The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-11-30
DR.. w. n. MAREAN DEAD.


While DR.. Marean was sick in one
room, his son, the late F. w Marean.
lay sick in another and preceded him
to that bourne whence no traveller
returns" only two days.
In their keen and intense sorrow
Mrs. Marean and her two daughtes.
Ms. Bernard and Mrs. Owens. OF Pen
sacola, have the deepest sympathy Of
this entire community.
DR.. Marean has been a citizen Of
Ocala, with the exception of a short
time when he resided at Pensacola.
since 1883 and walked in and out be-
fore our people leading a blameless
life and his friends watched his fail
ing health and tottering footsteps
with poignant sorrow.
We subjoin a biographical sketch
of his life taken from the Biographi-
cal Souvenir of the states Of Georgia
and Florida.
VIM. Henry Marean was born March
10, 1886, in Hubbardstown, Mass. His
father, William Marean, was also a
native of the same place and a promi-
nent citizen and merchant of Hub
bardstown for many years. His moth
er, Miss Susan Browning, a native of
Massachusetts and a daughter of
Captain John Browning, of old Revolu-
tionary stock, a distinguished man
whose ancestry dates its advent into
America from the landing of the
MayfiOwer at Plymouth Rock.
DR.. Marean was the only surviving
child of family Of six children. He
was educated in his native state and
New York, taking a high school and
college course. In the year 1850 he
he began the study of medicine under
the tuition of his uncle, DR.. John
Browning. then a celebrated physician
OF Mendon, n. Y. Here ne prepared to
enter medical college. and graduated
from the New York Medical College
| WIN AASA4 4OhOlS III 1000.
He then removed to Arkansas and
began the practice of medicine at
Fort Smith. He remained here until
the breaking out of the late war in
1861. Then he went to st. Louis, Mo-,
and yielded to the earnest entreaties
Iof his kindred whose sympathies were
wholly with the north, he entered the
federal service and was tationed at
Benton Barracks until the close of
the war.
From st. Louis DR.. Marean removed
to Memphis, Tenn, in 1866, and con
tinued the practice of medicine with
eminent success. In 1874, wishing 10
still further perfect his knowledge OF
medical science, he went to Europe
and placed himself under the instruc-
ton Of the renowned Professor John
Chapman, NJ. D., NJ. r. &C. p, NJ. r.
c. S., of the London Royal Academy of
Physicians. He returned TO his ma
tive land and the same year removed
with his family TO Cairo, Ill. Here he
gained a large and lucrative practice
and became famous for his success
in curing chronic diseases, amassed
property and thought he was comfor-
Itably settled for life in this thriving
city. But again was the proverb IL
Illustrated. Man proposes and God dis
poses" in this case; and in the year
1882 his wife, who had a strong he
riditary tendency to pulmonary COM
plant, began to develop marked and
alarming symptoms of the approach
Of the insiduous foe-consumption
and the devoted husband saw with
vision rendered clear, with his IA
miliarity in treating this disease, that
nothing but a life in an almost tropi-
cal climate would arrest the hand of
the fell destroyer. Accordingly the
doctor sacrificed his bright profes-
sional prospects in Cairo, sold his
property and removed his family in
1888 to Ocala, Fla.
He invested his means in an or
iange grove. and became interested in
stock raising and fruit culture In this,
however. he was not successful. and
soon abandoned the venture. manfully
.JCHo,ed his great pecuniary loss. and
devoted his time exclusively to the
practice of his chosen profession. As
had ever been the case Wuen an pun
suance Of this, success again perch
ed itself upon the doctors banner
and his reputation as a most skilful
and eminently sue sul practitiOn-
er is fully established in the south
the home of his adoption. and he
had large practice well fitted for one
of his high scholarly attainments and
Experience.
DR.. Marean, although an indefatig-
able and close student, keeping pace
with all the progressive strides made
in materia medica, is a well preserv-
al man and in his nuiat gentleman