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

GILBERT A. BUCHANAN, M. D.
    A prominent physician and surgeon of Prescott is Dr. Gilbert A. Buchanan,
member of the firm of Drs. Buchanan, Buchanan & Hirst, conducting the Park
Sanitarium here. He was born in Nevada county, this state, on the 19th of
February, 1884, a son of Chesley M. and Clara (Donnell) Buchanan, further
mention of whom is made in the sketch of Dr. A. S. Buchanan, appearing elsewhere
in this work.

    Gilbert A. Buchanan received his early education in the public schools of
Prescott and was graduated from the high school there with the class of 1905. In
the fall of 1906 be entered the medical department of the University of Arkansas
and graduated from that institution with the class of 1911, receiving his M. D.
degree. While pursuing his medical education he served an interneship in the
City Hospital at Little Rock and was assistant city physician during the years
1908 to 1911. He remained in the hospital for two or three months following his
graduation. He changed his plans, however, at the last moment and in July became
a partner of his brother, Dr. A. S. Buchanan, in the practice of his profession
at Prescott. In 1919 Dr. Ottis Grady Hirst was taken into the firm, which is now
known as Buchanan, Buchanan & Hirst, and they are active in the conduct of the
Park Sanitarium, one of the best-known institutions of its kind in the state.

     In 1914 was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Buchanan to Miss Florine Warrick
of Van Buren, this state, and to their union two children have been born: Paul
Otis and Clara Frances. The family is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, and Dr. Buchanan is a member of the board of stewards.

    Along strictly professional lines Dr. Buchanan holds membership in the
American Medical Association, the Arkansas State Medical Society and the Nevada
County Medical Society. During his college days he became affiliated with the
Chi Zeta Chi national Greek letter fraternity and he is also identified with the
Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, belonging to Prescott Lodge, No. 80; Prescott
Chapter, No. 38, Royal Arch Masons, and Ascalon Commandery, Knights Templars. He
is active in Nevada Lodge, No. 203, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in the
Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Woodmen of the World. Dr. Buchanan is
readily conceded to he one of the representative members of the medical
profession in Arkansas and he is meeting with gratifying success.


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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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