Santa Cruz-Trinity-San Joaquin County CA Archives Biographies.....Irelan, Lambert 1819 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 27, 2007, 1:09 pm Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893) LAMBERT IRELAN, M. D.—This venerable practitioner of the "healing art" was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 20, 1819. His parents were Japhet and Mary (Lambert) Irelan, natives of New Jersey and Kentucky, respectively. His father was a manufacturer and wholesale dealer in shoes at Cincinnati. His two sons, Japhet and the subject of this sketch, were educated in the public schools of that city, Lambert also taking a course at the Cincinnati seminary. His first medical studies were with Dr. Daniel Drake, with whom he subsequently went to Cooper Medical society at Louisville, where he was granted matriculation papers. In 1845 he began the practice of medicine at Spencer, Indiana. He subsequently went to Chillicothe, Missouri, and thence across the plains to California. Of this camping-out trip the Doctor laughs and relates many amusing incidents. He arrived in Weaverville, Trinity county, California, September 21, 1850, and remained there till December, when he went to Stockton. There he practiced medicine till 1864, when he located in Watsonville. Here he has built up a large and lucrative practice. He also had a fine drug store, which he lost by fire a few years ago, his fine library being consumed by flames at the same time. Of his private life it may be stated that Dr. Irelan was married at Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1846, to Miss Martha McCashlan, by whom he had seven children: John Eberly; Amanda; Mary, deceased; Richard W.; Elizabeth, deceased; Laura, wife of Mr. McCasler; and Frances. His first wife died in September, 1868, and in September, 1869, he married Mrs. Charlotte Johnson, by whom he has two children, Nellie and Lambert. She had eight children by her former marriage, who have grown up useful and highly respected citizens. Socially, the Doctor is connected with the Masonic fraternity, having been a member of that order for many years. His residence is at the corner of Third and Carr streets, Watsonville, and he also owns other valuable property in the city. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Illustrated. Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent Citizens of To-day. HENRY D. BARROWS, Editor of the Historical Department. LUTHER A. INGERSOLL, Editor of the Biographical Department. "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants."-Macaulay. CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1893. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/santacruz/bios/irelan552gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb