Research background:
In September 2014, Kim Johnson contributed two separate items; (1) the Dr. Twitchell photo (below) and (2) the Dr. Twitchell news article (below).
Kim discovered these two items within Ancestry.com records. The date of the article's first appearance is unknown. If the handwriting on the right panel of the image is accurate, then it links the image to the story.
"HERBERT EUGENE TWITCHELL was born in Chatfield, Minnesota, March 27, 1855 and was the first white child native to the village.
With his sisters Edna, Carpie and Martha (the only brother died in infancy) he was educated, first in the schools of Chatfield, attending Chatfield Academy in its short, but honorable, span. He then went to Normal School at Winona, Minnesota - teaching school, for a time afterward, in the Chatfield public schools.
His formal medical training he received in the Louisville Medical College, where he graduated in 1877, after having received a scholarship. He began the practice of medicine in the small city of Darrtown,Ohio, and in 1882 received postgraduate training at the University of Cincinnati.
In 1885 he took the hospital course at the Cincinnati General Hospital and, on April 18, 1886, he opened an office at Hamilton,Ohio where he practiced his profession, until a few years before his death.
In 1878, he was married Carrie A. Spencer of Louisville, and of this union one child was born, Anna Spencer Twitchell, who is now Mrs. Dwight Person of Los Angeles, California, who gained some prominence as a writer of verse for our leading periodicals. She was a member of the Poetry Society of America, and has published one volume of verse, W...STAR AND GRASS, a copy of which is in the Chartield Library. Carrie Spencer Twitchell died May 14, 1885.
The late president McKinley appointed Dr. Twitchell one of the surgeons of the First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with the rank of Captain, during the Spanish American War and he served until the end of the war in 1898.
In October, 1915, Dr. Twichell was named Surgeon of the Central Branch of the National Military home in Dayton, but did not accept the position. Dr. Twitchell was a member of the Sons of The Revolution and of the Military Order of the LO...Legion of the U.S.A. which consists of sons of officers of the Army of the United States."
The historic sketch of Herbert Eugene Twitchell that appears at the right was discovered on March 25, 2019, during an Internet search.
The illustrated book from which this item was copied is titled "Biographical and HIstorical Sketches - A Narrative of Hamilton and Its Residents - from 1792 to 1896." The author is Stephen D. Cone.
It seems noteworthy to report that the book is dedicated to Herbert E. Twitchell.
More info about Dr. Twitchell...
A collection of excerpts from Mr. Miller's diaries, spanning the years 1900 - 1937, appears at the L.A. Diaries.
We have evidence of Dr. Twitchell serving the Darrtown community in the year 1884, as he is named as the physician who directed the exhumation of a murdered widow. (The citation is found on page six of the book titled "Where's Your Mother, George?") See "Murder 1884" in the list of topics in this History section.
Given the years associated with Dr. Twitchell's life span and other life-markers reported below, it appears that Dr. Twitchell served Darrtown and vicinity in the late 1870s and/or early 1880s. It seems that the person who wrote the article was not familiar with Darrtown, as he referred to the village of Darrtown as a "small city." Also, Dr. Twitchell is cited as the local physician that directed the exhuming of a murder victim's body during the investigation of the 1884 Schneider murder case.
Links to Doctor pages:
Dr. Cowen Dr. Shaffer Dr. Twitchell Dr. Wilkie
