Biography of Kyle M. Jarrell KYLE M. JARRELL, M. D. Engaged in the practice of medicine at Beckley since 1914, Dr. Kyle M. Jarrell has gained a firm place in the confidence and esteem of the people of this community both as a physician and a citi- zen. He is recognized as a capable practitioner and a spe- cialist in the line of children's diseases, and at present oc- cupies a position on the staff of the King's Daughters Hos- pital. He was born near Dorothy, Raleigh County, West Virginia, October 15, 1881, and is a son of William H. and Mollie (Snuffer) Jarrell. His father, born in 1850, in West Virginia, has been engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life, and since 1887 has resided on a well-improved property on Clear Creek, where he continues his operations with the same good management and industry that characterized his earlier years. He is a democrat in politics and one of his community's public-spirited citizens. He and Mrs. Jarrell are highly respected and are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church. They have three children. Dennis B., a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Maryland, class of 1915, entered the Army Med- ical Corps during the World war, trained at Camp Green- leaf, Georgia, where be received a lieutenant's commission, was promoted to a captaincy, spent two years overseas and saw service in first aid on the battle lines. Since his return in 1919 he has been associated with his brother in practice at Beckley. Bessie is the wife of Dr. . F. Easton, also a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, and now engaged in practice at Clear Creek. Kyle M. Jarrell received his early education in the little old log schoolhouse located on Clear Creek, following which he had the advantage of one year's attendance at Beckley Institute, where Professor White was his instructor. It was his youthful ambition to enter the medical profession, but the family finances were not in a condition to pay for his education, and he accordingly set out to earn the means of realizing his desires. For two years he taught school at Dorothy, saving $100 each year out of his small salary, and in the vacation periods worked in saw-mills and lum- ber camps. With the money thus earned, and a small amount borrowed from his father and long since paid back, he entered the medical college of the University of Mary- land, from which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1906, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For one year following he was an interne at University Hospital, Baltimore, and then began the practice of his calling at his home community of Clear Creek. In 1914 he did special work at the Boston City Hospital and at the Infants Hospital, Harvard, and in the same year began practice at Beckley, where he has since remained. Doctor Jarrell has always been a great lover of children, and this has caused him to make a special study of the diseases of children, in which he is accounted an authority. He was president of the board of health of Raleigh County from 1908 to 1912, and was a member of the draft board of Raleigh County during the World war, and sent 4,000 sol- diers to the training camps. Doctor Jarrell belongs to the various organizations of his profession and keeps in touch with the latest advancements made. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and while living at Clear Creek was superintendent of the Sunday school. Fraternally he is af- filiated with Beckley Lodge No. 95, A. F. and A. M.; Beck- ley Chapter, R. A. M.; Mount Hope Commandery, K. T.; Beni-Kedem Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and the Knights of Pythias; and also holds membership in the Kiwanis Club of Beckley and the Beckley Chamber of Commerce. In his political views he is a democrat. On June 15, 1910, Doctor Jarrell was united in marriage with Miss Mabel D. Allen, of Lowell, Massachusetts, daughter of George F. Allen, and to them there have been born three children: Arthur P., Eileen Lucile and Kyle M., Jr. Source: The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III pg. 139 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. ****************************************************************