Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Ober, Levi E. July 31, 1819 - March 26, 1881
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LEVI E. OBER, M.D., (deceased); a native of Vermont, was born at Rockingham, 
Windham Co., July 31, 1819, and was the son of William and Fanny (Fairbanks) 
Ober. In 1830, the family removed to Ohio and settled on a farm at Claridon, 
Geauga Co.; Levi remaining constantly at home until 18 years of age, assisting 
in tilling the soil, and attending school, a part of the time at an academy 
near by. Having an ingenious turn of mind, he was naturally led into 
mechanical pursuits; for some years he worked more or less at different 
trades, in order to procure means for prosecuting his studies, and continued 
his literary studies, interspersed with manual labor, until about 1843. Mr. 
Ober began to study medicine with Dr. Storm Rhosa, of Painesville, about 1845. 
He continued the same with Dr. Richmond, of Chardon, and attended lectures at 
the Medical Department of Western Reserve College, Cleveland, and at the 
Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati; and in March, 1850, he took the first 
diploma issued by the last-named institution. Subsequently, he received a 
homeopathic diploma from the same college. Afterward he attended a course of 
lectures at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. During the year 1850, 
Dr. Ober began the practice of homeopathy at Moline, Ill., and continued there 
for seven years. He removed to La Crosse, Wis., in 1857, and was there 
constantly engaged in practicing medicine, except when attending medical 
lectures or traveling to recruit his health, impaired by overwork. Twice he 
was obliged to retire for a season to recuperate. In 1872, he went to Europe, 
traveling through England, Belgium, parts of Germany, Switzerland, and 
spending the winter of 1872 and 1873 in Italy. While abroad he visited 
hospitals, and in various ways largely extended his researches in medical 
science. Dr. Ober spared no pains in cultivating himself and in increasing his 
skill in the healing art, and spent some time in attending clinical lectures, 
and in the Eye and Ear Infirmary of New York. He was one of the original 
members of the Illinois Homeopathic Medical Association, and aided in forming 
the present Homeopathic Medical Society of Wisconsin, and was President of 
both organizations, and also presided over the National Medical Society. He 
had an honorary degree from the Hahnemann College, Chicago. Dr. Ober was a 
very active member of the Baptist Church, a Deacon of the same, and one of its 
most liberal supporters. In all religious and benevolent matters, he took a 
deep interest, and was in every respect a kind, sympathizing and true man. In 
politics, he was Republican, of Whig antecedents, but took little interest in 
political matters more than to perform his duties as a citizen. Dr. Ober had 
two wives; the first was Abigail Carr, of Jefferson, Ohio, to whom he was 
married in November, 1843, and who died in August, 1875, leaving two children; 
the second was Mrs. Helen M. Burbank Whitney, of St. Paul, Minn.; they were 
married in September, 1876. Dr. Ober died March 26, 1881. He was a good 
surgeon, a skillful aurist, and an eminent and successful general practitioner.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 781.

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