Bio of PEARCE, Dr. Naboth Osborne, Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 195
N. O. PEARCE, M. D. (Naboth Osborne Pearce)
One of the leading physicians and surgeons of Minneapolis is Dr. N. O. Pearce,
who was born at Hancock, Michigan, a son of James H. and Selina (Rowe) Pearce,
both natives of Cornwall, England. His father was a pioneer mining man and the
first to open up the big Mesaba iron range in this state.
In the acquirement of his education N. O. Pearce attended the grade schools of
Michigan and was graduated from the high school at Virginia, Minnesota.
Subsequently he enrolled in the medical department of the University of
Minnesota and was graduated from that institution with the M. D. degree, in
1905. For the following ten years he engaged in active practice in the iron
range in this state and there he received much surgical experience. Later he
took a course in the Graduate School of Pediatrics and then, with others,
organized the Children's Clinic of Minneapolis, with headquarters in the
Children's Pavilion of the Abbott Hospital, which connection he still maintains.
He is likewise assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Minnesota
Medical College and he is active as a member of the advisory commission to the
state board of health, on maternal and infant hygiene.
On the 6th of November, 1905, occurred the marriage of Dr. Pearce to Miss
Elizabeth Harden and to their union one son, James Harden, has been born. Mrs.
Pearce is a woman of culture and refinement and she is prominent in the club and
social circles of this city.
Although Dr. Pearce gives his political allegiance to the republican party, he
is not active in party councils, preferring to devote his entire time and
attention to his practice. He belongs to the Civic & Commerce Association and to
the Lions Club. Along strictly professional lines he holds membership in the
Hennepin County Medical Society, the Minnesota State Medical Society and the
American Medical Association and he is president of the Northwestern Pediatric
Society and a member of the Children's Protective Society. For recreation Dr.
Pearce turns to the great outdoors and he is particularly fond of golf, holding
membership in the Minneapolis Golf Club. Dr. Pearce has attained a high place in
his profession and he well merits the success he has achieved. He stands for the
best there is in the medical profession and has won the confidence and esteem of
his fellowmen, including his professional brethren.------------