Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-Dr. Aaron A. Eikenberry
Portrait and Biographical
Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
DR. AARON A. EIKENBERRY, a prominent
and respected physician of Herington,
is a native of Indiana, his birth
having occurred at Mexico, Miami
County, on the 16th of June, 1860. He is the
son of John and Nancy (Miller) Eikenberry, both
claiming Ohio as the place of their birth. The
early life of our subject was passed on a farm,
and his education was commenced in the common
schools of his native county. He continued his
education in Lebanon, Ohio, and in Ladoga, Ind.
During this time he also taught school for two
terms. He began the study of medicine with Dr.
D. M. Culver, of Whitesville, Ind., who recommended
him to Dr. John A. Cunningore, the Professor
of Surgery in the Medical College of Indiana,
at Indianapolis. After passing the requisite time
in study and practice in that institution, he graduated
in the Class of '85. During the course he
took in that college he acted as assistant to the
Professor above named.
Starting in his professional career, Dr. Eikenberry
spent the next two years in Tiosa, Fulton
County, Ind., engaged in the practice of medicine.
During his residence in that city he met the lady
who became his bride. The wedding ceremony
which united his destiny with that of Miss Mina
Wilkinson was performed January 9, 1886. Mrs.
Eikenberry was born in Macy, Miami County,
Ind. Two little ones have come to bless the home
of our worthy subject and his wife, Herbert and
Paul.
Learning of the remarkable growth of Herington,
Kan., the Doctor rightly judged it to afford a
good opening for an ambitious young professional
man, and accordingly removed here in 1887. He
has already built up a large general practice and
has also taken up several special lines of work, one
of which is the treatment of diseases of women
and children. He has met with marked success in
these specialties. Since coming here he has devoted
a great deal of attention to the bi-chloride
of gold cure. He appreciates the great need that
exists for the uplifting of his fellow-men, and sees
here the destined field of work for his future.
While it has come to him without seeking on his
part, he has entered heartily into the duties of his
noble work, and already feels a consciousness of
having accomplished a good work in freeing
many of his fellows from the terrible curse of
drunkenness. Now that the cure is no longer a
questionable method, but has had thousands of
proofs of its efficiency, and has won the grateful
praise of those who have been released from the
terrible bonds in which they have been held, he
has a large practice in this line from far and near.
he is a member of the S. D. Gross Medical Society,
of Dickinson, Davis and Morris Counties, which
society is named in honor of the great surgeon.
Socially, our subject is a member of the Knights
of Pythias, and is also a member of the Masonic
fraternity. His vote is always cast with the Democratic
party, and he is one of its stalwart advocates.
He is a member of the Christian Church, to which
he gives his earnest support. Though he has resided
in Herington but a few years, he already has
the finest practice of any physician in town. He
has a great many good qualities, and his genial
friendliness has won him many friends.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP