Early 1900s Ledger DR NW Clark ROSSVILLE INDIANA Physician Surgeon Doctor 571pgs

Description

Based on the receipts found in this ledger (not included, posted on another listing), this was the personal ledger of Dr. N W Clark of Rossville, Indiana, (Carroll County). This is a large ledger, with over 500 pages FULL of names of patients of local citizens. There is a section in the front that is missing some pages to show what page each patient is on. Only ABCD is included. It’s organized by patient. Some pages have lots of entries, some have very few. There’s a few scrap pieces of paper included that notes and numbers were taken on. As you can see, the binding is in really rough shape and this book is just sort of hanging together at this point. Ledger measures 13″ by 8″ by nearly 2″ thick. Dates, when found, are from the early 1900s. 571 pages.
Here is a short biography found online of Dr. N W Clark:
CLARK, N. W. (M.D.)
The medical profession of Clinton county has an able and very
promising representative in the person of Dr. N. W. Clark,
physician and surgeon, of Rossville, a man yet young in years
but who has practiced in this locality long enough to prove
himself to be the possessor of the necessary qualifications to
make a success in this particular field of endeavor. Not only
was he seemingly singled out by Mother Nature for this special
vocation, but he has put forth every effort to advance himself,
is a profound student and is enamored of his work, deeming it a
privilege to bring succor to the diseased and the sick in
general.
Dr. Clark was born August 29, 1870, in Carroll county, Indiana,
a son of Joseph B. CLARK, a well known citizen of that section
of the Hoosier state, now living in retirement in the town of
Flora. He was born in Union county, Indiana, where he was
reared and educated. During the Civil war he served as a member
of the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
He married Mary EIKENBURY, who is now deceased. To them four
children were born, two sons and two daughters; Dr. N. W., of
this sketch; Albert M., a farmer living near Flora; Mrs. Nellie
HODSON, of Moreland, Indiana, and Fanny (deceased).
Mr. Clark married for his second wife Anna EATON and had one
child, Scott, who is a farmer near Flora, Indiana.
The Clark family came to Indiana in 1830 and entered government
land in Union county, beginning life there like the other
pioneers of the state. Joseph B. Clark went to Carroll county
in early manhood and there became a highly respected and
successful man. He belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic,
and the United Brethren church.
Dr. Clark was reared on the farm in his native county and
received a common school education, later attending the State
Normal, after which he followed teaching for several years in
Carroll county. He began the study of medicine while still
teaching, and in order to properly qualify for practice he spent
three years in the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis,
where he made an excellent record, and from which institution he
was graduated in 1904. He had also spent one year in a medical
college in Chicago. He located in Rossville in 1906 and has
since been engaged here as a physician and surgeon, building up
a large, lucrative and constantly growing practice and taking
his place in the front rank of his professional brethren in this
county. He is a close student of new methods of treatment.
Dr. Clark was married December 25, 1909, at Flora, Indiana, to
Rose CLINE, of that city, where she grew to womanhood and was
educated. She is a daughter of Henry CLINE, a well known
citizen there.
Dr. Clark is a Republican and has been active in party affairs.
He is a member of the Masonic Order and the Knights of Pythias.
He is a member of the Clinton County Medical Society and the
Indiana State Medical Society.
Source: Pages 862-863 History of Clinton County, Indiana…. With
Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical
Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh.
Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company – Indianapolis, Indiana