Biographical Sketch of Dr. M. D. Hamisfar, Johnson County, Missouri, 
Warrensburg Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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Dr. M. D. Hamisfar, a successful dentist of Warrensburg, Missouri, is a
native of Ohio.  He was born in 1865 in Perry county, Ohio, a son of 
Dr. Leroy and Mary C. (Williams) Hamisfar, the former, a son of William
Hamisfar and the latter, a daughter of William Williams, of Pennsyl-
vania.  William Hamisfar was born in Germany and in early manhood 
emigrated from his native land and came to America, and settled in 
Ohio.  His son, Dr. Leroy Hamisfar, was a graduate of the School of
Dentistry at Delaware, Ohio and of the Baltimore Dental College,
Baltimore, Ohio.  He was engaged in the practice of medicine and 
dentistry for 30 years in Somerset and St. Marys, Ohio.  In 1875, Dr.
Leroy Hamisfar moved from Ohio with his family to Missouri and settled
on a farm of more than 300 acres of land, located four miles south of
Warrensburg.  After coming to Missouri, Dr. Hamisfar devoted his entire
attention to farming and stock raising and became widely known in John-
son county as a prosperous and influential citizen.  He died in 1882
and his widow now resides in Warrensburg at 310 East Broad street.  Dr.
M. D. Hamisfar, the subject of this review, has living one brother and
one sister: James H. and Florence K., both of whom reside in Warrens-
burg.  M. D. Hamisfar attended the public schools of Ohio and the 
Warrensburg State Normal School, Warrensburg, Missouri.  He is a grad-
uate of the Western Dental College, Kansas City, Missouri in the class
of 1896 and also was a special student in the Kansas City School of
Pharmacy and graduated from the University Medical College at Kansas
City with degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1895.  In 1896, Dr. Hamisfar
began the practice of dentistry in Warrensburg, Missouri and has con-
tinued the practice of his profession in this city ever since.  In 1902
Dr. M. D. Hamisfar and Grace Ethel Davis, the daughter of Dionysius 
Davis, a prominent farmer of Johnson county, Missouri, were united in
marriage and to this union has been born one child, a daughter, Eulia
L.  Dr. Hamisfar is a man of exceptional ability and remarkable versa-
tility.  He has perfected a local anaesthetic, which contains no
injurious narcotics or habit-forming drugs, after spending much time
and labor in difficult study and research.  He uses this anaesthetic
in his own practice.  He is also a talented musician and for the past
25 years has been a member of every musical organization in the city
of Warrensburg.  In his office is a Vita-Nola, which the doctor
frequently accompanies with his violin in a pleasing and masterly
manner.  He is a deep thinker and has read widely, being a close 
student of the world's greatest writers and no reader in Johnson county
is better informed than he on the standard authors.  He is himself a
writer of ability, having contributed many valuable articles to the
different dental journals.  Though not a church member, he has written
several very able articles on religious subjects and the true philos-
ophy of life.  Dr. Hamisfar is also well known as a public speaker, 
frequently addressing various conventions held in Missouri.  He is a 
member of the State and the National Dental Societies and in 1899 was
elected delegate to the National Dental Association, held at Niagra
Falls, representing the Missouri State Dental Association.

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