Bayou, Lone Oak,
or Smith Point. Shearers purchased a
“three room cottage with a lean-to kitchen.
The Shearer property was located at the corner of Davis Street and
Courthouse Avenue and faced the Courthouse. The home became a
showplace of the community, with pear, peach, orange, oriental plum, and pecan
trees planted in the yard. Other ornamental plants, a greenhouse for Mrs.
Shearer, and a vegetable garden for the doctor helped to set off the yard. Serving as county treasurer from 1894 to
1906,126 Shearer was also instrumental in the organization of the Old River
Rice and Irrigation Company, which he served as president. Construction of the
canals began in 1901. A private telephone line, built in 1903, ran from
present-day Highlands in Harris County via
Mont Belvieu to Wallisville. The company had one phone at Dr. Shearer’s
home in Wallisville, another at the pumping plant on Old River, and the third
at the home of Dr. Amon Robert Shearer (nephew to Thomas), secretary for the
company, in Mont Belvieu. This line was destroyed in the 1915 hurricane. Hannah Shearer, the wife of the doctor, was
equally influential in the life of the town. An active member of the Ladies’
Aid Society of Wallisville, Mrs. Shearer spearheaded the drive to build the
Methodist church there in 1895
DR. AMON ROBERT SHEARER born December 8, 1871 in
Story Count, Iowa. He received his
Texas medical license June 19, 1908.
Lived in Mont Belvieu, Texas. Dr.
Shearer died in 1959 and is buried in
the Methodist Cemetery in Mont Belvieu by his wife Olive.
DR. V.R. HAVENS, born February 10, 1858 in Jackson
County, MS. He received his medical
license to practice in Texas on November 19, 1907, granted upon verification
from the Newton, County, TX.
DR. JOHN G. SCHILLING, born ca 1884 at Cedar Bayou, Chambers
Co., TX. He received his medical
license to practice in Texas on the 22nd – 24th of June
1908 in Harris Co., TX. Dr. Schillings
lived in Cedar Bayou and served in WWI. He was the son of Dr. Nicholas
Shillings. Dr. John Schilling never married.
DR. W.O. SAMMONS, born April 8, 1868 in Hot Springs County, AR. He received his license to practice in Texas on December 1907 in Jefferson Co., TX. Dr. Sammons lived in Anahuac, TX.
DR. GEORGE HARLEY FAHRING,
born March 10, 1881 in Saline County, KS.
He received his Texas medical license 1910 in Chambers Co.,
Dr. Fahring married Octavia Scherer, children: Thomas
Lloyd, George Jr., and Octavia.
DR. ROBERT DAVID McKAY was born in 1881 in
Muskegon County, Michigan. He received
his Texas license to practice in Wise County.
He lived in Winnie.
DR. ARTHUR OWEN, born July 14, 1845 in the City of
Warsaw, Poland. His Texas medical license was granted on August 20, 1910 in
Chambers County. He lived in Double
Bayou.
DR. ROBERT M. SPROULE, born October 21, 1851 in the
county of Sencoe Canada in the Province of Ontario. He received his Texas medical license from the county of
Liberty. He married Gertrude LaFour. He served as Methodist minister from 1878
until his retirement in 1891. In 1892
he graduated from Tulane University’s Medical School in New Orleans. He
remained an active physician in the Wallisville-Moss Bluff area until his death
in January 26, 1912. He is buried in
the Wallisville Cemetery beside his wife.
Dr Elisha Gregory, born August 2, 1877 in Tyler County, Texas. He received his Texas medical license in Tyler County. He lived in Wallisville.
Dr. J. R. Miller, born September 20, 1867 in Lauderdale County, MS. He received his Texas medical license in Houston County. He lived in Anahuac.
Dr. W. T. Randolph, born June 10, 1862 in Warren
County, TN. He received is Texas
medical license in Bell County. He
lived in Anahuac.
Dr. W.O. Testerman born August 13, 1875 in Leake County, MS. The received is Texas Veterinary license in Chambers County. Dr. Testerman lived in Anahuac.
Dr. J.L. Rice received his Texas Dentistry license in Waco, Texas.
DR. J.D. PICKENS, born April 26, 1861 in Lawrence County,
AL. He received is Texas medical
license in Parker County. He lived in
Winnie.
DR. J.G. MILLS, born August 8, 1877 in Cherokee County,
Texas. He received his medical license
in Marlin County. He lived in Mont
Belvieu.
DR. MAHLON BLUFORD PETERSON, born September 8, 1884 in Grant
County, IN. He received his Texas
medical license in Dallas County. He
lived in Winnie.
DR. EVERETT WILLIAM SYKES, born February 3, 1883 in Adams
County, IL.
DR. WENDELL HOLMES HAMERICK, born January 26, 1907 in Forrest County, MS
DR. MALCOMB HARRISON, born August 29, 1908 in Grant
Parish, LA.
DR. THOMAS PALMER SHEARER, born December 15, 1902 in
Angelina County, TX
DR. WILLIAM HILLORY BRIDGES, born October 10, 1911 in St
Mary Parish, LA. He lived in Mont Belvieu.
DR. W.W. LOWREY, born December 22, 1869 in Tishomingo
County, MS
DR. JOHN HENRY SHEFFIELD, no information