Rensselaer County NyArchives Biographies.....Goewey, M.D., Catharine Elizabeth November 26, 1835 - May 22, 1896
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photograph and signature of 
Catharine Elizabeth GOEWEY, MD

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Biography of
Catharine Elizabeth GOEWEY, MD
Reprinted from the "History of Homoeopathy in Albany County."

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Catharine Elizabeth GOEWEY, MD–1873.

The genealogy of the Goewey family, traced through six generations to its origin in
Holland, embraces many members of note and intrinsic worth.

Dr. Catharine Goewey, one of its worthy representatives, was born, November 26th,
1835, in the town of Greenbush, Rensselaer county, N.Y.

Having received an academical and preparatory education in her native town, she
entered the New York Conference Seminary, at Charlotteville, Schoharie county, N.Y.,
from which institution, after pursuing a full three years' course of study, she was
graduated, in June, 1854.

After graduation from the Seminary, she spent several years in teaching, giving
special attention to the higher English branches,music and the classics.  During
this time she acceptably filled positions in Florida, Georgia, and in several
educational institutions at the North.

She entered upon the study of medicine in 1869,  under the supervision of Drs. J. H.
Armsby and  H. M. Paine, of Albany, and was graduated in May, 1873, from the New
York Medical College and Hospital for Women.

Immediately after graduating, Dr. Goewey began the practice of medicine at Albany,
remaining until 1877, when, on account of failing health, she removed to Brooklyn,
N.Y., to reside with her sister, Dr. Gertrude Goewey Bishop.

During the last twenty years of her life, she acquired a well-deserved reputation
for the successful treatment of gynocological diseases, her practice during that
period being made up largely of that class of cases.

On removing to Brooklyn she relinquished active professional duties; still
continuing, however, when strength permitted, to give attention to office
consultations, and to the care of such cases as did not require prolonged exertion
or occasion excessive fatigue.

Dr. Goewey returned to Bah, Rensselaer county, in 18__ from that year to the time of
her death she gave attentive _______ consultation and office practice.

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She died May 22d, 1896, at Bath, of typhoid fever, after a lingering illness, at the
age of sixty-one years.

While Dr. Goewey was a student at New York, she was appointed to the office of
Resident Physician to the Hospital for Women, and held that position eighteen
months, from the fall of 1871 to May, 1873.  

She was one of the attending physicians at the Albany City Dispensary and 
Homoeopathic Hospital in 1872, and from 1874 to 1877.

Testimonials of Respect
From the Albany Evening Journal, May 23, 1866.

"Dr. Catharine E. Goewey, of Bath, died yesterday morning, after a lingering
illness, at the age of 61 years.

"Dr. Goewey was one of the early graduates from the New York Homeopathic Medical
College for Women.  She practiced medicine many years with eminent success, in this
city; ill health finally necessitating her removal to Brooklyn.

"While in Brooklyn she devoted a large share of her time and strength to the care of
the sick in homeopathic hospitals in New York City, and Brooklyn., During the past
two or three years she has resided in Albany and Bath-on-the-Hudson.

"She was a member of a number of medical societies, and was the first women
physician admitted to membership in the New York State Homeopathic Medical
Society."

Acrostic.* Catharine Goewey
Called to a higher and a holier sphere,
A Belove Physician, life's work complete.
Tho' parting from earthly friends and kindred dear
Heaven's portals opened that Angels might greet.
Assured are we, that such a noble womanly life
Receives its reward for deeds loving and kind,
In glory and majesty where there is no strife,
Neither care, nor sorrow disturbs the mind.
Ever her pleasant duty the suffering to relieve,
Even tho' a cross, in the long, dark night.
Grand was her soul's lofty faith, to believe
On the promise of Him, who gave her light.
Entering into rest, while Angels hovered round,
Was her rich reward, living witnesses blest
Even in memory's secret chamber may abound,
Yearning the beloved to meet, "in golden life caressed."

*Written by her brother-in-law, Mr. Geo. S. Bishop."



Additional Comments:
My note: My paternal 2 great grand aunts. were Ms. Catharine Elizabeth GOEWEY, MD,
formerly of FL and GA, and her sister, Mrs. Gertrude Anna GOEWEY BISHOP, MD,
daughters of Jonathan and Elizabeth WARNER GOEWEY.
Dr. Gertrude Ann GOEWEY was married, September 15th, 1881, to George Starr BISHOP,
of Brooklyn, N.Y. 
Thanks to Cousin Bill F. GOEWEY for this information.


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