Biographical Sketch of W. G. Hall, M.D., St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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W. G. Hall, M.D., a representative physician of the City of St.
Joseph, was born in the State of Pennsylvania, whence he emigrated
to Ohio, in 1858.  He read medicine three years, under the direction
of Dr. W. R. cowden, and, during the winter of 1853 and 1854, attend-
ed medical lectures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He also attended
lectures at the Cleveland Medical College, under Professor Weber, in
the winter of 1857.  He subsequently took a complete course in the
Homeopathic School of St. Louis, Missouri.  He was graduated in both
these institutions.  After careful investigation of the respective
merits of the two systems, he adopted the Homeopathic, which he con-
tinues to practice today.  In August, 1864, he left Ohio, and moved
to Quincy, Illinois.  In February, 1865, he again moved, settling
permanently in St. Joseph, Missouri.  During the civil war, Dr. Hall
served in the Army of the Cumberland as surgeon of the Tenth Ohio
Cavalry.  He is a prominent member of the Masonic Order, and at
present Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of the State of 
Missouri.  He is also a member of the thirty second degree of A.A.S.R.
In recognition of his valuable official services, the members of St.
Joseph Commandery presented the doctor an elegant gold badge.  His
professional visits are confined to the city, only visiting points
beyond its limits which may be reached by rail.  He has strong faith
in the virtue of electricity, the application of which he considers
indispensable in the treatment of certain diseases.  His laboratory
and dispensary are amply supplied with every appliance of modern
excellence, and his library is one of the most complete to be found
in a Western city.  Dr. Hall and his wife are both members of the 
M. E. Church South.

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