Dr Hemenway graduated from the Chicago Medical College in 1862, fought in the Civil War (9th Cavalry, IL Volunteers) and served as an army surgeon in the northwest after the war. He was the first superintendent at Washington State Hospital for the Insane at Steilacoom. He studied the effects of strychnine poisoning and was quoted in medical articles of the time for his work. In 1889 he entered the Indian Service. He was married five times.
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From the History of the Ninth Regiment Illinois Cavalry Volunteers. Pub. under the auspices of the Historical Committee of the Regiment:
Stacy Hemenway was born in Pleasant Township, La Porte County, Ind., January 13, 1836. From there his parents removed to Wisconsin Territory, the same year, remaining there for a period of thirteen years. Then in Iowa for four years, and about 1853, crossed the plains to the Pacific Coast, and settled in the then Territory of Oregon.
The subject of this sketch while in Wisconsin and Iowa, managed to acquire a fair English education, by attending district and select schools. Afterward he pursued his studies privately and taught school more or less for a period of five years in Oregon, when he began the study of medicine. In 1859 he returned to the Atlantic States via Panama, for the purpose of attending lectures on medicine
in the Lind University, Chicago, now known as the Chicago Medical College, and graduated with the class of 1862.
The War of the Rebellion then being in progress, he joined the National troops in the field in front of Corinth, Miss., as a medical officer under contract. He was commissioned Second Assistant Surgeon of the Ninth Illinois Cavalry, July 8, 1863, and promoted First Assistant Surgeon, January 1. 1864, serving with the regiment till December 19, 1864, when he was again promoted to be Surgeon of the Forty -first United States Colored Troops, serving with that regiment till the close of the war.
Since that time he has served three years as physician for the Asylum for the Insane, at Stilacoon [sic] Wash. Ty., and again as Acting Surgeon United States Army, for a period of nearly five years, at present is engaged at Linkville, Oreg., in private practice.
While connected with the Ninth, Dr. Hemenway was one of our most valued officers. Capable, faithful, courteous, he won the regard and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. He was a man always ready for duty.
In the memorable and disastrous Guntown affair in June, 1864, he was the only medical officer present with General Grierson's Cavalry command of three Thonsandand [sic], was at the front, when the picket firing began, and was active in caring for the wounded, and planning them into the ambulances of the cavalry, which train was under his charge.
Dr. Hemenway is now one of the leading physicians and surgeons on the Pacific Coast, and is a highly respected citizen of Linkville, Oreg.
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THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON FEBRUARY 19, 1914
DR. STACY HEMENWAY FAILS TO RALLY FROM ILLNESS, AND PASSES AWAY THIS AFTERNOON
Following service throught the civil war as a regimental surgeon, the Physician remained in the army for several years, and came to Fort Klamath in the early 1880's as Military Surgeon.
Dr. Stacy Hemenway, surgeon at the Yainax sub-agency, is no more. Following an illness of several days duration the aged practioner passed away at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
When he was taken ill several days ago, Dr. Hemenway evidently realized that the end was at hand for he summoned D.V. Kuykendall to his bedside to make his will and attend to other legal matters. For the past two days he has been in a state of coma, from which he did not rally before his death.
Upon receiving the news of the serious illness of the doctor, his brother, Volney Dixon, left a sick bed in Eugene, and accompanied by his son-in-law, W.A. Kuykendall, a Eugene business man, came to Klamath Falls, arriving last night. As the dying man was in a comatose state, and the brother from Eugene was hardly well enough to withstand the rigors of the trip to Yainaix, he did not attempt to reach the bedside. Had he started, he would hardly have reached there in time.
Dr. Hemenway was a native of Indiana, and was 78 years of age. He was a son of Dr. Ansel Asa and Abigail (Whitmore)Hemenway, who after coming to the Willamette Valley in 1853 was a great factor in the state's early political life, and a member of the legislature in 1862.
After finishing high school and studying in the office of his father, Dr. Hemenway attended the Chicago Medical College. He graduated that institution in 1861.
The Civil War broke out just after the young doctor was given his diploma, and he at once gave his services to the Union, enlisting as a surgeon in the Ninth Illinois cavalary. During the war this regiment saw much active service. At the close of the war the doctor had attained the rank of regimental surgeon.
After the war the doctor served at different times in the army medical service, and intermittently he was with the Indian service, adminstering to the sick Reds with much more effective results than their medicine men.
Early in the 1880's Dr. Hemenway came to Klamath county, first as an army surgeon at Fort Klamath. After resigning from that post he practiced his profession in Klamath Falls and Bonanza. In 1889 he re-entered the Indian service with Captain O.C. Applegate, and since that time has been the physician at Yainax.
In his residence in Klamath county the old practicioner made a wide circle of friends. He was beloved by whites and Indians alike. In adition to his wife Angeline, he is survived by three brothers, Volney, Ansel and Frank, all of whom reside at Eugene.
The remains will be brought to this city, and will be shipped to Eugene for interment in the family plot at Oak Hill cemetery.
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WIVES AND CHILDREN
1. Margaret "Maggie" May McWade
Married October 5, 1861
He stated that on February 7, 1884 she abandoned him as they were vacationing in Wisconsin. He filed for divorce in June 1887
They had one son:
John Francis Hemenway b. October 8, 1863
2. Charlotte T. "Lottie" Stanley Alford
Married November 26, 1888
Separated May 1893
Divorce finalized June 1894
They had two sons:
Claudius Galen Hemenway b. March 18, 1889
Elmer Hemenway b. 1891 died 1892
*Lottie and anonymous had a son & named him Philbert Hemenway b. April 1894. It's documented that he wasn't Stacy's son. Philbert's father is assumed to be Frank Burch through the Hemenway divorce papers, census and family letters
3. Estelle "Stella" Oury Dunn
Married May 22, 1897
Estelle died from an overdose on Nov. 11, 1899 (my relation)
4. Olive "Irene" Chitwood
Married June 4, 1903
Irene died from apoplexy on July 11, 1904
5. Angeline Oliver Troester
Married October 14, 1907 Although they stayed married, Angie eventually moved to a small schoolhouse and taught school
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From the History of the Ninth Regiment Illinois Cavalry Volunteers. Pub. under the auspices of the Historical Committee of the Regiment:
Stacy Hemenway was born in Pleasant Township, La Porte County, Ind., January 13, 1836. From there his parents removed to Wisconsin Territory, the same year, remaining there for a period of thirteen years. Then in Iowa for four years, and about 1853, crossed the plains to the Pacific Coast, and settled in the then Territory of Oregon.
The subject of this sketch while in Wisconsin and Iowa, managed to acquire a fair English education, by attending district and select schools. Afterward he pursued his studies privately and taught school more or less for a period of five years in Oregon, when he began the study of medicine. In 1859 he returned to the Atlantic States via Panama, for the purpose of attending lectures on medicine
in the Lind University, Chicago, now known as the Chicago Medical College, and graduated with the class of 1862.
The War of the Rebellion then being in progress, he joined the National troops in the field in front of Corinth, Miss., as a medical officer under contract. He was commissioned Second Assistant Surgeon of the Ninth Illinois Cavalry, July 8, 1863, and promoted First Assistant Surgeon, January 1. 1864, serving with the regiment till December 19, 1864, when he was again promoted to be Surgeon of the Forty -first United States Colored Troops, serving with that regiment till the close of the war.
Since that time he has served three years as physician for the Asylum for the Insane, at Stilacoon [sic] Wash. Ty., and again as Acting Surgeon United States Army, for a period of nearly five years, at present is engaged at Linkville, Oreg., in private practice.
While connected with the Ninth, Dr. Hemenway was one of our most valued officers. Capable, faithful, courteous, he won the regard and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. He was a man always ready for duty.
In the memorable and disastrous Guntown affair in June, 1864, he was the only medical officer present with General Grierson's Cavalry command of three Thonsandand [sic], was at the front, when the picket firing began, and was active in caring for the wounded, and planning them into the ambulances of the cavalry, which train was under his charge.
Dr. Hemenway is now one of the leading physicians and surgeons on the Pacific Coast, and is a highly respected citizen of Linkville, Oreg.
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THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON FEBRUARY 19, 1914
DR. STACY HEMENWAY FAILS TO RALLY FROM ILLNESS, AND PASSES AWAY THIS AFTERNOON
Following service throught the civil war as a regimental surgeon, the Physician remained in the army for several years, and came to Fort Klamath in the early 1880's as Military Surgeon.
Dr. Stacy Hemenway, surgeon at the Yainax sub-agency, is no more. Following an illness of several days duration the aged practioner passed away at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
When he was taken ill several days ago, Dr. Hemenway evidently realized that the end was at hand for he summoned D.V. Kuykendall to his bedside to make his will and attend to other legal matters. For the past two days he has been in a state of coma, from which he did not rally before his death.
Upon receiving the news of the serious illness of the doctor, his brother, Volney Dixon, left a sick bed in Eugene, and accompanied by his son-in-law, W.A. Kuykendall, a Eugene business man, came to Klamath Falls, arriving last night. As the dying man was in a comatose state, and the brother from Eugene was hardly well enough to withstand the rigors of the trip to Yainaix, he did not attempt to reach the bedside. Had he started, he would hardly have reached there in time.
Dr. Hemenway was a native of Indiana, and was 78 years of age. He was a son of Dr. Ansel Asa and Abigail (Whitmore)Hemenway, who after coming to the Willamette Valley in 1853 was a great factor in the state's early political life, and a member of the legislature in 1862.
After finishing high school and studying in the office of his father, Dr. Hemenway attended the Chicago Medical College. He graduated that institution in 1861.
The Civil War broke out just after the young doctor was given his diploma, and he at once gave his services to the Union, enlisting as a surgeon in the Ninth Illinois cavalary. During the war this regiment saw much active service. At the close of the war the doctor had attained the rank of regimental surgeon.
After the war the doctor served at different times in the army medical service, and intermittently he was with the Indian service, adminstering to the sick Reds with much more effective results than their medicine men.
Early in the 1880's Dr. Hemenway came to Klamath county, first as an army surgeon at Fort Klamath. After resigning from that post he practiced his profession in Klamath Falls and Bonanza. In 1889 he re-entered the Indian service with Captain O.C. Applegate, and since that time has been the physician at Yainax.
In his residence in Klamath county the old practicioner made a wide circle of friends. He was beloved by whites and Indians alike. In adition to his wife Angeline, he is survived by three brothers, Volney, Ansel and Frank, all of whom reside at Eugene.
The remains will be brought to this city, and will be shipped to Eugene for interment in the family plot at Oak Hill cemetery.
**************
WIVES AND CHILDREN
1. Margaret "Maggie" May McWade
Married October 5, 1861
He stated that on February 7, 1884 she abandoned him as they were vacationing in Wisconsin. He filed for divorce in June 1887
They had one son:
John Francis Hemenway b. October 8, 1863
2. Charlotte T. "Lottie" Stanley Alford
Married November 26, 1888
Separated May 1893
Divorce finalized June 1894
They had two sons:
Claudius Galen Hemenway b. March 18, 1889
Elmer Hemenway b. 1891 died 1892
*Lottie and anonymous had a son & named him Philbert Hemenway b. April 1894. It's documented that he wasn't Stacy's son. Philbert's father is assumed to be Frank Burch through the Hemenway divorce papers, census and family letters
3. Estelle "Stella" Oury Dunn
Married May 22, 1897
Estelle died from an overdose on Nov. 11, 1899 (my relation)
4. Olive "Irene" Chitwood
Married June 4, 1903
Irene died from apoplexy on July 11, 1904
5. Angeline Oliver Troester
Married October 14, 1907 Although they stayed married, Angie eventually moved to a small schoolhouse and taught school
Dr Hemenway graduated from the Chicago Medical College in 1862, fought in the Civil War (9th Cavalry, IL Volunteers) and served as an army surgeon in the northwest after the war. He was the first superintendent at Washington State Hospital for the Insane at Steilacoom. He studied the effects of strychnine poisoning and was quoted in medical articles of the time for his work. In 1889 he entered the Indian Service. He was married five times.
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From the History of the Ninth Regiment Illinois Cavalry Volunteers. Pub. under the auspices of the Historical Committee of the Regiment:
Stacy Hemenway was born in Pleasant Township, La Porte County, Ind., January 13, 1836. From there his parents removed to Wisconsin Territory, the same year, remaining there for a period of thirteen years. Then in Iowa for four years, and about 1853, crossed the plains to the Pacific Coast, and settled in the then Territory of Oregon.
The subject of this sketch while in Wisconsin and Iowa, managed to acquire a fair English education, by attending district and select schools. Afterward he pursued his studies privately and taught school more or less for a period of five years in Oregon, when he began the study of medicine. In 1859 he returned to the Atlantic States via Panama, for the purpose of attending lectures on medicine
in the Lind University, Chicago, now known as the Chicago Medical College, and graduated with the class of 1862.
The War of the Rebellion then being in progress, he joined the National troops in the field in front of Corinth, Miss., as a medical officer under contract. He was commissioned Second Assistant Surgeon of the Ninth Illinois Cavalry, July 8, 1863, and promoted First Assistant Surgeon, January 1. 1864, serving with the regiment till December 19, 1864, when he was again promoted to be Surgeon of the Forty -first United States Colored Troops, serving with that regiment till the close of the war.
Since that time he has served three years as physician for the Asylum for the Insane, at Stilacoon [sic] Wash. Ty., and again as Acting Surgeon United States Army, for a period of nearly five years, at present is engaged at Linkville, Oreg., in private practice.
While connected with the Ninth, Dr. Hemenway was one of our most valued officers. Capable, faithful, courteous, he won the regard and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. He was a man always ready for duty.
In the memorable and disastrous Guntown affair in June, 1864, he was the only medical officer present with General Grierson's Cavalry command of three Thonsandand [sic], was at the front, when the picket firing began, and was active in caring for the wounded, and planning them into the ambulances of the cavalry, which train was under his charge.
Dr. Hemenway is now one of the leading physicians and surgeons on the Pacific Coast, and is a highly respected citizen of Linkville, Oreg.
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THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON FEBRUARY 19, 1914
DR. STACY HEMENWAY FAILS TO RALLY FROM ILLNESS, AND PASSES AWAY THIS AFTERNOON
Following service throught the civil war as a regimental surgeon, the Physician remained in the army for several years, and came to Fort Klamath in the early 1880's as Military Surgeon.
Dr. Stacy Hemenway, surgeon at the Yainax sub-agency, is no more. Following an illness of several days duration the aged practioner passed away at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
When he was taken ill several days ago, Dr. Hemenway evidently realized that the end was at hand for he summoned D.V. Kuykendall to his bedside to make his will and attend to other legal matters. For the past two days he has been in a state of coma, from which he did not rally before his death.
Upon receiving the news of the serious illness of the doctor, his brother, Volney Dixon, left a sick bed in Eugene, and accompanied by his son-in-law, W.A. Kuykendall, a Eugene business man, came to Klamath Falls, arriving last night. As the dying man was in a comatose state, and the brother from Eugene was hardly well enough to withstand the rigors of the trip to Yainaix, he did not attempt to reach the bedside. Had he started, he would hardly have reached there in time.
Dr. Hemenway was a native of Indiana, and was 78 years of age. He was a son of Dr. Ansel Asa and Abigail (Whitmore)Hemenway, who after coming to the Willamette Valley in 1853 was a great factor in the state's early political life, and a member of the legislature in 1862.
After finishing high school and studying in the office of his father, Dr. Hemenway attended the Chicago Medical College. He graduated that institution in 1861.
The Civil War broke out just after the young doctor was given his diploma, and he at once gave his services to the Union, enlisting as a surgeon in the Ninth Illinois cavalary. During the war this regiment saw much active service. At the close of the war the doctor had attained the rank of regimental surgeon.
After the war the doctor served at different times in the army medical service, and intermittently he was with the Indian service, adminstering to the sick Reds with much more effective results than their medicine men.
Early in the 1880's Dr. Hemenway came to Klamath county, first as an army surgeon at Fort Klamath. After resigning from that post he practiced his profession in Klamath Falls and Bonanza. In 1889 he re-entered the Indian service with Captain O.C. Applegate, and since that time has been the physician at Yainax.
In his residence in Klamath county the old practicioner made a wide circle of friends. He was beloved by whites and Indians alike. In adition to his wife Angeline, he is survived by three brothers, Volney, Ansel and Frank, all of whom reside at Eugene.
The remains will be brought to this city, and will be shipped to Eugene for interment in the family plot at Oak Hill cemetery.
**************
WIVES AND CHILDREN
1. Margaret "Maggie" May McWade
Married October 5, 1861
He stated that on February 7, 1884 she abandoned him as they were vacationing in Wisconsin. He filed for divorce in June 1887
They had one son:
John Francis Hemenway b. October 8, 1863
2. Charlotte T. "Lottie" Stanley Alford
Married November 26, 1888
Separated May 1893
Divorce finalized June 1894
They had two sons:
Claudius Galen Hemenway b. March 18, 1889
Elmer Hemenway b. 1891 died 1892
*Lottie and anonymous had a son & named him Philbert Hemenway b. April 1894. It's documented that he wasn't Stacy's son. Philbert's father is assumed to be Frank Burch through the Hemenway divorce papers, census and family letters
3. Estelle "Stella" Oury Dunn
Married May 22, 1897
Estelle died from an overdose on Nov. 11, 1899 (my relation)
4. Olive "Irene" Chitwood
Married June 4, 1903
Irene died from apoplexy on July 11, 1904
5. Angeline Oliver Troester
Married October 14, 1907 Although they stayed married, Angie eventually moved to a small schoolhouse and taught school
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From the History of the Ninth Regiment Illinois Cavalry Volunteers. Pub. under the auspices of the Historical Committee of the Regiment:
Stacy Hemenway was born in Pleasant Township, La Porte County, Ind., January 13, 1836. From there his parents removed to Wisconsin Territory, the same year, remaining there for a period of thirteen years. Then in Iowa for four years, and about 1853, crossed the plains to the Pacific Coast, and settled in the then Territory of Oregon.
The subject of this sketch while in Wisconsin and Iowa, managed to acquire a fair English education, by attending district and select schools. Afterward he pursued his studies privately and taught school more or less for a period of five years in Oregon, when he began the study of medicine. In 1859 he returned to the Atlantic States via Panama, for the purpose of attending lectures on medicine
in the Lind University, Chicago, now known as the Chicago Medical College, and graduated with the class of 1862.
The War of the Rebellion then being in progress, he joined the National troops in the field in front of Corinth, Miss., as a medical officer under contract. He was commissioned Second Assistant Surgeon of the Ninth Illinois Cavalry, July 8, 1863, and promoted First Assistant Surgeon, January 1. 1864, serving with the regiment till December 19, 1864, when he was again promoted to be Surgeon of the Forty -first United States Colored Troops, serving with that regiment till the close of the war.
Since that time he has served three years as physician for the Asylum for the Insane, at Stilacoon [sic] Wash. Ty., and again as Acting Surgeon United States Army, for a period of nearly five years, at present is engaged at Linkville, Oreg., in private practice.
While connected with the Ninth, Dr. Hemenway was one of our most valued officers. Capable, faithful, courteous, he won the regard and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. He was a man always ready for duty.
In the memorable and disastrous Guntown affair in June, 1864, he was the only medical officer present with General Grierson's Cavalry command of three Thonsandand [sic], was at the front, when the picket firing began, and was active in caring for the wounded, and planning them into the ambulances of the cavalry, which train was under his charge.
Dr. Hemenway is now one of the leading physicians and surgeons on the Pacific Coast, and is a highly respected citizen of Linkville, Oreg.
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THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON FEBRUARY 19, 1914
DR. STACY HEMENWAY FAILS TO RALLY FROM ILLNESS, AND PASSES AWAY THIS AFTERNOON
Following service throught the civil war as a regimental surgeon, the Physician remained in the army for several years, and came to Fort Klamath in the early 1880's as Military Surgeon.
Dr. Stacy Hemenway, surgeon at the Yainax sub-agency, is no more. Following an illness of several days duration the aged practioner passed away at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
When he was taken ill several days ago, Dr. Hemenway evidently realized that the end was at hand for he summoned D.V. Kuykendall to his bedside to make his will and attend to other legal matters. For the past two days he has been in a state of coma, from which he did not rally before his death.
Upon receiving the news of the serious illness of the doctor, his brother, Volney Dixon, left a sick bed in Eugene, and accompanied by his son-in-law, W.A. Kuykendall, a Eugene business man, came to Klamath Falls, arriving last night. As the dying man was in a comatose state, and the brother from Eugene was hardly well enough to withstand the rigors of the trip to Yainaix, he did not attempt to reach the bedside. Had he started, he would hardly have reached there in time.
Dr. Hemenway was a native of Indiana, and was 78 years of age. He was a son of Dr. Ansel Asa and Abigail (Whitmore)Hemenway, who after coming to the Willamette Valley in 1853 was a great factor in the state's early political life, and a member of the legislature in 1862.
After finishing high school and studying in the office of his father, Dr. Hemenway attended the Chicago Medical College. He graduated that institution in 1861.
The Civil War broke out just after the young doctor was given his diploma, and he at once gave his services to the Union, enlisting as a surgeon in the Ninth Illinois cavalary. During the war this regiment saw much active service. At the close of the war the doctor had attained the rank of regimental surgeon.
After the war the doctor served at different times in the army medical service, and intermittently he was with the Indian service, adminstering to the sick Reds with much more effective results than their medicine men.
Early in the 1880's Dr. Hemenway came to Klamath county, first as an army surgeon at Fort Klamath. After resigning from that post he practiced his profession in Klamath Falls and Bonanza. In 1889 he re-entered the Indian service with Captain O.C. Applegate, and since that time has been the physician at Yainax.
In his residence in Klamath county the old practicioner made a wide circle of friends. He was beloved by whites and Indians alike. In adition to his wife Angeline, he is survived by three brothers, Volney, Ansel and Frank, all of whom reside at Eugene.
The remains will be brought to this city, and will be shipped to Eugene for interment in the family plot at Oak Hill cemetery.
**************
WIVES AND CHILDREN
1. Margaret "Maggie" May McWade
Married October 5, 1861
He stated that on February 7, 1884 she abandoned him as they were vacationing in Wisconsin. He filed for divorce in June 1887
They had one son:
John Francis Hemenway b. October 8, 1863
2. Charlotte T. "Lottie" Stanley Alford
Married November 26, 1888
Separated May 1893
Divorce finalized June 1894
They had two sons:
Claudius Galen Hemenway b. March 18, 1889
Elmer Hemenway b. 1891 died 1892
*Lottie and anonymous had a son & named him Philbert Hemenway b. April 1894. It's documented that he wasn't Stacy's son. Philbert's father is assumed to be Frank Burch through the Hemenway divorce papers, census and family letters
3. Estelle "Stella" Oury Dunn
Married May 22, 1897
Estelle died from an overdose on Nov. 11, 1899 (my relation)
4. Olive "Irene" Chitwood
Married June 4, 1903
Irene died from apoplexy on July 11, 1904
5. Angeline Oliver Troester
Married October 14, 1907 Although they stayed married, Angie eventually moved to a small schoolhouse and taught school
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