Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Slocum, Samuel C. 1876 - ************************************************ 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 L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 21, 2008, 2:45 pm Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company Dr. Samuel C. Slocum, a surgeon of high standing and a native of Portland was born in 1876, a son of Alfred and Katheryn (Martin) Slocum. His father made the trip to the west early in the ‘60s, by way of the isthmus route, and was married in Oregon. For a time he taught school and then became a dealer in farm implements, establishing business in Portland, where his demise occurred. His wife was a daughter of Colonel William J. Martin, an intrepid Indian fighter, who was engaged in personal combat with Chief Billy Bowlegs during the Seminole war in Florida. In 1839 Colonel Martin came to the Pacific coast with General John C. Fremont, called ‘The Pathfinder,” with whom he explored the southern pass of the Rocky mountains in 1842, and in 1846 he brought his family to the northwest. He took up a donation land claim in Cow creek canyon near Winchester, Oregon, and later moved to Galesville, where he spent the remainder of his life. Dr. Slocum was a pupil in the public schools of Portland and in 1900 completed a course in the Cooper Medical College at San Francisco, California. Afterward he was an interne of St. Vincent’s Hospital and in 1902, 1908 and 1909 was a postgraduate student in Vienna, Austria. In 1923 his knowledge and skills were further enhanced by postgraduate courses in medical institutions of New York city, Boston and Chicago. He specializes in traumatic surgery, a field of labor in which he excels, and has successfully performed many difficult operations. Dr. Slocum is connected with the surgical staff of St. Vincent’s Hospital of Portland and in 1927 became a member of its board of governors. He also serves on the staff of the Good Samaritan Hospital and is president and chief surgeon of the National Hospital Association. The association was formed for the purpose of rendering medical service to industrial workers and its operations cover four states. It has been in existence for twenty two years and has performed work of great value. In 1906 Dr. Slocum married Miss Virginia De Lano, of Tacoma, Washington, and to their union were born four children, of whom Samuel De Lano, the eldest, died at the age of ten years. The others are Donald Barclay, Marion Virginia and Sally Susan. Dr. Slocum gives his political support to the republican party and served as coroner of Multnomah county from 1912 until 1914. His fraternal affiliations are with the Modern Woodmen of America, the Woodmen of the World, the Royal Arcanum, the Masonic order, and Al Kader Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is one of the organizers of the National Hospital Association and also belongs to the Multnomah County and Oregon State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. Along social lines he is connected with the Arlington Club, the University Club and the Waverley Country Club. Dr. Slocum has devoted his talents to the good of humanity and throughout his professional career he has been a deep student and a tireless worker, constantly broadening his field of usefulness. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Pages 486-487 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/slocum478gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb