Cowlitz County WA Archives Biographies.....Sells, M. D., Clifford Joseph  September 1, 1890 - 
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     CLIFFORD JOSEPH SELLS, M. D.  Among the capable and successful medical 
practitioners of Cowlitz county, Washington, one of the most highly respected 
is Dr. Clifford J. Sells, of Longview, whose splendid professional 
qualifications and sterling character have gained for him enviable standing in 
the community. Dr. Sells was born at Avoca, Pottawattamie county, Iowa, on the 
1st day of September, 1890, and is a son of Clinton and Sadie (McKay) Sells. 
His father, who was born at Avoca, Iowa, in 1864, and comes of Pennsylvania 
Dutch ancestry, is now living in Council Bluffs, that state, and his mother, 
who was of Scottish and Irish descent, was born at Princeton, Missouri, in 
1866, and died at Council Bluffs in 1921.

     Clifford J. Sells attended the public schools and graduated from high 
school at Neola, Iowa, in 1909. He matriculated in the Creighton Medical 
College, at Omaha, Nebraska, and was graduated with the degree of Doctor of 
Medicine in 1913, after which he served one year as interne in St. Mary's 
hospital at Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1921 he also took postgraduate work at 
St. Mary's. He entered upon the practice of his profession at Dooley, Montana, 
in 1914, remaining there until 1921, when he moved to Plentywood, that state, 
where he practiced until November, 1925, since which time he has been a 
resident of Longview. While living in Montana, the Doctor served as health 
officer and physician for the poor in Sheridan county. Since coming to 
Longview he has built up a large practice, in which he has met with uniform 
success in his efforts to combat disease, and has gained recognition as a 
trustworthy physician.

     On November 25, 1915, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dr. Sells was united in 
marriage to Miss Mary Cecilia Lally, who was born near Chicago, Illinois, in 
November, 1890, and is a trained nurse, being a graduate of St. Mary's 
Hospital, Minneapolis. She is a daughter of Peter and Anna (Dempsey) Lally, 
both of whom were born in Illinois. The father met an accidental death in 
Minneapolis in 1918 and the mother is still a resident of that city. Dr, and 
Mrs. Sells are the parents of four children: Theresa Hazel, born in 1916; 
Rosemary, born in 1919; William Paul, in 1924, and Robert Richard, born in 
1926. In his political views, Dr. Sells is a democrat, while fraternally he is 
a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Ancient Order of 
United Workmen and the Pacific Woodmen, and also the Longview Country Club. He 
is vice president and a member of the medical staff of the Longview Memorial 
Hospital, and maintains professional affiliation with the Cowlitz County 
Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical 
Association. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church and gives his support 
to all measures having for their object the advancement of the community along 
civic or moral lines. Cordial and affable in manner, he has won many warm 
friendships throughout this locality and is popular socially.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 688-689

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