Died, at his residence, on the corner of First and Monroe streets, Friday, Dec. 10, 1897, at 12:15 p.m., of dropsy, Dr. Carl Ferdinand Kuechler, aged 75 years, 5 months and 18 days. The cold, unwelcome hand of death, enshrouded as it is, in such mysterious uncertainty, has been laid on another of Springfield's most highty respected and greatly esteemed citizens. It has summoned from our midst Dr. Kuechler, the oldest homeopath of this state, who was greatly loved by all with whom he came in contact, and whose departure from this life is universally lamented.
The entire life of the deceased has been a period of devotional attention to his profession, and he, inconsiderate of his own personal furtherance or advancement, has applied the vast mental power and remarkable skill to the enhancement of the condition of others. His reputation as a homeopath is unbounded and he has performed some very remarkable cures in this city and many others. In all his vast practice he was never known to have lost a single case of diphtheria. He sacrificed politics and other topics which are so absorbing in their interest to other men, and with a surprising conscientiousness heeded only the progress of his profession and cared for the sick and attended the helpless and maimed.
A consistent Christian, beloved by the poor, admired by his colleagues, and respected by all, few men have crowded more genuine usefulness into this brief earthly existence, or made themselves more essential to the community in which they lived than has the lamented Dr. Kuechler.
The deceased was born in Lanchstaedt, near Halle, Germany, June 17, 1822. He received his first instruction in the teaching of the immortal Hahnemann in the city of Berlin, Prussia, where, while a student in 1844, he became acquainted with Prof. J. Pantillon, first homeopathic physician of that city. In November 1845, Dr. Kuechler left Berlin for Bremerhaven, and the same month embarked for America on the ill-fated ship Pacific. When three days out at sea the ship became wrecked and the deceased lost everything except his dressing gown and slippers which he wore. He again returned to Bremerhaven and then commenced the practice of medicine. In July 1846, he again sailed for America and arrived in New York after a voyage of forty-six days. A month afterward he removed to Springfield, and was at that time the only homeopathic physician between Chicago and St. Louis, and but one person in Springfield knew anything of homeopathy. His practice became so large that he was compelled to take an associate. He invited Dr. B. Cyriax, now of Cleveland, O.
In 1848 he was wedded to Miss Meta Fisher, of Bremen, in the Baptist church of this city, this being the first church marriage ever consummated in Springfield. In 1868, after so many years of deep devotion to his work, he became ill and returned to the fatherland for a brief recuperation. While there he met great favor with Fraulein Hahnemann, the only surviving daughter of the great reformer, and she presented Dr. Kuechler with a lock of the great master's silvery hair, which the deceased valued as one of his choicest treasures to his dying day. He was greatly shocked by the death of his first wife, and after a lapse of years was married a second time in Kansas City to Miss Fannie Wiley. This occurred May 7, 1879.
The deceased leaves to mourn his loss besides his widow, his only son, C. F. Kuechler, the popular clothier of this city, and one daughter, Mrs. C. T. Beekman, wife of Postmaster Beekman, of Petersburg. The funeral will occur Sunday afternoon from the residence, and the friends and relatives of the deceased who desire to view the remains may do so by calling Sunday morning. At the conclusion of the funeral services the remains will be shipped to St. Louis for cremation, and Monday the ashes will be returned to this city and the interment will be made in Oak Ridge cemetery.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL 12-11-1897
The entire life of the deceased has been a period of devotional attention to his profession, and he, inconsiderate of his own personal furtherance or advancement, has applied the vast mental power and remarkable skill to the enhancement of the condition of others. His reputation as a homeopath is unbounded and he has performed some very remarkable cures in this city and many others. In all his vast practice he was never known to have lost a single case of diphtheria. He sacrificed politics and other topics which are so absorbing in their interest to other men, and with a surprising conscientiousness heeded only the progress of his profession and cared for the sick and attended the helpless and maimed.
A consistent Christian, beloved by the poor, admired by his colleagues, and respected by all, few men have crowded more genuine usefulness into this brief earthly existence, or made themselves more essential to the community in which they lived than has the lamented Dr. Kuechler.
The deceased was born in Lanchstaedt, near Halle, Germany, June 17, 1822. He received his first instruction in the teaching of the immortal Hahnemann in the city of Berlin, Prussia, where, while a student in 1844, he became acquainted with Prof. J. Pantillon, first homeopathic physician of that city. In November 1845, Dr. Kuechler left Berlin for Bremerhaven, and the same month embarked for America on the ill-fated ship Pacific. When three days out at sea the ship became wrecked and the deceased lost everything except his dressing gown and slippers which he wore. He again returned to Bremerhaven and then commenced the practice of medicine. In July 1846, he again sailed for America and arrived in New York after a voyage of forty-six days. A month afterward he removed to Springfield, and was at that time the only homeopathic physician between Chicago and St. Louis, and but one person in Springfield knew anything of homeopathy. His practice became so large that he was compelled to take an associate. He invited Dr. B. Cyriax, now of Cleveland, O.
In 1848 he was wedded to Miss Meta Fisher, of Bremen, in the Baptist church of this city, this being the first church marriage ever consummated in Springfield. In 1868, after so many years of deep devotion to his work, he became ill and returned to the fatherland for a brief recuperation. While there he met great favor with Fraulein Hahnemann, the only surviving daughter of the great reformer, and she presented Dr. Kuechler with a lock of the great master's silvery hair, which the deceased valued as one of his choicest treasures to his dying day. He was greatly shocked by the death of his first wife, and after a lapse of years was married a second time in Kansas City to Miss Fannie Wiley. This occurred May 7, 1879.
The deceased leaves to mourn his loss besides his widow, his only son, C. F. Kuechler, the popular clothier of this city, and one daughter, Mrs. C. T. Beekman, wife of Postmaster Beekman, of Petersburg. The funeral will occur Sunday afternoon from the residence, and the friends and relatives of the deceased who desire to view the remains may do so by calling Sunday morning. At the conclusion of the funeral services the remains will be shipped to St. Louis for cremation, and Monday the ashes will be returned to this city and the interment will be made in Oak Ridge cemetery.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL 12-11-1897
Died, at his residence, on the corner of First and Monroe streets, Friday, Dec. 10, 1897, at 12:15 p.m., of dropsy, Dr. Carl Ferdinand Kuechler, aged 75 years, 5 months and 18 days. The cold, unwelcome hand of death, enshrouded as it is, in such mysterious uncertainty, has been laid on another of Springfield's most highty respected and greatly esteemed citizens. It has summoned from our midst Dr. Kuechler, the oldest homeopath of this state, who was greatly loved by all with whom he came in contact, and whose departure from this life is universally lamented.
The entire life of the deceased has been a period of devotional attention to his profession, and he, inconsiderate of his own personal furtherance or advancement, has applied the vast mental power and remarkable skill to the enhancement of the condition of others. His reputation as a homeopath is unbounded and he has performed some very remarkable cures in this city and many others. In all his vast practice he was never known to have lost a single case of diphtheria. He sacrificed politics and other topics which are so absorbing in their interest to other men, and with a surprising conscientiousness heeded only the progress of his profession and cared for the sick and attended the helpless and maimed.
A consistent Christian, beloved by the poor, admired by his colleagues, and respected by all, few men have crowded more genuine usefulness into this brief earthly existence, or made themselves more essential to the community in which they lived than has the lamented Dr. Kuechler.
The deceased was born in Lanchstaedt, near Halle, Germany, June 17, 1822. He received his first instruction in the teaching of the immortal Hahnemann in the city of Berlin, Prussia, where, while a student in 1844, he became acquainted with Prof. J. Pantillon, first homeopathic physician of that city. In November 1845, Dr. Kuechler left Berlin for Bremerhaven, and the same month embarked for America on the ill-fated ship Pacific. When three days out at sea the ship became wrecked and the deceased lost everything except his dressing gown and slippers which he wore. He again returned to Bremerhaven and then commenced the practice of medicine. In July 1846, he again sailed for America and arrived in New York after a voyage of forty-six days. A month afterward he removed to Springfield, and was at that time the only homeopathic physician between Chicago and St. Louis, and but one person in Springfield knew anything of homeopathy. His practice became so large that he was compelled to take an associate. He invited Dr. B. Cyriax, now of Cleveland, O.
In 1848 he was wedded to Miss Meta Fisher, of Bremen, in the Baptist church of this city, this being the first church marriage ever consummated in Springfield. In 1868, after so many years of deep devotion to his work, he became ill and returned to the fatherland for a brief recuperation. While there he met great favor with Fraulein Hahnemann, the only surviving daughter of the great reformer, and she presented Dr. Kuechler with a lock of the great master's silvery hair, which the deceased valued as one of his choicest treasures to his dying day. He was greatly shocked by the death of his first wife, and after a lapse of years was married a second time in Kansas City to Miss Fannie Wiley. This occurred May 7, 1879.
The deceased leaves to mourn his loss besides his widow, his only son, C. F. Kuechler, the popular clothier of this city, and one daughter, Mrs. C. T. Beekman, wife of Postmaster Beekman, of Petersburg. The funeral will occur Sunday afternoon from the residence, and the friends and relatives of the deceased who desire to view the remains may do so by calling Sunday morning. At the conclusion of the funeral services the remains will be shipped to St. Louis for cremation, and Monday the ashes will be returned to this city and the interment will be made in Oak Ridge cemetery.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL 12-11-1897
The entire life of the deceased has been a period of devotional attention to his profession, and he, inconsiderate of his own personal furtherance or advancement, has applied the vast mental power and remarkable skill to the enhancement of the condition of others. His reputation as a homeopath is unbounded and he has performed some very remarkable cures in this city and many others. In all his vast practice he was never known to have lost a single case of diphtheria. He sacrificed politics and other topics which are so absorbing in their interest to other men, and with a surprising conscientiousness heeded only the progress of his profession and cared for the sick and attended the helpless and maimed.
A consistent Christian, beloved by the poor, admired by his colleagues, and respected by all, few men have crowded more genuine usefulness into this brief earthly existence, or made themselves more essential to the community in which they lived than has the lamented Dr. Kuechler.
The deceased was born in Lanchstaedt, near Halle, Germany, June 17, 1822. He received his first instruction in the teaching of the immortal Hahnemann in the city of Berlin, Prussia, where, while a student in 1844, he became acquainted with Prof. J. Pantillon, first homeopathic physician of that city. In November 1845, Dr. Kuechler left Berlin for Bremerhaven, and the same month embarked for America on the ill-fated ship Pacific. When three days out at sea the ship became wrecked and the deceased lost everything except his dressing gown and slippers which he wore. He again returned to Bremerhaven and then commenced the practice of medicine. In July 1846, he again sailed for America and arrived in New York after a voyage of forty-six days. A month afterward he removed to Springfield, and was at that time the only homeopathic physician between Chicago and St. Louis, and but one person in Springfield knew anything of homeopathy. His practice became so large that he was compelled to take an associate. He invited Dr. B. Cyriax, now of Cleveland, O.
In 1848 he was wedded to Miss Meta Fisher, of Bremen, in the Baptist church of this city, this being the first church marriage ever consummated in Springfield. In 1868, after so many years of deep devotion to his work, he became ill and returned to the fatherland for a brief recuperation. While there he met great favor with Fraulein Hahnemann, the only surviving daughter of the great reformer, and she presented Dr. Kuechler with a lock of the great master's silvery hair, which the deceased valued as one of his choicest treasures to his dying day. He was greatly shocked by the death of his first wife, and after a lapse of years was married a second time in Kansas City to Miss Fannie Wiley. This occurred May 7, 1879.
The deceased leaves to mourn his loss besides his widow, his only son, C. F. Kuechler, the popular clothier of this city, and one daughter, Mrs. C. T. Beekman, wife of Postmaster Beekman, of Petersburg. The funeral will occur Sunday afternoon from the residence, and the friends and relatives of the deceased who desire to view the remains may do so by calling Sunday morning. At the conclusion of the funeral services the remains will be shipped to St. Louis for cremation, and Monday the ashes will be returned to this city and the interment will be made in Oak Ridge cemetery.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL 12-11-1897
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