. "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, : J. K. Warren ofPalmer: J. F. Hadley of Chieopee: and S. Alvord of ChieopeeFalls. The present members of the society, who are residents inHampden county, are as follows: Drs. Plumb Brown, H. Carmichael, J. B. Comins, A. M. Gushing, J. ]\I. W. Green, R. F. Hovey, S. A. Lewis, Clarice J. Parsons,George Rhoads, H. E. Rice. 0. W. Roberts. Alice E. Rowe andClara J. Sweet, of Springfield: S. E. Fletcher, of Chieopee; G. B. Maxwell, of Chieopee Falls: W. F. Harding and A. T. Schoon-maker. of Westfield :
. "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, : J. K. Warren ofPalmer: J. F. Hadley of Chieopee: and S. Alvord of ChieopeeFalls. The present members of the society, who are residents inHampden county, are as follows: Drs. Plumb Brown, H. Carmichael, J. B. Comins, A. M. Gushing, J. ]\I. W. Green, R. F. Hovey, S. A. Lewis, Clarice J. Parsons,George Rhoads, H. E. Rice. 0. W. Roberts. Alice E. Rowe andClara J. Sweet, of Springfield: S. E. Fletcher, of Chieopee; G. B. Maxwell, of Chieopee Falls: W. F. Harding and A. T. Schoon-maker. of Westfield : J. P. Rand, of :Monson : H. R. Sackett. G. and Frank A. Woods, of Holyoke; and G. H. Wilkins, ofPalmer. Reminiscences. —Dv. George W. Swazey represented histor-ically and medically the homoeopathic practice in Hampdencounty during his professional life in Springfield. There mayhave been an earlier homoeopath here, but the practice only gotcharacter and success from him. He was a thoroughly honestand conscientious man. persevering, faithful, studious and ( 382 ). George W. Swiizey. M. 1). 01R COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE thoughtful. lie believed in wliat he was doiug. and there wasnot a grain of charhitanry in the way he did it. His life amongus was long, honorable and successful. He commanded publicrespect while living, he justly received its tributes, dead. He was born at p]xeter, N. II., in 1812; and entered Bow-doin college with the class of 3.). hut Ieiiioved to Dartmouth, andfinally returned to Bowdoin to graduate in Al. He began prac-tice as an allopath, being first settled in Xewburyport, butadopted the homoeopathic system as eai-ly as 1840 and continuedin it ever afterward. He Iemoved to Springfield in 1844. Hestood high in his school of medicine, and received many honorsfrom his professional associates. He was a member of the Mas-sachusetts Homoeopathic Medical society, and a member and oneof the foundei-s of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, andheld the offic
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