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Dr David Arthur Jay

Birth	:	23 Oct 1864 Agency, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	12 May 1917 Agency, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Agency Cemetery, Agency, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9916800, -92.3074000
Description	:	David Arthur Jay, M.D., Lemars, Iowa; College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk, 1890; aged 48; formerly Fellow of the American Medical Association; for sixteen years president of the Eldon Big Four Fair Association; a member of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States; died at the family home, near Agency, Iowa, May 12. (The Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 68 [American Medical Association, 1917]) JAY, Arthur, D., practicing physician and surgeon, of Eldon, was born on a farm near Agency, Wapello County, Iowa, October 23, 1864. He might be called a native farmer, his ancestors for... Read More	David Arthur Jay, M.D., Lemars, Iowa; College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk, 1890; aged 48; formerly Fellow of the American Medical Association; for sixteen years president of the Eldon Big Four Fair Association; a member of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States; died at the family home, near Agency, Iowa, May 12. (The Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 68 [American Medical Association, 1917]) JAY, Arthur, D., practicing physician and surgeon, of Eldon, was born on a farm near Agency, Wapello County, Iowa, October 23, 1864. He might be called a native farmer, his ancestors for generations on both sides of the house being farmers. His father, James H. Jay, has always been a farmer. He started in life very poor; in fact, with nothing, and has accumulated a nice competency, all through his own efforts and hard toil. He was born in Indiana, but came to the Hawk eye state with his parents when he was but one year old, so that he may be said to be an lowan for all practical purposes. He was raised here and continues to reside in the state where he has raised and educated his family and accumulated his nice little fortune for old age. His mother, Minerva Reeve Jay, was born on an Ohio farm, and, like her husband, came to Iowa with her parents when she was but one year old, and was here reared and educated on a farm, and having married a farmer, will, no doubt, spend her life on a farm. Her mother, however, was famous mid-wife in her day, having been thoroughly educated in her calling, and although she resided on a farm, her practice was very extensive. Her husband being somewhat of a local politician, they were farmers largely by proxy. Grandfather Reeve seems to have spent a great deal of his time in offices, township and county, and was considered a "well-informed" man. He was a whig and afterwards a republican. Grandfather Jay was a planter in Kentucky, and a large slave owner, but a few years before the War of the Rebellion, he disposed of his slaves and came to Davis County, this state, where he now resides. He is a democrat, but never mixed much in politics. Being an active Methodist, his mind seems to have been pretty much absorbed in church work, leaving no time to run after politics. His wife, Grandmother Jay, was a scion of Kentucky aristocracy, coming from a very aristocratic family, and was therefore very highly educated. The subject of this sketch was educated in early life at the old school house near where his father still lives. Until he was sixteen years of age, he went to school only during the winter. That year he attended nine months' term in Agency, and when he was seventeen years old he put in a full school year at the Southern Iowa Normal School at Bloomfield. This gave him a thirst for more education and resulted in two years at Drake University in Des Moines. While Mr. Jay did not graduate, it will be seen that his education was very good indeed. There-aft er for several years his time was employed in teaching school and reading medicine. The winter of 1885-6 he formally devoted himself to a systematic study of medicine in the office of J. W. LaForce, of Eldon, and in the fall of 1886 attended his first term of lectures at Keokuk, graduating in the spring of 1889. He was president of the class the year he graduated. On the 17th day of March, 1889, he came to Eldon and located in practice, having first arranged a partnership with his old partner, J. W. LaForce. Th is partnership lasted less than two years, when it was dissolved by mutual agreement, since which time Dr. Jay has practiced alone. Dr. Jay is thoroughly established and recognized as a successful physician. He is aggressive and progressive, keeping in touch with the best thought of his profession, through the best periodicals. He was the first to introduce into practice at Eldon, Antitoxin in the treatment of diphtheria. In 1897 he took a post-graduate course at the P. " S. College, Chicago, Illinois, so that it will be seen that he does not intend to fall behind. He is now a half owner in a drug business with Ed J. Moore. This is a side line and does not take his time or attention from practice. In politics the Doctor is a republican and never voted for another party. He has been a member of the board of directors of the Eldon public schools for three years and president of the board for two years; also city health officer a number of times and mayor of Eldon for a term. He has been connected with many of the enterprises of the town, always being elected to some office of the enterprise. He is a member of the Iowa State Medical Society, National Medical Society, I.O.O.F., A.F. & A.M., K. of P. and A.O.U.W., and has been elected to a state office in the K. of P. and I.O.O.F. He is not a member of any church, but holds to thie Methodist Episcopal. His family are all Methodists. He is not married. He i s also deeply interested in mining interests, in the Eldon Coal & Coke Company, being elected president of the company when organized and still holds the office. Also interested in railroad stocks, and is connected with the state militia, holding the office of assistant surgeon of the Fiftieth Regiment, Iowa National Guard. He is surgeon of the Second Regiment W.R.K. of P. of Iowa. [Gue, Benjamin F. (2013). pp. 285-6. Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive Men of Iowa, Leaders in Business, Politics and the Professions (Vol. 2). London: Forgotten Books. (Original work published 1899)] Dr. D.A. Jay, a practitioner for the past twenty five years at Eldon, has sold his practice to Dr J.C. Moore, of Clio. Dr. Jay will locate at LeMars. (Journal of the Iowa State Medical Society, Volume 5, p. 463 [Iowa State Medical Society, 1915]) Directory of Deceased American Physicians , 1804-1929 Jay, David Arthur Death date : May 12, 1917 Place of death : Agency, IA Birth date : 1868 Place of birth : Agency, IA Type of practice : Allopath States and years of licenses : IA, 1890 Places and dates of practices : Eldon, IA, 1890, Lemars, IA, Nov 1, 1915 Medical school(s) : College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk; Univ. of Iowa Medical Dept., 1890, (G) Other education : Country sch., Drake Univ., 1887 JAMA Citation : 68:1862; (M)

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Dr David Arthur Jay's memorial is located at: Agency Cemetery, Agency, Wapello County, USA.
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Dr David Arthur Jay death on 12 May 1917 in Agency, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.9916800
Longitude: -92.3074000

Family Members:

Parent

James Howard Jay

(1845 - 1922)

Minerva Reeve Jay

(1848 - 1927)

Siblings

Anna Jay

(1867 - 1932)

Josie J. Jay Giltner

(1872 - 1949)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Agency Cemetery
Agency, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9916800, -92.3074000

2. Chief Wapello Memorial Park
Agency, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9918000, -92.2926000

3. Round Point Cemetery
Agency, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0190000, -92.3270000

4. Hackney Grave
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9833429, -92.2640634

5. Brumsey Cemetery
Agency, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0097386, -92.2668483

6. Cooper Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9442482, -92.3064423

7. Sterner Cemetery
Bladensburg, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0125008, -92.2497025

8. Kitterman Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0412000, -92.3430000

9. Ashland Cemetery
Ashland, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9570000, -92.2410000

10. Wapello County Care Facility Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0274420, -92.3728750

11. Bladensburg Cemetery
Bladensburg, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0456009, -92.2688980

12. Railback Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9250182, -92.2835155

13. Calvary Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0261002, -92.3897018

14. Ellsworth Cemetery
Ashland, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9500182, -92.2251806

15. McIntire Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9646988, -92.4005966

16. SIOC Cemetery
Eldon, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9190903, -92.2705612

17. Dahlonega Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0540000, -92.3700000

18. Fiedler Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9124985, -92.3131027

19. Garrison Rock Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0670000, -92.3440000

20. Ottumwa Jewish Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0362000, -92.4009000

21. Mount Olivet Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0471992, -92.3902969

22. Ottumwa Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0346985, -92.4049988

23. Eldon Cemetery
Eldon, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9296989, -92.2249985

24. Des Moines River Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9463000, -92.2042000