Biographical Sketch of James T. Means, M.D., Greene County, Missouri,
Springfield

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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Dr. Means was born in Monroe county, Kentucky, September 4, 1824.  He
is the son of James and Sidney (Mayfield) Means.  His father was a 
native of North Carolina, and his grandmother on his mother's side was
born in Wales.  His father died in Monroe county, Kentucky, in 1854.
James T., our subject, came to Mt. Vernon, Lawrence county, Mo., in 
1846.  He was reared upon the farm, but began the study of medicine in
1844, and graduated in the medical department of the State University
in 1847, under the instruction of Dr. McDowell, who afterward estab-
lished McDowell's Medical College at St. Louis.  He commenced the prac-
tice of medicine at Mt. Vernon, and afterwards removed to Cassville,
Berry county, where he remained ten years, and then moved to Farmington
in St. Francois county, where he continued the practice until the war
broke out.  He was the surgeon of a cavalry regiment under Gen. Jeff.
Thompson, in 1861, after that he was with Gen. Sterling Price, and was
in most of the battles of the trans-Mississippi department.  He was not
actively engaged in military or professional duty during the war all 
the time, as he sometimes would be relieved for a few months.  His 
family returned to Kentucky during those trying times.  At the close of
the war he practiced medicine at Hodginville, Larne county, Kentucky,
for a short time, then went to Gallatin, Tennessee, where he lived two
years.  From there he moved to Pocahontas, Arkansas, where he remained
about eighteen months, when he came to Springfield in 1869, and has 
lived here ever since. He was married in 1862 to Miss Lizzie M. Curtis.
He is a member of Solomon lodge, A. F. & A. M., and is also a member of 
the Christian church.  Mrs. Means is an Episcopalian.

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