Born in Rose County, Ohio in 1865. Graduated from the medical department of the University of Cincinnati. Practiced in Nogales from about 1890. Also (circa 1913) County Superintendent of Health and surgeon for the Southern Pacific Company north of the international line. Source: Who's Who in Arizona. Volume I. 1913 (p. 196).
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 334.
See also: McClintock, James H. Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern; the Nation's Youngest Commonwealth within a Land of Ancient Culture. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1916 (aka Arizona, the Youngest State), volume 3 (Biographical), pages 546,547 [portrait]
Sloan, Richard E. History of Arizona. Phoenix, Record Pub. Co., 1930, volume 4 (Arizona biography), pages 530-531.
W. F. Chenoweth, Nogales, Ariz. Importance of Laboratory as Aid to Correct Diagnosis. Southwestern Medicine, El Paso, Texas, September, 1918, 2, No. 9, pp. 11ff.
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1895; XXV: 169: Health Reports. -- The following health reports have been received by the Supervising Surgeon-General, Marine-Hospital Service: ... Nogales, Ariz., July 15,1895. Dear Sir: -- I have the honor to report one new case of smallpox in Nogales, Ariz., and three new cases in Nogales, Mexico. I have received what I believe reliable information that yellow fever is prevalent in the following cities, viz.: Sonsonate and Santa Ana, Salvador ; Champerico, Guatemala ; Tapachula and Ocus, State of Chiapas, Mexico. All these cities being on the Pacific Coast, passengers pass through here from there via Guaymas frequently, and from them I have received this intelligence. Very respectfully, W. F. Chenoweth, Sanitary Inspector, M.-H. S.
J Am Med Assoc, Nov 1902; XXXIX: 1196: The following is a list of new members for the month of October: ARIZONA. ... Chenoweth, W. F., Nogales.
J Am Med Assoc, Apr 1909; LII: 1114: Arizona. The annual meeting of Santa Cruz County Medical Society was held in Nogales, March 8, when the following officers were elected: President, Dr. Albert L. Gustetter, Nogales; vice-president, Dr. Paul R. Doran, Patagonia; censor, Dr. William F. Chenoweth, Nogales; secretary-treasurer, Dr. Alfred C. Kingsley, Nogales; and committee on public health legislation, Drs. Adolphus H. Noon and Harry W. Purdy, Nogales.
J Am Med Assoc, Mar 1929; 92: 813: Arizona. State Health Officer Appointed. Governor Phillips announced, February 16, the appointment of Dr. Reginald J. H. Stroud, Tempe, as state superintendent of public health to succeed Dr. Frederic T. Fahlen, whose term expires April 2. The governor also announced the appointment of Drs. Harlan P. Mills, Phoenix, and O. S. Brown, Winslow, as members of the state medical board, succeeding Drs. William O. Sweek, Phoenix, and William F. Chenoweth, Nogales, respectively, whose terms have expired.
J Am Med Assoc, Dec 1941; 117: 2186: William F. Chenoweth, Nogales, Ariz. ; Medical College of Ohio, Cincinnati, 1888; past president of the state board of medical examiners ; member of fhe Arizona State Medical Association; aged 76; died, August 20, in Santa Barbara, Calif., of carcinoma of the right lung.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 334.
See also: McClintock, James H. Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern; the Nation's Youngest Commonwealth within a Land of Ancient Culture. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1916 (aka Arizona, the Youngest State), volume 3 (Biographical), pages 546,547 [portrait]
Sloan, Richard E. History of Arizona. Phoenix, Record Pub. Co., 1930, volume 4 (Arizona biography), pages 530-531.
W. F. Chenoweth, Nogales, Ariz. Importance of Laboratory as Aid to Correct Diagnosis. Southwestern Medicine, El Paso, Texas, September, 1918, 2, No. 9, pp. 11ff.
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1895; XXV: 169: Health Reports. -- The following health reports have been received by the Supervising Surgeon-General, Marine-Hospital Service: ... Nogales, Ariz., July 15,1895. Dear Sir: -- I have the honor to report one new case of smallpox in Nogales, Ariz., and three new cases in Nogales, Mexico. I have received what I believe reliable information that yellow fever is prevalent in the following cities, viz.: Sonsonate and Santa Ana, Salvador ; Champerico, Guatemala ; Tapachula and Ocus, State of Chiapas, Mexico. All these cities being on the Pacific Coast, passengers pass through here from there via Guaymas frequently, and from them I have received this intelligence. Very respectfully, W. F. Chenoweth, Sanitary Inspector, M.-H. S.
J Am Med Assoc, Nov 1902; XXXIX: 1196: The following is a list of new members for the month of October: ARIZONA. ... Chenoweth, W. F., Nogales.
J Am Med Assoc, Apr 1909; LII: 1114: Arizona. The annual meeting of Santa Cruz County Medical Society was held in Nogales, March 8, when the following officers were elected: President, Dr. Albert L. Gustetter, Nogales; vice-president, Dr. Paul R. Doran, Patagonia; censor, Dr. William F. Chenoweth, Nogales; secretary-treasurer, Dr. Alfred C. Kingsley, Nogales; and committee on public health legislation, Drs. Adolphus H. Noon and Harry W. Purdy, Nogales.
J Am Med Assoc, Mar 1929; 92: 813: Arizona. State Health Officer Appointed. Governor Phillips announced, February 16, the appointment of Dr. Reginald J. H. Stroud, Tempe, as state superintendent of public health to succeed Dr. Frederic T. Fahlen, whose term expires April 2. The governor also announced the appointment of Drs. Harlan P. Mills, Phoenix, and O. S. Brown, Winslow, as members of the state medical board, succeeding Drs. William O. Sweek, Phoenix, and William F. Chenoweth, Nogales, respectively, whose terms have expired.
J Am Med Assoc, Dec 1941; 117: 2186: William F. Chenoweth, Nogales, Ariz. ; Medical College of Ohio, Cincinnati, 1888; past president of the state board of medical examiners ; member of fhe Arizona State Medical Association; aged 76; died, August 20, in Santa Barbara, Calif., of carcinoma of the right lung.
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