Bio of Vilas, Calvin Dickinson, M.D. (b.1822) Wabasha Co., MN
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Vilas, Calvin Dickinson, M.D., was the first physician to locate in Lake
City, and today is among its foremost and successful practitioners. His
birth dates May 1, 1822, at Antwerp, Jefferson county, New York. His
parents, Nathaniel Vilas and Betsey Dickinson, were born in New Hampshire,
and the former enjoyed a government pension during his latter years, on
account of services during the war of 1812. For many years the father
operated a large tannery, which he built at Sterling Center, New York, and
here our subject laid the foundation of a more complete education. After
attending two courses of medical lectures at Pittsfield, Massachusetts,
and a course at Woodstock, Vermont, he graduated at the latter place in
1846. In December of this year he married Mary C., daughter of William and
Mary C. (Wright) Ford. Mrs. Vilas is four years her husband's junior, and
was born in Antwerp, and reared in Sterling, New York. Dr. Vilas began the
practice of his profession at Red Creek, Wayne county, New York, and
subsequently spent a year in Oswego county. Thence he emigrated to Racine
county, Wisconsin, and located in the town of Caledonia, where he
continued in the practice of his profession nine years. In September,
1856, he removed to Lake City, where he permanently located, and soon
built up a lucrative and successful practice, which has for many years
occupied almost his entire time and attention. Despite the cares of his
large practice, the doctor takes time to foster and encourage educational
interests and the public schools. During his residence in Wisconsin, he
served one year as superintendent of schools, and has been on the school
board in Lake City the last six years, and was unanimously for the full
term in the spring of 1884. Politically he has always stood by the
republican party. His living children are: Walter N., practicing medicine
at Racine, Wisconsin; Elbert E., at Clark, Dakota; George W., at St. Paul,
Minnesota; Carrie M., died, aged seventeen years.