Wood County, West Virginia Biography of HUBERT E. GAYNOR, M. D. This file was submitted by Valerie Crook, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II, pg. 538-539 Wood HUBERT E. GAYNOR, M. D. It is far from the custom of medical men to lay claim to being the most important factors in the life of their communities, but, standing as they do as guardians at the gate of health, they undoubtedly deserve such recognition. Parkersburg, West Virginia, can be sure of receiving the best of medical attention, as this is the home of a particularly able body of physicians and surgeons, a leading member of which is a native son, Dr. Hubert E. Gaynor. Dr. Gaynor was born at Parkersburg, September 16, 1883, and is a son of Patrick H. and Margaret Jane (Harlow) Gaynor, the former of whom is a native of Athens County, Ohio, and the latter of West Union, West Virginia, Edward Gaynor, the grandfather of Dr. Gaynor, was the founder of the family in the United States. He was born in Ireland, immigrated in 1845, located in Athens County, Ohio, cleared up a pioneer farm and spent the remainder of a busy, useful life on his homestead. Patrick H. Gaynor was one of a family of six children. He was afforded excellent educational privileges in Ohio, and afterward for many years was a railroad man. He is a well known and highly respected citizen of Parkers- burg, and is a member of the police force of the city, serving in the office of desk sergeant. Hubert E. Gaynor attended the public schools at Parkers- burg through boyhood and then entered Duquesne University at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was graduated from the commercial department in 1899, and in 1904 received his degree of Bachelor of Arts. By that time he had determined on the study of medicine, and in 1905 entered Georgetown Medical University at Georgetown, Washington, D. C., from which he was graduated with his medical degree in 1909. For eighteen months following graduation Dr. Gaynor served as resident physician of the Children's Hospital at Washington, D. C. Early in 1911 he returned to Parkersburg and entered into a general practice, and has been highly successful. During the World war he was actively interested in local patriotic movements, and responded when the call went out from the government for medical assistance, setting aside his personal affairs. He was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps and was awaiting orders when the armistice was signed, when he resumed private practice at Parkersburg. Dr. Gaynor is first vice president of the West Virginia State Medical Society, and belongs also to the County Medical Society, the Georgetown Medical Society and the American Medical and the Southern Medical Associations, and since 1917 has been a member of the State Public Health Council; He still continues his interest and membership in the Phi Chi college fraternity, and is active as member of the American Legion. He belongs to the Roman Catholic Church.