Ferdinand married Anna Mary Hodgetts on July 16, 1889 at St. Bridgetts Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ferdinand and Anna are the parents of:
Millard Ferdinand
Arthur Francis
Olga Elizabeth
Annie Marie (Sister Mary Marguerite)
Mary Frances "Zita"
Alice Gustava (Sister Maris Stella)
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Alton Democrat; September 2, 1948
Owned The First Automobile In Sioux Co.
Dr. F. J. Smith, beloved pioneer physician here, died Friday at his home on Miller's Bay,Lake Okoboji.
Graveside rites here following services at Spirit Lake were in charge of the very Rev. J. M. Neppel, with interment in St. Mary's cemetery. The family and friends were entertained at dinner here in the home of their long time lakeside neighbor, Mrs. D. J. Gleysteen, assisted by Mrs. P. D. Van Oosterhout, also a summer time neighbor of the Smiths.
Dr. F. J. Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, February 27, 1862, the oldest of six children. He spent his childhood in Davenport, Iowa, where he was taken by his parents in the fall of 1868. He attended the elementary and secondary schools in this city. He earned his entire way through the state college at Ames and graduated in 1883. Between his second and third year at Ames, he taught a district school in Scott County. On his graduation from Ames, he was awarded a teaching fellowship at the Boston Institute spare moments were occupied of Technology. While in Boston he was elected to the Deutsche Medizinische Geschellschaft of Berlin On his return from Boston, he entered the medical school at the University of Iowa. He was the first resident intern at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, and received his M. D. degree on March 2, 1887. During his university days he was a prenticed to Dr. W. F. Peck, founder and Dean of Iowa State Medical School.
In 1887, Dr. Smith began to practice medicine at Alton, Iowa. On July 18, 1889, he married Anna Mary Hodgetts of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Of their six children, five have survived them. Mrs Smith died in 1934.
Dr. Smith was one of the pioneers of the medical profession in Iowa. He belonged not only to "the horse and buggy" days, but also to the era preceding the horse and buggy. There were fewer roads in Sioux County when he began practicing medicine. He owned the first automobile in Sioux County and the third in the state.
He was a general practitioner of the old school, being, as he often said, "seventeen specialists rolled into one". He was one of the founders of the Sioux Valley Medical Society and was a member of the Fifty Yea Club of the Iowa Medical Association for the last eleven years of his life.
In 1904, he gave up his practice in Alton, to do graduate study at Heidelberg University, Germany, in preparation for his work in the medical department of Drake University. He remained at Drake until the close of the medical school in 1913.
He was then offered a professorship In an American medical school in China, but preferred to return to general practice which he did in July, 1913, at Little Rock, Iowa. During 1918-1919, he was coroner of Lyon County, Iowa. In 1919, he retired to his home in Miller's Bay, Wahpeton, on Lake Okoboji because of his wife's poor health.
Dr. Smith's connection with the lake region is of long standing. He was a founder and charter member of the Okoboji Protective Association in 1905, and frequently held office in the association. Within the last month of his life he was elected President Emeritus in recognition of his long and faithful service. He had also been instrumental in the foundation of the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory in cooperation with the late President Thomas MacBride of the University of Iowa.
During his years of retirement, he was active in both of these projects. He also did a considerable amount of writing, including the history of the Dickinson County Medical Society and the early medical schools which finally culminated in the state university, as well as his family his story and memoirs.
He was, for a time, mayor of the town of Wahpeton. His spare moments were occupied in amateur photography in which he was skillful. He took many beautiful pictures of the lake region. He was also a lover of music, and his friends and family will remember his playing the piano until the last month of his of his life. Until the very end he loved to listen to music. He loved the outdoors, and for years he was a familiar figure taking his daily walk on the road south of Miller's Bay or down through the state park.
Death came, after a brief illness at the old home on Miller's Bay on the afternoon of August 27, at the age of eighty-six years and six months to the day. Dr. Smith is survived by two sons, Dr. Millard F. Smith of Trinidad, Colorado, and Dr. Arthur F. Smith of Manning, Iowa, three daughters: Miss Olga E. Smith of Miller's Bay, Sister Mary Marguerite of the Ascension Convent. Minneapolis, and Sister Maris Stella of the College of St. Catherine. St. Paul, Minnesota; five grandsons; and a granddaughter. Also surviving are a brother, Mr. William Smith of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and a sister, Mrs. Vera Weiss of St. Louis, Missouri.
The funeral Mass was offered on Monday, August 30, in St. Mary's Church, Spirit Lake. Burial services took place in St. Mary's Cemetery, Alton.
Ferdinand and Anna are the parents of:
Millard Ferdinand
Arthur Francis
Olga Elizabeth
Annie Marie (Sister Mary Marguerite)
Mary Frances "Zita"
Alice Gustava (Sister Maris Stella)
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Alton Democrat; September 2, 1948
Owned The First Automobile In Sioux Co.
Dr. F. J. Smith, beloved pioneer physician here, died Friday at his home on Miller's Bay,Lake Okoboji.
Graveside rites here following services at Spirit Lake were in charge of the very Rev. J. M. Neppel, with interment in St. Mary's cemetery. The family and friends were entertained at dinner here in the home of their long time lakeside neighbor, Mrs. D. J. Gleysteen, assisted by Mrs. P. D. Van Oosterhout, also a summer time neighbor of the Smiths.
Dr. F. J. Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, February 27, 1862, the oldest of six children. He spent his childhood in Davenport, Iowa, where he was taken by his parents in the fall of 1868. He attended the elementary and secondary schools in this city. He earned his entire way through the state college at Ames and graduated in 1883. Between his second and third year at Ames, he taught a district school in Scott County. On his graduation from Ames, he was awarded a teaching fellowship at the Boston Institute spare moments were occupied of Technology. While in Boston he was elected to the Deutsche Medizinische Geschellschaft of Berlin On his return from Boston, he entered the medical school at the University of Iowa. He was the first resident intern at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, and received his M. D. degree on March 2, 1887. During his university days he was a prenticed to Dr. W. F. Peck, founder and Dean of Iowa State Medical School.
In 1887, Dr. Smith began to practice medicine at Alton, Iowa. On July 18, 1889, he married Anna Mary Hodgetts of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Of their six children, five have survived them. Mrs Smith died in 1934.
Dr. Smith was one of the pioneers of the medical profession in Iowa. He belonged not only to "the horse and buggy" days, but also to the era preceding the horse and buggy. There were fewer roads in Sioux County when he began practicing medicine. He owned the first automobile in Sioux County and the third in the state.
He was a general practitioner of the old school, being, as he often said, "seventeen specialists rolled into one". He was one of the founders of the Sioux Valley Medical Society and was a member of the Fifty Yea Club of the Iowa Medical Association for the last eleven years of his life.
In 1904, he gave up his practice in Alton, to do graduate study at Heidelberg University, Germany, in preparation for his work in the medical department of Drake University. He remained at Drake until the close of the medical school in 1913.
He was then offered a professorship In an American medical school in China, but preferred to return to general practice which he did in July, 1913, at Little Rock, Iowa. During 1918-1919, he was coroner of Lyon County, Iowa. In 1919, he retired to his home in Miller's Bay, Wahpeton, on Lake Okoboji because of his wife's poor health.
Dr. Smith's connection with the lake region is of long standing. He was a founder and charter member of the Okoboji Protective Association in 1905, and frequently held office in the association. Within the last month of his life he was elected President Emeritus in recognition of his long and faithful service. He had also been instrumental in the foundation of the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory in cooperation with the late President Thomas MacBride of the University of Iowa.
During his years of retirement, he was active in both of these projects. He also did a considerable amount of writing, including the history of the Dickinson County Medical Society and the early medical schools which finally culminated in the state university, as well as his family his story and memoirs.
He was, for a time, mayor of the town of Wahpeton. His spare moments were occupied in amateur photography in which he was skillful. He took many beautiful pictures of the lake region. He was also a lover of music, and his friends and family will remember his playing the piano until the last month of his of his life. Until the very end he loved to listen to music. He loved the outdoors, and for years he was a familiar figure taking his daily walk on the road south of Miller's Bay or down through the state park.
Death came, after a brief illness at the old home on Miller's Bay on the afternoon of August 27, at the age of eighty-six years and six months to the day. Dr. Smith is survived by two sons, Dr. Millard F. Smith of Trinidad, Colorado, and Dr. Arthur F. Smith of Manning, Iowa, three daughters: Miss Olga E. Smith of Miller's Bay, Sister Mary Marguerite of the Ascension Convent. Minneapolis, and Sister Maris Stella of the College of St. Catherine. St. Paul, Minnesota; five grandsons; and a granddaughter. Also surviving are a brother, Mr. William Smith of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and a sister, Mrs. Vera Weiss of St. Louis, Missouri.
The funeral Mass was offered on Monday, August 30, in St. Mary's Church, Spirit Lake. Burial services took place in St. Mary's Cemetery, Alton.
Ferdinand married Anna Mary Hodgetts on July 16, 1889 at St. Bridgetts Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ferdinand and Anna are the parents of:
Millard Ferdinand
Arthur Francis
Olga Elizabeth
Annie Marie (Sister Mary Marguerite)
Mary Frances "Zita"
Alice Gustava (Sister Maris Stella)
********
Alton Democrat; September 2, 1948
Owned The First Automobile In Sioux Co.
Dr. F. J. Smith, beloved pioneer physician here, died Friday at his home on Miller's Bay,Lake Okoboji.
Graveside rites here following services at Spirit Lake were in charge of the very Rev. J. M. Neppel, with interment in St. Mary's cemetery. The family and friends were entertained at dinner here in the home of their long time lakeside neighbor, Mrs. D. J. Gleysteen, assisted by Mrs. P. D. Van Oosterhout, also a summer time neighbor of the Smiths.
Dr. F. J. Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, February 27, 1862, the oldest of six children. He spent his childhood in Davenport, Iowa, where he was taken by his parents in the fall of 1868. He attended the elementary and secondary schools in this city. He earned his entire way through the state college at Ames and graduated in 1883. Between his second and third year at Ames, he taught a district school in Scott County. On his graduation from Ames, he was awarded a teaching fellowship at the Boston Institute spare moments were occupied of Technology. While in Boston he was elected to the Deutsche Medizinische Geschellschaft of Berlin On his return from Boston, he entered the medical school at the University of Iowa. He was the first resident intern at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, and received his M. D. degree on March 2, 1887. During his university days he was a prenticed to Dr. W. F. Peck, founder and Dean of Iowa State Medical School.
In 1887, Dr. Smith began to practice medicine at Alton, Iowa. On July 18, 1889, he married Anna Mary Hodgetts of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Of their six children, five have survived them. Mrs Smith died in 1934.
Dr. Smith was one of the pioneers of the medical profession in Iowa. He belonged not only to "the horse and buggy" days, but also to the era preceding the horse and buggy. There were fewer roads in Sioux County when he began practicing medicine. He owned the first automobile in Sioux County and the third in the state.
He was a general practitioner of the old school, being, as he often said, "seventeen specialists rolled into one". He was one of the founders of the Sioux Valley Medical Society and was a member of the Fifty Yea Club of the Iowa Medical Association for the last eleven years of his life.
In 1904, he gave up his practice in Alton, to do graduate study at Heidelberg University, Germany, in preparation for his work in the medical department of Drake University. He remained at Drake until the close of the medical school in 1913.
He was then offered a professorship In an American medical school in China, but preferred to return to general practice which he did in July, 1913, at Little Rock, Iowa. During 1918-1919, he was coroner of Lyon County, Iowa. In 1919, he retired to his home in Miller's Bay, Wahpeton, on Lake Okoboji because of his wife's poor health.
Dr. Smith's connection with the lake region is of long standing. He was a founder and charter member of the Okoboji Protective Association in 1905, and frequently held office in the association. Within the last month of his life he was elected President Emeritus in recognition of his long and faithful service. He had also been instrumental in the foundation of the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory in cooperation with the late President Thomas MacBride of the University of Iowa.
During his years of retirement, he was active in both of these projects. He also did a considerable amount of writing, including the history of the Dickinson County Medical Society and the early medical schools which finally culminated in the state university, as well as his family his story and memoirs.
He was, for a time, mayor of the town of Wahpeton. His spare moments were occupied in amateur photography in which he was skillful. He took many beautiful pictures of the lake region. He was also a lover of music, and his friends and family will remember his playing the piano until the last month of his of his life. Until the very end he loved to listen to music. He loved the outdoors, and for years he was a familiar figure taking his daily walk on the road south of Miller's Bay or down through the state park.
Death came, after a brief illness at the old home on Miller's Bay on the afternoon of August 27, at the age of eighty-six years and six months to the day. Dr. Smith is survived by two sons, Dr. Millard F. Smith of Trinidad, Colorado, and Dr. Arthur F. Smith of Manning, Iowa, three daughters: Miss Olga E. Smith of Miller's Bay, Sister Mary Marguerite of the Ascension Convent. Minneapolis, and Sister Maris Stella of the College of St. Catherine. St. Paul, Minnesota; five grandsons; and a granddaughter. Also surviving are a brother, Mr. William Smith of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and a sister, Mrs. Vera Weiss of St. Louis, Missouri.
The funeral Mass was offered on Monday, August 30, in St. Mary's Church, Spirit Lake. Burial services took place in St. Mary's Cemetery, Alton.
Ferdinand and Anna are the parents of:
Millard Ferdinand
Arthur Francis
Olga Elizabeth
Annie Marie (Sister Mary Marguerite)
Mary Frances "Zita"
Alice Gustava (Sister Maris Stella)
********
Alton Democrat; September 2, 1948
Owned The First Automobile In Sioux Co.
Dr. F. J. Smith, beloved pioneer physician here, died Friday at his home on Miller's Bay,Lake Okoboji.
Graveside rites here following services at Spirit Lake were in charge of the very Rev. J. M. Neppel, with interment in St. Mary's cemetery. The family and friends were entertained at dinner here in the home of their long time lakeside neighbor, Mrs. D. J. Gleysteen, assisted by Mrs. P. D. Van Oosterhout, also a summer time neighbor of the Smiths.
Dr. F. J. Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, February 27, 1862, the oldest of six children. He spent his childhood in Davenport, Iowa, where he was taken by his parents in the fall of 1868. He attended the elementary and secondary schools in this city. He earned his entire way through the state college at Ames and graduated in 1883. Between his second and third year at Ames, he taught a district school in Scott County. On his graduation from Ames, he was awarded a teaching fellowship at the Boston Institute spare moments were occupied of Technology. While in Boston he was elected to the Deutsche Medizinische Geschellschaft of Berlin On his return from Boston, he entered the medical school at the University of Iowa. He was the first resident intern at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, and received his M. D. degree on March 2, 1887. During his university days he was a prenticed to Dr. W. F. Peck, founder and Dean of Iowa State Medical School.
In 1887, Dr. Smith began to practice medicine at Alton, Iowa. On July 18, 1889, he married Anna Mary Hodgetts of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Of their six children, five have survived them. Mrs Smith died in 1934.
Dr. Smith was one of the pioneers of the medical profession in Iowa. He belonged not only to "the horse and buggy" days, but also to the era preceding the horse and buggy. There were fewer roads in Sioux County when he began practicing medicine. He owned the first automobile in Sioux County and the third in the state.
He was a general practitioner of the old school, being, as he often said, "seventeen specialists rolled into one". He was one of the founders of the Sioux Valley Medical Society and was a member of the Fifty Yea Club of the Iowa Medical Association for the last eleven years of his life.
In 1904, he gave up his practice in Alton, to do graduate study at Heidelberg University, Germany, in preparation for his work in the medical department of Drake University. He remained at Drake until the close of the medical school in 1913.
He was then offered a professorship In an American medical school in China, but preferred to return to general practice which he did in July, 1913, at Little Rock, Iowa. During 1918-1919, he was coroner of Lyon County, Iowa. In 1919, he retired to his home in Miller's Bay, Wahpeton, on Lake Okoboji because of his wife's poor health.
Dr. Smith's connection with the lake region is of long standing. He was a founder and charter member of the Okoboji Protective Association in 1905, and frequently held office in the association. Within the last month of his life he was elected President Emeritus in recognition of his long and faithful service. He had also been instrumental in the foundation of the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory in cooperation with the late President Thomas MacBride of the University of Iowa.
During his years of retirement, he was active in both of these projects. He also did a considerable amount of writing, including the history of the Dickinson County Medical Society and the early medical schools which finally culminated in the state university, as well as his family his story and memoirs.
He was, for a time, mayor of the town of Wahpeton. His spare moments were occupied in amateur photography in which he was skillful. He took many beautiful pictures of the lake region. He was also a lover of music, and his friends and family will remember his playing the piano until the last month of his of his life. Until the very end he loved to listen to music. He loved the outdoors, and for years he was a familiar figure taking his daily walk on the road south of Miller's Bay or down through the state park.
Death came, after a brief illness at the old home on Miller's Bay on the afternoon of August 27, at the age of eighty-six years and six months to the day. Dr. Smith is survived by two sons, Dr. Millard F. Smith of Trinidad, Colorado, and Dr. Arthur F. Smith of Manning, Iowa, three daughters: Miss Olga E. Smith of Miller's Bay, Sister Mary Marguerite of the Ascension Convent. Minneapolis, and Sister Maris Stella of the College of St. Catherine. St. Paul, Minnesota; five grandsons; and a granddaughter. Also surviving are a brother, Mr. William Smith of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and a sister, Mrs. Vera Weiss of St. Louis, Missouri.
The funeral Mass was offered on Monday, August 30, in St. Mary's Church, Spirit Lake. Burial services took place in St. Mary's Cemetery, Alton.
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