J. L. Waldner, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 861-862 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				J. L. WALDNER, M. D. 

	Dr. J. L. Waldner, a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College of 
Philadelphia and now an active practitioner in Parkston, was born in 
Freeman, South Dakota, September 15, 1880, a son of Michael and Mary 
(Wiff) Waldner, who in the year 1874 came to Dakota territory, settling 
near Freeman. The state was then one of the frontier districts of the 
country and the work of progress and development seemed scarcely begun 
within its borders. The father homesteaded and preempted a tree claim 
in Hutchinson county and at once began to develop and improve his 
place, there carrying on farming continuously for thirty-eight years, 
or until 1912, when he retired from active business. He was a 
participant in the work which led to the development and upbuilding of 
that section of the state and became widely known as a valued, 
influential and representative citizen. His wife has now passed away. 
In their family were two sons and four daughters. 

	Dr. Waldner pursued his early education in the district schools, 
supplemented by study in the high school at Freeman, in the Sioux Falls 
University and in the Fremont Normal school of Fremont, Nebraska. His 
broad literary education served as an excellent foundation upon which 
to build the superstructure of his professional knowledge. He 
determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work and with that 
end in view entered the medical school of the Northwestern University 
at Chicago, spending two years as a student there. He then entered 
Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia for further study and for two 
years was a student in that institution, from which he was graduated 
with the class of 1906. He then returned to his native state and for a 
brief period practiced at Freeman but in 1907 removed to Parkston, 
where he has since been located. There he has practiced continuously to 
the present time covering a period of more than seven years. He does 
all of the work which he finds it possible to do outside of the 
hospital and in his treatment specializes in diseases of the eye, car, 
nose and throat. He has read broadly and studied deeply along those 
lines and his efforts have been crowned with a substantial measure of 
success which indicates how skilled he is in his particular branch of 
medical and surgical practice. He belongs to the Mitchell District 
Medical Society, the Sioux Valley Medical Association and to the 
American Medical Association. He is vice president of the county board 
of health and for two years filled the office of coroner, to which 
position he was elected in 1909. 

	Dr. Waldner is a Protestant in his religious belief. Fraternally 
he is connected with the Elks and his political allegiance is given to 
the republican party. He finds interest and recreation in hunting and 
motoring. A progressive and popular young man, he enjoys the esteem and 
respect of the community and in matters of citizenship it is well known 
that his influence is on the side of progress and advancement.