John C. Maxson, M. D., Ph. G., Corning, Kans., is one of the leaders of the profession in Nemaha county who has achieved a signal success in his difficult, useful and exacting calling. Dr. Maxson was born at Lima Center, Wis., January 14, 1867, and is a son of James S. and Amelia B. (Child) Maxson, who were the parents of six children, as follows: Mrs. Emma L. French, deceased; Julia B., deceased; Mrs. Mary A. Lamphear, wife of Dr. Emery Lamphear, Campbell, Cal.; Sarah L.. Campbell, Cal.; Mr. Gertrude A. Reynolds, Campbell, Cal.; Dr. John C. Maxson, subject of this review.
James S. Maxson, father of Dr. Maxson, was born in Alleghany county, New York, October 9, 1823, and educated himself in the academies of his native State for the teaching profession, which he followed for many years in New York, Wisconsin and Kansas. After a residence of some years in Wisconsin, he came to Kansas and located at Emporia in 1874. Later he taught in the city schools of Hartford, Kans., and taught in various cities and towns of Kansas for several years until he retired to a home with his children at Kelly, Kans., and lived among them until his death in 1905. Mr. Maxson was a very industrious man, who kept himself employed during vacation time by plying his trade of painter. He was married in Wisconsin to Amelia B. Child, who was born in New York State in 1834, and died at Erie, Kans., in 1896. They vvere members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
John C. Maxson was educated in the schools of Parsons, Kans., and other towns in which his father's profession required that he reside.
After completing his public school studies he matriculated at the University Medical School of Kansas City, Mo., in 1889, and pursued a course of study covering four years in that institution. He graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1893. In the meantime he had taken up the study of pharmacy in the Kansas City College of Pharmacy .ind received his degree of graduate pharmacist in 1891. Dr. Maxson was thus well equipped to undertake the practice of his profession, which he began in Kansas City, Mo., remaining there until his removal to Goff, Kans., in 1894. He followed general practice in Goff until his removal to Corning in 1905. Since locating in Corning, Dr. Maxson has enjoyed a lucrative practice and has accumulated a competence for himself and family as a result of his extensive medical practice. He owns 240 acres of land in Colorado and has three business buildings in Corning.
Dr. Maxson was married in September, 1892, to Miss Addie B. Wetherby, and this marriage has been blessed with five children, as follows: Bernice, deceased; Harold, Mildred, Hilda and Alberta. Alberta is deceased. Mrs. Addie Maxson was born in Michigan, February 7, 1865, and is a daughter of James and Caroline S. (Gill) Wetherby, natives of New York. Her father was a cabinet maker, and is deceased. Her aged mother was born in 1839, and makes her home with Dr. Maxson.
Dr. Maxson is a Republican, and is affiliated fraternally with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a member of the county, State and American Medical societies, and is constantly striving to advance himself in his profession by means of wide reading and keeping abreast of the advance made in medical science.
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James S. Maxson, father of Dr. Maxson, was born in Alleghany county, New York, October 9, 1823, and educated himself in the academies of his native State for the teaching profession, which he followed for many years in New York, Wisconsin and Kansas. After a residence of some years in Wisconsin, he came to Kansas and located at Emporia in 1874. Later he taught in the city schools of Hartford, Kans., and taught in various cities and towns of Kansas for several years until he retired to a home with his children at Kelly, Kans., and lived among them until his death in 1905. Mr. Maxson was a very industrious man, who kept himself employed during vacation time by plying his trade of painter. He was married in Wisconsin to Amelia B. Child, who was born in New York State in 1834, and died at Erie, Kans., in 1896. They vvere members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
John C. Maxson was educated in the schools of Parsons, Kans., and other towns in which his father's profession required that he reside.
After completing his public school studies he matriculated at the University Medical School of Kansas City, Mo., in 1889, and pursued a course of study covering four years in that institution. He graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1893. In the meantime he had taken up the study of pharmacy in the Kansas City College of Pharmacy .ind received his degree of graduate pharmacist in 1891. Dr. Maxson was thus well equipped to undertake the practice of his profession, which he began in Kansas City, Mo., remaining there until his removal to Goff, Kans., in 1894. He followed general practice in Goff until his removal to Corning in 1905. Since locating in Corning, Dr. Maxson has enjoyed a lucrative practice and has accumulated a competence for himself and family as a result of his extensive medical practice. He owns 240 acres of land in Colorado and has three business buildings in Corning.
Dr. Maxson was married in September, 1892, to Miss Addie B. Wetherby, and this marriage has been blessed with five children, as follows: Bernice, deceased; Harold, Mildred, Hilda and Alberta. Alberta is deceased. Mrs. Addie Maxson was born in Michigan, February 7, 1865, and is a daughter of James and Caroline S. (Gill) Wetherby, natives of New York. Her father was a cabinet maker, and is deceased. Her aged mother was born in 1839, and makes her home with Dr. Maxson.
Dr. Maxson is a Republican, and is affiliated fraternally with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a member of the county, State and American Medical societies, and is constantly striving to advance himself in his profession by means of wide reading and keeping abreast of the advance made in medical science.
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John C. Maxson, M. D., Ph. G., Corning, Kans., is one of the leaders of the profession in Nemaha county who has achieved a signal success in his difficult, useful and exacting calling. Dr. Maxson was born at Lima Center, Wis., January 14, 1867, and is a son of James S. and Amelia B. (Child) Maxson, who were the parents of six children, as follows: Mrs. Emma L. French, deceased; Julia B., deceased; Mrs. Mary A. Lamphear, wife of Dr. Emery Lamphear, Campbell, Cal.; Sarah L.. Campbell, Cal.; Mr. Gertrude A. Reynolds, Campbell, Cal.; Dr. John C. Maxson, subject of this review.
James S. Maxson, father of Dr. Maxson, was born in Alleghany county, New York, October 9, 1823, and educated himself in the academies of his native State for the teaching profession, which he followed for many years in New York, Wisconsin and Kansas. After a residence of some years in Wisconsin, he came to Kansas and located at Emporia in 1874. Later he taught in the city schools of Hartford, Kans., and taught in various cities and towns of Kansas for several years until he retired to a home with his children at Kelly, Kans., and lived among them until his death in 1905. Mr. Maxson was a very industrious man, who kept himself employed during vacation time by plying his trade of painter. He was married in Wisconsin to Amelia B. Child, who was born in New York State in 1834, and died at Erie, Kans., in 1896. They vvere members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
John C. Maxson was educated in the schools of Parsons, Kans., and other towns in which his father's profession required that he reside.
After completing his public school studies he matriculated at the University Medical School of Kansas City, Mo., in 1889, and pursued a course of study covering four years in that institution. He graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1893. In the meantime he had taken up the study of pharmacy in the Kansas City College of Pharmacy .ind received his degree of graduate pharmacist in 1891. Dr. Maxson was thus well equipped to undertake the practice of his profession, which he began in Kansas City, Mo., remaining there until his removal to Goff, Kans., in 1894. He followed general practice in Goff until his removal to Corning in 1905. Since locating in Corning, Dr. Maxson has enjoyed a lucrative practice and has accumulated a competence for himself and family as a result of his extensive medical practice. He owns 240 acres of land in Colorado and has three business buildings in Corning.
Dr. Maxson was married in September, 1892, to Miss Addie B. Wetherby, and this marriage has been blessed with five children, as follows: Bernice, deceased; Harold, Mildred, Hilda and Alberta. Alberta is deceased. Mrs. Addie Maxson was born in Michigan, February 7, 1865, and is a daughter of James and Caroline S. (Gill) Wetherby, natives of New York. Her father was a cabinet maker, and is deceased. Her aged mother was born in 1839, and makes her home with Dr. Maxson.
Dr. Maxson is a Republican, and is affiliated fraternally with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a member of the county, State and American Medical societies, and is constantly striving to advance himself in his profession by means of wide reading and keeping abreast of the advance made in medical science.
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James S. Maxson, father of Dr. Maxson, was born in Alleghany county, New York, October 9, 1823, and educated himself in the academies of his native State for the teaching profession, which he followed for many years in New York, Wisconsin and Kansas. After a residence of some years in Wisconsin, he came to Kansas and located at Emporia in 1874. Later he taught in the city schools of Hartford, Kans., and taught in various cities and towns of Kansas for several years until he retired to a home with his children at Kelly, Kans., and lived among them until his death in 1905. Mr. Maxson was a very industrious man, who kept himself employed during vacation time by plying his trade of painter. He was married in Wisconsin to Amelia B. Child, who was born in New York State in 1834, and died at Erie, Kans., in 1896. They vvere members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
John C. Maxson was educated in the schools of Parsons, Kans., and other towns in which his father's profession required that he reside.
After completing his public school studies he matriculated at the University Medical School of Kansas City, Mo., in 1889, and pursued a course of study covering four years in that institution. He graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1893. In the meantime he had taken up the study of pharmacy in the Kansas City College of Pharmacy .ind received his degree of graduate pharmacist in 1891. Dr. Maxson was thus well equipped to undertake the practice of his profession, which he began in Kansas City, Mo., remaining there until his removal to Goff, Kans., in 1894. He followed general practice in Goff until his removal to Corning in 1905. Since locating in Corning, Dr. Maxson has enjoyed a lucrative practice and has accumulated a competence for himself and family as a result of his extensive medical practice. He owns 240 acres of land in Colorado and has three business buildings in Corning.
Dr. Maxson was married in September, 1892, to Miss Addie B. Wetherby, and this marriage has been blessed with five children, as follows: Bernice, deceased; Harold, Mildred, Hilda and Alberta. Alberta is deceased. Mrs. Addie Maxson was born in Michigan, February 7, 1865, and is a daughter of James and Caroline S. (Gill) Wetherby, natives of New York. Her father was a cabinet maker, and is deceased. Her aged mother was born in 1839, and makes her home with Dr. Maxson.
Dr. Maxson is a Republican, and is affiliated fraternally with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a member of the county, State and American Medical societies, and is constantly striving to advance himself in his profession by means of wide reading and keeping abreast of the advance made in medical science.
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