The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-24
DR.. ia. SCROGGS
IS NOW AT REST
Death Of Prominent keokuk Physi.
clan Occurred Shortly Before
Midnight After Long
illness.
ACTIVE IN PROFESSION
a Member of Numerous Medical So
clet'es and Kindly Physician,
His Death is Deeply
Mourned.


His Death is Deeply
Mourned. .
DR.. Joseph A. Scvoggs, one of
| keokuk's most eminent ply sicians,
passed into the better world at half
past eleven last night after a months
serious illness from diabetic gan
creme. For almost four weeks DR..
Scroggs had been confined to his bed
and after an extended illness, death
came peacefully as he sank into a
last long sleep and another respected
and greatly honored citizen and pro-
fessional man has passed to his re-
ward.
During his last illness which culmi
mated i'll death, every care that could
be, was given the patient, who was
ever cheerful though ever conscious
that he could not long survive. All
Keokuk professional men, physiciahs
and citizens, into many OF whose
homes the deceased had brought
good cheer and health during long
and successful practice, mourn their
loss in the death of Decor Scroggs.
Born in Pennsylvania.
Joseph A. Scroggs was born in
Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Sep
TENDER 18th, 1S47. He was the son of
Aaron Scroggs, of Scotch ancestry
and the sturdiness of that race was
ever prominent in the life of the late
DR.. Scroggs. In the year 1856, the de-
cedent came to this state and settled
in Louisa County. There he lived I'M
til his graduation from Rush Medical
college in 1874 and it was just a
year later that he came to Keokuk,
to reside permanently for more than
thirty-five years. DR.. Joseph A.
Scroggs and Miss Emma Cleaver
were united in marriage in this city
/ in 1874
One of X. M. C. Faculty.
Doctor Scroggs became a member
of the faculty of the Keokuk medical
college and College of Physicians and
Surgeons here and remained with
those once flourishing institutions I'M
| til the close several years ago.
In the Keokuk Medical college,
Doctor Scroggs held the position of
vice president and professor of OBJ
stetrics and diseases of women. At st.
| Joseph's hospital training school for
nurses, he lectured on obstetrics and
was one of the principal factors in
the upbuilding of that large inslitu-
ton.
The decedent was a member of
the Iowa State board of health from
the year 1894 to 1901 and was also
| president of that body for several
years. During the same period of his
service on the Iowa State Board OF
Health, Doctor Scroggs was also a
member of the Iowa State Board of
Medical Examiners and an ex-presi-
dent of the same.
He was a member of the Amer;-
can Medical association and was
president during the years 10000 Of
the Iowa State Medical society.
Among other prominent physicians
held by the deceased during life of
service and a brilliant medical ca
reer, Doctor Scroggs was a member
of the Lee County Medical Society,
was medical examine for the New
I York Life, Equitable and MEtual Lie
Insurance companies and medical ad-
visor of the Provident Life and Saw.
! igs Association.
The deceased was formerly sur
geon of the st. Louis, Keokuk and
4 Northwestern railway, and of the Keo.
kuk and Western railroad company
4 With the exception of one year, Dr.
Scoggs has lived in Keokuk since
1876. During the year 1888 he was al
Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he
was surgeon in charge of the Santa
Fe railroad company's hospital at
s that place.
AS Churchman.
Dootor Ccropoc was one nf the old