Lancaster County NeArchives Biographies.....Albin, Walter Leonard 1876 - ************************************************ 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: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 March 14, 2015, 4:47 pm Source: See Below Author: Nebraskana Walter Leonard Albin Walter Leonard Albin, specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, was born at Albany, Missouri, November 9, 1876. He is the son of John Nelson and Mary Jane (Rund) Albin, the former born at Greencastle, Indiana, in 1838. He was a farmer of Scotch-Irish descent, whose death occurred at Albany, August 6, 1906. His wife, Mary Jane, was born at Shelby, Ohio, July 15, 1838, and is still living. She is of German and early American ancestry. Dr. Albin attended Central Christian College at Albany, and was graduated in 1898 with an A. B. degree. In 1902 he received his M. D. from St. Louis University, and was an honor graduate. From 1904 to 1907, he was surgeon for the Union Pacific Railroad at Lincoln, and from 1916 to 1919, was city physician of University Place. In general practice sixteen years, he took a year’s post graduate work in New York, a year in Vienna, and three months in Berlin, in the study of his specialty. He has contributed various articles to the Nebraska State and Lancaster County Medical Societies of which he is a member. He is also a member of the American Medical Association and the Sioux Valley Eye and Ear Academy and the American Interprofessional Institute. He is a Mason and a Republican. On June 26, 1913, he was married to Anna Fay Hanson at Crete. Mrs. Albin was born at Berea, Kentucky, September 30, 1880. She is a lineal descendant of Gregorias, Alpine king of the Scotts, is interested in art and hand weaving, and is a member of the Garden Club, the American University Club and other civic organizations. There were two children born to their union, Mary Cathern, born April 9, 1914; and Ann Hollis, born January 22, 1917, who died April 1, 1919. Residence: Lincoln. Additional Comments: Extracted from Nebraskana Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin The Baldwin Company Hebron, NE 1932 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/lancaster/bios/albin42gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb