BENJAMIN FEARING, the eldest son of Benjamin and Joanna (Gibbs) Fearing was born in Wareham, Massachusetts on November 5, 1824.
After graduation he returned to Wareham, and read medicine with the late Perez Fobes Daggett, M.D., until the autumn of
1849, when he became a student in the Harvard Medical School in Boston; when the murder of Dr. Parkman occurred, he left the School and entered the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, where he was graduated in the spring of 1851. In the ensuing fall he went to Grand Rapids, Michigan where he practiced his profession for a year and a half, and then returned to his native town as his permanent residence.
In 1855 he was appointed Physician at the State Alms-house in Bridgewater, Massachusetts and held the position for one year. In the autumn of 1862 he spent two months as acting post-surgeon of two regiments encamped in Lakeville, Massachusetts and in the following year he served for nine months as acting assistant surgeon in the military hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
For the remainder of his life he resided in Wareham, practicing his profession and serving the town faithfully for many years as a member of the School Committee and as the regularly appointed physician to the poor. He won the respect and confidence of all who knew him well, and his sudden death at his home from heart disease on the evening of December 26, 1889 was a severe shock and grief to many.
He married June 30, 1868 Mary Fayette, only daughter of the late Peter Mackie, M.D., of Wareham, who survives him without children.
After graduation he returned to Wareham, and read medicine with the late Perez Fobes Daggett, M.D., until the autumn of
1849, when he became a student in the Harvard Medical School in Boston; when the murder of Dr. Parkman occurred, he left the School and entered the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, where he was graduated in the spring of 1851. In the ensuing fall he went to Grand Rapids, Michigan where he practiced his profession for a year and a half, and then returned to his native town as his permanent residence.
In 1855 he was appointed Physician at the State Alms-house in Bridgewater, Massachusetts and held the position for one year. In the autumn of 1862 he spent two months as acting post-surgeon of two regiments encamped in Lakeville, Massachusetts and in the following year he served for nine months as acting assistant surgeon in the military hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
For the remainder of his life he resided in Wareham, practicing his profession and serving the town faithfully for many years as a member of the School Committee and as the regularly appointed physician to the poor. He won the respect and confidence of all who knew him well, and his sudden death at his home from heart disease on the evening of December 26, 1889 was a severe shock and grief to many.
He married June 30, 1868 Mary Fayette, only daughter of the late Peter Mackie, M.D., of Wareham, who survives him without children.
BENJAMIN FEARING, the eldest son of Benjamin and Joanna (Gibbs) Fearing was born in Wareham, Massachusetts on November 5, 1824.
After graduation he returned to Wareham, and read medicine with the late Perez Fobes Daggett, M.D., until the autumn of
1849, when he became a student in the Harvard Medical School in Boston; when the murder of Dr. Parkman occurred, he left the School and entered the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, where he was graduated in the spring of 1851. In the ensuing fall he went to Grand Rapids, Michigan where he practiced his profession for a year and a half, and then returned to his native town as his permanent residence.
In 1855 he was appointed Physician at the State Alms-house in Bridgewater, Massachusetts and held the position for one year. In the autumn of 1862 he spent two months as acting post-surgeon of two regiments encamped in Lakeville, Massachusetts and in the following year he served for nine months as acting assistant surgeon in the military hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
For the remainder of his life he resided in Wareham, practicing his profession and serving the town faithfully for many years as a member of the School Committee and as the regularly appointed physician to the poor. He won the respect and confidence of all who knew him well, and his sudden death at his home from heart disease on the evening of December 26, 1889 was a severe shock and grief to many.
He married June 30, 1868 Mary Fayette, only daughter of the late Peter Mackie, M.D., of Wareham, who survives him without children.
After graduation he returned to Wareham, and read medicine with the late Perez Fobes Daggett, M.D., until the autumn of
1849, when he became a student in the Harvard Medical School in Boston; when the murder of Dr. Parkman occurred, he left the School and entered the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, where he was graduated in the spring of 1851. In the ensuing fall he went to Grand Rapids, Michigan where he practiced his profession for a year and a half, and then returned to his native town as his permanent residence.
In 1855 he was appointed Physician at the State Alms-house in Bridgewater, Massachusetts and held the position for one year. In the autumn of 1862 he spent two months as acting post-surgeon of two regiments encamped in Lakeville, Massachusetts and in the following year he served for nine months as acting assistant surgeon in the military hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
For the remainder of his life he resided in Wareham, practicing his profession and serving the town faithfully for many years as a member of the School Committee and as the regularly appointed physician to the poor. He won the respect and confidence of all who knew him well, and his sudden death at his home from heart disease on the evening of December 26, 1889 was a severe shock and grief to many.
He married June 30, 1868 Mary Fayette, only daughter of the late Peter Mackie, M.D., of Wareham, who survives him without children.
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