George H. Gulbrandsen, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 575 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				GEORGE H. GULBRANDSEN, M. D. 

	Dr. George H. Gulbrandsen is a medical practitioner of Canton who 
has there followed his profession successfully for the pact nine years. 
His birth occurred in Chicago, Illinois, on the 14th of June, 1883, his 
parents being Lauritz and Inga Gulbrandsen, the former a manufacturing 
clothier. George H. Gulbrandsen acquired a public-school education in 
his youth and also attended Luther College of Decorah, Iowa. In 
preparation for his chosen life work he entered the College of 
Physicians & Surgeons in Chicago and was graduated from that 
institution in 1906. Subsequently he spent a year in work at the 
Norwegian Lutheran Hospital of Chicago and then came to South Dakota in 
May, 1907, locating in Canton, where he has been successfully engaged 
in the practice of medicine and surgery to the present time. From the 
beginning he has enjoyed a liberal and lucrative practice, for he at 
once demonstrated his skill and ability in both medicine and surgery. 
In connection with his practice he operates his own hospital, which is 
well equipped, and he keeps in close touch with the advancement that is 
constantly being made in medical and surgical science. 

	On the 27th of October, 1909, Dr. Gulbrandsen was united in 
marriage to Miss Judith M. Sogn, a daughter of John H. Sogn and a 
representative of an honored pioneer family. In his political views the 
Doctor is a republican, staunchly advocating and supporting the 
principles and candidates of that party. He has been superintendent of 
the board of health for five years and has also done Valuable service 
as city and county physician. His religious faith is that of the 
Lutheran church, while fraternally he is identified with the Masons and 
belongs to the Mystic Shrine. He finds recreation and pleasure in 
baseball and motoring, and is fond of all outdoor sports. Dr. 
Gulbrandsen is a young man of undoubted ability in his profession and 
has ever conformed to the highest standards of ethics.