Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-08-08
.DR. ATCH|SON
PASSES AWAY
DEATH CLAIMS WELL-kNOWN
PIONEER PHYSICIAN OF
MONTANA.
IS BURIED IN HELENA
Body Taken by Son to Former Home
for nterment-Decedent Veteran
Of the Civil War and Highly Es-
teemed by Members Of Medical
Profession-Biographical Sketch.


teemed by Members Of Medical
Profession-Biograp Sketch.
Doctor J. B. Atchison, for twelve
years one OF the best known members
OF the medical profession in Fergus
county and tor over thirty years a
resident OF Montana, died at st.
Josephs hospital in this city last
Wednesday night, after prolonged
illness. A general breakdown, due to
advanced age, was the cause OF death.
Son Takes Body Away.
A son, Benjamin Atchison, OF Hell
ena, came down and accompanied the
remains back to Helena, where in
terment was made. The following
biographical sketch appeared in the
Helena Independent OF Sunday:
Notable Career Closed.
The funeral OF DR. ]. B. AtchiSOn,
pioneer OF Montana and resident OF
Lewistown, who died last Wednesday
at that place following a short ILL
ness of two weeks, was held from the
Grand Street Methodist church yes
! terday morning at $3.50 o'clock. Ben
P. Atchison accompanied the body
from LeWistown Friday night, having
gone over on receiving the news OF
his fathers death.
Dr.. Atchison arrived in Montana in
the early seventies, practicing medl-
cine in what was then known as Last
Chance gulch. He was born in Clay
county, Mo-, in 1S43. His father,
Daniel R. Atchison, was senator Of
Missouri from 1S43 to 1855 and was
a confere of Benton with Webster
and Clay.
After practicing in Helena for a
number OF years, DR.. Atchison left IN
1909 and went to Livingston. Al
though absent from Helena for over
10 years, he still had numerous
friends here who were present at the
services and also followed the re-
mains to the cemetery, interment be-
ing at Forestvale. The services were
conducted by the Rev. D. B. Price,
who gave brief eulogy on the life
of DR.. Atchison, in which he said:
"Our sorrow on occasions like this
is our protest against the suggestion
that death ends all. . We were made
to live together and to be separated
a few brief years causes us inward
pain, but when our Father above has
gathered all his children home there
will be no more pain nor parting.
} Had Eventful Career.
"Our fellow citizens career or
, eatrh, which closed at Lewistowr
Wednesday evening at o'clock, was
| oftoinQC
his majority he enlisted as a soldier
in the civil war on the confederate
side and served to the close OF thu
war. Though he was on the LOSING
side, he accepted the result GRACEFUL.
and was ever loyal to his country ant
generously contributed all he could t.
its betterment Good citizenship
rather than technical expertness II
discussing the theories of government
| is what the world needs today. TIL
! habit of living unselfishly-living II
| the service of others-is the suprem
| need of our times. The sword |
| sheathed, but the conflict with human
| wrongs is not over and will not b
| till human brotherhood becomes az
! tual in the conduct of men. Gu
! brother wore the gray and was nc
| ashamed of it, yet he honored tn
! man who wore the blue, and rejoice
!, that the result of the war was Wha
!. lit should have been.
"The profession which he chose
that of physician, in which to serv
his generation, proves that his idea
of citizenship was high. Mans S.
\ preme need is the recognition of hi
own divine quality. He is Gods higl
est form of outward expression. Di
order and disease, mental and phi!
: sical, are the work of mans ow
hands, misdirected fears, emotion
and expectations. and to these en-
mics of our own fashioning we ia
victims, and if it were not for tn
skill, devotion and toll of the phi,
sician, our lot in life would be almO:
intolerable. DIR. Atchison was true
the ethics of his profession and We
. loyal disciple of Aesculapius. Man
of our citizens today recall with graf
E full hearts the skillful and helpf
ministrations of the faithful phi
{ l sician.
n endowed as he was physically ar
n | intellectually, wealth, power and m
n | terial ACQUISITION must have appealt
to him and tended to shut out tt
Divine from view. but the God-voi'
: lin the soul, though small. was regar
: ed bv him as a judicial utteran'
& which must be followed If he wou
g find the truth, therefore about
al IIyears ago he united with the Chri
e / tian church. We are constantly b
i - ...~roouod hv tho CO3r3f Of Trll