John C. Wysor Letter
Scope and Content
The John C. Wysor Letter is a letter from Wysor in Clifton Forge, Virginia, to his brother Henry C. Wysor, in Dublin, Virginia, written on May 3, 1912. The letter details one of John C. Wysor's patient's medical payments.
Dates
- 1912
Creator
Language of Materials
The materials in this collection are in English.
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Biographical Note
John Chandler Wysor (sometimes John C. D. Wysor) was born to George Washington and Margaret Ann Wysor on May 12, 1854, in Pulaski County, Virginia. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore (now the University of Maryland School of Medicine). He was a physician and the chief surgeon at the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Hospital and later went into private practice in Clifton Forge, Virginia. He also served on the City Council and the local Y.M.C.A. board and worked for the Red Cross.
Wysor married Alice E. Pugh (1859-1947) on August 27, 1884, and their children include Julia and Frank. He died on February 23, 1919.
External Sources:
U.S. Federal Census, 1860-1870, 1900.
"Dr John Chandler Wysor", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38066038/john_chandler_wysor, accessed May 3, 2024.
"Alice A. Pugh Wysor", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38065949/alice_a_wysor, accessed May 3, 2024.
"Jno C D Wysor" in the Virginia, U.S., Birth Registers, 1853-1911, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/745960:62153, accessed May 3, 2024.
"J C Wysor" in the West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/525298:2538, accessed May 16, 2024.
"Dr. John C. Wysor Dies", Richmond times-dispatch (Richmond, Va.), Feb. 24, 1919, p. 4., available online at the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1919-02-24/ed-1/seq-4/, accessed May 16, 2024.
L. H. Paul, "Dr. John C. Wysor," The Presbyterian of the South : [combining the] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian (Atlant, Ga.), March 26, 1919, p. 15, available online at the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/10021978/1919-03-26/ed-1/seq-15/, accessed May 16, 2024.
"John Chandler Wysor' in the Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/147524:7833, accessed May 16, 2024.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
The John C. Wysor Letter is a letter from physician John C. Wysor (1854-1919) in Clifton Forge, Virginia to his brother Henry C. Wysor, in Dublin, Virginia, written on May 3, 1912. The letter details one of John C. Wysor's patient's medical payments.
Source of Acquisition
The John C. Wysor Letter was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in December 2021.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the John C. Wysor Letter by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the John C. Wysor Letter was completed in May 2024.
- Title
- John C. Wysor Letter, 1912
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ella Winterling, Student Assistant, and LM Rozema, Archivist
- Date
- 2024 (CC0 1.0)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
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