Biographical Sketches
CHARLES E. WILSON
Of Kansas City, a physician of the regular profession, was born in Buter county, Iowa, November 25, 1863, and is a son of Robert H. and Mary (Chamberlin) Wilson. His father was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, April 19, 1818, and was a farmer by occupation. In his native state he was married, and in 1865 removed to LaFayette county, Missouri, where his death occurred in 1881, when he had attained the age of 67 years. He left 6 children , of whom the following are now living: Thomas C., a coal dealer of Mayview, LaFayette county, Missouri; Homer C., a banker at Waco, Texas; William B., a lawyer of Lexington, Missouri; and the Doctor.
The paternal grandfather of our subject was William Wilson, who was born in Kent county, Maryland, in 1762, and afterward removed to Ohio county, Virginia. He served as orderly sergeant under General Greene in the Revolutionary war, having enlisted at the age of 17. The maternal grandfather was John Chamberlin, a native of the Old Dominion who removed to the Buckeye state, where he carried on farming and freighting.
The Doctor came to LaFayette county, Missouri, when about 2 years of age, and when a young man of 17 accompanied his father to Texas, where he spent about 1 year, returning then to Lexington, Missouri, where he completed his education by a course in Wentworth Academy. After leaving school he served for 4 years as a clerk on a drug store, and in 1887 he came to Kansas City, taking up the study of medicine under the guidance of Dr. George Halley, with whom he is now associated. He attended lectures at the Kansas City Medical College, and was graduated in 1889. Shortly after completing his course he was appointed local surgeon for the Union Pacific Railroad Company at Kansas City, Kansas. In 1890 he was appointed assistant surgeon for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company, the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, an the Kansas City Cable Company, with headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1892 he resigned these positions and entered into partnership with Dr. George Halley, an eminent surgeon. The firm of which he is a member makes a specialty of surgery, and its reputation is unsurpassed by any business connection in western Missouri.
In 1893 Dr. Wilson was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in the University Medical College of Kansas City, and professor of anatomy in the Western Medical College, of Kansas City. He is a member of the Kansas City Medical Society, the Missouri State Medical Society, the Jackson County Medical Society, and the Association of American Railway Surgeons.
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