San Joaquin County
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DR. HERMAN R. BULSON &
DR. CHARLES HERMAN BULSON
DR. H. R. BULSON, of
Stockton, is a native of Rochester, New York, born March 4, 1841. When he was a
mere child, his father died, and he was brought up in Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, where he received a thorough literary education. When the civil
war broke out, he enlisted in the Union cause, joining the Erie regiment, in
the three-months’ service, and went with his command
to Washington, in the defense of which he served until mustered out. After his
discharge, he went to Michigan, locating at Dundee, Monroe County. He soon
decided, however, to re-enter the service, and enlisted at Detroit, September
22, 1861, for three years, in Company K, First Michigan Cavalry. He served
principally in the Shenandoah valley and Western
Virginia under General Pope and Sheridan. He was discharged on account of
disability incurred in the service, July 3, 1863. He then went back to
Michigan, and commenced the study of medicine under Drs. Munger
and Newcombe at Dundee, with whom he remained about
two years, taking a through course of office reading. He attended lectures one
year in the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, then
took a similar course at Rush Medical College, Chicago, and finished with two
years’ attendance on lectures at the medical department of the Northwestern
University. He also attended several terms of lectures
at various times since. His medical education has been most thorough, and he
has taken several diplomas. During the early part of his career as a physician
he practiced in Michigan, but later removed to Wisconsin. Owing to the failing
health of his family he came out to California, and practiced in Eureka,
Humboldt County, until 1889, when he was compelled to relinquish a splendid
practice there on account of the climate of that locality being unsuited to his
health. He chose a location in Stockton, which has since been his home, and
where he already ranks in the highest circles of his profession. He was a
member of the State Medical Society of Michigan and Wisconsin while practicing
in those States. In Eureka he served one term as health and quarantine officer,
and was commissioned Surgeon of the Sixth Brigade, National Guard of California,
resigning the office when he removed to Stockton. He is a Chapter Mason and a
member of the G. A. R. Of his three sons, the oldest died at the age of sixteen
and the second, C. H., whose sketch appears below, is practicing medicine in
partnership with his father. The third son, W. H., is at this writing (1890)
taking a college course in San Francisco.
DR. C. H. BULSON is a native of Bloomingdale, Michigan, born November
6, 1867. Before he had reached the age of seven years, his parents removed to
Rock County, Wisconsin, and there he was educated. He accompanied his father to
California in 1883, and studied medicine with his father and with his uncle,
Dr. S. B. Davis. He attended the Cooper Medical College, San Francisco, and the
Rocky Mountain University, Denver, Colorado, where he graduated, April 9, 1889.
He has had extensive experience in the hospitals and free dispensaries of the
East, and has been engaged in active practice since coming to Stockton.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 461-462. Lewis Pub. Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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