Louis D. MEAD, M.D., was a son of the late LEWIS R. MEAD, an honored California pioneer to whom a memoir is entered in the
preceding sketch, and he survived his father by virtually an exact period of
two years, his death having occurred June 14, 1918, at Byron Hot Springs, his
father having passed away June 13, 1916. Their respective funerals were
held on the same date in June of the two years noted.
Dr. Louis Durant MEAD was born in the City of San
Francisco, on the 31st of March 1875, and thus he was forty-three years of age
at the time of his death.
Doctor MEAD received his early education in the public
schools of his native city, and thereafter completed an advanced academic
course in the University of California, in which he was graduated with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts. By preparation for his chosen profession he
then entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, this
being the medical department of Columbia University, and after receiving from
this great institution the degree of Doctor of Medicine he returned to
California and engaged in the practice of his profession at Byron Hot Springs,
a health and pleasure resort owned by his father. He later engaged in
general practice in the City of San Francisco, gained prestige as one of the
able and representative physicians and surgeons of his native city, and here
continued in the successful work of his humane calling until the close of his
life. In every sense he fully upheld the prestige of a family name that
had long been known and highly honored in California. Doctor MEAD was an active
member of the California State Medical Society and the American Medical
Association, and by his character and services dignified and honored his
profession. He was a member of the Masonic order, his local lodge being
located in Antioch, California. He was a communicant of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, as is also his widow, who still resides in San Francisco.
On the 31st of October, 1905, was solemnized the marriage of
Doctor MEAD and Miss Charlotte LANNEAW, a native of New York State. The
one child of the union, Blanche D., was born June 22, 1910, remains with her
widowed mother, the later having been born and reared in the State of New York.
Transcribed by Deana Schultz.
Source: "The San
Francisco Bay Region" Vol. 3 page 50 by Bailey Millard. Published by The
American Historical Society, Inc. 1924.
© 2004 Deana Schultz