Doctors Of Early Glendale (Continued)
Two Medical Dynasties
Dr. Alfred Shepherd, his son, Dr. Willard Shepherd and his grandson, Dr. Le Roy Shepherd and his two sons.
Dr. Alfred Shepherd: described as “a representative man in his profession, and especially in the chosen branch of homeopathy.” He is, in fact, distinctively the pioneer of that branch of medicine in this valley. The doctor secured two degrees from eastern medical colleges; began the practice in Springdale in 1849 where he distinguished himself in treating cases of Asiatic cholera and when he first introduced his specialty – homeopathic treatment”. (Teetor, Past and Present of Mill Creek Valley, 1882).
Dr. Shepherd moved to Glendale in 1867 and worked in partnership with his son, Dr. Willard F. Shepherd. He lived at 985 Laurel known as Glen Gables and may have had his office in his home.
DR. AND MRS. WILLARD SHEPHERD (MARY VIRGINIA KEYS) ALFORD, WILLARD, LEROY K.
Dr. Francis Brown Mussey
Dr. Reuben Dimond Mussey II
The Musseys were a family of prominent doctors that spanned over 200 years. Dr. William Mussey was an early doctor in Glendale whose son, William R. Mussey also became a doctor. His brother was Dr. Francis Brown Mussey, a resident of Glendale, whose son, Dr. Reuben Dimond Mussey lI lived in the Harkness house on Coral Avenue. Reuben’s wife Mary was a granddaughter of Mr. Harkness. He was a prominent physician in Cincinnati who also served as Chief Surgeon of the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad for twenty years. He died November 4, 1901 in Glendale. His sons and grandchildren also became physicians.
Source for Mussey and Shepherd information: http://www.libraries.uc.edu/hsl/history/mus
Remembering Dr. Willard Shepherd as a boy
Eva Lee Cleveland writes, “Once I burst crying, from the little two roomed play-house that had been built and equipped for me, and when my sobs subsided they learned that ‘Willard had been ‘voxinating me.'” His father was the homeopathic doctor who lived across the street but I suppose he did vaccinate; at any rate Willard had scratched or scraped my arm with a pin or penknife. He was a very experimental small boy in a realistic way and one morning when the laundry, a separate brick building its steaming tubs boiler and tubs presided over by the enormously fat, red faced Mrs. Benz, was unlocked – one of the tubs was found full of dead minnows.” (Source: GHP Archives)
Dr. Francis Brown Mussey
Dr. Reuben Dimond Mussey II