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CHARLES WINTHROP FISH
FISH, CHARLES WINTROP, Physician and Surgeon, Los Angeles, Cal., was born in Hermitage, Pa., July 23, 1860, the son of Ezra T. Fish and Sarah Jane (Campbell) Fish. He married Catherine Goodfellow at Oakland, Cal., August 1, 1894, and has two sons, George W. and Farnum T. Fish, the latter being the youngest licensed aviator in the world.
Dr. Fish attended private schools until he entered Indiana State Normal School, and later was graduated from Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., with the degree A. B. He took up medicine at Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, graduating in 1884 with the degrees M. D. and M. A.
For nine years succeeding his graduation he practiced at Meadville, interrupting it for a trip to Europe (1886-87). In 1894 he moved to Los Angeles, where he has practiced successfully down to date. He is a Director of the Pacific Hospital, Surgeon for the Arizona Eastern Railway and Medical Examiner for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
He is a member of L. A. County and Cal. State Med. Societies and the American Medical Association. His clubs are the University, Gamut and Jonathan, of Los Angeles.
Transcribed by Joyce Rugeroni.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 835,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Joyce
Rugeroni.
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