Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Sturtevant, Dr Myron Curtis ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com March 25, 2006, 5:37 pm Author: Bio/Gen Record LaSalle/Grundy 1900 Myron Curtis Sturtevant, M. D. For more than a quarter of a century Dr. Sturtevant has engaged in the practice of medicine in Morris, and his success is attributable to his thorough understanding of the principles of medicine and to his ability in administering the various medicinal remedies in relief of the suffering of his patients. The Doctor is a native of Massachusetts, his birth having occurred in Lowell, January 12, 1835. His parents were Cyrus and Rhoda (Harvey) Sturtevant, the former a native of Maine and the latter of Vermont. Both were representatives of old English families, but the father was of Holland lineage, while the mother was of English descent. Cyrus Sturtevant made carpentering his life work. In 1838 he removed with his family from the Bay state to Cleveland, Ohio, where for a number of years he conducted a lumber- yard and operated a planing-mill. The Doctor was a mere child when he accompanied his parents to the west. He was making good progress in school when his father’s planing-mill burned, and such was the financial loss to the family that he was obliged to abandon his studies and enter business life. He had attended Oberlin College and Cleveland University, and had taken two courses in the Homeopathic Medical College of Cleveland. In 1855 his parents decided to come to Illinois and accordingly took up their abode in Wheaton, but his father was in poor health and did not remain long in the city, soon removing to a farm in Ogle county, Illinois. In the family were two children, the Doctor and a sister, Jennie L. From Ogle county, the parents removed to Wisconsin, and there the daughter was married to Rev. Asher W. Curtis, who was located in Crete, Nebraska. At that time Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Sturtevant also went to Crete, Nebraska, where the father’s death occurred. The mother afterward accompanied her daughter to Raleigh, North Carolina, to which place Mr. Curtis was called by the church of his denomination. In that city Mrs. Sturtevant died, but Mrs. Curtis is still living there. The Doctor accompanied his parents on their various removals until after they went to Nebraska, when he decided to return to Cleveland and again entered the Western Homeopathic Medical College of that place. Completing a thorough course of study he was graduated in that institution in the class of 1866. He had practiced medicine in Ogle county for a short time before he returned to the medical college, and after his graduation he located in Emerald Grove, Rock county, Wisconsin, where he engaged in practice for about seven years. It was in the year 1872 that Dr. Sturtevant came to Morris, where he has since resided and now enjoys a large and lucrative practice, and is accorded a leading place in the ranks of the medical fraternity. He holds a membership in both the Illinois State Homeopathic Medical Society and the American Institute of Homeopathy. In 1859 the Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Pearlie E. Boynton. Their only child, Wilbur, died at the age of twenty-four years. The Doctor and his wife hold a membership in the Congregational church and take an active part in its work, doing all in their power to promote its interests. In social circles they hold an enviable position, and their own home is noted for its generous hospitality. Additional Comments: Source: Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle and Grundy County, Illinois, Volume 11, Chicago, 1900, p553-554 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/sturteva644nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb