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HARMON E. PRICE, M. D.
Among the leading physicians and
surgeons of Stockton is Dr. Harmon E. Price, who won distinction during the
World War for his valuable services overseas.
He was born at Mount Carmel, Illinois, on October 8, 1879, and began his
education in the public schools of his native city; later he attended the
Seminary at Friendsville, Illinois; then entered the Eclectic Medical College
of Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he was graduated with the Class of ’05 with the
degree of M. D.; he then took a post-graduate course in the Cincinnati Hospital
for one year, thus putting into practice the training received in school. Removing to Maroa,
Illinois, he practiced for a short time, then removed
to Clinton, the county seat of De Witt County, Illinois, remaining there until 1916,
when he removed to California and located at Tracy, San Joaquin County. Desiring a larger city in which to pursue his
chosen profession, after eight months’ practice in Tracy, he removed to
Stockton in 1917. In the summer of 1918,
he entered the service of his country; going to the Presidio at San Francisco,
he took a course in surgery at the Military Surgeon’s Hospital. While there he was commissioned a lieutenant
in the U. S. Army, and on June 21, 1918 he was stationed at Camp Lewis Base
Hospital; in September he was assigned to Base Hospital No. 95, but was sent
overseas with Camp Hospital No. 3, stationed at Neufchateau,
France, and later advanced to section headquarters on the front lines, where he
was under fire until the signing of the Armistice. During January, 1919, he was stationed at Perigueux, France, in connection with Base Hospital No. 95,
where he remained until March of that year, when he was assigned to the A. E.
F. University as regimental surgeon and sanitary inspector. On July 3, 1919 he received his honorable
discharge at Camp Dix, New Jersey. He
now has a captain’s commission in the reserve corps of the medical section, and
has recently been assigned to the 262nd Regiment of the 91st
Division, regimental surgeon of the reserve corps.
Dr. Price has won considerable
distinction as the author of articles on surgery and medicine, and read before
a number of medical societies. In 1908
he read a paper before the Illinois State Medical Association during its
convention in Chicago; an article on surgery, written by Dr. Price, appeared
recently in the Military Surgeon, a monthly publication, published by the
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, which has been widely
read, and considered most timely and far-reaching by the medical fraternity.
The marriage of Dr. Price united him
with Miss Dollie Marie Hurt, a native of Illinois; and they are the parents of
one son, Harmon Ellsworth, Jr. Before
coming to California Dr. Price was an active member of the Illinois Medical
Association and also of the De Witt County Illinois Medical Society; he now is
a member of the San Joaquin County and State Medical societies. He joined the Destiny Blue Lodge of Masons
No. 197 in Tacoma, Washington, but now belongs to the Morning Star Lodge of
Stockton, California. He is a 32nd
degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of Aahmes Temple A. A. O. N. M. S. of
Oakland, the Sciots of Stockton, and the Stockton Golf and Country Club.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1264. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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