San Francisco
County
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DR. JOHN
DAVIS HARTLEY
(Supreme Medical Director of O. of G. S.)
Dr. Hartley, the subject of our
sketch, was born in Baltimore, Md., in the year 1848. He began life for
himself, at the early age of seventeen years, by teaching school. In 1870 he
completed a classical education at Adrian College, Mich., after which he entered
the Medical Department of the University of Michigan, graduating therefrom (sic) in the year 1873, with honor.
He is a thorough student and
polished gentleman, who has always ranked high in his profession. He has
devoted much of his time to hospital work in New York city,
with credit to himself and benefit to his patients.
He has always enjoyed a lucrative
practice and has been eminently successful in his chosen profession. He located
permanently in San Francisco in 1883. In 1886 he was elected to membership in
the San Francisco County Medical Society. The same year he was elected a member
of the California State Medical Society. He has been a permanent member of the
American Medical Association since 1874 and represented the State af (sic) California as a delegate
to the ninth International Medical Congress which met in Washington, D. C.,
September 5, 1887.
He is prominent in the Masons, Odd
Fellows and Knight of Pythias. The Eastern Star and Rebekahs claim him as a co-laborer. In Odd Fellowship he has
held high places of honor and trust. He is Surgeon to the Second Regiment of
the Uniform Rank, I. O. O. F., with the rank of Major. He has held various
offices in the Knights of Pythias and is Surgeon of
the First California Regiment U. R. K. of P., with the rank of Major. He is the
Supreme Medical Director of the Order of the Golden Shire and is one of its
Directors.
Transcribed By: Cecelia M. Setty.
Source: “Illustrated Fraternal Directory Including
Educational Institutions on the Pacific Coast, Page 163, Publ. Bancroft
Co., San Francisco. Cal. 1889.
© 2012 Cecelia
M. Setty.
San Francisco County Biographies