George Alvin Clauser, M. D.


	This biography appears on pages 188-189 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				GEORGE ALVIN CLAUSER, M. D. 
 
	Dr. George Alvin Clauser has been actively engaged in the 
practice of medicine and surgery at Bridgewater since 1900 and has won 
and maintained an enviable reputation as a leading and able 
representative of the profession in McCook county and South Dakota. His 
birth occurred in Rossville, Indiana, on the 3d of January, 1865, his 
parents being William and Carrie (Kuhns) Clauser, both of whom have 
passed away. Throughout his active business career the father was 
successfully identified with general agricultural pursuits.  

	George Alvin Clauser began his education in the graded schools 
and later continued his studies in the high school of Logansport, 
Indiana, while subsequently he was graduated from the Northern Indiana 
Normal School at Valparaiso, winning the degree of Bachelor of Science 
in 1891. He then took up the profession of teaching and for three years 
was identified with educational interests as school principal at 
Ladora, Iowa. On the expiration of that period he entered the College 
of Medicine of the State University of Iowa at Iowa City, which 
institution conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in 1897. During the 
following two and a half years he did his initial work as a medical 
practitioner at Rossville, Indiana, and in 1900 came to Bridgewater, 
South Dakota, where he has since remained and has been very successful, 
enjoying a gratifying and well merited practice. His standing in the 
profession is high and he is now serving as president of the Mitchell 
District Medical Society, holds the position of city health officer and 
is vice president of the county board of health. He likewise belongs to 
the South Dakota State Medical Society and the American Medical 
Association.  

	On the 6th of October, 1893, Dr. Clauser was united in marriage 
to Miss Carrie Warren, of Iowa, a daughter of Calvin and Julia (Back) 
Warren. To this union have been born three children, namely: Clarence 
Francis, Zula Mae and Alvin Robinson. The religious faith of the family 
is that of the Presbyterian church, and in politics Dr. Clauser is a 
staunch republican. His fraternal relations are with the Masons, the 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows. He possesses the personality, acute mental powers and skill in 
diagnosis which are so essential to the practitioner. Of studious 
habits, he is constantly striving to improve the standard of his own 
work and that of the profession in general, readily adapting in his 
practice every new method the efficacy of which he feels is above 
question.