Dr. James Carroll Falvey, Cherokee Co, Texas Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Lillie Ruby switw@aol.com June 18, 2002 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ Family information from Jewell Ester Falvey Parrott granddaughter of Dr. Falvey Wells, first physician, Dr. James C. Falvey had previously practiced medicine at Shook's Bluff and Cheeseland. Dr. Falvey began his study for the medical profession in 1869 under the sponsorship of Dr. J. F. Hayes of Jasper. About 20 of October the same year, Dr. Hayes accompanied Falvey to Tulane at New Orlands to enroll in the medical school division. Falvey had $350 in savings and sold his horse and saddle for $65 to add to his school expense fund. He studied at Tulane for one year and in 1872 graduated from Alabama Medical School in Mobile, AL Dr. Falvey and his wife Matilda Abigail Boyd White (married 12 Oct 1873 Jasper, Liberty, TX) were the parents of sixteen children, four daughters and twelve sons. Four of the sons became medical doctors. Dr. Falvey formulated and sold Falvey's Anti-malarial and Reconstructive Tonic for many years. Patients renamed the medicine "hell-roaring tonic" because it was hard to take and a person's ears roared as an aftereffect. Jewell Ester Falvey Parrott a granddaughter helped mix up the medicine during Dr. Falvey's later years. Dr. Falvey died 29 Feb 1940 and is buried in the Mt. Hope Cemetery beside his wife Matilda who died 13 Apr 1911.