MEDICAL JOURNAL OF DR. JAMES EDGAR WALL,I - PANOLA CO.,TX Submitted by East Texas Genealogical Society P O Box 6967, Tyler, TX 75711 24 August 2002 Typed by: Janet Cook Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ***************************************************************** Originally published in the East Texas Family Records, Volume 14, Number 3, Fall 1990, by East Texas Genealogical Society. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF DR. JAMES EDGAR WALL,I PANOLA CO.,TX Assembled by Leila B. LaGrone Carthage, Texas Two well-known doctors who practiced family medicine in Panola County in the early times were named WALL, father and son: Dr. Alexander S. (Sandy) Wall and Dr. James Edgar Wall, his son. Dr. Sandy Wall moved to Beckville, Texas in 1853. To him and his wife, Dr. Edgar was born in 1857. Later, Dr. Sandy Wall moved to Carthage, and when his son graduated from Medical School in Kentucky, he joined his father in Carthage. Dr. Wall, Sr. died in Carthage in 1907; and the Dr. Wall, Jr., died in 1910. Dr. James Edgar Wall also owned and operated a drug store in Carthage. Two of his sons became pharmacists. His Medical Journal of 325 births (several of them twins) is beautifully done. He was an expert penman. My friend and co-worker on heritage papers, the late Dr. V. M. Holland, said he would give Dr. Wall "A" for his birth records. We are indebted to Dr. Wall's granddaugher, Mrs. Marilyn Harris, for trusting our LaGrone Family History Center as the safe-preservation of this valuable piece of area heritage. These births are registered to the mother as the babies were not named at once; but this is the only official register. No government require- ments were given at that time. One page of this record was torn out of the book at some point in time by someone who took family names #281 to 300 - 20 names. This is tragic, because only the names were torn out; dates remain in the book with no names for those dates. I am told by my friend, Louise West, a descendant of the Bounds family, that George W. Bounds, Jr., was one of those names for they know the story of his birth at Old Pulaski in January, 1898. George W. Bounds, Sr. ran the Ferry at Pulaski at that time. At the date of these birth records, the doctors used a horse and buggy. During childbirth, they sometimes had to spend the night, depending on how the patient got along, the weather, and how far away they were from home at the time. RECORD OF BIRTHS Appling, Missouri (black) Jul 27, 1880 Male Anderson, Mrs. Virgie Bond (white) Feb 10, 1885 Female 4th child, 13 lbs. Anderson, Mrs. Virgie B. W Jan 12, 1887 Female, 5th child. Anderson, Mrs. Dora Butler W Oct 26, 1889 Fema1e. Alsup, Mrs. Ida Pitman W Oct 16, 1890 Female. Anderson, Mrs. Virgie W Jan 03, 1891 Female. Allums, Mattie W Jul 01, 1891 Twins: 1st girl; boy died. Anderson, Maggie W Sep 20, 1891 Female. Allums, Mrs. S. H. W Mar 23, 1894 Male. Anderson, Mrs. W. W. W Nov 18, 1897 Female. Bedell, Mrs. Sue Hays W Nov 29, 1881 Fema1e Both mother and chi1d died. Brewer, Mrs. Josephine W Jul 22, 1883 Female Brooks, Mrs. Mary W Mar 17, 1885 Male 7 lbs. Biggs, Mrs. Mary Whitaker W Oct 18, 1885 Fema1e Blair, Mrs. Ellen W Mar 09, 1886 Female Beck, Mrs. Mary W Aug 07, 1886 Female Bellamy, Mrs. John F. W Apr 19, 1887 Female Blair, Mrs. Ella W May 02, 1889 Female Brewster, Mrs. Annie Pierce W Jan 02, 1890 Female Buck, Mrs. Emma Fort W Feb 08, 1891 Male Bellam, Mrs. John E. W Jun 19, 1891 Male Brewster, Mrs. Orra P. W Dec 19, 1891 Female 2nd child Beatty, Mrs. Lula Moore W Jul 10, 1892 Female Brewster, Mrs. Ola P. (? same as above?) W Dec 30, 1892 Male Bellamy, Mrs. John E. W Mar 27, 1893 Male Bone, Mrs. James W Aug 27, 1893 Female 5th child. Biggs, Mrs. Mary W Mar 25, 1894 Male Boulware, Mrs. R. C. W Jul 21, 1894 Female Beatty, Mrs. Lula Moore W Dec 08, 1894 Female Benton, Mrs. Clara (Col) Dec 17, 1895 Female Brewster, Mrs. J. Ed. W May 21, 1896 Female Bride, Mrs. J. C. W Oct 31, 1896 Female Barnes, Mrs. Alice W Jan 25, 1897 Male Bedell, Mrs. Alice W Jan 27, 1897 Male Blackmon, Mrs. Brit ton W Jan 29, 1897 Male Brown, Mrs. Loula Vinsort W Aug 01, 1897 Female Brewster, Mrs. J. Ed W Mar 02, 1898 Male Bush, Mrs. J. J. W Jun 19, 1898 Female Beatty, Mrs. Lula Moore W Jul 06, 1898 Female Brassell, Mrs. Eliza Ellis W Jul 24, 1898 Female Black, Mrs. Richmond (Col) May 30, 1899 Male Brooks, Mrs. A. G. W Jun 11, 1899 Female Baines, Mrs. William W Jul 16, 1900 Female Bush, Mrs. J. J. W Jul 21, 1900 Female Beatty, Mrs. W. E. W Dec 10, 1901 Male Brewster, Mrs. J. Ed. W Oct --, 1902 (?) Clark, Mrs. Dave W Dec 27,1880 Male Cherry, Mrs. Zeke W Feb 06, 1881 Female Carroll, Mrs. Paralee W Apr 07, 1881 Female Carter, Mrs. Lillie Gammage W Dec 09, 1883 Female 2nd child. Carter, Mrs. Lillie Gammage W Feb 26, 1885 Male 3rd child. - 10 pounds Cocoran, Mrs. N. W Sep 03, 1886 Female Cain, Mrs. L. L. W Feb 04, 1887 Male Capps, Mrs. Emma Ellis W May 29, 1888 Female Carter, Mrs. Lillie G. W Oct 09, 1889 Male Chadwick, Mrs. Anna W. W Oct 09, 1889 Male Cranford, Mrs. Mary D. W Oct 23, 1889 Male Collins, Mrs. Lila (Col) Nov 08, 1891 Male Chadwick, Mrs. Anna W Mar 09, 1892 Female 2nd child. Capps, Mrs. F. M. W Sep 27, 1893 Male Chadwick, Mrs. F. M. W Feb 02, 1895 Male Choate, Mrs. Lee W Sep 14, 1896 Female Chadwick, Mrs. Anna W Jun 12, 1897 Female Chadwick, Mrs. Leila W Jul 15, 1897 Male Cochran, Mrs. Naith W Aug 13, 1897 Female Cooper, Mrs. Noah (Col) Oct 11, 1897 Female Clarke, Mrs. Elmer W Oct 15, 1898 Male Cochran, Mrs. John W Aug 18, 1902 Male Cockrell, Mrs. Frank W Dec 11, 1901 Male Choate, Mrs. Lee W May 18, 1902 Male Darnall, Mrs. Fannie Chatham W Mar 03, 1885 Female Darnall, Mrs. Fannie Chatham W Jul 12, 1888 Male Davenport, Mrs. George W Apr 14, 1889 Male Davis, Mrs. Nora W Feb 10, 1891 Male Darnall, Mrs. Fannie W Mar 16, 1891 Female Duncan, Mrs. Lizzie Biggs W Mar 30, 1891 Female Duke, Mrs. Maude Belk W Apr 18, 1892 Female Dulaney, Mrs. B. G. W Jan 02, 1893 Female Donard, Mrs. C. W May 24, 1893 Male Dennard, Mrs. L. K. W May 29, 1894 Male Darnall, Mrs. W. W. W Mar 23, 1895 Female Dillard, Mrs. W. H. W Jul 23, 1895 Female Darnall, Mrs. Idell W Mar 18, 1896 Male Davis, Mrs. Susie W Jul 18, 1897 Female Darnall, Mrs. Horace W Dec 11, 1897 Male Davenport, Mrs. George W Feb 17, 1898 Female Dagnall, Mrs. Major W Nov 28, 1898 Female Donahue, Mrs. Mike W Jan 24, 1901 Female Davis, Mrs. James L. W Apr 14, 1901 Female East, Mrs. Rufus W Feb 03, 1886 Female Ethredge, Mrs. Mary Ellis W Mar 03, 1888 Female East, Mrs. Carrie Gary W Feb 20, 1889 Twins: Male 1st; Female 2nd. Etheridge, Mrs. Eliza Ellis W Jul 05, 1892 Female Ellington, Mrs. Ida Beck W Aug 02, 1897 Female Etheridge, Mrs. Ed L. W Feb 24, 1897 Female Elwood, Mrs. Allen W May 22, 1899 Served for Dr. Woodward? Ellis, Mrs. Sam A. W Sep 06, 1901 Female Finkley, Mrs. E. A. W Oct 03, 1886 Female Finkley, Mrs. Anna R. W Jan 17, 1890 Male Fite, Mrs. Emma Metcalf W Feb 04, 1890 Male Fite, Mrs. Mary W Nov 30, 1890 Male Finklea, Mrs. Anna W Oct 20, 1893 Female Fite, Mrs. Minnie W Feb 12, 1894 Male 3rd child. Finklea, Mrs. W. W. W Jun 15, 1895 Female Fite, Mrs. Fred H. W Feb 06, 1896 Male Frazer, Mrs. W. T. W Aug 29, 1896 Female Fort, Mrs. Maggie (Col) Nov 20, 1896 Male Fite, Mrs. Fred H. W Jan 19, 1898 Male Fite, Mrs. R. N. W Nov 16, 1898 Male Fite, Mrs. Joe W Jun 25, 1901 Female Fuller, Mrs. Kate W Nov 07, 1895 Female Fite, Mrs. Nannie Ellis W Jan 17, 1897 Female Gary, Mrs. Harve W Oct 11, 1882 Male Grey, Maggie (Col) Age 19; Apr 29, 1889 Female child. Garner, Mrs. Nola Parker W Nov 26, 1891 Female To be concluded in Winter issue.