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- Served as a Yankee Soldier in the Civil War.
(Source: Sandy Braid's note on Christmas card 1994). In 1860, received
Dr's diploma in North Dakota (Source: "Medical and Surgical Register of
the United States and Canada. 1898. R.L. Polk & Co., Publishers,
Detroit, Chicago).
From THE CANADIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, in the Toronto Public Library for following biographical sketch for Elbridge A. Herriman, M.D.: Among the best read and most skillful physicians and surgeons in Lindsay is Elbridge Albert Herriman, son of Luther Herriman, also a physician, who is still living (published in 1880!) and a resident of Port Hope. At the time of Elbridge’s birth, August 27, 1834, the family were residing at Haldimand, Northumberland Co., Ontario. His mother, before her marriage, was Abigail Dean. He received his literary education at Toronto, his medical, in the medical department of Victoria College, Toronto, being graduated M.D. in 1860. After practicing two years in Durham County, the Civil War being in progress on the American side, he crossed the line and entered the United States service as acting assistant surgeon, being some time surgeon in charge of the 18th New York Volunteers, operating in Virginia, and was at length appointed surgeon of the regiment, but his health failing, he was obliged to decline the position (see original copy re: this). After a few months’ rest, and a visit to his friends in Canada, the doctor returned to the United States, entered the service once more (1864) and remained until the close of the war in April, 1865, having the latter part of the time, charge of the Prison Hospital at Camp Douglas, Chicago. He was also on the Board of Medical Examiners.
Returning to Ontario, Dr. Herriman located, the same spring, at Lindsay, which has since been the radiating point. He has at times done a great deal of service in the line of consultation, not infrequently going from forty to fifty (sometimes 60 or 70) miles from home. He has had a liberal share of surgery, but in a country like that in which he is located, no branch of the failing art can be made a specialty; hence his practice is general, and at the same time liberal and lucrative.
In 1876, Dr. Herriman went to new York City, and spent some time at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, and in several hospitals there, paying particular attention to surgery and the diseases of women. He is now reaping the benefits of that walk among the hospital, in the increased confidence of the people in his skill and in his enlarged practice. He is a man of great urbanity, very cordial, and his presence alone, on some occasions, is as good, perhaps, as any other medicine.
Dr. Herriman is a Reformer in politics, a man of decided views, but lets nothing interfere with his professional duties. While in Durham County, he was appointed coroner of the United counties of Durham and Northumberland, but in Lindsay, we cannot learn that he has held an office of any kind. The demands of his profession are evidently all the tax on his time that he desires.
Purchased homestead land in Grand Forks, ND, December 27, 1880 -- $200
($1.25 per acre). Papers included in this binder.
He died of Myocarditis in Chicago while visiting his brother Dr. Wilfred C. Herriman. Secondary contributory: Cystitis & Prostatitis (Source: Death Cert. signed by his son Dr. W.D. Herriman.) He is buried in South Haven, Michigan. He did not leave a will. A.R. Herriman appointed Administrator May 20, 1918: Heirs at law:
Albert R. Herriman, son, 56, South Haven
Wilfred D. Herriman, son, 58, Chicago, IL
Stella Weller, dau., 52, Chicago, IL
Elizabeth M. Britton, 48, Chicago, IL
Petition by W.D. Herriman, Chicago, IL, April 18, 1923, indicating administrator is deceased New administration granted to W.W. Holmes, South Haven.
Notation: Albert Herriman, son, died since death of decedent, leaving a wife, Katharine Harriman, two sons, Dean & Elbridge A.
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