Biographical Sketches

ROBERT LEE POMEROY

Is engaged in the practice of medicine in Kansas City as a representative of the regular profession. He was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, February 14, 1859, and is a son of Daniel and Jane Ann (Aylesworth) Pomeroy, also natives of Ontario. Their family numbered 5 children: William M.; Alida, wife of George W. Rogers; John R., who is present practicing medicine in St. Louis, Missouri; Robert Lee, of this sketch; and Mary Maude, wife of George Edward Lee. The father is an Episcopal minister of Ontario, and is now in charge of a church of that denomination in Highgate, Canada.

The paternal grandfather of our subject, John Pomeroy, was also born in Ontario, and carried on business as a lumber merchant. He served as a British solder in the War of 1812, and his death occurred at the advanced age of 77 years. His family numbered 7 sons and 2 daughters. The maternal grandfather of the Doctor was Job Aylesworth, also a native of Canada and a farmer by occupation. His death occurred at the ripe old age of 88 years.

Dr. Pomeroy was reared in Addington county, and attended Newburg Academy, where he was graduated with the class of 1870. He afterward entered Albert College, at Belleville, subsequently pursued his studies in Manitoba for 2 years, and later attended the Upper Canada College, at Toronto, where in 2 years he completed the course that entitled him to the degree of B. A. Returning to his father's farm he engaged in its cultivation for 2 years, after which he entered the Detroit College of Medicine, and was graduated at that institution March 21, 1887. Immediately afterward Dr. Pomeroy removed to Illinois, locating in Cullom, where he remained from November, 1887, until June, 1889. In 1890 he came to Kansas City, where he has since engaged in general practice. He has built up a good business and is a member of the Kansas City Medical and Surgical Society. Socially, he is connected with the Independence Order of Foresters, the I. O. K. of P. and La Societe Franciaise.

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