This is the name, as very many of the residents of Chautauqua county are fully aware, of one of her most successful physicians of the younger generation. Dr. Chilli's home is in Fredonia, but the field of his large and constantly increasing practive extends over an ever widening territory which embraces other portions of the county.
Joseph Louis Chilli was born Nov. 6, 1885, in Valledolmo, province of Palermo, island of Sicily, Italy, and is a son of Louis and Louisa (Moscata) Chilli, the former a farmer in Sicily and also in the United States, being a prominent man in the Italian circles of Chautauqua county. The earliest education of Joseph Louis Chilli was received in public schools of his native land, and when about eight years of age he was brought by his parents to the United States. He attended the public schools of Fredonia, afterward taking a college course at the State Normal School at Fredonia. Entering the medical department of the University of Buffalo, he graduated in 1913 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Before graduating Dr. Chilli served as interne in Columbus Hospital and in Erie County Hospital after graduation, both institutions being in Buffalo. In 1914 he began practice in Fredonia, and later spent six months in New York City, taking a post-graduate course in surgery. In this branch of his profession he is particularly interested and expects, eventually, to become a surgical specialist. He has an office in Dunkirk in addition to the one in Fredonia, and his large practice in [sic] not confined to his own nationality.
In politics Dr. Chilli is a Republican, and during the recent war was associated with various forms of activity, serving on the finance committee. He is a member of the Home Defence Corps. Among the professional organizations in which he is enrolled are the American Medical Society, the New York State Medical Association, the Chautaqua County Medical Association, and the Dunkirk-Fredonia Medical Association. He belongs to all the local Italian societies, and is a member of the Roman Catholic church of Fredonia. Dr. Chilli's career has certainly opened under the most favorable auspices, and it is to be confidently expected that, as years go on, he will become one of the "men of mark" in his chosen profession.
From: History of Chautauqua County, New York and its people, by ANONYMOUS. Published 1921.
