Wife #1: Theodora Belle Pickett 1865-1944 in CA
Wife #2: Married Beatrice Rogers in 1921 in Oklahoma County. She married John Frederic Angell in 1936 in Oklahoma County.
Parents: Rudolph Blesh 1832–1907 & Sarah Frances Bartholomew 1839–1930
The Oklahoman, Thursday, Feb 22, 1934:
The body of Dr A. L. Blesh 68, veteran state surgeon, who died in a local hospital Tuesday, will lie in state Thursday at Hahn Funeral Home. Services will be held from St Luke's Methodist Church at 2 pm Friday. Rev Paul W. Quillian, pastor of the church, and Rev John R. Abernathy, pastor of Epworth Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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DR. A. L. BLESH, WHO ROSE FROM PRIZE RING TO PROMINENCE AS SURGEON, SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 21—
Dr. A. L. Blesh, 68 years old, who began the practice of surgery in Guthrie in 1893, died in a hospital here yesterday. He had lived here since 1908.
Dr. Arbaham Lincoln Blesh drove a horse cab, boxed professionally and sold papers to work his way through the Northwestern University Medical school in the '80's and become a nationally known surgeon. He was at one time governor of the American College of Surgeons, was a founder and later president of the Medical Association of the Southwest, and once headed the Oklahoma State Medical association. Since 1919, he had been chief of staff and chief surgeon at the Wesley hospital in Oklahoma City.
Practicing in territorial days in the frontier community of Guthrie, Dr. Blesh dressed the gunshot wounds of peace officers and outlaw alike. Of the early day desperadoes, he once said: "They were angels compared to the brand of criminals who is shooting and riding through our land today."
After he had graduated from Northwestern University and had studied for a year in Vienna, Dr. Blesh went to Paris, and out of a chance sidewalk café conversation with an elderly man of wealth agreed to a trip across the Sahara. That accomplished, he returned to America and practiced at Rio, Wis., Hope, Kas., and Lost Springs, Kas., before going to Guthrie in 1898. During the war he was chief surgeon at the base hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and also served at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala., attaining the rank of major.
His death occurred on the eve of a regional clinic meeting in Oklahoma City of the American College of Surgeons, of which he was the only Oklahoma charter member.
Miami News-Record (Miami, Oklahoma) Wed., 21 Feb 1934, Page 7
Transcribed by: S.Frazier
His Daughter related several stories about her father, whom she adored. He refused to allow her to ride side-saddle because he had tended too many women who had fallen off, caught their foot in the stirrup and were dragged by the bolting horse. Instead, Grandma's mother made her bloomers and she wore them riding astride shocking the town folk. Because he was so well respected, Grandma got away with it. She also said, that although she loved horses, her father, Dr. Blesh, didn't. He also didn't like having to hitch up the carriage in the middle of the night to visit a patient so when automobiles arrived, he was one of the first in the city to buy one. - Laurel Robinson
Wife #2: Married Beatrice Rogers in 1921 in Oklahoma County. She married John Frederic Angell in 1936 in Oklahoma County.
Parents: Rudolph Blesh 1832–1907 & Sarah Frances Bartholomew 1839–1930
The Oklahoman, Thursday, Feb 22, 1934:
The body of Dr A. L. Blesh 68, veteran state surgeon, who died in a local hospital Tuesday, will lie in state Thursday at Hahn Funeral Home. Services will be held from St Luke's Methodist Church at 2 pm Friday. Rev Paul W. Quillian, pastor of the church, and Rev John R. Abernathy, pastor of Epworth Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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DR. A. L. BLESH, WHO ROSE FROM PRIZE RING TO PROMINENCE AS SURGEON, SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 21—
Dr. A. L. Blesh, 68 years old, who began the practice of surgery in Guthrie in 1893, died in a hospital here yesterday. He had lived here since 1908.
Dr. Arbaham Lincoln Blesh drove a horse cab, boxed professionally and sold papers to work his way through the Northwestern University Medical school in the '80's and become a nationally known surgeon. He was at one time governor of the American College of Surgeons, was a founder and later president of the Medical Association of the Southwest, and once headed the Oklahoma State Medical association. Since 1919, he had been chief of staff and chief surgeon at the Wesley hospital in Oklahoma City.
Practicing in territorial days in the frontier community of Guthrie, Dr. Blesh dressed the gunshot wounds of peace officers and outlaw alike. Of the early day desperadoes, he once said: "They were angels compared to the brand of criminals who is shooting and riding through our land today."
After he had graduated from Northwestern University and had studied for a year in Vienna, Dr. Blesh went to Paris, and out of a chance sidewalk café conversation with an elderly man of wealth agreed to a trip across the Sahara. That accomplished, he returned to America and practiced at Rio, Wis., Hope, Kas., and Lost Springs, Kas., before going to Guthrie in 1898. During the war he was chief surgeon at the base hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and also served at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala., attaining the rank of major.
His death occurred on the eve of a regional clinic meeting in Oklahoma City of the American College of Surgeons, of which he was the only Oklahoma charter member.
Miami News-Record (Miami, Oklahoma) Wed., 21 Feb 1934, Page 7
Transcribed by: S.Frazier
His Daughter related several stories about her father, whom she adored. He refused to allow her to ride side-saddle because he had tended too many women who had fallen off, caught their foot in the stirrup and were dragged by the bolting horse. Instead, Grandma's mother made her bloomers and she wore them riding astride shocking the town folk. Because he was so well respected, Grandma got away with it. She also said, that although she loved horses, her father, Dr. Blesh, didn't. He also didn't like having to hitch up the carriage in the middle of the night to visit a patient so when automobiles arrived, he was one of the first in the city to buy one. - Laurel Robinson
Wife #1: Theodora Belle Pickett 1865-1944 in CA
Wife #2: Married Beatrice Rogers in 1921 in Oklahoma County. She married John Frederic Angell in 1936 in Oklahoma County.
Parents: Rudolph Blesh 1832–1907 & Sarah Frances Bartholomew 1839–1930
The Oklahoman, Thursday, Feb 22, 1934:
The body of Dr A. L. Blesh 68, veteran state surgeon, who died in a local hospital Tuesday, will lie in state Thursday at Hahn Funeral Home. Services will be held from St Luke's Methodist Church at 2 pm Friday. Rev Paul W. Quillian, pastor of the church, and Rev John R. Abernathy, pastor of Epworth Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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DR. A. L. BLESH, WHO ROSE FROM PRIZE RING TO PROMINENCE AS SURGEON, SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 21—
Dr. A. L. Blesh, 68 years old, who began the practice of surgery in Guthrie in 1893, died in a hospital here yesterday. He had lived here since 1908.
Dr. Arbaham Lincoln Blesh drove a horse cab, boxed professionally and sold papers to work his way through the Northwestern University Medical school in the '80's and become a nationally known surgeon. He was at one time governor of the American College of Surgeons, was a founder and later president of the Medical Association of the Southwest, and once headed the Oklahoma State Medical association. Since 1919, he had been chief of staff and chief surgeon at the Wesley hospital in Oklahoma City.
Practicing in territorial days in the frontier community of Guthrie, Dr. Blesh dressed the gunshot wounds of peace officers and outlaw alike. Of the early day desperadoes, he once said: "They were angels compared to the brand of criminals who is shooting and riding through our land today."
After he had graduated from Northwestern University and had studied for a year in Vienna, Dr. Blesh went to Paris, and out of a chance sidewalk café conversation with an elderly man of wealth agreed to a trip across the Sahara. That accomplished, he returned to America and practiced at Rio, Wis., Hope, Kas., and Lost Springs, Kas., before going to Guthrie in 1898. During the war he was chief surgeon at the base hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and also served at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala., attaining the rank of major.
His death occurred on the eve of a regional clinic meeting in Oklahoma City of the American College of Surgeons, of which he was the only Oklahoma charter member.
Miami News-Record (Miami, Oklahoma) Wed., 21 Feb 1934, Page 7
Transcribed by: S.Frazier
His Daughter related several stories about her father, whom she adored. He refused to allow her to ride side-saddle because he had tended too many women who had fallen off, caught their foot in the stirrup and were dragged by the bolting horse. Instead, Grandma's mother made her bloomers and she wore them riding astride shocking the town folk. Because he was so well respected, Grandma got away with it. She also said, that although she loved horses, her father, Dr. Blesh, didn't. He also didn't like having to hitch up the carriage in the middle of the night to visit a patient so when automobiles arrived, he was one of the first in the city to buy one. - Laurel Robinson
Wife #2: Married Beatrice Rogers in 1921 in Oklahoma County. She married John Frederic Angell in 1936 in Oklahoma County.
Parents: Rudolph Blesh 1832–1907 & Sarah Frances Bartholomew 1839–1930
The Oklahoman, Thursday, Feb 22, 1934:
The body of Dr A. L. Blesh 68, veteran state surgeon, who died in a local hospital Tuesday, will lie in state Thursday at Hahn Funeral Home. Services will be held from St Luke's Methodist Church at 2 pm Friday. Rev Paul W. Quillian, pastor of the church, and Rev John R. Abernathy, pastor of Epworth Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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DR. A. L. BLESH, WHO ROSE FROM PRIZE RING TO PROMINENCE AS SURGEON, SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 21—
Dr. A. L. Blesh, 68 years old, who began the practice of surgery in Guthrie in 1893, died in a hospital here yesterday. He had lived here since 1908.
Dr. Arbaham Lincoln Blesh drove a horse cab, boxed professionally and sold papers to work his way through the Northwestern University Medical school in the '80's and become a nationally known surgeon. He was at one time governor of the American College of Surgeons, was a founder and later president of the Medical Association of the Southwest, and once headed the Oklahoma State Medical association. Since 1919, he had been chief of staff and chief surgeon at the Wesley hospital in Oklahoma City.
Practicing in territorial days in the frontier community of Guthrie, Dr. Blesh dressed the gunshot wounds of peace officers and outlaw alike. Of the early day desperadoes, he once said: "They were angels compared to the brand of criminals who is shooting and riding through our land today."
After he had graduated from Northwestern University and had studied for a year in Vienna, Dr. Blesh went to Paris, and out of a chance sidewalk café conversation with an elderly man of wealth agreed to a trip across the Sahara. That accomplished, he returned to America and practiced at Rio, Wis., Hope, Kas., and Lost Springs, Kas., before going to Guthrie in 1898. During the war he was chief surgeon at the base hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and also served at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala., attaining the rank of major.
His death occurred on the eve of a regional clinic meeting in Oklahoma City of the American College of Surgeons, of which he was the only Oklahoma charter member.
Miami News-Record (Miami, Oklahoma) Wed., 21 Feb 1934, Page 7
Transcribed by: S.Frazier
His Daughter related several stories about her father, whom she adored. He refused to allow her to ride side-saddle because he had tended too many women who had fallen off, caught their foot in the stirrup and were dragged by the bolting horse. Instead, Grandma's mother made her bloomers and she wore them riding astride shocking the town folk. Because he was so well respected, Grandma got away with it. She also said, that although she loved horses, her father, Dr. Blesh, didn't. He also didn't like having to hitch up the carriage in the middle of the night to visit a patient so when automobiles arrived, he was one of the first in the city to buy one. - Laurel Robinson
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