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Thanks to Silvetta Parsons for copying some of the following notes from Dr. Edward Dawes Medical Journal. (I tried to get as many names in as I could for genealogy purposees - picked out what I thought most interesting. When you type it off you can pick out what you like best so will be thinned down in that way, since I realize you wont want to do it all.) Silvetta

Several pages missing and many cut in two and damaged - Partial listing - 3 note books

I have placed the notes in a table with columns & lines while the original notes may not have had them. James Gholson.

 

Dr. Edward Dawes Medical Journal

Rectorville, Ill. 1848 - 1857

Edward Dawes was born Feb. 23, 1820 Washington City District of Columbia State of Maryland

Aged 34 years - 1854

July 31 1851 Dr Ritchey - Visit & medicine for Polly

   
Sept 2 1851 Hezekiah Jones - Med for child 2-12-13 & 14 -

8

00

Aug 16 1851 Isaac Showalter - Visit & Med for Mary - 8 trips

7

12
Sept 14 1851 Marcus Porter med & visit, child - to Oct 13

22

50
June 10, 1850 John Anderson, from Nov 2 1845 to Mar 11, 1850 - 16.00 pd by chickens 75 cts bal

15

25
July 7 1851 Royal Alden - Visit 2 med for wife

3

00
Jan 27 1852 Wesley Gholson

6

00
Sept. 15 1851 William Hammon - Med for child - --  
Aug 2 1851 John Gholson, med for children - --  

Reeve Roberts - Eye water 25 cts.

  25
Sept 20 1851 Lewis Porter, self & dau, wife, Nancy -- --  
Nov 8 1849 Isabella McClusky -------- --  
Sept 22 1851 Thomas Porter- Eye water for self-------25 ct.   25

Ague medicine for son

  75

Ague medicine for girl

  50
Dec 17 1849 John Norman ------------------------------------------    
Aug 20 1851 James Douglas    

visit & med for child - med. for wife & daughter

   
Sept 21 1851 Allen Porter    

medicine for wife - medicine for Nancy - medicine for self

   
Mar 10 1852 Rec'd in full of Joseph A Porter for the above account    

John Thrasher for Ed Dawes

   
Dec 17 1849 James Boyd, Hamilton County -med for daughter    
Dec 4 1849 Lucy Tucker-visit and medicine for child

1

50
Aug 27 1851 William Douglas    

med, visits, attendance to June 5 1852

24

90

Credit by steer 12.00 - Credit by cash 2.00 - Credit by work .50 cts

   
Aug 13, 1851 Clem Porter - Visit & med for self

2

00

Visit, med for child

  75

Visit & med for wife

1

00
Aug 12 1853 James Allen    

Liver Pills

  50

Setting broken leg

2

00

Credit 13 bush Corn 3.25 -

   

Visit & med for Maranda

  75

Ague medicine

  50
Sept 22 1851 Jacob Fouts    

Visit & med for wife three Oct 15

15

66

Jan 22 settled by due bill-oats 16 bu @ .20 = 3.20

   

1 day work in tobacco .50

   

Hauling shop for Hard - Hauling tobacco

   
Feb 22 1850 John Ryan    

Visit & med for self

  75

Pills for self

  15

Visit - Attendance all night

1

25

Visit - attendance all night

1

50

Visit & med for Lucinda

  50

Mar 9th

10 40

Rec'd by work 4.00

   

Bal due -----------

6

40
Sept 26 1851 Sandford E Porter    

Visit & med for self...........

---  
Aug 28 1851 William Gholson    

Med for self-" for 2 children-" for 1 child

3

25

Settled by due bill oats 63 doz @ 10 cts 6.30 - rest by cash to Gholson

   
Oct 3 1851 Lewis Porter    

3 visits & med for wife

22

50

settled by cash 17.50

   

Bal due

5

00

Settled by Christopher Hardesty

   
Dec 6 1850 Hugh Gregg    

Marion

  10

Healing salve

  10

Visit & med for Susan

  50

Cooks Pills

  25

Healing salve

  10

1 pt Linseed oil

  20

Eye water for child

  25

Eye salve 4 visits & med for John

  50
Oct 7, 1851 Robert L Johnson    

Ague med pr child

  75

2 calls, med for William

   

3 " " " " " " " " " William

   

2 " " " " " " " " " " Frank

   

2 " " " " " " " '" " William

   

2 calls, med for John

   

Pd by cash in full 17.00

   
Feb 4 1852 John B. Wilson    

Visit & med for self, Hugh 5 visits

3

00

June 16 Vial of Arsenic

  20
July 31, 1851 Jasper Hall    

5 calls & med for child

  75

Oct 12 - Visit & med Molly & boy

1

25

Due.....14.00 - Pd 9.00

One case that may die & be dammed before I ever administer another dose of Medicine to !!!

   
Jan 25 1850 Richard Baldree    

Med & attendance Jan 25 - June 4 -

5

00

Credit by work 1.00

   

Due

4

00
Sept 3 1851 Melina Allen    

3 visit & med for daughter

   

" " " " " " "Lucy

   

" " " " " " " " Rutha

   

" " " " " " " " Lucy

   

Oct 17 - Call/Ague/Rutha

   

Forgiven..............9.75

   

Jan 24 1852 .........................................6 visits & med for Rutha

   

3 visits & med for Lucy

   

Settled by death Feb 9 1852 - 6.00

   
Feb 12 1852 William Hood    

Old acc't

15 00

Feb. 28 credit in full by tobacco

   
Sept 10 1851 Thomzon Gholson    

4 - Visit & med for wife

1

00

5 - Visit & med for self

1

00

Vermifuge

  25

1oz camphor

  10

Cooks Pills

  10

3 doses Quinine

  50

cont'd - Agus bitters

  50

credit by oats

2

35

work to Nov 24th

  75
Sept 24 1851 John Thrasher    

Visit & med, Fred, Jane & Powell

   

26th visit & med Frederick & Powell

   

29th visit & med wife

   

Jane, Powell & Frederick

   

4 - 30th visit & med Powell & Fred

45 00

Settled by due bill

6

40
Oct 26 1851 Widow Wood    

Visit & med for 2 children

2

00
June 1 1852 James Douglass    

1 box pills

  25

Med & attendance for family to Jan 1 of 52

5

65

Nov 26 cr by 102 lbs of pork

4

08

Feb - 2 1853 - 1 day hauling

1

00

Settled in full

  56
Mar 24 1852 _____________Winick    

Quinine & Morphia

1

00

Apr 25 - deceased

   
June 28 1850 Thomas Stigall    

Pills for self & Eliza

   

July 16 credit by horse

   
Aug 24 1851 James Douglas, Saline County, Pd his Acc't in full by Saddle to Edward Dawes & Delilah Dawes, Hamilton County Illinois    

Nancy Porter Pd in full by Sanford E. Porter

   
Feb 2 1853 John Mitchell    

Credit 20 bu corn

5

00
May 18 1851 Gibson W Gaines    

Visit & med for wife

1

25

8 visits wife

   

Soda powders

  25
 

10

75

Credit by cash

3

00

Bal

7

75

Mar 10 cash

5

00

May 1 paid in full

2

75
Apr 14 1852 Mary Ford    

Visit & med for self

15

50

Credit by cash

5

00

Bal

10

00

Credit 1 gal whiskey

  40

Credit by cash

   
Mar 4 1853 David Wilson    

Visit & med wife - 2 0z. Febrifuge

7

25

Credit by Calvin

  60

Apr 26 - 1 days work by Samuel & Oxen

1

00
July 26 1852 Gibson W Gaines    

9 - visits& med for wife

   

1 box capsules

  25

strengthening plaster

  50

Bal

6.

90

Work - potatoes - cash

6

90
Aug 6 1852 Francis Gregg    

5 visit & med for self

   

Obstetrix

2

50

8 visits & med for self

   

2 Batermans drops

  10

Settled in full

9

00
Dec 29 1852 John B Dewees    

Visit for Margaret

   

Feb - 12 Operation on child

   

Visit & lancing breast

3

00

Ague syrup, wife

   

Credit - 1 day plowing

1

00

1 day stacking oats

   
Oct 29 1854 John Wilson    

8 - visits & med, child

   

" " " Harriet

   

" " " Child

   

" " " Harriet

   

(I think I forgot to charge med got on that day of Hugh Gregg Log Rolling)

   
Jan 8 1853 Andrew Dehart    

5 - visit & med self

   

" " " " " " Izelia's child

   

Credit 7 1/2 bu corn 30 cts

2

25

Med for Elvira (by Solomon)

  25

3 visits & med Elvira, - Agus med

   

1 days work on road

1

00
Sept 7 1852 John Sperry    

Ague med for self

  50

Physic tea for children

  25

Visit & med for dau

  75

" " " John

  50

" " " self

  50

2 visits for sister

  75

" " " Wife

  50

Med & attendance on John, Isaac & sister

1

00
 

20

35

Cont'd Credit 90 doz oats

9

00

3 visits wife - visit & obstretrix

2

50

Chlora syrup

  25
Sept 9 1852 Dalton Clara    

Visit & attendance self and at Youngs

   

" " " Daniel

   

" " " son

   

" " " daughter

20

00

Credit by Hugh Gregg

10

00

" " " John Rogers

4

00

Credit, Sweet Potatoes

  25

" " " Dried Apples

  50

" " " John Rogers

$4

00

" " " Cow

9

25

Bal Due Clara

1

75
Sept 9 1852 Jacob Fouts    

Order from John B. Wilson by Jesse - Credit by cash

   

" " " oats, Douglas

   

" " " Corn & oats

   

Money loaned 2.00

2

00

" " " Refunded credit 272 bund oats

2

72

180 Lbs of pork at $ 4.00

7

20
Sept 20 1852 Widow Jane Waynick    

5 visit & med self

3

85

" " " child

   

Credit by saddle

7

00

3 visit & med child - ( Pd Nov 30 by saddle)

   
Aug 25 1854 Lanner Shane    

5 visits & med for son

   

6" " " 2 children, - self, - children

27

25

1 load corn - 188 lbs pork at 4 cts per lb.

   
Oct 10 1852 Isaac Showaller    

Thomas L Lynch

   

James River

   

104 lbs of beef at 2 1/2

2

60

4 days work

2

00

Ague med for wife

   

Visit & med for Mary Em

   

6 " " " Mary Emeline

   

Vermifuge

  25

1 days work

  75

1" " Chopping

  75

1" " hauling

1

00

Credit for 1/2 bu of wheat groound into flour, 1 day chopping

   
Oct 17 1852 Allen Porter    

Visit & med for wife, -

" " " " self

   

Strengthening plaster, visit & dressing - Perrenium it being entirely seperated

   

Credit 250 boards at 40 cts

   
Jan 10 1853 Andrew Young    

Call & med wife at Bear Creek Camp

2

00

Visit & med wife at Mrs Youngs

   
Nov 5 1852 Hardin Porter    

Visit & med for wife, med & attendance for year 1853

5

00

Jan 1 1853 Visit & med Almurinda

   

" " " Tomzon

   

" " " Child

   
Nov 13 1852 Thomzon Gholson    

By contract for 1 year

5

50
Feb 12 1853 James Douglas    

Med & atterndance for year 1853 by contract

8

50

Credit 2 bu Irish Potatoes

1

00

Credit 1 gal molasses

  50

Mar 16 Cholera Mixture 50 1/2 cts

  50.5

Due Douglas 16 cts

   

Pd Douglas in full

   
June 20 1855 Isaac Showalter    

Credit by hauling corn

1

00

Credit 1 peck potatoes

  25

Credit 1/2 doz oates

  15
Mar 7 1853 John Davis    

Visit & med for wife

   

" " " ' self - deceased 10th - Rec'd payment by administrator of estate of John Davis.

   
Nov 4 Harvey S. Gates    

Visit & med for wife - self

   

Due

24

25

Pd 29 Apr 1856 by horse

   

Sept 27 1854 Dan'l Gibson - Ague med for wife

   

Nov 9 1854 John Wilson

   

Visits & med for child - visit & med for Harriet

   

Pd by 106 lbs flour at 3.50 Pd by cash & flour

 

Jan 13 1854 Wm. Hammons

   

Pills for wife - med for daughter - Visit & med for Charles

4

25

child

7

15

1 set house logs

10

00

Logs

10

00

Bal Due

1

40
Mar 19 1853 Calvin Wilson - Ague med    

Credit by knife

1

00

Horse Liniment

  40

Hauling

1

00
Apr 20 1853 Thomson Gholson    

Stricknine

  15

Leather at J Thrasher

   

med & attendance for wife

   

Credit over coat

7

50
Dec 21 1853 Marine Gholson    

Visit & med for son

   
June 7, 1853 Samuel Wilson    

Visit & med for wife - (Vermifuge)

   

Sept 8 credit 2 days harvesting

   

Credit 2 horse wagons - 2 hands Credit 90 lb flour

   

Oct 20 Order from Hoederby - Credit 1 load corn - 60 lbs salt

   

Bringing table from Raleigh - 2 loads corn -

   

2 visits & med for Eliza - Vacinating Greene & Daniel

   

5 visits & med Eliza

   

" " " " " self

   

" " " " " Rhoda

   
Aug 23 1854 Allen Porter    

Febrifuge for wife

1

00

Med for child

   

Credit by pork

7

20

3 bush turnips

  25

Due A. Porter

  45
Aug 17 1853 Robert A Johnson    

2 oz Febrifuge for sister

   

Credit 19 lbs bacon @ 8 cts

1

52

Med for son by J. Allen - Cholera syrup for brother

   
Sept 7 1854 John Hughes    

Med for child - Visit & med for wife

   

Credit 1 sow & 2 shoats

   
Jan 8 1853 Hezekiah Gregg - Settlement    

Credit - shovel

  75

Wedge, Diamond Plough, single tree, clevice, Nailing 2 shoes on horse, 1 skillet, Making & nailing on stifle shoes - by tobacco 2 pkgs 5 ea - by horse 75.00 - 1/2 gal molasses 15 cts - cash - lard 80 - boards 100 shoes 25

   
Dec 30 1852 Hezekiah Gregg    

Medicine & attendance for year 1853

10

00

Watch

15

00

13 lbs lard (8cts)

1

04

36 lbs bacon (8cts)

2

88

3o lbs bacon (8cts)

2

40

Recipe

2

50

To medicine & attendance for self and family for year 1854

12

50

Mar 26 - steers 52.00 cow $14.00 - horse 75

   

Vacinating Marshall

  25

To Melina Allen

1

00

Apr 3 1856 settled in full

   
Aug 28 1853 Francis Gregg    

Visit & med for Franklin & self

   

Loaned money

  25

Credit Hugh Gregg

5

50

16 visits & med Franklin June 8 - 22nd

   
Aug 31 1853 Joseph Young    

Eye water

  25

Bal Due Young

4

00

Med for Warren

  50

30 cts advanced to Prohibitionists

   

Error in settlement 22 1/2

   

Lancing finger & caustic for wife

  50

Subscription to Prohibitionist 30 cts

   
Sept 24 1853 Hugh Gregg    

Visit & med for John

 

75

Credit yearling

3

50

Visit & med for John - - Golden Tinct for John

  50

Tonic Febrifuge

  25

Paid by horse

   

500 clap boards

2

00

Emetic for child 12 1/2 cts

   

15 visit & med for child

9

29

Cr 1 gal molasses

   

Cr 1 bay mare

   

1 Diamond plow - clover pasture

   

Call & med for John

98

24
July 3 1852 David Dehart

1

50

2 visit & med for David

   

Credit 1 days work (50)

   

Visit & med for self

   

3 days work - driving cow 1.50

   
Oct 30, 1853 James Allen    

8 Visit & med for Samuel

16

45

Credit by wheat

5

00

Credit by milling

5

00

Credit by rafters

1

50
Oct 31 1853 John G Sperry    

4 visit & med for child

23

10

Credit 1 days work

1

00

Credit 1 wagon

22

10

2 doz expect for sis

  25

Tonic syrup for sis

  50
Thomas Porter Rector Hamilton County Illinois - Robert Gaines Hamilton County Illinois - Dolittle Doolittle    
June 7 1854 William Barnet    

Paid for Prohibitionist .30 cts

   

Visit & med for wife

  50
 

17

50

Pd by watch

14

00

3 pills for wife

   
July 20 1854 Hugh Gregg    

(9) visit & med for John - Pills for John - Medicine for Emily

   

Credit

20

00

Credit Sugar & Coffee

1

00

Lancing & finger cauterizing & healing salve for Sarah

  50

Money paid McElvain

10

00

Credit Frank 35 dollars

   

Credit weaving carpet

1

50
Aug 15 1854 Cadger Cleveland    

Chloroform, Relaxing Liniment

  25

toothache drops

  10

Anti billious pills

  20

Tooth drops

  10

4 med for wife

   
Dec 13 1854 Emariah Williams    

Visit & med for self

   
Feb 11 1855 James Howard    

Visit & medicine

2

00
Feb 22 1855 Samuel Wilson    

Cr by Ipecac & bottles 30 cts

   
Samuel Crouse - Opium for wife    

By Wm Rodgers 10 cts paid

   

John Rodgers

   

Med for Martha

by Wm Rodgers

  75
Thurs Mar 1 1855 Isaac Showalter    

1oz Febrifuge for child 37 1/2

   

Mar 12 1855 Visit & med for girl

2

00
Mar 13th Sam'l Crouse- - - - - - - - Opium   15
Apr 6 Hez Gregg    

Visit & med for James, Margaret Marshall and Ann

1

50
Apr 8 1855 Ely Gholson    

Visit & med for self

1

50
Apr 9 Ely Gholson    

Visit & med for self

   
Apr 13 Ely Gholson    

Visit & med for self

1

50
Dawes Douglass    

Lancing finger & caustic for Margaret 37 1/2 cts

   
John Indicott    

Sugar lead & sulph zink

  50
Sam'l F Wilson    

Call & cherry bark

  25
14th Sam'l Wilson - Bronchial Elixer for wife   50
Apr 20 1855 J. H. Young    

Cr 1000 3 ft boards at 37 1/2

3

75
Apr 30 Samuel F. Wilson    

Vesication with Croton Oil

  25
May 9 Jacob Barker    

Visit & med for Thomas

  75

William Douglass

   

Mother at S. Wilsons

   

1 phial eye water

   
May 14 Hugh Gregg    

call & med & Lancing finger for wife

  25
June1st John Cleveland    

Eye water for wife

 

25

June 10 1855 Samuel Crouse    

Opium for wife

   
June 16 Samuel Wilson    

Call & med pr self, wife, & David

  50
June 24 Adonigah D. Grimes    

Visit & med for Harriet

1

50
June 25 John Endicott    

Black salve for wife

  50
July 1 1855 William Barnett    

Liniment

  25

Colic Cure

  50
July 7 Samuel Wilson    

Credit by 2 bushels of wheat

   
July 23 H. L. Gates    

Noct visit & med pr Robert

2

00
July 29 Gilbert Griswold Sen    

Mild Zink oint Hydrastin

  50
July 30 Thomas Griswold    

Eye salve, Pills, Blister

1

00
Aug 2 1855 William Grass Jun    

Visit & med pr child

1

00
Aug 3 James Murry - 1 vial Laudannum & Pills   50

Wesley Gholson - Visit & med pr child

1

00

Thomzon Gholson - Ague& Med pr self

  75
Aug 4 Wesley Gholson - Visit & med pr child    

Thomzon Gholson - Visit & med pr self

   
Aug 9 Wesley Gholson - Visit & med Pr child

1

00
Aug 10 - John Lane - river Visit & med pr boy

3

00
Thurs Aug 14 1855 John Lane - river - Visit & med pr boy

3

50

John Lane - river ....Med pr James

  75
Friday Aug 17 James H. Young - Visit & med pr wife

2

00

Quinine for self

  50
Sunday Aug 19 Jesse Hardesty    

Eye Water & blistering

  50

James Allen strength plast

  50
Tues Aug 21 Hezekiah Gregg    

2 visits & med pr Ann & James

1

25

22nd Richard Allen    

Visit & med pr William, Sarah & Child

1

75
Saturday 25th August John Cleveland    

Med per Mary McMurtry

  50
Frederick Thrasher - Peruvian Barks   50
Samuel Wilson - Opium   25
26th Isaac Showalter - Med & attendance pr self and Laura Ann

1

50
James Holland, by river to visit John Lane and med pr Peter

4

00
Bryant Pullium - med pr self

1

00
30th William H. Douglass Cr by 80 lbs beef - 3 1/2 lbs tallow    
31st Christopher Hardesty Jun - Ague med pr wife & child, Ague Bitters

1

50

Sept 1st 1855 Saturday John Lane | river - Cr by 8 bush wheat 8.00

   

Bryant Pullium - Cr by 4 bush wheat 4.00

   

Charles Lane - Cr by 10 bush wheat 10.00

   
Sept 6th Marine Gholson - Vermifuge 1oz Bats Cin Wat 2oz   50
11th Tomzon Gholson - 1 box Healing Salve   40

Anderson Hood - 4 quick pills

  25
Monday17th 1855 D. H. Evans - Visit & med pr Layfeyete & wife

2

50
18th Tomzen Gholson - Visit & med pr John (?)

1

00
19th William Beck - Visit & med pr wife & daughter

2

00
Fri 21st Sept John Barker - Visit & med per self & Susan

2

25

William Brown - Visit & med per 2 children

3

50

Isaac Ryan - Visit & med pr Wrllis (?)

3

50
Sunday 23 Robert Gaines - Visit & med per self

1

25
Tues 25th Sept Wesley Gholson - Visit & med per self

1

00

Robert Gaines Visit & med per self

1

00
Fri 28th Pinkney Young - med for self   50

David Roberts - 2 calls & med per wife

1

00
Sunday 30th Gilbert Griswold Sen - visit & med pr self

4

00
James Lane - visit & med pr wife

4

00
Oct 1st Marine Gholson - Calls & med pr wife

2

00
Tuesday Oct 2nd William H. Douglass - Visit & med pr Mother

1

50
7th Marcus Porter - 2 visits & med per 3 children

1

50
11th H. S. Gates Credit by 1 0z Quinine 5 25
Oct 16 Frederick Thrasher    

Sorrel Filly - 41.22

   
18th John Mann    

Balance on cow - 7.00

   
19th Frederick Thrasher - Ague medicine   50

William Gholson - 2oz Febrifuge

  50

John McGill - 2 oz Febrifuge by Wm Gholson

  50
November 1st 1855 James Porter (White Co) Visit & obstetrix pr wife

5

00
3rd Widow Roberts (by David) Visit & med pr self and Burn's daughter 1 50

Pages cut out & gone and it jumps to Jan 1 1856

   

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Dr.Dawes Medical Journal Part II