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ORA C. STRICKLER, M. D.

    Dr. Ora C. Strickler, for more than a quarter of a century a practicing
physician at New Ulm, this county, and one of the best-known and most
influential men in the county, is a native of the British dominion across the
border to the north, having been born in the town of Markham, in Ontario,
Canada, January 7,1863, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Henderson) Strickler, the
former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Canada, both of whom spent
their last days in the state of Michigan.

    Daniel Strickler was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, son of Abram and
Elizabeth (Ramer) Strickler, natives of that same county, farming people, both
of German descent and holding to the Mennonite faith, the former of whom died
there, his widow spending her last days in Canada. They were the parents of four
children, Daniel Strickler having had two brothers and a sister, John, Abram and
Elizabeth. Daniel Strickler was reared on the paternal farm in Pennsylvania and
as a young man emigrated to Canada with a Mennonite colony which left
Pennsylvania and settled in the Markham neighborhood in Ontario, and there he
lived for fifty years. He married Elizabeth Henderson, who was born in Canada,
daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Lucas) Henderson, natives of the Dominion,
farming people, the former of whom lived to the age of sixty-five and the latter
of whom died before middle age. Andrew Henderson and wife were the parents of
six children, William, Andrew, Joseph, Mrs. Jane Dresser, Mrs. Mary Ann Wilson
and Elizabeth. In their declining years Daniel Strickler and wife moved from
Canada to Michigan, living for awhile at Ann Arbor and later at Lansing, in
which latter city Mr. Strickler died in 1904, at the age of eighty-four. His
widow survived him for three years, her death occurring in 1907, she then being
sixty-seven years of age. They were earnest members of the Christian church and
their children were reared in that faith. There were six of these children,
namely: Anna, deceased, who was the wife of Meno Nighswander; Susan, wife of
Elijah Wismer, of Markham, Ontario; John D., deceased; Christina, widow of B. S.
Chilcott, of Lansing, Michigan; Dr. Ora C., the immediate subject of this
biographical sketch, and Dr. Abram Franklin Strickler, of Sleepy Eye, this county.

     Following his graduation from the high school at Markham, Ontario, Ora C.
Strickler entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was graduated from
the medical department of that excellent old institution on June 25, 1885. Thus
admirably equipped for the practice of his noble profession, Doctor Strickler
straightway came to Minnesota and located at New Ulm, where he opened an office
and where he ever since has been engaged in practice, during that time becoming
one of the best-known physicians in this section of the state. He took a
post-graduate course of one year in the medical department of Berlin University
in 1888-89. Doctor Strickler keeps fully abreast of the latest advances in the
practice of his profession and is a member of the Brown County Medical Society,
the Minnesota State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, in the
affairs of all of which organizations he takes a warm interest. In the midst of
an active and arduous practice he has found time to devote a good citizen's
attention to the public service and for years served as a member of the board of
education in New Ulm, his service in that connection proving of large value in
elevating the standard of education in that city. Doctor Strickler stands high
in his profession in this state and in 1898 was president of the Minnesota state
board of medical examiners, and for six years, 1900-06, was a member of the
state board of regents. He is a Republican and ever since locating in this
county has given his most thoughtful and intelligent attention to local
political affairs, long having been regarded as one of the leaders of that party
in this section of the state. Doctor Strickler also takes an active interest in
the more material affairs of the community and is a director of the State Bank
of New Ulm and vice-president of the State Bank of Courtland in the neighboring
county of Nicollet.

     On December 5,1887, Dr. Ora C. Strickler was united in marriage to Emily
Doehne, who was born in Brown county, daughter of George and Anna (Roeck)
Doehne, both natives of Germany the former of whom was born in Waldeck and the
latter in Munich, and early settlers of Brown county, they having located at New
Ulm in the days before the Indian outbreak, George Doehne, who is still living
at New Ulm is an honored veteran of the Civil War and an active member of the
Grand Army of the Republic. He and his wife were the parents of five children,
William, George, Emily, Clara and Louise, all of whom are living save the
first-born.

     To Dr. Ora C. and Emily (Doehne) Strickler two children have been born,
daughters both, Vera E., a graduate of the University of Minnesota, who is now a
teacher of German in the high school at New Ulm, and. Leola M., a senior in the
University of Wisconsin at Madison. The Stricklers are recognized as among the
leaders in the social and cultural activities of their home city and are held in
the highest esteem throughout this whole community. Doctor Strickler is a
thirty-second degree Mason, a member of Charity Lodge No. 98, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons, at New Ulm; New Ulm Chapter No. 57, Royal Arch Masons; DeMolay
Commandery No. 26, Knights Templar; Minneapolis Consistory, Ancient Scottish
Rite Masons, and Zurah Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine at Minneapolis, in the affairs of all of which several branches of
Masonry he takes a warm interest.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D.
Editor

With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Old Families

VOLUME II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana


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