Dr. Julius Eugene Pinguely
Campbell
County's Country Doctor
Dr. Julius E Pinguely-Photo Courtesy of
the Campbell County Historical Society
Julius Eugene Pinguely was born October 9, 1858 in Nashville Tennessee to Jules Alphonso and Clara V (Strachauer) Pinguely. His father, Jules was born December 26, 1828 in Paris, France and died September 8, 1888. His mother, Clara was born 20 March 1841 in Germany and died May 1, 1917. Both of his parents are buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Grants Lick.
Children of Jules Alphonso Pinguely and Clara V Strachauer
1. Julius Eugene
Pinguely b-9 Oct 1858 in Nashville Tenn; d-16 Jan 1947 in Dayton Kentucky; ashes
buried in Evergreen Cemetery
2. Fredrick St. Clair Pinguely b-19 Dec 1860 in Nashville; died 9 June 1953 in
Kenton Co; married Lillian Brendel 16 June 1900 in Newport Ky.
3. Clarence Phillip Pinguely b-14 Oct 1865 in Nashville; d-20 Apr 1929 in
Indian Springs Ky. buried in Oakland Cemetery
4. Lillian Pinguely b-1881 in Cincinnati
Julius' father who was a school teacher, moved the family to Cincinnati where they operated a dancing school. Julius graduated from the Medical College of Ohio in March 1888 and started a practice in Grants Lick which was near where his family had located. From the 1900 Census, the Pinquely residence was at Persimmon Grove Road and Licking Turn Pike in Grants Lick.
On August 28 1901 Dr. Julian E. married Nellie Baker who was born February 10, 1878; daughter of Thomas Jefferson Baker & Minerva Rosetta Bryan from Grants Lick Ky.
Children of Dr. Julius Eugene Pinguely and Nellie Baker
1. Douglas Bryan Pinguely b-31 July 1902 in Campbell Co; died 23 Aug 1984; m-Catherine
Ida Newman 2 Jan 1930; she died 8 Jan 1983
2. Gwendolyn Pinguely b-1905 in Campbell Co; m-a Williamson
3. Donald Pinguely b-6 Apr 1910 in Ross; d-20 Nov 1928 in a plane crash in Cincinnati.
He was a student aviator learning how to fly. He was buried in Evergreen
Cemetery Nov 27.
Children of Frederick St Clair Pinguely and Lillian Brendel
1. Clara V Pinguely b-1 Dec 1900; d-7 Oct 1971 in Covington;
m-a Molique
2. Lillian C Pinguely b-27 Apr 1919 in Campbell Co; m-a Lyle
Children of Douglas Bryan Pinguely and Catherine Ida Newman
1. Douglas Eugene Pinguely b-1933
2. Donna Nell Pinguely b-1934
In 1910 Dr. Pinguely family resided at Lot #464 Melbourne Ave in Melbourne. In 1915 Walker Benjamin and Margaret Elizabeth Ashford Newman and family from Newport and were located in Melbourne across from the Pinguelys. In the summer of 1917, Dr. Pinguely ran for county commissioner.
Ronald Newman says he often rode with Dr. Pinguely caring for his patients in his model T. Dr. Pinguely was Chairman of the Trustees when Melbourne was incorporated in 1912. His brother Clarence Philip was also a trustee.
On April 21, 1938 he was honored by the Kentucky Medical Association with a banquet at the Highland Country Club in Ft. Thomas as a member of the association who had completed 50 years of practice in Northern Kentucky.
During his career he had a number of papers published several of which were; A Treatment for Cancer in The Medical World Sept. 1929; Epilepsy and Dementia Praecox and a Few of Its Allegory, Kentucky Medical Journal October 1942.
He died at Speers Memorial Hospital in Dayton January 16, 1947,
and his ashes were buried in Evergreen Cemetery.