OBITUARY: LaGrange Indicator, LaGrange, Missouri, Jan 1935
80 YEARS A RESIDENT HERE: Dr. Wm. Ellery, LaGrange Native, Practiced Medicine Here More than Half a Century
As briefly announced in last week's issue, Dr. William Ellery died Wednesday afternoon, January 16, at the home of his son, Dr. W. L. Ellery, where he had been confined to his bed by illness since the 20th of last May. Death overtook him in his eighty-first year.
News of his passing, while not unexpected as his condition had been critical for a week or more, was received in all parts of the community with profound regret and sadness. Having practiced medicine here for more than half a century, Dr. Ellery had been family physician in scores upon scores of homes, and in addition to the place he had won in the hearts of the people by his faithful ministry of healing, his gentle, sympathetic disposition and unfeigned interest in their general welfare had endeared him to citizens of all ranks to a degree enjoyed by few other men who have lived in the community.
A large crowd, representative of the community, attended the funeral service held Friday afternoon at the Baptist church where he had held membership about sixty years. The pastor, Rev. D. H. Barnhill read the Scripture passages and offered prayer. Mrs. J. S. Quinn sang "My Faith Looks Up to Thee," with piano accompaniment by Miss Lucille Barkley.
Rev. W. K. Moore delivered the discourse in which he paid tribute to Dr. Ellery as a worthy example of a fast disappearing type – the old family doctor, beloved and trusted, who touched the lives of the people he served more intimately than any other individual in the community; whose code recognized but one response to the call for aid, and that was to go, regardless of hardships or hazards, the question of remuneration or even appreciation.
Burial was in Riverview Cemetery. The pallbearers were M. D. Cheesman, G.A. Conrath, C.C. Crouch, Dr. T.E. Heatherly, Frank P. Maiers and C.F. Nagen.
Dr. Ellery was one of the last living links connecting the present generation with the LaGrange of the Civil War era. Born July 30, 1854, he was but twenty-odd years younger than the town itself. His entire life of eighty years was spent here, and as his ministry to the suffering lengthened out to the half century mark and beyond, he had seemed a fixed institution in the life of the town, a very part of LaGrange.
Ellerys of three generations have practiced medicine here, the first having been the decedent's father, Dr. William Eppes Ellery, a graduate of the University of Maryland, who came here in 1849 or 1850 and practiced until his death in 1857. He was descended from New England antecedents. His wife, Lucy Catherine LaFon, mother of the decedent was a daughter of John and Martha Winfree LaFon who came from Virginia in 1830 and entered land in this county.
Dr. Ellery read medicine two years with Dr. A. L. Towles of LaGrange and Dr. B. A. Jaudon of Palmyra, took the first half of the prescribed two-year course in the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, and enrolled in 1876 in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, considered the best medical school in the country for his final year, receiving his degree March 10, 1877. Returning to LaGrange he immediately opened an office and continued his practice until a few yeas ago when he relinquished it in favor of his son, Dr. W. L. Ellery, with whom he had practiced in partnership since the latter's graduation from medical school in 1906.
He practiced his profession here for a longer period than any of the many physicians who have lived here – in all probability longer than any physician who has ever practiced in this county.
He was married June 4, 1878 to Miss Cora Henry Snapp of LaGrange who died July 24, 1907. Of this union were born two children who survive him, Mrs. Grace O'Neal, wife of Dr. W.C. O'Neal of Palmyra, and Dr. W. L. Ellery. Other surviving relatives include eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, also one sister, Mrs. Winfree Farmer of this city.
On Dr. Ellery's seventy-ninth birthday he was honored and surprised with a public celebration of the anniversary, held in Washington Park in this city, participated in by a large and representative gathering of citizens of the community. A picnic dinner and a program expressive of appreciation of his service to the community for more than fifty years were the features of the occasion. Dr. Ellery told friends afterward that he had never known of an event in honor of a citizen of this community to compare with it, and that the demonstration made him feel very humble.
In death as in life he is honored for his upright character and devotion to duty, his unassuming nature and broad human sympathy.
80 YEARS A RESIDENT HERE: Dr. Wm. Ellery, LaGrange Native, Practiced Medicine Here More than Half a Century
As briefly announced in last week's issue, Dr. William Ellery died Wednesday afternoon, January 16, at the home of his son, Dr. W. L. Ellery, where he had been confined to his bed by illness since the 20th of last May. Death overtook him in his eighty-first year.
News of his passing, while not unexpected as his condition had been critical for a week or more, was received in all parts of the community with profound regret and sadness. Having practiced medicine here for more than half a century, Dr. Ellery had been family physician in scores upon scores of homes, and in addition to the place he had won in the hearts of the people by his faithful ministry of healing, his gentle, sympathetic disposition and unfeigned interest in their general welfare had endeared him to citizens of all ranks to a degree enjoyed by few other men who have lived in the community.
A large crowd, representative of the community, attended the funeral service held Friday afternoon at the Baptist church where he had held membership about sixty years. The pastor, Rev. D. H. Barnhill read the Scripture passages and offered prayer. Mrs. J. S. Quinn sang "My Faith Looks Up to Thee," with piano accompaniment by Miss Lucille Barkley.
Rev. W. K. Moore delivered the discourse in which he paid tribute to Dr. Ellery as a worthy example of a fast disappearing type – the old family doctor, beloved and trusted, who touched the lives of the people he served more intimately than any other individual in the community; whose code recognized but one response to the call for aid, and that was to go, regardless of hardships or hazards, the question of remuneration or even appreciation.
Burial was in Riverview Cemetery. The pallbearers were M. D. Cheesman, G.A. Conrath, C.C. Crouch, Dr. T.E. Heatherly, Frank P. Maiers and C.F. Nagen.
Dr. Ellery was one of the last living links connecting the present generation with the LaGrange of the Civil War era. Born July 30, 1854, he was but twenty-odd years younger than the town itself. His entire life of eighty years was spent here, and as his ministry to the suffering lengthened out to the half century mark and beyond, he had seemed a fixed institution in the life of the town, a very part of LaGrange.
Ellerys of three generations have practiced medicine here, the first having been the decedent's father, Dr. William Eppes Ellery, a graduate of the University of Maryland, who came here in 1849 or 1850 and practiced until his death in 1857. He was descended from New England antecedents. His wife, Lucy Catherine LaFon, mother of the decedent was a daughter of John and Martha Winfree LaFon who came from Virginia in 1830 and entered land in this county.
Dr. Ellery read medicine two years with Dr. A. L. Towles of LaGrange and Dr. B. A. Jaudon of Palmyra, took the first half of the prescribed two-year course in the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, and enrolled in 1876 in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, considered the best medical school in the country for his final year, receiving his degree March 10, 1877. Returning to LaGrange he immediately opened an office and continued his practice until a few yeas ago when he relinquished it in favor of his son, Dr. W. L. Ellery, with whom he had practiced in partnership since the latter's graduation from medical school in 1906.
He practiced his profession here for a longer period than any of the many physicians who have lived here – in all probability longer than any physician who has ever practiced in this county.
He was married June 4, 1878 to Miss Cora Henry Snapp of LaGrange who died July 24, 1907. Of this union were born two children who survive him, Mrs. Grace O'Neal, wife of Dr. W.C. O'Neal of Palmyra, and Dr. W. L. Ellery. Other surviving relatives include eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, also one sister, Mrs. Winfree Farmer of this city.
On Dr. Ellery's seventy-ninth birthday he was honored and surprised with a public celebration of the anniversary, held in Washington Park in this city, participated in by a large and representative gathering of citizens of the community. A picnic dinner and a program expressive of appreciation of his service to the community for more than fifty years were the features of the occasion. Dr. Ellery told friends afterward that he had never known of an event in honor of a citizen of this community to compare with it, and that the demonstration made him feel very humble.
In death as in life he is honored for his upright character and devotion to duty, his unassuming nature and broad human sympathy.
OBITUARY: LaGrange Indicator, LaGrange, Missouri, Jan 1935
80 YEARS A RESIDENT HERE: Dr. Wm. Ellery, LaGrange Native, Practiced Medicine Here More than Half a Century
As briefly announced in last week's issue, Dr. William Ellery died Wednesday afternoon, January 16, at the home of his son, Dr. W. L. Ellery, where he had been confined to his bed by illness since the 20th of last May. Death overtook him in his eighty-first year.
News of his passing, while not unexpected as his condition had been critical for a week or more, was received in all parts of the community with profound regret and sadness. Having practiced medicine here for more than half a century, Dr. Ellery had been family physician in scores upon scores of homes, and in addition to the place he had won in the hearts of the people by his faithful ministry of healing, his gentle, sympathetic disposition and unfeigned interest in their general welfare had endeared him to citizens of all ranks to a degree enjoyed by few other men who have lived in the community.
A large crowd, representative of the community, attended the funeral service held Friday afternoon at the Baptist church where he had held membership about sixty years. The pastor, Rev. D. H. Barnhill read the Scripture passages and offered prayer. Mrs. J. S. Quinn sang "My Faith Looks Up to Thee," with piano accompaniment by Miss Lucille Barkley.
Rev. W. K. Moore delivered the discourse in which he paid tribute to Dr. Ellery as a worthy example of a fast disappearing type – the old family doctor, beloved and trusted, who touched the lives of the people he served more intimately than any other individual in the community; whose code recognized but one response to the call for aid, and that was to go, regardless of hardships or hazards, the question of remuneration or even appreciation.
Burial was in Riverview Cemetery. The pallbearers were M. D. Cheesman, G.A. Conrath, C.C. Crouch, Dr. T.E. Heatherly, Frank P. Maiers and C.F. Nagen.
Dr. Ellery was one of the last living links connecting the present generation with the LaGrange of the Civil War era. Born July 30, 1854, he was but twenty-odd years younger than the town itself. His entire life of eighty years was spent here, and as his ministry to the suffering lengthened out to the half century mark and beyond, he had seemed a fixed institution in the life of the town, a very part of LaGrange.
Ellerys of three generations have practiced medicine here, the first having been the decedent's father, Dr. William Eppes Ellery, a graduate of the University of Maryland, who came here in 1849 or 1850 and practiced until his death in 1857. He was descended from New England antecedents. His wife, Lucy Catherine LaFon, mother of the decedent was a daughter of John and Martha Winfree LaFon who came from Virginia in 1830 and entered land in this county.
Dr. Ellery read medicine two years with Dr. A. L. Towles of LaGrange and Dr. B. A. Jaudon of Palmyra, took the first half of the prescribed two-year course in the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, and enrolled in 1876 in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, considered the best medical school in the country for his final year, receiving his degree March 10, 1877. Returning to LaGrange he immediately opened an office and continued his practice until a few yeas ago when he relinquished it in favor of his son, Dr. W. L. Ellery, with whom he had practiced in partnership since the latter's graduation from medical school in 1906.
He practiced his profession here for a longer period than any of the many physicians who have lived here – in all probability longer than any physician who has ever practiced in this county.
He was married June 4, 1878 to Miss Cora Henry Snapp of LaGrange who died July 24, 1907. Of this union were born two children who survive him, Mrs. Grace O'Neal, wife of Dr. W.C. O'Neal of Palmyra, and Dr. W. L. Ellery. Other surviving relatives include eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, also one sister, Mrs. Winfree Farmer of this city.
On Dr. Ellery's seventy-ninth birthday he was honored and surprised with a public celebration of the anniversary, held in Washington Park in this city, participated in by a large and representative gathering of citizens of the community. A picnic dinner and a program expressive of appreciation of his service to the community for more than fifty years were the features of the occasion. Dr. Ellery told friends afterward that he had never known of an event in honor of a citizen of this community to compare with it, and that the demonstration made him feel very humble.
In death as in life he is honored for his upright character and devotion to duty, his unassuming nature and broad human sympathy.
80 YEARS A RESIDENT HERE: Dr. Wm. Ellery, LaGrange Native, Practiced Medicine Here More than Half a Century
As briefly announced in last week's issue, Dr. William Ellery died Wednesday afternoon, January 16, at the home of his son, Dr. W. L. Ellery, where he had been confined to his bed by illness since the 20th of last May. Death overtook him in his eighty-first year.
News of his passing, while not unexpected as his condition had been critical for a week or more, was received in all parts of the community with profound regret and sadness. Having practiced medicine here for more than half a century, Dr. Ellery had been family physician in scores upon scores of homes, and in addition to the place he had won in the hearts of the people by his faithful ministry of healing, his gentle, sympathetic disposition and unfeigned interest in their general welfare had endeared him to citizens of all ranks to a degree enjoyed by few other men who have lived in the community.
A large crowd, representative of the community, attended the funeral service held Friday afternoon at the Baptist church where he had held membership about sixty years. The pastor, Rev. D. H. Barnhill read the Scripture passages and offered prayer. Mrs. J. S. Quinn sang "My Faith Looks Up to Thee," with piano accompaniment by Miss Lucille Barkley.
Rev. W. K. Moore delivered the discourse in which he paid tribute to Dr. Ellery as a worthy example of a fast disappearing type – the old family doctor, beloved and trusted, who touched the lives of the people he served more intimately than any other individual in the community; whose code recognized but one response to the call for aid, and that was to go, regardless of hardships or hazards, the question of remuneration or even appreciation.
Burial was in Riverview Cemetery. The pallbearers were M. D. Cheesman, G.A. Conrath, C.C. Crouch, Dr. T.E. Heatherly, Frank P. Maiers and C.F. Nagen.
Dr. Ellery was one of the last living links connecting the present generation with the LaGrange of the Civil War era. Born July 30, 1854, he was but twenty-odd years younger than the town itself. His entire life of eighty years was spent here, and as his ministry to the suffering lengthened out to the half century mark and beyond, he had seemed a fixed institution in the life of the town, a very part of LaGrange.
Ellerys of three generations have practiced medicine here, the first having been the decedent's father, Dr. William Eppes Ellery, a graduate of the University of Maryland, who came here in 1849 or 1850 and practiced until his death in 1857. He was descended from New England antecedents. His wife, Lucy Catherine LaFon, mother of the decedent was a daughter of John and Martha Winfree LaFon who came from Virginia in 1830 and entered land in this county.
Dr. Ellery read medicine two years with Dr. A. L. Towles of LaGrange and Dr. B. A. Jaudon of Palmyra, took the first half of the prescribed two-year course in the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, and enrolled in 1876 in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, considered the best medical school in the country for his final year, receiving his degree March 10, 1877. Returning to LaGrange he immediately opened an office and continued his practice until a few yeas ago when he relinquished it in favor of his son, Dr. W. L. Ellery, with whom he had practiced in partnership since the latter's graduation from medical school in 1906.
He practiced his profession here for a longer period than any of the many physicians who have lived here – in all probability longer than any physician who has ever practiced in this county.
He was married June 4, 1878 to Miss Cora Henry Snapp of LaGrange who died July 24, 1907. Of this union were born two children who survive him, Mrs. Grace O'Neal, wife of Dr. W.C. O'Neal of Palmyra, and Dr. W. L. Ellery. Other surviving relatives include eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, also one sister, Mrs. Winfree Farmer of this city.
On Dr. Ellery's seventy-ninth birthday he was honored and surprised with a public celebration of the anniversary, held in Washington Park in this city, participated in by a large and representative gathering of citizens of the community. A picnic dinner and a program expressive of appreciation of his service to the community for more than fifty years were the features of the occasion. Dr. Ellery told friends afterward that he had never known of an event in honor of a citizen of this community to compare with it, and that the demonstration made him feel very humble.
In death as in life he is honored for his upright character and devotion to duty, his unassuming nature and broad human sympathy.
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