James Roane, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 159-160 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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			JAMES ROANE, M. D. 

	Dr. James Roane, whose student habits of college days have 
remained with him in all the years of his practice, making him an able 
physician, with liberal patronage in Yankton, was born in Washington, 
D. C., January 28, 1860, a son of Archibald and Ruth (Allen) Roane, the 
former a prominent attorney of the capital city and a native of 
Tennessee, and a member of one of the most distinguished old Virginia 
families, the ancestry having been there established in colonial days. 

	Dr. Roane had especially good educational advantages and after 
completing a preparetory course entered the Georgetown University, 
where he devoted seven years to the mastery of classical branches. He 
then began the study of medicine in the medical department of the same 
university and won his professional degree as a member of the class of 
1882. Immediately after his graduation he was appointed acting 
assistant surgeon in the United States army, department of the Rio 
Grande, with headquarters at Fort Ringgold, Texas, and after filling 
that position for a year returned to Washington. 

	In 1883 Dr. Roane arrived in Yankton, where he opened an office 
and began the practice of medicine, remaining here continuously since 
save for several years spent in European travel and the pursuit of 
post-graduate and research work in the famous clinics on the continent 
and in Great Britain. Study under and investigation of the methods of 
some of the most eminent practitioners of the old world have greatly 
augmented his knowledge and promoted his efficiency and today he is 
recognized in his section of South Dakota as a practitioner of broad 
learning -- capable, resourceful and conscientious in his practice. He 
is a member of the South Dakota State Medical Association, the Eighth 
District Medical Association and the American Medical Association. 
Since his college days he has remained a constant student, keeping in 
touch with the advanced thought and scientific researches of the day, 
and he has contributed numerous articles to the leading American 
medical journals  

	In April, 1894, was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Roane and Miss 
Maude Hayden Bush, a daughter of William C. and Frances Josephine 
(Hayden) Bush, both of Rochester, New York. In his political views Dr. 
Roane is a democrat, but, while well versed on the questions and issues 
of the day, has no political aspirations. He is prominent in Masonry, 
holding membership in Oriental Consistory, No. 1, and El Riad Temple, 
A. A. O. N. M. S., and in 1914 he was honored by election to the office 
of senior grand warden, grand lodge A. F. & A. M. of South Dakota. He 
is also identified with the Elks and he has membership in the Episcopal 
church. Today, as the result of his laudable ambition, his close 
application and his earnest study, he is prosperous and prominent both 
in the profession and socially.