San Joaquin County
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DR. GEORGE S. HARKNESS
DR. GEORGE S. HARKNESS, of
Stockton, was born in this city December 21, 1856, his parents being George S.
and Mary A. (French) Harkness. They came with their family in 1852 from
Jackson, Michigan, to California, by the southern route from Salt Lake, viz: by
way of Los Angeles, and located in Stockton. Here the Doctor’s father was among
the first to prosecute the business of boring wells. He died here in 1879, and
his widow is yet living.
Dr. Harkness commenced his education in
the public schools of this city, graduated in the class of 1873, taught a
school four years, attended the University of California in 1877-’78, then
Cornell University, graduating in the class of 1881, and then began the study
of his chosen profession, first in the office of C. B. Hutchins, of San
Francisco, and then a year at Cooper Medical College, and finally at the
College of Physicians and Surgeons at Chicago, where he graduated in 1884. In
that city he was then appointed on the house staff of the Cook County Hospital,
and officiated in that capacity a year and a half; since then he has practiced
his profession here in Stockton. He is surgeon for Nemo Lodge, K. of P., and of
Stockton Castle, No. 8, Knights of the Golden Eagle; is a member of Stockton
Parlor, N. S. G. W., and Secretary of the San Joaquin Medical Society. In his
calling he enjoys a very high standing. While in Chicago he married Miss
Margaret Delphine Rearden.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 485-486. Lewis Pub.
Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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