Biography of Roscoe D. McMillan, MD - Summers Co. WV The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II, pg. 605 ROSCOE D. McMILLAN, M. D., one of the able and popu- lar physicians and surgeons of Summers County, has been established in successful general practice at Hinton, the county seat, since 1821. He was born at Rowland, North Carolina, September 13, 1887, and is a son of Dr. Benjamin F. and Lou (Purcell) McMillan. Dr. Benjamin F. Mc- Millan provided by his service as a teacher in the public schools the means with which to defray the expenses of his higher academic and his professional education. In 1882 he was graduated in the medical department of the Univer- sity of Maryland, and he has since taken post-graduate courses in New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore. After his reception of the degree of Doctor of Medicine he was engaged in practice at Rowland, North Carolina, until 1899, since which time Red Springs, that state, has represented the stage of his professional activities. The Doctor served one term as a member of the North Carolina Legislature, in which he was assigned to important house committees. He is a democrat, a progressive and public- spirited citizen, is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Pythias, is actively identified with the North Carolina State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and is local surgeon for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. He is a director of the Bank of Red Springs, and in that place he and his wife are zealous mem- bers of the First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Roscoe D. McMillan attended the North Carolina Military Academy, and in 1905 he graduated from the Uni- versity of North Carolina. In 1910 he graduated from the medical department of his father's professional alma mater, the University of Maryland, at Baltimore, and he further fortified himself by one year of service as an interne in the University Hospital in that city. Since receiving his de- gree of Doctor of Medicine he has taken supplementary courses in the New York Post Graduate Medical College, in 1919 and 1921, besides which, in 1912, he took a post- graduate course at Baltimore. In the World war period he became a member of the Medical Corps of the United States Army, with the rank of first lieutenant, but he was not called into service overseas. Dr. McMillan was associated with his father and his cousin, Dr. J. L. McMillan, in prac- tice at Red Springs, North Carolina, from the time of his graduation in the medical college until December, 1921, when he came to Hinton and opened an office, which has since continued the central point of the substantial and representative general practice he has here developed and which is constantly expanding. The Doctor is a member of the Summers County Medical Society, the West Virginia State Medical Society, the Tri-State Medical Society (North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia), the Atlantic Coast Line Surgeons Association, and the American Medical Association. He is a member of the Rotary Club at Hin- ton, is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias and the Elks, and he and his wife hold mem- bership in the Presbyterian Church. The year 1912 recorded the marriage of Dr. MeMillan and Miss Gertrude Garrison, a daughter of Lewis E. Garri- son, who resides in Northumberland County, Virginia, and is a pilot in the merchant-marine service. Dr. and Mrs. McMillan have two children: Roscoe D., Jr., and Franklin Ellison. Submitted by Valerie 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. ****************************************************************