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- HISTORY OF CHICAGO BY A.T. ANDREAS (1885)
Lemuel Conant Grosvenor, M.D., was born at Paxton, Mass., in 1833, and
is the eldest son of Deacon Silas N. and Mary A. Grosvenor. He entered
Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Mass., when quite young, and later the high
school in Worcester, where he remained four years. He then pursued a course of
normal studies under private tutors, and entered the profession of teaching,
in which he attained distinction, being for nearly seven years master of the
old Mather School in Dorchester, now a part of Boston. During these years the
leisure moments were improved in laying broad and deep the foundations of his
chosen profession and life-work. To carry out his cherished plans, he yielded
the desk of the school-room for the duties of the physician's office. He
entered with characteristic diligence and enthusiasm upon the curriculum of
studies necessary to the completion of his medical course, and, in due time,
graduated with honor from the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College, in 1864.
The year following, he married Miss Ellen M. Prouty, of Dorchester, Mass.,
who, after nine years of affectionate companionship and helpful devotion, was
called to her rest above. Three years later he married Miss N. Josephine
Bassett, of Taunton, Mass., who is now sharing with him the duties of a happy
household, and whose education and Christian culture have since been so
helpful to him in realizing some of his cherished plans. The doctor is the
father of eight children, five of whom are now living. He first settled in
Peoria, Ill, where he remained three years, removing to Galesburg, Ill., in
1867, and thence to Chicago, in 1870. In the great fire he was the only
physician left on the North Side whose home was not destroyed, the fire coming
within three doors of his residence. During the weeks and months succeeding,
he was indefatigable in his professional work with the sick and crippled in
the churches, school-houses, police-stations and open prairie. Dr. Grosvenor
is professor of sanitary science in the Chicago Homeopathic College, and was
formerly lecturer on anatomy and morbid anatomy in Hahnemann College. He is
president of the Chicago Academy of Homeopathic Physicians and Surgeons,
president of the American Paedological Society, and member of the American
Institute of Homeopathy. He is a member of the Lincoln Park Congregational
Church, and was formerly president of its Board of Trustees. He is also member
of the Congregational Club of this city. As a writer the doctor is clear and
concise, is a contributor to medical and educational journals, and author of
"Infant Hygiene" and "How to Dress our Babies". He is an easy, graceful
speaker, a fluent, inspiring lecturer, and a genial companion in his family
and with his many friends and admiring students. His popular lectures on "Our
Boys", "Our Girls," "Home Sanitation," etc., etc, have been well received, and
are accomplishing great good.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1833 - Deceased