The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-19
DIR. D. L. CANS
DIES AT SPARTA.
Passed Away After a Long and
Useful Life.
SOMETHING OF HIS CAREER
Came to stark County as Young Man aud
Soon Enjoyed an Extensive Prac-
tice- Beloved by All who
Knew Him.

DR.. d. L. Cans, of Sparta, had been
confined to his bed since the 9th of
December. He was in fairly good
health during the Christmas season
which he seemed to enjoy very much
with his family. On Wednesday fol-
lowing Christmas, he took to his bed
and has steadily grown weaker until
Tuesday evening at $3.50 o'clock he
gently passed away. The immediate
cause of his death was heart failure.
Four children and eight grand children
survive him. Mrs. Henry G. Muckley,
of Cleveland, three children; u. w.
Cans, of Mansfield, three children; Mrs.
Charles Krichbaum, who resided with
her father, two children; and Wick c.
Cans, of Youngstown.
Daniel Leatherman Cans was born
July 31st, 1S19 in Fayette county, Penn
sylvania. He was named after DR..
Leatherman, a famous physician of
Fayette county. He was a son of Will
liam and Magdalena Custer Cans.
Gen. Custer, famous in the civil war,
and who, in 1876 was killed in the
Indian war, was a cousin of Dr. Cans.
At the age Of IS, in the fall of 1888, he
began the study of medicine with his
elder brother, George Cans, of Mounds
| vile, w. Va, after having received a
common school education such as the
| common school system of Pennsylvania
| furnishes. After reading two years
with his brother, he spent the following
| two years, towit: 1910 and 1S41 at the
Ohio Medical college at Cincinnati.
| He commenced the practice in Smith
| field, Pa, three miles from his home,
beginning his career in an epidemic Of
| typhoid fever. He continued there sue
| Cessfully for eighteen months, when, on
| account of his close proximity to the
| mountains, and dreading the long
| mountain drives, he concluded to go
| west, and in October, 1912, he located in
| Magnolia, Ohio, unmarried and stran-
| ger. In two years he found himself es-
| tablished in an extensive practice, and
| about that time married Magdalena
| Gordon Hanna, of Steubenville, Ohio.
| Mrs. Cans parents were of Scotch Irish
! descent and emigrated from Ireland
about the time they attained their ma
| jority, and ultimately settled in Steu-
| benville, Ohio, where Mrs. Cans was
born. Continuing his practice at Mag
noia for a period of eight years, he pur-
chased the farm near Sparta and oCCu-
| pied the same with his family in 1850,
where he has ever since resided. Here
he gave himself more vigorously than
ever to his practice, which be .ame very
extensive, extending at times from Car
rollton to Navarro and Massillon, and
from Canton south into TuscaraWas
county. His practice continued over 80
years. He was a contemporary of Drs.
Whiting and Estep. DR.. Slusser once re-
Canton, and met those physicians in
counsel very frequently, particularly
Whiting and Estep. DR.. Sluser once re-
marked that considering all the cir
CumstanCes, the range of territory, the
length of time, that as general prac.
titiOner DR.. Cans was one of the most
successful physicians that ever lived in
Stark county. Five students read med
icine with DR.. Cans: DR.. Griffin, of La
mar, Mo; DR.. Whitacre, now deceased,
father of Attorney John Whitacre; DR..
Buchanan, of Fort Wayne, Ina, and Dr.
Cans, of Navarro.
DR.. Cans was an ardent Republican.
beginning an old line Whig. He was an
enthusiastic member of the Disciple
church, and gave lavishIy of his means
to the churches, colleges and Charita-
BILE institutions of that church He
gave $1,000 to the Alliance college, $1,000
to Bethany college, and $4,000 to Hiram
college. He gave all his children he
| DeneIlL Oh u COlleSe SuuCdllOll, SNCePI
Mrs. Muckley, who, at her own choice,
preferred and received a musical edu-
cation Wick c. Cans was a graduate
of Bethany college, Mrs. Krichbaum of
Hiram college, and Emmett w. Cans of
Butler university, indianapolis, Ind.
He was a man of strong will, firm con-
victions, strong physical constitution,
and man of extraordinary energy. He
died in his eightyflrsr year. lie bore
his sickness without murmur. and faced
death with becoming fOrtitude and
Christian humility, beloved by many
and honored by all who knew him,
rounding out a career of usefulness and
happiness and good will and good deeds
to man as is seldom accorded the COM
mon lot Of humanity.
The funeral will take place in the Dis
ciple church at Sparta, on Friday, Jan.
, 18th. Brief services at the house be-
ginning promptly at II o'clock.