Douglas County NeArchives Biographies.....Philbrook, Dr. B F ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner Brosey http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 September 2, 2011, 5:23 pm Source: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth; 1882 Author: Western Publishing Company Dr. B. F. Philbrook, one of the oldest established dentists in the county, was born in Camden, Me., in 1853; removed with his parents to O.. and received his education at the Ohio Weslyan University, at Delaware; moved to Ia., and engaged in the practice of dentistry with T. E. Weeks, of Council Bluffs; remained eighteen months, and in April, 1879; located at Dunlap. He has one of the best fitted offices in the west, with Johnson s dental engine, extension instrument, bracket, surgeon's case of liquid nitrous oxide gas, for the painless extraction of teeth, the pedal lever chair, with which any position can be obtained for the ease of the patient and operator. He fills appointments at Logan the first Tuesday in each month, and remains three days, and also goes to Woodbine one day each month. He is foreman of the fire department of Dunlap, and a member of the Royal Arcanum, beneficiary order. In Nov., 1879, he was married at Omaha, Neb., to Lucy Hartry. Additional Comments: From Harrison County Chapter; Dunlap Biographies File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/douglas/bios/philbroo15gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb