History of Morgan County, Ohio, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ...department of the regiment ' several months, and was acting surgeon-in-chief of the post at Columbus, K_v., in the summer of 1865. In 1864; _ I)r. Noyes located at Meigsville, Morgan County, Ohio, where he has since resided and practiced his profession,. taking a high rank as a. physician and a citizen. He served as president of the Morgan County Medical Society in 1-877; was treasurer of that society in 1381, vice-president in 1582, and one of ' the censors in 1805. From 1877 to 1551 he was a member of the Zanes-i ville Academy of Medicine, and is now a member of the Muskingum "alle_v District Medical Society. lle is also a permanent member of the American Medical Association. 18-'t-5 he was president of the board of education of Meigsville Township. Since 1871 he has been an elder in the I'resbyterian church and superintendent of the Sunday school; was president of the Meigsville Township Sunday School Association in 1881); is a member of the I'ational Institute of Pharmacy, a life member of the Ohio State Sunday School Union, and served as district secretary of that body from 1882 to 1836. He is a life member of the Alumni Society of the llniversity of I'ennsylvania.. Dr. Noyes recei'ed the I honorary degree of Master of Arts from Amherst College in 1581. lle has contributed many articles to the press and has written " The ('irculation of the Blood," "The Functions of the Spleen," " Yenesection and Its Substitutes," etc. lie was married December 16, 1864, to Mrs. ' Margaret Stewart, widow of T. L.' Stewart, who served as a sergeant in Company 11, 92d regiment, U. V. I. I a rticlcs on,1 ()f this union one child has been born, a daughter, Mary Nettie,...