GAILEY, DARWIN S., M.D. a physician and surgeon of Ashland, is one of the best examples of the skilled medical man of his generation to be found in Cass County. He was born at Prentice, Morgan County, Ill., January 2, 1876, a son of Dr. William Watson and Mary E. (Sinclair) Galley, natives of Newcastle, Pa., and Sinclair, Morgan County, Ill. The father was a physician and surgeon who located in Morgan County soon after the Civil war, where he died September 27, 1911. The mother lives at Jacksonville, Ill. Their children were as follows: Byron S., who is of Jacksonville, Ill.; Darwin S.; E. P., who is an attorney at law at Houston, Tex.; Marsh D., who died in infancy; W. W., Jr., who is a physician of Bloomington, Ill.; and Rowena, who is a resident of Chicago.

Darwin W. Gailey attended the University of Michigan and the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, and after receiving his medical degree began practicing at Ashland on June 20, 1897. A few months later he went to Utah, and spent six months at Ogden, after which he returned to Ashland and resumed his practice. he is admittedly the leading physician of this place.

On September 25, 1897, Dr. Gailey was married to Lee Elmore, born in Morgan County, Ill., a daughter of V. C. and Elizabeth Elmore. Dr. and Mrs. Gailey have two children: Elmore and Dana Elizabeth. Dr. Gailey has served as a member of the town board, and was president of that body for some time, and at present is president of the board of education. A Republican, he has been his party's district committeeman for many years. In every relation of life, Dr. Gailey has proven himself a man of worth, and his value is appreciated by his fellow townsmen.