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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

ELMER H. ELLSWORTH. M. D.
    Dr. Elmer H. Ellsworth, engaged in medical practice in Hot Springs, with
office in the Citizens National Bank building, is a native son of this city, his
birth having here occurred August 20, 1878. His father, Prosper Harvey
Ellsworth, was born in Canada and he, too, was a physician, a graduate of the
Rush Medical College of Chicago of the class of 1861. He had previously read
medicine in the office and under the direction of Dr. Leeds of Lincoln,
Illinois. Following his graduation he joined the United States army as a
surgeon, going to the front with the One Hundred and Sixth Illinois Infantry
with the rank of major, his regiment being with the command of General Grant. He
was on active duty in the field hospitals throughout the war, being stationed at
various points and at length he was mustered out at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in
1866. During his military service he passed through this section of Arkansas and
became greatly impressed with the wonderful possibilities of the springs. It was
this that induced him to return in September, 1866, and here he located for the
practice of his profession, which he also followed at Pine Bluff. He assisted
largely in developing the hot springs, recognizing their curative properties.
There was only one physician here at the time besides Dr. Ellsworth. The latter
engaged in practice in connection with Dr. Lawrence, and afterward continued in
active practice in the city almost to the time of his death. He passed away
September 30, 1907, at the age of sixty-nine years, and the community mourned
the loss of a valued physician and representative citizen. He was a member of
all the Masonic bodies up to and including the Commandery and was a faithful
follower of the teachings of the craft. He married Sarah E. Van Patten, who is
living at Hot Springs.

    Dr. Elmer H. Ellsworth was born and reared in this city, attending the
public schools until he had completed the high school course, after which he
became a student in the Morgan Park Academy in Chicago and was there graduated.
He later completed a scientific course in the University of Chicago and next
entered the Rush Medical College of that city, in which he completed his studies
as a member of the class of June, 1904. He then returned to Hot Springs and
joined his father, with whom he was associated in practice until the latter's
death. He is recognized as one of the able members of the medical profession in
this city and while he continues in general practice he specializes to some
extent in surgery. His ability is pronounced and he is most conscientious in the
performance of all of his professional duties. He displays the utmost care in
the diagnosis of his cases and his judgment is seldom, if ever, at fault.

    Dr. Ellsworth was united in marriage to Miss Adean M. McClure and they
became parents of two children: Kathryn E. and Adean M. The wife and mother
passed away in 1918, and in 1919 Dr. Ellsworth was married to Miss Minnie A.
McCollum. Fraternally Dr. Ellsworth is a Mason and has taken all degrees of the
York Rite up to and including the Knights Templar degree. He is likewise a
member of the Mystic Shrine and of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His
political allegiance is given to the republican party and he has served as civil
service examiner and also as president of the board of pensions, a position
which his father had previously filled. Dr. Ellsworth belongs to the Garland
County, the Arkansas State, the Southern and American Medical Associations. He
enjoys the highest respect of his professional colleagues and contemporaries and
lias the full confidence of his patients. His ability is attested in the
excellent results which follow his labors and which have gained him a most
creditable place as a practicing physician in Hot Springs, a city noted for the
large number of its prominent physicians and surgeons.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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