Biography of Isaac Taylor Peters, M.D. ISAAC TAYLOR PETERS, M. D., has the sterling character- istics and the technical knowledge and skill which make for maximum success in the exacting profession of his choice, and he is established in active general practice at Maybeury, McDowell County. In an important mine prac- tice he is associated with his older brother, Dr. E. F. Peters, in whose personal sketch, on other pages of this work, is given adequate record concerning the family his- tory. Doctor Peters was born at Camp Creek, Mercer County, West Virginia, January 3, 1890, and is a son of Joseph and Mary Alice (Ellison) Peters, the father having been born in Virginia and the mother in West Virginia. Joseph Peters was a successful teacher prior to his marriage, and thereafter became a prosperous merchant and influential citizen of Mercer County, where he served many years as county assessor. After leaving the public schools, Doctor Peters entered the Concord State Normal School, at Athens, West Vir- ginia, 1906, and in this institution he was graduated in 1910. He taught one term of rural school and then was made superintendent of the schools of the North Fork and Elkhorn districts in McDowell County, an office of which he continued the incumbent two years. In 1918 he was gradu- ated in the Medical College of Virginia, at Richmond, Vir- ginia. In 1913, the New Medical College of Virginia con- solidated with the University College of Medicine under the name of The Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, and has nothing to do with the school at Charlottesville. In his senior year he served as an interne in the Memorial Hospi- tal at Richmond, and after receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine he passed seven months as an assistant in the Johnston & Willis Sanitarium in that city, where he gained further fortifying experience. For the ensuing ten months he was associated in practice with Dr. R. V. Shanklin, at Gary, West Virginia, and since that time he has maintained a professional alliance with his brother, at Maybeury. He has in connection with his practice a well equipped oper- ating room and also a limited number of beds for the im- mediate accommodation of patients who may require same prior to being taken to regularly constituted hospitals. Doctor Peters is an active member of the McDowell County Medical Society, and holds membership also in the West Virginia State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is a republican in political adherency, is affiliated with the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery bodies of York Rite Masonry, as is he also with the adjunct organizations, the Mystic Shrine and the Order of the Eastern Star, besides which he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. In 1920, at Huntington, this state, was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Peters to Miss Lillian V. Davis, daugh- ter of John L. and Dora (Rhodes) Davis, Mr. Davis being engaged in business as a real estate dealer, timber operator and contractor. The only child of Doctor and Mrs. Peters died in infancy. From The History of West Virginia, Old and New, page 40 Submitted by Valerie F. Crook **************************************************************** USGENWEB 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. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************