Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Regnnas, Eugene G. 1855 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 27, 2007, 6:55 pm Author: B. F. Bowen (1904) EUGENE G. REGNNAS, M. D., D. D. S. The subject of this review is entitled to distinction, as one of the enterprising and progressive professional men of Bartholomew county, his career since locating in his present field of practice presenting a series of continued successes that have won for him a conspicuous place among the leading men of his profession in central Indiana. In addition to treating diseases he devotes some attention to dentistry, in which profession he is also especially skilled, being a graduate of one of the leading dental colleges in the United States, and a successful practitioner since the year 1876. Dr. Eugene G. Regnnas is a native of Pennsylvania, born in the town of Emaus, Lehigh county, on May 14, of the year 1855. His father, Rev. John J. Regnnas, for many years a learned and influential member of the Moravian church, lived in Pennsylvania, and was descended from a long line of sturdy Swiss ancestors; the mother, who bore the maiden name of Cornelia Clewell, and who is still living at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, comes of French stock, her grandparents having immigrated to America in an early day and settled in Pennsylvania. During his early youth Dr. Regnnas attended the parochial schools of his native town and later Nazareth Hall, a boarding school for boys at Nazareth, Pennsylvania, where he prosecuted his studies until completing the prescribed course of this institution, graduating with an honorable record in 1868. After finishing his education, he spent four years at wood carving, but at the expiration of that time decided to take up the study of dentistry, for which profession he had long manifested a decided inclination. In due time he entered the Philadelphia Dental College, one of the leading institutions of the kind in the United States, and after a full course of painstaking study and research, was graduated, receiving in 1876 the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. The Doctor began the practice of his chosen calling at Hope, Indiana, to which place he moved after finishing his course, and after prosecuting the same for some years, concluded to enlarge his sphere of activity and usefulness by fitting himself for the medical profession. Actuated by this laudable ambition, he took a course of lectures in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and later was graduated from the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons of Indianapolis, finishing his studies and receiving his degree in 1886. Since the latter year Dr. Regnnas has devoted himself very closely to his professional duties, meeting with gratifying success as a general practitioner, giving special attention to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, and, as already stated, winning distinctive prestige among the leading phycians [sic] and surgeons of Bartholomew and adjacent counties. The Doctor is a critical student and, availing himself of every opportunity to add to his knowledge, keeps in close touch with the trend of modern medical thought. Being deeply absorbed in the labors of his dual calling, he has neither sought nor accepted any kind of public distinction, though his talents and acquirements are such as to enable him to succeed in that field. Like all good citizens, however, he takes an interest in politics, and since attaining his majority has voted the Republican ticket. The only office he has ever held is that of secretary of the local school board, the duties of which he has discharged during the past six years, being the incumbent at the present time. As a public spirited citizen, keenly alive to the best interests of his town and country, he encourages all laudable enterprises for the material welfare of the community and during his long period of residence in Hope his name and influence have been used to further the right in every moral issue. Personally he is popular with all classes and conditions of people, possessing in a marked degree the qualities of head and heart that win esteem and retain confidence. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has been honored at different times with important official positions, and is also identified with the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias, being an enthusiastic worker in all three orders. Born and reared in the Moravian church he has always been loyal to the same and faithful to its teachings, and has been organist for the past twenty-five years in the congregation at Hope. Dr. Regnnas' first marriage was solemnized in 1877 with Miss Ella Sturgis, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the union resulting in the birth of two children, a daughter by the name of Gertrude, whose birth occurred in 1878, and one that died in infancy. Mrs. Regnnas dying, the Doctor subsequently contracted a second matrimonial alliance with Miss Ella Albright, which union was without issue. By his present wife, whose maiden name was Mary A. Reed, and to whom he was married in 1889, he has two daughters and a son, namely: Clara M., born in 1891, Mary B., 1893, and John E., who first saw the light of day in the year 1902. Dr. Regnnas is a man of pleasing personality, which, united with talent, culture and wide experience, makes him an influential factor in social as well as professional circles and fits him to be a leader in any enterprise in which he may engage. His lot is a fortunate one, and it is hoped that he may live to enjoy his interesting family, his pleasant home, his professional reputation and the many material blessing by which he is surrounded. Additional Comments: Extracted from BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INDIANA INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA ILLUSTRATED 1904 B. F. 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