Cobb County Georgia Bio Peter R. Cortelyou, M.D. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Barbara Winge Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/cobb.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm PETER R. CORTELYOU Peter R. Cortelyou, of Marietta, Georgia, was born February 11, 1843, at Brooklyn, New York. He is a son of the late Adrian V. Cortelyou, one of the earlier settlers of Brooklyn, being of French Hugenot descent, on his father's side, and English on his mother's side. His early education was had at private schools, and he graduated at Yale University in 1864. He then studied medicine in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, and graduated in 1867. He obtained the first appointment on the staff of Bellevue Hospital where he remained one year and one-half. He then entered private practice in Brooklyn, New York, where he was appointed visiting physician to The Brooklyn Orphan Asylum, and to St. John's Hospital , and to the Chair of Throat and Lungs in Demilt Depensary. He secured a good practice but was obliged to leave Brooklyn on account of pulmonary trouble. He came to Georgia and in 1879 located in Marietta, where, after recovering his health, he again commenced practice. He is a permanent member The American Medical Association, and in the latter has held the office of vice-president. For some years he gave lectures on physiology to the schools in Marietta. He has gained some local reputation in the treatment of diseases of the throat, lungs, and nasal organs, although doing a general practice. Ref: Stone, R. French, M.D., BIOGRAPHY OF EMINENT AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, 1894, Carlon & Hollenbeck, Publishers, Indianapolis, pp. 100-101. [Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge, barbarawinge@yahoo.com] ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============