Charles E. Hershman, M. D.
Deceased, was one of the younger members of the Box Butte medical fraternity. Dr. Hershman was a physician of wide experience as he had charge of the various branches of the medical service of the Burlington Railroad for a number of years and after coming to Alliance in 1911, succeeded in establishing himself firmly in a position of prominence in professional circles, as well as in the confidence of the public. He was a native of the Hoosier state, born in Jasper county, Indiana, January 12, 1885, the son of Frank M. and Mary A. (Hofferlin) Hershman, the former a Buckeye by birth, while the mother, like her son, is a Hoosier, born at Evansville. Charles was the oldest of the five children born to his parents. He attended the public schools during the winter and worked on his father's farm in the summer time, growing up sturdy and strong and able when it came to farm business to do his share of the work and enjoyed going back to the old farm to visit his father and to recall the old happy days of childhood. After graduating from the high school at Rensellar, the young man matriculated at Valpariso University, Valpariso, Indiana, spending three years in study, specializing in pharmacy. After receiving his degree in his home state Dr. Hershman decided that he preferred medicine to pharmacy for a life vocation and realized that his pharmaceutical training would help him in his profession. He entered the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, took a four year medical course and was granted his M. D. degree June 18, 1908. He passed a brilliant examination for the internship of St. Joseph's Hospital, Joliet, Illinois, serving in that capacity for eighteen months. In 1919 the doctor opened an office for the practice of his profession at London Mills, Illinois, but within ten months had been appointed medical examiner for the Burlington railroad with headquarters in Chicago. A year later Dr. Hershman was transferred to Alliance but resigned January 1, 1912, as medical examiner and immediately was reappointed to the position of surgeon for this district of the Burlington with headquarters at Alliance. As soon as this change had been made the doctor opened an office for his private practice which grew with most gratifying rapidity. He was a young man fully equipped in every way to take charge of medical and surgical work and his great success in Alliance gained for him a wide clientele here and throughout the surrounding district. After locating in the Panhandle the doctor became a convert to the great possibilities of this section and took an active part in all movements that tended to the development of Alliance and the county. He was a member of the Box Butte County Medical Society, the Nebraska State Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. His office was located in the Guardian Trust Building on Box Butte Avenue. In addition to his medical duties and its many calls, Dr. Hershman became interested in the business of Alliance and demonstrated his faith in the future of the city by investing heavily in bank stock and became president of the Guardian State Bank and Trust Company and it was due largely to his progressive and constructive policies that this institution holds the high place it does in the financial circles of Nebraska and the Panhandle, for while he was progressive in his ideas and methods he was conservative in all business dealings and by these qualities furthered the interests of the bank and won for it the confidence of the citizens of this district.
On October 18, 1913, Dr. Hershman was married at Alliance to Miss Dorothy Hoag, a native of Blue Springs, Nebraska. She was the youngest of six children born to her parents. Mrs. Hershman received her education in the Council Bluffs, Iowa, high school and after graduation took a course in a commercial college; then accepted a position in the office of the general superintendent of the Burlington Railroad at Alliance where she remained for five years previous to her marriage. Two sturdy, healthy boys became members of the Hershman family: Robert, aged four and Paul F., past three. Mrs. Hershman is a member of the Episcopal church, while the doctor belonged to the Christian church. In politics he was a Democrat, while his fraternal affiliations were with the Masonic order and he was a Shriner and a member of the Elks.
December 20, 1920, Dr. Hershman was almost instantly killed by an electric shock while treating a patient in his office with an X-ray machine. Dr. Hershman's death is a loss to the entire community as he was the type of man and citizen no town can afford to lose. Though a young man his energy and enterprise had made itself felt in the commercial and professional life of Alliance. He contributed both his talents and money to the upbuilding of the city, and gained a prominent place in public affairs. As president of the Guardian State Bank, he stood at the door of commercial activity and as a physician and surgeon ranked high.
Source: History of Western Nebraska and Its People; Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties. A Group Often Called The Panhandle of Nebraska, 1921
Transcribed by: Mary Saggio
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Contributor: Marvin Bowman (46921462) •
Deceased, was one of the younger members of the Box Butte medical fraternity. Dr. Hershman was a physician of wide experience as he had charge of the various branches of the medical service of the Burlington Railroad for a number of years and after coming to Alliance in 1911, succeeded in establishing himself firmly in a position of prominence in professional circles, as well as in the confidence of the public. He was a native of the Hoosier state, born in Jasper county, Indiana, January 12, 1885, the son of Frank M. and Mary A. (Hofferlin) Hershman, the former a Buckeye by birth, while the mother, like her son, is a Hoosier, born at Evansville. Charles was the oldest of the five children born to his parents. He attended the public schools during the winter and worked on his father's farm in the summer time, growing up sturdy and strong and able when it came to farm business to do his share of the work and enjoyed going back to the old farm to visit his father and to recall the old happy days of childhood. After graduating from the high school at Rensellar, the young man matriculated at Valpariso University, Valpariso, Indiana, spending three years in study, specializing in pharmacy. After receiving his degree in his home state Dr. Hershman decided that he preferred medicine to pharmacy for a life vocation and realized that his pharmaceutical training would help him in his profession. He entered the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, took a four year medical course and was granted his M. D. degree June 18, 1908. He passed a brilliant examination for the internship of St. Joseph's Hospital, Joliet, Illinois, serving in that capacity for eighteen months. In 1919 the doctor opened an office for the practice of his profession at London Mills, Illinois, but within ten months had been appointed medical examiner for the Burlington railroad with headquarters in Chicago. A year later Dr. Hershman was transferred to Alliance but resigned January 1, 1912, as medical examiner and immediately was reappointed to the position of surgeon for this district of the Burlington with headquarters at Alliance. As soon as this change had been made the doctor opened an office for his private practice which grew with most gratifying rapidity. He was a young man fully equipped in every way to take charge of medical and surgical work and his great success in Alliance gained for him a wide clientele here and throughout the surrounding district. After locating in the Panhandle the doctor became a convert to the great possibilities of this section and took an active part in all movements that tended to the development of Alliance and the county. He was a member of the Box Butte County Medical Society, the Nebraska State Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. His office was located in the Guardian Trust Building on Box Butte Avenue. In addition to his medical duties and its many calls, Dr. Hershman became interested in the business of Alliance and demonstrated his faith in the future of the city by investing heavily in bank stock and became president of the Guardian State Bank and Trust Company and it was due largely to his progressive and constructive policies that this institution holds the high place it does in the financial circles of Nebraska and the Panhandle, for while he was progressive in his ideas and methods he was conservative in all business dealings and by these qualities furthered the interests of the bank and won for it the confidence of the citizens of this district.
On October 18, 1913, Dr. Hershman was married at Alliance to Miss Dorothy Hoag, a native of Blue Springs, Nebraska. She was the youngest of six children born to her parents. Mrs. Hershman received her education in the Council Bluffs, Iowa, high school and after graduation took a course in a commercial college; then accepted a position in the office of the general superintendent of the Burlington Railroad at Alliance where she remained for five years previous to her marriage. Two sturdy, healthy boys became members of the Hershman family: Robert, aged four and Paul F., past three. Mrs. Hershman is a member of the Episcopal church, while the doctor belonged to the Christian church. In politics he was a Democrat, while his fraternal affiliations were with the Masonic order and he was a Shriner and a member of the Elks.
December 20, 1920, Dr. Hershman was almost instantly killed by an electric shock while treating a patient in his office with an X-ray machine. Dr. Hershman's death is a loss to the entire community as he was the type of man and citizen no town can afford to lose. Though a young man his energy and enterprise had made itself felt in the commercial and professional life of Alliance. He contributed both his talents and money to the upbuilding of the city, and gained a prominent place in public affairs. As president of the Guardian State Bank, he stood at the door of commercial activity and as a physician and surgeon ranked high.
Source: History of Western Nebraska and Its People; Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties. A Group Often Called The Panhandle of Nebraska, 1921
Transcribed by: Mary Saggio
http://genealogytrails.com/neb/boxbutte/biographiesII.htm#CharlesEHershmanMD
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Charles E. Hershman, M. D.
Deceased, was one of the younger members of the Box Butte medical fraternity. Dr. Hershman was a physician of wide experience as he had charge of the various branches of the medical service of the Burlington Railroad for a number of years and after coming to Alliance in 1911, succeeded in establishing himself firmly in a position of prominence in professional circles, as well as in the confidence of the public. He was a native of the Hoosier state, born in Jasper county, Indiana, January 12, 1885, the son of Frank M. and Mary A. (Hofferlin) Hershman, the former a Buckeye by birth, while the mother, like her son, is a Hoosier, born at Evansville. Charles was the oldest of the five children born to his parents. He attended the public schools during the winter and worked on his father's farm in the summer time, growing up sturdy and strong and able when it came to farm business to do his share of the work and enjoyed going back to the old farm to visit his father and to recall the old happy days of childhood. After graduating from the high school at Rensellar, the young man matriculated at Valpariso University, Valpariso, Indiana, spending three years in study, specializing in pharmacy. After receiving his degree in his home state Dr. Hershman decided that he preferred medicine to pharmacy for a life vocation and realized that his pharmaceutical training would help him in his profession. He entered the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, took a four year medical course and was granted his M. D. degree June 18, 1908. He passed a brilliant examination for the internship of St. Joseph's Hospital, Joliet, Illinois, serving in that capacity for eighteen months. In 1919 the doctor opened an office for the practice of his profession at London Mills, Illinois, but within ten months had been appointed medical examiner for the Burlington railroad with headquarters in Chicago. A year later Dr. Hershman was transferred to Alliance but resigned January 1, 1912, as medical examiner and immediately was reappointed to the position of surgeon for this district of the Burlington with headquarters at Alliance. As soon as this change had been made the doctor opened an office for his private practice which grew with most gratifying rapidity. He was a young man fully equipped in every way to take charge of medical and surgical work and his great success in Alliance gained for him a wide clientele here and throughout the surrounding district. After locating in the Panhandle the doctor became a convert to the great possibilities of this section and took an active part in all movements that tended to the development of Alliance and the county. He was a member of the Box Butte County Medical Society, the Nebraska State Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. His office was located in the Guardian Trust Building on Box Butte Avenue. In addition to his medical duties and its many calls, Dr. Hershman became interested in the business of Alliance and demonstrated his faith in the future of the city by investing heavily in bank stock and became president of the Guardian State Bank and Trust Company and it was due largely to his progressive and constructive policies that this institution holds the high place it does in the financial circles of Nebraska and the Panhandle, for while he was progressive in his ideas and methods he was conservative in all business dealings and by these qualities furthered the interests of the bank and won for it the confidence of the citizens of this district.
On October 18, 1913, Dr. Hershman was married at Alliance to Miss Dorothy Hoag, a native of Blue Springs, Nebraska. She was the youngest of six children born to her parents. Mrs. Hershman received her education in the Council Bluffs, Iowa, high school and after graduation took a course in a commercial college; then accepted a position in the office of the general superintendent of the Burlington Railroad at Alliance where she remained for five years previous to her marriage. Two sturdy, healthy boys became members of the Hershman family: Robert, aged four and Paul F., past three. Mrs. Hershman is a member of the Episcopal church, while the doctor belonged to the Christian church. In politics he was a Democrat, while his fraternal affiliations were with the Masonic order and he was a Shriner and a member of the Elks.
December 20, 1920, Dr. Hershman was almost instantly killed by an electric shock while treating a patient in his office with an X-ray machine. Dr. Hershman's death is a loss to the entire community as he was the type of man and citizen no town can afford to lose. Though a young man his energy and enterprise had made itself felt in the commercial and professional life of Alliance. He contributed both his talents and money to the upbuilding of the city, and gained a prominent place in public affairs. As president of the Guardian State Bank, he stood at the door of commercial activity and as a physician and surgeon ranked high.
Source: History of Western Nebraska and Its People; Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties. A Group Often Called The Panhandle of Nebraska, 1921
Transcribed by: Mary Saggio
http://genealogytrails.com/neb/boxbutte/biographiesII.htm#CharlesEHershmanMD
Contributor: Marvin Bowman (46921462) •
Deceased, was one of the younger members of the Box Butte medical fraternity. Dr. Hershman was a physician of wide experience as he had charge of the various branches of the medical service of the Burlington Railroad for a number of years and after coming to Alliance in 1911, succeeded in establishing himself firmly in a position of prominence in professional circles, as well as in the confidence of the public. He was a native of the Hoosier state, born in Jasper county, Indiana, January 12, 1885, the son of Frank M. and Mary A. (Hofferlin) Hershman, the former a Buckeye by birth, while the mother, like her son, is a Hoosier, born at Evansville. Charles was the oldest of the five children born to his parents. He attended the public schools during the winter and worked on his father's farm in the summer time, growing up sturdy and strong and able when it came to farm business to do his share of the work and enjoyed going back to the old farm to visit his father and to recall the old happy days of childhood. After graduating from the high school at Rensellar, the young man matriculated at Valpariso University, Valpariso, Indiana, spending three years in study, specializing in pharmacy. After receiving his degree in his home state Dr. Hershman decided that he preferred medicine to pharmacy for a life vocation and realized that his pharmaceutical training would help him in his profession. He entered the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, took a four year medical course and was granted his M. D. degree June 18, 1908. He passed a brilliant examination for the internship of St. Joseph's Hospital, Joliet, Illinois, serving in that capacity for eighteen months. In 1919 the doctor opened an office for the practice of his profession at London Mills, Illinois, but within ten months had been appointed medical examiner for the Burlington railroad with headquarters in Chicago. A year later Dr. Hershman was transferred to Alliance but resigned January 1, 1912, as medical examiner and immediately was reappointed to the position of surgeon for this district of the Burlington with headquarters at Alliance. As soon as this change had been made the doctor opened an office for his private practice which grew with most gratifying rapidity. He was a young man fully equipped in every way to take charge of medical and surgical work and his great success in Alliance gained for him a wide clientele here and throughout the surrounding district. After locating in the Panhandle the doctor became a convert to the great possibilities of this section and took an active part in all movements that tended to the development of Alliance and the county. He was a member of the Box Butte County Medical Society, the Nebraska State Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. His office was located in the Guardian Trust Building on Box Butte Avenue. In addition to his medical duties and its many calls, Dr. Hershman became interested in the business of Alliance and demonstrated his faith in the future of the city by investing heavily in bank stock and became president of the Guardian State Bank and Trust Company and it was due largely to his progressive and constructive policies that this institution holds the high place it does in the financial circles of Nebraska and the Panhandle, for while he was progressive in his ideas and methods he was conservative in all business dealings and by these qualities furthered the interests of the bank and won for it the confidence of the citizens of this district.
On October 18, 1913, Dr. Hershman was married at Alliance to Miss Dorothy Hoag, a native of Blue Springs, Nebraska. She was the youngest of six children born to her parents. Mrs. Hershman received her education in the Council Bluffs, Iowa, high school and after graduation took a course in a commercial college; then accepted a position in the office of the general superintendent of the Burlington Railroad at Alliance where she remained for five years previous to her marriage. Two sturdy, healthy boys became members of the Hershman family: Robert, aged four and Paul F., past three. Mrs. Hershman is a member of the Episcopal church, while the doctor belonged to the Christian church. In politics he was a Democrat, while his fraternal affiliations were with the Masonic order and he was a Shriner and a member of the Elks.
December 20, 1920, Dr. Hershman was almost instantly killed by an electric shock while treating a patient in his office with an X-ray machine. Dr. Hershman's death is a loss to the entire community as he was the type of man and citizen no town can afford to lose. Though a young man his energy and enterprise had made itself felt in the commercial and professional life of Alliance. He contributed both his talents and money to the upbuilding of the city, and gained a prominent place in public affairs. As president of the Guardian State Bank, he stood at the door of commercial activity and as a physician and surgeon ranked high.
Source: History of Western Nebraska and Its People; Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties. A Group Often Called The Panhandle of Nebraska, 1921
Transcribed by: Mary Saggio
http://genealogytrails.com/neb/boxbutte/biographiesII.htm#CharlesEHershmanMD
Contributor: Marvin Bowman (46921462) •
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