Shawnee-Cherokee County KS Archives Biographies.....Keith, Henry H. 1867 - 
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Author: James L. King (1905)

HENRY H. KEITH, M. D.

    HENRY H. KEITH, M. D., senior member of the well-known firm of Keith &
Rhodes, physicians and surgeons of Topeka, and founder of the Keith Hospital and
Sanitarium, is now serving in the capacity of coroner of Shawnee County. He
stands among the foremost in his profession and the remarkable success attained
by him has come through close application to his work and constant study of new
and approved methods, which are constantly being brought to the fore.

    He was born July 1, 1867, and is one of four children born to John M. and
Mary (Christie) Keith. His father was a native of Indiana, and there followed
the occupation of a farmer until his death in 1897.

    Henry H. Keith was reared and educated in the State of Illinois, where upon
reaching man's estate he engaged in the drug business for some years. He
attended Columbus Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, and was graduated therefrom
in 1892, and since that time has taken two post-graduate courses in New York, in
1895 and again in 1898. He was also graduated from Ensworth Medical College, of
St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1900. His first practice of medicine was as chief
surgeon of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company's coal mines, and for a
time he resided in Cherokee County, Kansas. He came to Topeka in 1898 and here
he has since engaged in practice. In 1903 he established and now conducts the
modern and up-to-date hospital, well known as the Keith Hospital and Sanitarium,
an institution with a capacity for the accommodation of 35 patients at a time.
He was elected county coroner on the Republican ticket in 1904 with a majority
of 4,800 votes, and since January 1, 1905, has discharged the duties of that
office in an eminently satisfactory manner. He resides with his family in a
comfortable home at No. 1710 10th avenue, and maintains a fine suite of offices
at No. 531 Kansas avenue, thoroughly equipped and furnished.

    Dr. Keith married Helen Fitch. Fraternally, he is a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Ancient Order of United
Workmen, Knights and Ladies of Security and Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is a
member of the county and State medical societies and of the American Medical
Association.


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HISTORY OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

EDITED AND COMPILED BY
JAMES L. KING
TOPEKA, KANSAS 

"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"

PUBLISHED BY
RICHMOND & ARNOLD,
GEORGE RICHMOND; C. R. ARNOLD.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
1905.

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