Hamleye
Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing
Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington",
published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
EUGENE C. HAMLEY, M. D.,
The town of Sprague is to be congratulated upon securing the subject of
this article as a permanent resident, and no compilation, purporting to
give mention to the leading men of this county would be complete without
his name and an epitome, at least, of his career. Dr. Hamley is a
talented and up-to-date man in every respect and is abreast with the rapidly
advancing science of medicine, being master of his profession. His
extensive research and exhaustive study in the various departments, coupled
with a natural ability of the highest order, have combined to place him
a real leader in the science, fitted for the intricate problems attendant
on the practice of medicine.
Eugene C. Hamley was born in Maquoketa, Iowa,
on September 12, 1879, the son of Nathaniel A. and Hannah (Arnold) Hamley,
natives of England and Washington, D. C., respectively, and now dwelling
in Iowa, retired, but expect soon to come to Washington to live.
After completing a fine high school education, Eugene spent three years
in the study and practice of pharmacy, being registered as a pharmacist
in Iowa. Then came two years of study in the College of Physicians
and Surgeons in Chicago, after which he spent the same length of time in
the famous Rush Medical College in Chicago. His graduation was in
the class of 1902, having been selected out of a class of two hundred and
fourteen to a fellowship in that college, owing to his special attainments
in the departments of gynecology and obstetrics. He also received
the marked distinction of being appointed to the faculty of the institution,
being also allowed the privilege of practicing on the outside. He
continued in this for one year, and then determined to come west, and accordingly
selected Sprague as the point of his labors and located here in 1903.
In order to do this, Dr. Hamley gave up a life appointment and remuneration
in Rush Medical College, which is in itself a distinction and position
well worthy to be sought after by a lifelong study. However, he preferred
to step into a field where he could win other laurels and could use his
skill and acquirements for the benefit of the suffering. The doctor
has fitted up a suite of offices, which are equal to any in the state and
has them supplied with a magnificent library, and all the applicances known
to modern surgery and a general practice of medicine. He is being
received by the people in a becoming manner and already his offices are
thronged with those seeking relief at his hands.
In Iowa, on August 1, 1899, Dr. Hamley married
Miss Getta May Crane, the daughter of Ransford and Getta (Clark) Crane,
natives of Jackson county, Iowa, where they now live. To this union,
one child, Myrtle May, has been born. The doctor is a member of the
I. O. O. F. and the K. P. He also belongs to Spokane County, State
and American Medical Associations. Dr. Hamley is medical examiner
for seven of the old line insurance companies, and five of the leading
fraternal beneficiary societies in Sprague. He owns a beautiful residence
on Fourth street, surrounded with pleasant and attractive grounds, and
the home is the center of refined hospitality where Mrs. Hamley, as a gracious
and cultured hostess, presides with charming graces. The doctor and
his wife are already the center of a large circle of admiring friends and
his advent to the Evergreen State was a matter of great gain to us.
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