Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-William C. McRill
Portrait and Biographical
Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
WILLIAM C. McRILL, M. D., a well-known
physician and surgeon of Enterprise, is a
native of the Buckeye State, his birth occurring
in Fostoria, Seneca County, on the 3d of
September, 1846. He is a son of Elijah and Ann
(Routzen) McRill, and passed his boyhood days
under the parental roof. When a young man he
determined to engage in the practice of medicine
as his life work, and with this purpose in view he
began reading with Dr. Hale, after which he entered
the University of Wooster, in Cleveland,
and when he had pursued a two-year course of
study, was graduated with the degree of M. D. in
the Class of '76.
After taking a special examination. Dr. McRill
was at once appointed house physician in the hospital,
where he remained for two years. During
that time, the memorable Ashtabula railroad disaster
occurred and fifty-seven patients were placed
under his care. In that way he gained an experience
in surgery that is seldom met with, and
that proved a great benefit to him. On leaving
the hospital he opened an office at Fostoria, and
was there successfully engaged in practice for ten
years. At the expiration of that time, he bade
good-bye to his native State and came to Enterprise,
Kan., in January 1885. He at once opened
an office, and from the beginning has received a
liberal patronage, which is constantly increasing
and attests his skill and ability. He has a wide
reputation as a surgeon and his services are greatly
in demand in this line of practice.
During the late war, the Doctor responded to
the last call for troops, and in 1865 became a member
of the One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Ohio
Infantry. He reached Nashville the day before
the battle and participated in that memorable engagement.
With his regiment he then followed
Gen. Hood's army to Huntsville, Ala., and at that
place, while raising a block-house, he was injured
in the back by being thrown across a timber. Since
that time his health has never been what it was
before, and he has been entirely incapacitated for
all manual labor. He continued in the service until
the close of the war and then returned to Ohio,
where he remained until coming to Kansas. He
is a member of the Hancock County and Ohio
Medical Societies, and has been a regular correspondent
to some of the medical journals for several
years. He serves as examining agent for six
insurance companies, and is medical examiner and
a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
the Ancient Order of United Workmen and
the Select Knights.
On the 17th of June, 1869, the Doctor was
married to Miss Eliza A. Linhart, of Fostoria. Their
union has been blessed with three children: Anna, an
artist of considerable ability, is the wife of Edward
Staatz, of Enterprise; Carl S. and Hattie are at
home. The mother is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and is a most estimable lady.
The Doctor is enjoying a large and lucrative practice,
of which he may well be proud, and as a physician
and surgeon he ranks high.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP