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CHARLES PERRY BAGG, M. D.
Entering upon his medical career when a young man of twenty-two, Dr. Charles Perry Bagg was for nearly twenty years a surgeon in the United States Navy. He was then placed on the retired list and took up his residence in Los Angeles, where he also conducted business affairs of importance. Of New England ancestry, he was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, March 23, 1866, and was a son of Henry Clay and Marion Elizabeth (Mullen) Bagg.
As a lad Dr. Bagg came with the family to California in 1880 and obtained his high school education in Los Angeles, graduating with the class of 1884. In this city he prepared for his chosen career as a student in the medical department of the University of Southern California, from which he received the M. D. degree in 1888, graduating with the first class from that institution. Following his graduation he joined the medical corps of United States Navy, becoming assistant surgeon with the rank of ensign, March 17, 1892. He continued in active service until November 16, 1911, when he was placed on the retired list because of physical disability with the rank of lieutenant commander. After his retirement from the service of the navy, Dr. Bagg maintained an office in Los Angeles. A capable business man of high standing, he was president of the Western Union Oil Company and had full charge of the Bicknell estate at the time of his death, which occurred on July 29, 1928, when he was sixty-two years of age and at the zenith of his career.
A broad-minded man of liberal views, Dr. Bagg was unbiased in politics, voting as his judgment dictated, and his influence was ever on the side of movements of reform, progress and improvement. In religious belief an Episcopalian, he was a conscientious follower of the teachings of his church and a generous contributor to its support. His professional affiliations were with the Los Angeles and California State Medical Societies, the American Medical Association, the National Society of Medical Advancement, the National Tuberculosis Association and the Society of Military Surgeons of the United States. He belonged to the Army and Navy Club of America, the Jonathan Club of Los Angles and the Los Angeles Country Club. His was a well spent life, crowned with successful achievement, and his uprightness, his kindliness and gracious qualities endeared him to all who knew him.
Dr. Bagg’s devotion to his wife and children was one of his salient traits. On the 3rd of December, 1902, he was married to Miss Edna J. Bicknell, of Los Angeles, a daughter of the late John D. Bicknell, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Besides his widow, who resides at 322 South Rossmore avenue, Los Angeles, Dr. Bagg is survived by two sons and a daughter: Marion Nancy Bagg, who married McDowell V. Eastman; John D. Bicknell Bagg; and Charles Carroll Bagg.
Transcribed by Joyce Rugeroni.
Source: California
of the South Vol. II, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages
183-184, Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 Joyce Rugeroni.
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