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Title: A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Johnson, E. Polk, 1844- Lewis Publishing Company
Subjects: Kentucky -- History Kentucky -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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death, which occurred in 1874, at theage of seventy-four years. His wife wasMargaret Garwood and she died in 1883, atthe age of seventy-three years. Abel Hatfieldpassed most of his life in St. Joseph county.Indiana, being a mere infant at the time ofhis parents removal to that county. He wasa farmer, horticulturist and apiarist and hedied in 1897, in his sixty-ninth year, his wifehaving passed to her reward September 26,1861. Of their six children all but one areliving. Dr. Walter S. Hatfield being the thirdin order of birth. Dr. Hatfield was reared and educated inhis native county, his rudimentary trainingbeing sup):lemented by a course in the highschool at Niles, Michigan, where his parentsresided from 1864 to 1874. In 1880 he be-gan the study of medicine, under the able pre-ceptorship of Dr. John Maurer, of SouthRend, Indiana. In 1880 he was matriculatedin the Hahnemann Medical College, at Phil-adelphia, Pennsylvania, and in this excellentinstitution he was graduated as a member of
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i HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS 1321 the class of 1882. duly receiving his degreeof Doctor of Medicine. He initiated the prac-tice of his profession at Benton Harbor, Mich-igan, and later he was engaged in practice atSouth Bend. Indiana. Jn the fall of 1883 ^^^removed to Covington, Kenton county, Ken-tucky, where he has built up a large and lu-crative practice and where he has since main-tained his home with the exception of twoyears, which he spent in the city of Cincinnati,Ohio. He is a member of the Kentucky StateSociety of Homeopathy, the Southern Homeo-pathic Society and the American Institute ofHomeopathy. In politics he accords a staunchallegiance, to the principles and policies of theRepublican party but he has never been a can-didate for political honors, preferring to givehis entire time and attention to the exactingdemands of his profession. He has evershown a deep interest in all movements pro-jected for the general welfare of the commu-nity and he is held in high co

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