G. C. Redfield, D. O. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 466-467 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				G. C. REDFIELD, D. O. 

	Dr. G. C. Redfield is one of the younger members of the medical 
profession of Rapid City, but has already built up an enviable 
reputation for ability and conscientiousness. He was born in Canton, 
South Dakota, on the 29th of February, 1880, and was the third in order 
of birth in a family of four children whose parents were Leonard L. and 
Margaret (Scarborough) Redfield. The father, who was a native of 
Pennsylvania, became a pioneer settler and farmer of Lincoln county, 
South Dakota, but he and his wife are now living in Denver, Colorado. 

	Dr. Redfield entered the public schools of Canton at the usual 
age and after finishing the course offered therein entered the 
Augustana College, also of Canton, and subsequently matriculated in the 
State University of South Dakota, where he pursued a three-years' 
course. After leaving that institution he entered the American School 
of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, from which he was graduated with 
honors in the class of 1900. He first located for practice at Wabash, 
Indiana, where he remained for two years, after which he removed to 
Parker, South Dakota, which remained his home for seven years. In 1909 
he arrived in Rapid City and in the seven years that have since 
intervened he has met with unusual success. Professionally he has a 
high standing among his colleagues and has gained the confidence of the 
general public with the result that his practice has grown steadily and 
rapidly. 

	On the 9th of February, 1903, Dr. Redfield was united in marriage 
with Miss May Walrod, a daughter of Charles M. and Dora (Murphy) 
Walrod, of Le Mars, Iowa. The Doctor takes an active part in state 
politics and is one of the leaders in the republican party. He is now 
serving as a member of the state board of charities and corrections 
under appointment by Governor Byrne. During the years 1911 and 1912 he 
was on the Rapid City board of commissioners. He gives to his public 
duties the same close application and energy that he does to his 
private affairs and has proved a very capable official. Fraternally he 
is connected with the Masonic order and has held all of the chairs in 
the blue lodge and chapter. He is also a member of the Knights of 
Pythias and the Elks. While in college he was quite prominent in 
athletics and was captain of the first team that represented the State 
University of South Dakota in inter-collegiate football. He was also on 
his college baseball team. He still retains a love for sports and 
outdoor life and finds his chief recreation in hunting and fishing. His 
professional success is founded upon a thorough knowledge of the 
principles of osteopathy and skill in their application and upon a 
personality that gives his patients confidence that he will do all in 
his power to effect a cure. He has a high conception of a doctor's 
duties and privileges and no one is more scrupulous in the observance 
of the strictest code of professional ethics. Although he gives most of 
his time to the practice of his profession he realizes that every 
citizen has civic duties the performance of which cannot be delegated 
to anyone else, and is always ready to aid in securing the advancement 
and progress of his community.