The American Medical Association's American Medical Directory, 1906, John M. Conroy, MD, was practicing in Neillsville, Clark County at the time. His entry states he was born in 1868. He graduated from New York University School of Medicine, 1889, and was licensed in 1900. M. Nathalie Wheaton, MSLS

 

License Listing in the American Medical Directory

The first resident physician in Greenwood was Dr. H. J. Thomas. He and his wife located here about 1876. He was a very successful physician with one peculiarity he was never seen without a flower in his buttonhole.  He was followed by Dr. G. L. Buland. Dr. Buland, while here, married Miss Bertha Mason and built and lived in the house now occupied by H. F. Stabnow. He also built a drug store and office on the lot where the Gullord Pharmacy now stands and conducted them as long as he lived here. In the days when Bulands lived here there were no automobiles and no very good roads. The doctor travelled with a horse and buggy in the summer and a cutter in the winter. His wife was very active in social affairs, church work and the W. C. T. U. Following him came Doctors Conroy (John), Churchill (Benjamin), Julian and Karl Baker, Hugh Schofield, Frank Kennedy, F. A. Boeckmann, H. A. Schultz, L. P. Gaillardet. The Hub of Clark County (1853 - 1934).

Willie Toburen, working in Buker's camp, had the misfortune Saturday to drive the blade of his ax into his right ankle, making a mean gash the full width of the blade. Dr. Conroy dressed the wound and reports the case doing as well as can be expected. Greenwood Gleaner, 9 Feb 1900.

A large tumor of the neck was successfully removed last Thursday afternoon by Drs. Frank and John M. Conroy and Dr. Hacket. The patient Mrs. O. W. Babcock, of Washburn, a lady seventy-three years old, stood the ordeal without chloroform or ether. A local anesthetic was deemed the safest. Her condition at present is excellent. Clark Republican and Press Date: March 22, 1900.

Last Saturday, Mrs. James Flynn was brought to Neillsville for the purpose of having an operation for the relief of a mastoid abscess.  The operation was successfully performed by Drs. Conroy, Lacey and French.  The operation, a difficult procedure, required trephining the skull.  A similar operation was performed by the same physicians last week on a child of Joseph Schwellenbach, living near Globe.  Clark Republican and Press, April, 1900

A brakeman named John McPike slipped and fell from a moving box car on the through freight Tuesday afternoons when near the washboard factory. He fell about 30 feet, landing in the mud and water. Both bones of the left leg were broken above the ankle and the foot dislocated. He was picked up and taken to Ayers’ hotel where his injuries were dressed by Dr. John Conroy, and he getting along nicely. Clark Republican and Press Date: July 12, 1900

Drs. Conroy (Frank T.) & Conroy (John) have added an X-ray machine to their office equipment.  They can see right through you with this apparatus. Clark County Press, Sept. 1901

Olmstead, George E. (? – 4 Jan 1905) -- Just before the east bound train came in Wednesday afternoon, George E. Olmstead, a traveling salesman who stood waiting for the train at the depot , dropped dead on the platform while conversing with Joe Davis, clerk at the O’Neill House. Dr. Schwarze of Granton, who was also awaiting the train, and Dr. J. R. Brooks, who was at the depot, attempted to resuscitate him and Dr. John Conroy was hastily summoned, but no signs of life were obtained. Deceased had made his regular trips here (Neillsville, Clark County) for many years as salesman for the Buckeye Distilling Co. of Cincinnati, of which firm he was a member. It is reported that his family resides at Baraboo, Wis. The city authorities notified undertaker H. H. Eberhardt to take charge of the body, and the firm was at once notified by wire of the occurrence, and instructions asked for. Clark County Press, January 5, 1905

Research Notes

1st Marriage: August 6, 1903 George A. Corbin (b. 1875) married Mabel L. Gifford in Los Angeles, California. Her father was Charles F. Gifford and her mother was Mary E. Murdock of South Elgin, Illinois.  George A. Corbin died in 1907.

 

Children of George & Mabel (Gifford) Corbin

1. Robert E. Corbin b: 1904 in Los Angeles, California

2. Geraldine M. Corbin b: 1906 in Los Angeles, California

2nd Marriage: 1909 to  J. M. Conroy b: March, 1868.

 

Children of John M. & Mabel (Gifford) Conroy

1. Margaret Jane Conroy b: 1910 in Tampico Twp., Illinois

Death of John Conroy

 

Conroy, John, died October 27, 1913-10-27 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois; Book U, #00002728.

 

Census Records

 

 

1880 Federal Census--Lamotte, Crawford, Illinois
Name	Relation	Marital Status	Gender	Race	Age	Nativity	Occupation	Father's Nativity	Mother's Nativity
Cal Corbon	Self	M	Male	W	32	Illinois	Laborer	Illinois	Illinois
Rody A. Corbon	Wife	M	Female	W	24	Illinois	Keeping House	Illinois	Illinois
Mabil Corbon	Daughter	S	Female	W	1	Illinois		Illinois	Illinois

 

 

1900 Federal Census--Neillsville, Town of Pine Valley, Clark County, Wisconsin
Name	Relation	Marital	Years Wed	Sex	Color	Born-Age	Birthplace	Occupation	Father Born	Mother Born	Property
Conroy, John M.	head	single		male	white	Mar, 1868-32yrs	Illinois	physician-regular	Ireland	Ireland	renter

 

1910 Federal Census--Tampico Twp., Whiteside Co., Illinois
Name	Relation	Marital	Wed	Sex	Color	Born-Age	Birthplace	Occupation	Father Born	Mother Born	Property
Conroy, John M.	head	married	1yr.	male	white	1871-39	Illinois	farmer	Ireland-English	Ireland-English	renter
Conroy, Mabel L.	wife	married 2	1yr.	female	white	1879-31	Illinois	none	Illinois	New York
Corbine, Robert E.	stepson	single		male	white	7	California		Indiana	Illinois
Corbine, Geraldine M.	step-daughter	single		female	white	4	California		Indiana	Illinois

 

 

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Obit: Conroy, Mrs. John (1884? - 1913)

Contact: Stan

 

Surnames: CONROY

 

----Source: CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN & PRESS (Neillsville, Wis.) 03/27/1913

 

Conroy, Mrs. John (1884? - 19 Mar 1913)

 

The Chicago papers of last Thursday announced the death of Mrs. John Conroy, wife of Dr. John Conroy, formerly of Neillsville, Clark County. Death was due to pneumonia. She was twenty-eight years of age. She was married to Dr. Conroy a year ago in January. To him is offered the sympathy of a large number of friends here.

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