JOHN CAREY FEAR, M. D. - Through the long period of forty years Doctor Fear has given his ability and service, only limited by his physical energies, to the people of Waverly and vicinity as a physician and surgeon. Without question he is the leading doctor of the county and his standing among his professional brethren and citizens in general is indicative of that leadership. Another distinction that he enjoys and which came unsought, is his membership in the State Legislature in 1917.
Doctor Fear was born at Duncansville, Ohio, November 9, 1855, a son of Dr. Francis and Mary Ellen (Sparks) Fear. His parents were also natives of Ohio.
Dr. John C. Fear was seventeen years of age when his father moved to Kansas, and he lived for two years at Greeley, and since 1874 in Coffey County, where his father was the pioneer physician and surgeon. Doctor Fear had splendid opportunities to get a practical knowledge of medical practice while riding about with his father and assisting and taking a great interest in all that he did.
He also studied medical books in his father's office, and then completed the full course of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1877. Immediately after graduating he returned to Waverly, Kansas, and has been employed in the successful handling of a large practice all over that part of the state for forty years.
Doctor Fear is a republican, and while he has never been a seeker for official honors, a number of places of trust have been thrust upon him. He has been mayor, member of the School Board and held other offices in his home town.
He was president of the Commercial State Bank of Waverly, three years, and has been president of the Coffey County Telephone Company about ten years. In 1916, he was elected by Coffey County as its representative in the State Legislature. During the 1917 session he was a member of five committees, including the Public Health Committee.
Doctor Fear has been president of the Coffey County Medical Society since 1900. He is a member of the Southwest Medical Association, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, and is very active in the Baptist Church, having served as deacon twenty years.
On August 13, 1879, Doctor Fear married Miss Rhoda Florence Butler. She was born in Keokuk County, Iowa, February 2, 1862, a daughter of Joseph Butler, a native of Illinois.
Doctor and Mrs. Fear have three children, all daughters. The oldest, Maud, was born in 1881 and died in 1894. Jessie Albertine, born in 1883, graduated in the literary and musical courses at Ottawa University, took one special course in the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston, and is a real musician both by training and by nature. She married in 1904, T. T. Kelley, and is now the mother of two children, Leah Marjorie and Lyle. Doctor Fear's youngest child is Ada Mabel, who was born in 1887, graduated from Ottawa University, and in 1909 became the wife of Frank C. Lebow. They also have two children, Roberta Louise and Rhoda Evelyn.
Source - A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, 1918, transcribed January 26, 2000.
Doctor Fear was born at Duncansville, Ohio, November 9, 1855, a son of Dr. Francis and Mary Ellen (Sparks) Fear. His parents were also natives of Ohio.
Dr. John C. Fear was seventeen years of age when his father moved to Kansas, and he lived for two years at Greeley, and since 1874 in Coffey County, where his father was the pioneer physician and surgeon. Doctor Fear had splendid opportunities to get a practical knowledge of medical practice while riding about with his father and assisting and taking a great interest in all that he did.
He also studied medical books in his father's office, and then completed the full course of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1877. Immediately after graduating he returned to Waverly, Kansas, and has been employed in the successful handling of a large practice all over that part of the state for forty years.
Doctor Fear is a republican, and while he has never been a seeker for official honors, a number of places of trust have been thrust upon him. He has been mayor, member of the School Board and held other offices in his home town.
He was president of the Commercial State Bank of Waverly, three years, and has been president of the Coffey County Telephone Company about ten years. In 1916, he was elected by Coffey County as its representative in the State Legislature. During the 1917 session he was a member of five committees, including the Public Health Committee.
Doctor Fear has been president of the Coffey County Medical Society since 1900. He is a member of the Southwest Medical Association, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, and is very active in the Baptist Church, having served as deacon twenty years.
On August 13, 1879, Doctor Fear married Miss Rhoda Florence Butler. She was born in Keokuk County, Iowa, February 2, 1862, a daughter of Joseph Butler, a native of Illinois.
Doctor and Mrs. Fear have three children, all daughters. The oldest, Maud, was born in 1881 and died in 1894. Jessie Albertine, born in 1883, graduated in the literary and musical courses at Ottawa University, took one special course in the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston, and is a real musician both by training and by nature. She married in 1904, T. T. Kelley, and is now the mother of two children, Leah Marjorie and Lyle. Doctor Fear's youngest child is Ada Mabel, who was born in 1887, graduated from Ottawa University, and in 1909 became the wife of Frank C. Lebow. They also have two children, Roberta Louise and Rhoda Evelyn.
Source - A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, 1918, transcribed January 26, 2000.
JOHN CAREY FEAR, M. D. - Through the long period of forty years Doctor Fear has given his ability and service, only limited by his physical energies, to the people of Waverly and vicinity as a physician and surgeon. Without question he is the leading doctor of the county and his standing among his professional brethren and citizens in general is indicative of that leadership. Another distinction that he enjoys and which came unsought, is his membership in the State Legislature in 1917.
Doctor Fear was born at Duncansville, Ohio, November 9, 1855, a son of Dr. Francis and Mary Ellen (Sparks) Fear. His parents were also natives of Ohio.
Dr. John C. Fear was seventeen years of age when his father moved to Kansas, and he lived for two years at Greeley, and since 1874 in Coffey County, where his father was the pioneer physician and surgeon. Doctor Fear had splendid opportunities to get a practical knowledge of medical practice while riding about with his father and assisting and taking a great interest in all that he did.
He also studied medical books in his father's office, and then completed the full course of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1877. Immediately after graduating he returned to Waverly, Kansas, and has been employed in the successful handling of a large practice all over that part of the state for forty years.
Doctor Fear is a republican, and while he has never been a seeker for official honors, a number of places of trust have been thrust upon him. He has been mayor, member of the School Board and held other offices in his home town.
He was president of the Commercial State Bank of Waverly, three years, and has been president of the Coffey County Telephone Company about ten years. In 1916, he was elected by Coffey County as its representative in the State Legislature. During the 1917 session he was a member of five committees, including the Public Health Committee.
Doctor Fear has been president of the Coffey County Medical Society since 1900. He is a member of the Southwest Medical Association, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, and is very active in the Baptist Church, having served as deacon twenty years.
On August 13, 1879, Doctor Fear married Miss Rhoda Florence Butler. She was born in Keokuk County, Iowa, February 2, 1862, a daughter of Joseph Butler, a native of Illinois.
Doctor and Mrs. Fear have three children, all daughters. The oldest, Maud, was born in 1881 and died in 1894. Jessie Albertine, born in 1883, graduated in the literary and musical courses at Ottawa University, took one special course in the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston, and is a real musician both by training and by nature. She married in 1904, T. T. Kelley, and is now the mother of two children, Leah Marjorie and Lyle. Doctor Fear's youngest child is Ada Mabel, who was born in 1887, graduated from Ottawa University, and in 1909 became the wife of Frank C. Lebow. They also have two children, Roberta Louise and Rhoda Evelyn.
Source - A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, 1918, transcribed January 26, 2000.
Doctor Fear was born at Duncansville, Ohio, November 9, 1855, a son of Dr. Francis and Mary Ellen (Sparks) Fear. His parents were also natives of Ohio.
Dr. John C. Fear was seventeen years of age when his father moved to Kansas, and he lived for two years at Greeley, and since 1874 in Coffey County, where his father was the pioneer physician and surgeon. Doctor Fear had splendid opportunities to get a practical knowledge of medical practice while riding about with his father and assisting and taking a great interest in all that he did.
He also studied medical books in his father's office, and then completed the full course of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1877. Immediately after graduating he returned to Waverly, Kansas, and has been employed in the successful handling of a large practice all over that part of the state for forty years.
Doctor Fear is a republican, and while he has never been a seeker for official honors, a number of places of trust have been thrust upon him. He has been mayor, member of the School Board and held other offices in his home town.
He was president of the Commercial State Bank of Waverly, three years, and has been president of the Coffey County Telephone Company about ten years. In 1916, he was elected by Coffey County as its representative in the State Legislature. During the 1917 session he was a member of five committees, including the Public Health Committee.
Doctor Fear has been president of the Coffey County Medical Society since 1900. He is a member of the Southwest Medical Association, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, and is very active in the Baptist Church, having served as deacon twenty years.
On August 13, 1879, Doctor Fear married Miss Rhoda Florence Butler. She was born in Keokuk County, Iowa, February 2, 1862, a daughter of Joseph Butler, a native of Illinois.
Doctor and Mrs. Fear have three children, all daughters. The oldest, Maud, was born in 1881 and died in 1894. Jessie Albertine, born in 1883, graduated in the literary and musical courses at Ottawa University, took one special course in the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston, and is a real musician both by training and by nature. She married in 1904, T. T. Kelley, and is now the mother of two children, Leah Marjorie and Lyle. Doctor Fear's youngest child is Ada Mabel, who was born in 1887, graduated from Ottawa University, and in 1909 became the wife of Frank C. Lebow. They also have two children, Roberta Louise and Rhoda Evelyn.
Source - A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, 1918, transcribed January 26, 2000.
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