Johnson-Morris-Miami County KS Archives Biographies.....Uhls, L. L. 1857 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 March 5, 2009, 5:35 am Author: Ed Blair (1915) L. L. Uhls, M. D., Overland Park, Kan. There is no doubt but that the institution conducted by Dr. Uhls, near Overland Park, is of more importance to the happiness and well being of the human family than any other industry or institution in Johnson county. Dr. Uhls is a skilled physician and a specialist in nervous diseases and has been in a position in connection with his professional work to gain as much experience along that line as any other physician in the State of Kansas. After having served fourteen years as superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane at Osawotamie, Dr. Uhls resigned to take up the special line of work in which he is now engaged. August 1, 1913, he came to Overland Park, purchased ten acres of land, especially selecting the locality most suitable for his purposes and began to arrange for the construction of his hospital, preferring a surburban place to one in the crowded city. This place fronts on Seventy-fourth Street, Kansas City, and the Rock road passes by the west side and the buildings are about two blocks from the Strang line at the Seventy-fourth Street station. He opened his hospital as soon as he had the first building completed, and since that time has been adding additional buildings and improving and beautifying the grounds, and in the construction of additional buildings he has scarcely been able to keep pace with the demand for more room to accommodate the ever increasing patronage of the place. Treatment at the hospital and sanitarium includes board for the patients, and every convenience for comfort and entertainment, is provided. Fine rest places on the spacious lawns and even automobiles are provided to give the patients frequent trips for recreation. The main building which was first constructed is 32x60 feet, two and one-half stories, and the men's cottage is a 40x64 foot structure, and Dr. Uhls' private residence is a one and a half-story, cozy bungalow. All of the buildings are thoroughly modern in every particular with steam heat and modern lighting system and numerous bath facilities are provided. Dr. Uhls has his own "egg plant" where he "raises fried chickens" and also has plenty of home-grown, fresh eggs for the table. So, taking this hospital altogether, it's an ideal arrangement for a place of rest and recuperation for tired nerves, under the capable care and direction of Dr. Uhls. Notwithstanding that everything seems to be ideal and about as near perfection as possible, Dr. Uhls keeps right on improving and has many plans to improve, enlarge and beautify the place, which he is putting into effect as rapidly as possible. Dr. Uhls is a native of Illinois. He was born at Chester, March 25, 1857. His father, Alonzo Uhls, was a native of Tennessee and came to Illinois with his parents who settled at Chester at an early day. He married Miss Elizabeth Eyman, a native of Bellville, Ill. They were married at Chester in 1851, and were the parents of the following children: C. F., born in 1853, is an engineer, married Miss Callie Brown and resides at Spokane, Wash.; Melissa, born in 1855, married J. E. Stewart, who is department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for Washington and Alaska and his wife holds a similar position in the Women's Relief Corps and they reside in Spokane, Wash.; Dr. C. C, born in 1861, married Miss Inez Nixon and they are residents of White City, Kan. Dr. H. A., born in 1864, married a Miss Ratliff, of Parsons, Kan., and they reside in Chicago, Ill.; E. E., born in 1867, resides in St. Louis, Mo., and Dr. L. L., the subject of this sketch. Dr. Uhls was reared in southern Illinois and received his literary education at Sparta, Randolph county. He then took up the study of medicine, taking a course in one of the great medical institutions of the country, Rush Medical College of Chicago, from which he was graduated in the class of 1884, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He began the practice at White City, Morris county, Kansas, remaining there seven years. He then went to Geuda Springs, Sumner county, and remained there four years. In 1895 he became assistant physician at the Osawotamie State Hospital for the insane, remaining in that capacity until 1897 when he located at Paola, Kan., and again engaged in private practice. Two years later, or in 1899, he was appointed superintendent of the State Hospital at Osawotamie and in 1913, resigned that position and came to Overland Park and founded the hospital and sanitarium as above set forth. Dr. Uhls was married September 13, 1883, to Miss Anna E. Bean, of Chester, Ill. To Dr. and Mrs. Uhls have been born two children: Elizabeth, is gifted with musical ability of high order, and after graduating from Washburn College, Topeka, she continued her musical studies in Europe, taking a complete course of instruction at Berlin. She is now the wife of James D. Lindsay, Kansas City, Mo., and Kenneth, born Janaury 21, 1893, was graduated from the Osawotamie High School and now a senior in Kansas University. Dr. Uhls in addition to his busy career is professor of pyschiatry of the medical department of Kansas University and delivers a course of lectures each year at Rosedale. Dr. Uhls is one of the foremost physicians of Kansas and in his particular line of work is the equal of any in the State. He prominently affiliates with the different medical fraternities and is a member of the American Medical Association, and was formerly a member of its house of delegates, is ex-president of the Kansas State Medical Society and is a member of the Medico-Psychological Association of America. He is a member of the Academy of Medicine of Kansas City, Mo. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church and he has served as a representative in the National Council, or General Assembly, of the Presbyterian churches of the United States. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas BY ED BLAIR AUTHOR OF Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches IN ONE VOLUME ILLUSTRATED STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY LAWRENCE, KANSAS 1915 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/johnson/bios/uhls272nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ksfiles/ File size: 6.7 Kb