Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-10-30
MEMOiR Or DIR. JAS. THI>TLt I:
Read bei".e tho scott cownty Medical
soci-ty, Oct. 9Th, ls0s, by ~. J. J..
TOWsOns

Nr usideNt and Genflsmsn-J James This
tie was boz, Auguss 4.h, 1905. His grand
father sDigrated hoa ireland and ssms to
this country when bic is.hsr. George 1his,Is.
wAs b,ts ou,h lie located 10 the = ate o.
Mary ylaod. and entered large tract Of lar d 10
The vicinity of Cumberland. George Thistle
married . lady ~ tns name Of Ann Bard.
| who,s family vas one Of tbs most wealthy aud
rtspectsbis 10 the State of Maryland.
james Thistls's fstber vas a srehsnt: He
sequit cd considerable wealth which enabled
him 10 retire from active busiues, O. d epsnd
the evening Of bis life q, on . farm near Cum
| bsrland. Jsmss vas enc IT eight children :
The oldest OF four hos I. 10 sAid tha. come
Oft bsys had . c'.sssal education aud were
poseaed OF more than ordinary talents; bns
| ProvideBcs IN wsose hand QUE life IT," cslied
them to die y"ung. Janes This,ls's early ed.
| atiob yes entrusted TO ihs supsiv sleD Of
Prs.hy t.risn slsrgj man. . frissd Of the fam
iy. When he was eLout the sgs ol eighteen
,safe he sotsred the sf;iss Of DR. R,cha d
lawrence. an smihsut hys'cisp 30 CnMtsr-
land. ~ medical student. He vas n CROUCH
| and iat0tiou 10 hts studiss snd sfser having
become veil read ,n n -dis,l literature h- at
tended lectures 10 The Uoivers, , Of Maryland
md graduated 10 the epsius Of 1879 MAKING
n pupiises si slx years previous 10 taking Wy
90 hinssif the rssl onsihiiity st his psufessiVu.
a noss oomMeocshie tr Il In osr deceased
kros sr. and H. ~ ~ KID contrast with the sir
IL oi The graf snsj rity Of he ued eel p:ofss
sion as the present lime. He ~ss IN he ts.p-
| ty-foursh year wneb he graduate. AMI had
been a student OF uedici.e Tor six ysars I
houor the mao who can control HE amti-
| ton aud love OF gain uu,i! he is conscious that
h. can assuns me duiiss ol bl. pIoiv-siuu With
edit 10 himself aud bench, 70 .uiFe,ing hu.
II, a
assu,sinx mas. He took pride In he pJ of.s&
.ior. tut /, vac not sordsd or selfish. Ter.
j ,,c.t IN the bro, h-tsood Of .dic., men. lie
aid his work q.'.tiy. xlssss courteous ard
kind II. wAe = .n.u u large prac,ios' .xps-
viepce, but he vas Communicative and tisl
with thss. who ssk-d his cuunc,s. IL all HI.
b.srpgs. boz ~ ply lMciaL aud gentleman,
he was ample and eniidrke. truthful sDd hvn-
es;. NJ man dis il cd vaip gior, more fully
Than did our deceased bto,hsr.
Soon aster his grsdu.,lon he located for a
few months Ia o ems,i ss,t! n.nt basr his na.
tive town In the spring OF ls3p-,hs curing
following HE gi isdustion--he einoved 10 Al
leghsby Cary. where he connected him.t With
u physician by The name Bi-hup uodeI the
hrm 81 r,,st!e d Bishop. In tie II Of 1881
II. LET, An.gh.ny City in compsoy with sew
srai ) o"ng ph, s'caLs, FOR the South lhvy
had pfva.-de az tsr ~ Vim ,ennss, Indiana.
when Ds Ih's.le ~As T. ken sick and the par,
We Obliged ,s ,r.v. him. Dar,ne bic stay
10 Vihc.nnss tie made ,!,~ atqsan ance o! d..
John Davis. ot Carlisle. Ind who psr.uad-
ell him 10 abanjoa hi. sou h.rp tour and To-
e,te IN / is tusn.
Soon after he foen I'd a partnership with DR..
DAVE. which eontinued until Davis S.s eleat.
Ell TO Con ress About th:. ,ia.s h Z IN al. he
/.
s.cor d daughter II Kev. john n Cart wrr h,.
Of Carlisle, ard on the 18th Of F.hrunry, 1883
they were married Soon ST er hi. mars,age
Dr. >smue' A. Cartwright, OF N.,ch.z Ms.
br"thsr to Mrs. Ta,stis, prevailed upon the
Doctor and h!s w f. 10 toot 10 Nsteh.x IL
tho eprirg of 1894 he located in Na,cb.z ana
e,u.m.n need the prsciics Of msdieius under The
most favorable auspices II THO fall Of his
satne s- as"n the cholera made i,s Appearance
10 thss city. snd on tbs eighhoring planta
items Dr ihi-,le was very sueeea-fri 10 is
treatment, which gave him = large nnd lucr
tive practise lie officed with bic distinguish.
ed brother in-la~, DR.. Catt~ri. ht men oi
rare g.nius and soeisl virtues. poseeesed ., a
mind thoroughly train ID to most constant use
! ard rttss,ivity-thosoughiy versed iu edieine
| and its collateral sciences. He wss a strong
man il the profession. and il vas no small
help 10 Dr.. Thistle to be Intimate with 60 Dr.
tinguishsd . man a. DR. Samuel A Cartwri.
DR.. Thistle continued in the praotiee q
medicine in Natchez until he thought he had
F n competency for himself and lie family
! soon after retiring from ,he practice OF nsdi-
cine he bought . large cotton plantation 10
| comnany With 7. omas Cartwright. sno her
brother of Mrs Trustees r.s purcha.s
am informed. resuited som-whst Or Judicial TO
the D,ctors n,eres,s IL ls4a the plsntet,vo
vas sold. At this time he was solicited 10
| AXE the oversight Of q verai p .ntstious ts-
low Ns,ch.x lie WAS offered . 6xe s.,sr,
| of $40. 90 per year; but 10 consequence If the
deiiea,. heath of his family. aud the unhea
thy Ioca ion. did not sco.rt their literal
.ff-r He felt that his t.mi y would he bpns
fitted by hviog IN . more Tor, hero latitude
and IN the sp,ing If 1880 he started for the
Moth. and landed 10 Davenport oc the goth
cf May.
The next winter following he spept in
Nsiehsz. ous raisrrsd the folio siug fol
lowing spring to make Daveup rt a hous for
| himself and family. F,on he day hs ispdsd
in our city TO the day Of his den,h he seldom
l.ft hie homs to sp.ud the night bone I'D
| . eet astrsctiope 10 which he bal fonnd bisf
p.easors aud relaxation when not called away
on bu-in.ss DIR Thistle could bs found ai
home With hts family or 10 bic office when
TO- Uref ss'0rnIiy euesgsd almost without sx-
| esp,i.p. Hts disposition Of n.iud d.u,apd.d .
hons aud IN " he was con eot Sins uar'y
cophding and truthful he ssld IN d,s,rus..d
| HE fsi'ows but whenever ie Learned that his
son6 iene- had teen betrayed hs wss ever
a. yards more shon smsDieions Towards
, such he Q uld Lsvsr t..lf, 9 nni cordial again.
During HE resi1vncs |" Na'chtz he was
Seer tarv nd treasurer Of The L. cal Msdice
society tor ssvera years. We ind that be
| wss siws3s nor orabiy cannected With the pre-.
| f-ssion from the day he entered it until his
| death sDi u-thinss the fello ship and union
will be tsr more compile between kindred
| hesst.-b-arss that have oheriehsd and
| .olac.d sscb o,h,r here. chen tris mrrtal
snail have put y immortality. THE mach 10
| = bri.t sy,opsis Of The dopgs and going. Of
our bro'her, prior 20 his locating 10 eur city,
| end from that tine 10 . win'er II 1885, ann
| 1856 some other pen than mine nust writ.:
| but ~ ibe years that foIio~ . ere eupia eei 10
| he ., nthesis # hcsa which went before. We
sruet ,h-ir rswade viii an.w-r the dem. nGs Of
| the Occas;on Seven yeas ago last December
,sit my ens'ero hnme. tia,d sni young. A
few weeks before had received my d rioma
| ~ the Bel kshire Medical college. snd l had
| nov bid adieu To old aud fauilst sespes. spd
| ssd what Sas more 10 old ard tried frispds
! and was about taking the world sireie haad-
| ed and aicns sriiv-d 10 Chirseo .nd 70.
| n sined ore = sek l vas accom- mpsnied thus Tar
BY ap iatimsts friend and instructor A. tbis
pls.e we eeperatsd. he TO visit in Wisconsin.
and TO 20 knew not where.
Il vas fsw days before the Christmas holi.
dsys Of IS that I. Ok my seat in the ears and
aud came through & Rock leland depot iust
~ the the euDiisht vas fading the vest rts
sof, mellow light still fingered On the buff, Of
! Davenport.
The opaat and vooderful Nia.ieaicns I.. \.