Charles V. Templeton Biography


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	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1899. Pages 434-435

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CHARLES V. TEMPLETON, M. D. One of the most exacting of all the higher 
lines of occupation to which a man may lend his energies is that of the 
physician. A most scrupulous preliminary training is demanded, a nicety 
of judgment but little understood by the laity. Our subject is well 
fitted for the profession which he has chosen as a life work, and his 
skill and ability have won for him a lucrative practice in Woonsocket, 
South Dakota, where he is now located. 

The Doctor comes from the far south, as he was born in Franklin county, 
Texas, in 1862. His parents, Thomas W. and E. C. Templeton, were both 
born in America, the former of Irish, the latter of Scotch Irish 
descent. They removed from Tennessee to Texas in 1849, and in the 
latter state nearly all of our subject's relatives now reside. The 
father engaged in farming and also operated a sawmill and dealt in 
lumber as there was considerable timber in the locality where he made 
his home. Our subject was reared on the home farm and was the tenth in 
order of birth in a family of twelve children. Several of his brothers 
are prominent and distinguished citizens of Texas. The oldest, John D., 
was a leading attorney of Fort Worth. He is now dead. He was appointed 
secretary of state in Texas, and was twice elected attorney general. C. 
M. is also a practicing attorney of some prominence in that state. J. 
W. conducts a large general store in Winsboro. P. W. is also a 
merchant, at Sulphur Springs, Texas, and E. P. was elected sheriff of 
Franklin county in the fall of 1898. 

During his boyhood and youth, Dr. Templeton took advantage of the 
opportunities offered by the country schools, and in 1877 attended the 
high school at Sulphur Springs. In 1884 he entered the academic 
department of the State University of Texas, where he was graduated in 
June, 1887, and received the degree of Bachelor of Letters. After 
teaching one term of school he entered the medical department of the 
University of Louisville, Kentucky, in September, 1888, and attended 
lectures there for one year. Returning to Texas, he assisted one of his 
brothers who was a physician, in caring for his practice in Delta 
county, and during the two years he spent there he gained a good 
practical knowledge of the profession which he had chosen as a life 
work. In the meantime his brother died. Our subject then returned to 
the University where he completed the medical course and was granted 
the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In 1892 he came to Woonsocket, and as 
his skill and ability soon became widely recognized, he was not long in 
building up a large and lucrative practice which he now enjoys. He not 
only stands high professionally, but is also a favorite in social 
circles. 

In June, 1893, Dr. Templeton was united in marriage with Miss Annie 
Murphy, of Louisville, Kentucky, who died November 20, 1898, leaving 
two children: John D., aged four years, and Charles V., aged two and a 
half.