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LESTER EMMETT CROSS, M. D.
L. E. CROSS, M. D., of Drs.
Cross, physicians and surgeons, Stockton, is a native of Lockport, New York,
born March 24, 1842. He received his literary education mainly at Saginaw,
Michigan. On the breaking out of the civil war he offered his services in the
Union cause, enlisting at Detroit in 1861 in the Lancer regiment, in which he
served until its disbandment, six months later. He then re-enlisted in the
Twenty-third Michigan, and was mustered in as Second Lieutenant of Company E.
The command proceeded to the front in Kentucky, and at Bowling Green he was
promoted First Lieutenant. He commanded the company until compelled, in 1863,
to resign his commission on account of failing health. Leaving the scene of
strife, he turned his attention to the profession of medicine, pursuing a
course of independent study for two years, after which he began attendance at
the Homeopathic Medical College of Missouri, in St. Louis. After his graduation
at this institution he commenced the practice of his profession at Brookfield,
Missouri. From there he afterward removed to Pensacola, Florida, where he
practiced until 1873. In that year he came to California, locating at Stockton,
where he soon took rank among the foremost practitioners, a position which he
has thenceforth easily maintained, commanding the highest respect of his
professional brethren and the esteem and confidence of the people. He is a
member of the American Institute of Homeopathy.
Dr. Cross was married in Michigan to Miss
Imogene Lyon. They have four children, viz: Harry Nelson, Edith Helena, George
L. and Walter A.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 662. Lewis Pub. Co. Chicago,
Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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