BIO: Dr. Sigismund Waterman; New York City, New York Co., NY

Transcribed by Elizabeth A. Stacey (Bettsta1@aol.com)

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[From "Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealeau and Buffalo
Counties, Wisconsin"  Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1892)

Dr. Moses W. Waterman of Fountain City, Wisconsin, was born in New York City,
Sept l2  l850.  He is the son of Sigismund Waterman, an eminent physician of
New York, and Helena (Wolf) Waterman  His father was born Feb 22, l8l4 at
Bruck, Bavaria and came to the United States some time in the 30's.  He
studied in Germany and after coming to this country enteded Yale College and
graduated in that institution.  He subsequently became a professor of
languages there and remained as scuh for eight or ten years.  He then removed
to New York City and established a medical practice, which he has since
continued.  He is one the most distinquished phyusicians of that city.  He
served as police surgeon for 30 years, at the end of which time he was retired
on half pay.  He was one of the founders of the home for the aged an infirm
of the order of  B'nai B'rith at Yonkers.  During the was he was draft
surgeon, and also held other local positions.  He was a personal friend of
President Arthur, and is intimately associated with many of the leading public
men of our country, including Vice-President Morton.  He is still actively
engaged in his proffesional duties and says he wants to die in harness.  He is
noted for his researches in spectroscopie analysis and has written extensively
on that science.  His wife died in New York in l884.  They had seven children
of whom my grandfather was one.