Norfolk County MA Archives Biographies.....Monroe, Alexander Le Baron 1807 - 1879 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ma/mafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 12, 2006, 8:14 pm Author: E. O. Jameson (1886) ALEXANDER LE BARON MONROE, son of Dr. Stephen and Susanna (Le Baron) Monroe, was born May 3, 1807, in Sutton, Mass. He graduated in 1831, from the Yale Medical College, New Haven, Conn., and the following year established himself as a physician in East Medway. He removed in 1833 to the Village, where he practiced his profession successfully for several years. In 1840 he removed to Chicopee. Mass., where he remained until 1843, when he located in Granby, Mass., where he remained ten years. In September, 1852, he returned to the Village in response to an earnest invitation of the citizens, where he continued in practice till failing health compelled him, in 1877, to retire from professional life. He was absent for a short time in 1862, serving as a surgeon in the Peninsula Campaign under General McClellan in the War for the Union, having volunteered in response to a call for extra medical service in an emergency. Dr. Alex. LeB. Monroe was a well-read physician and greatly respected in his profession. He was also a man of devoted Christian character, and a valued helper in all departments of his Master's service. Dr. Monroe died Feb. 20, 1879, after a life of earnest usefulness. In a fitting memorial prepared by his pastor, the Rev. Mr. Harlow, which was published, interesting mention is made of the religious experience of Dr. Monroe which enabled him to minister to his patients spiritually as well as physically. The writer says: "There are many households that will never forget his tender offices, as in the chamber made solemn by the approach of death, he committed the departing spirit of the loved one to the mercy of God, and commended those soon to be bereaved to the consolations of Divine Grace." Additional Comments: From: THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND The Genealogical Records OF MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES IN MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886. Illustrated WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS. BY E. O. JAMESON, THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS.." ETC. MILLIS, MASS. 1886. Copyright, 1886. E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS. All Rights Reserved. J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/norfolk/bios/monroe78gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb