Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Applewhite, M. D., Joseph A. November 22, 1873 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 6, 2006, 11:17 am Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles To The Sea, Pages 15-16 JOSEPH A. APPLEWHITE, M.D. Dr. Joseph A. Applewhite, physician and surgeon, is accorded a place of prominence in professional circles of Portland, rendering to the city that service which only the skilled, experienced practitioner is capable of giving. He was born November 22, 1873, in Carroll county, Mississippi, and his parents, J. W. and Susan Ann (Anderson) Applewhite, have passed away. Dr. Applewhite was reared on his father’s cotton plantation and attended the district school near his home. Later he entered Millsaps College at Jackson, Mississippi, and for a year was a student at Gallaudet College in Washington, D. C., graduating with the class of 1897. In the same year he went to Vancouver, Washington, and was there engaged in teaching deaf mutes for five years. On the expiration of that period he took a course in the medical department of the University of Oregon and after his graduation went to Alaska. For seven months he was in charge of a hospital at Seward and then returned to Oregon, becoming an interne of the Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. During 1906-07 he practiced with Dr. Samuel C. Slocum and was then appointed resident physician of the Crystal Springs Sanitarium for mental and nervous diseases. In 1911 he severed his relations with the sanitarium, returning to general practice, and has since been a member of the staff of the National Hospital Association, which he aided in organizing in 1906. It cooperates with employers in furnishing medical service to industrial workers and has contracts with about one hundred and twenty-five large business corporations. The association has grown rapidly since its inception and is now operating in Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho. Dr. Applewhite was married October 10,1906, to Miss Lucia Gillespie, a daughter of Dr. Robert L. Gillespie, now deceased, who was one of Portland’s pioneer physicians and was also affiliated with the National Hospital Association. Dr. Applewhite is an adherent of the republican party and cooperates in movements for Portland’s growth and betterment. He is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Multnomah County and Oregon State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. Throughout life he has been a student, constantly broadening his mental horizon, and his knowledge and skill have been devoted to the service of his fellowmen. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Volume II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1928. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/applewhi8gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb