Magruder, David Lynn

See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]: “Magruder, D. L.” and “Magruder, D. S.”

J Am Med Assoc. 1910;55(24):2077: David Lynn Magruder, M.D. University of Maryland. Baltimore, 1849; Brigadier General, Medical Corps, U. S. Army, retired; died at his home in Bryn Mawr, Pa., November 22, aged 85. He entered the Army as an assistant surgeon in 1850; was made captain five years later; in 1802 he was made major; in 1882, lieutenant colonel; in 1886, colonel; and was retired April 23, 1889, by operation of law, on account of age. He served as medical director of the Department of the Missouri at St. Louis until October, 1863, and then became chief medical purveyor at Louisville. After service as medical director of the departments of the Platte and Arizona, he again served as medical director of the Department of the Missouri, until 1884. He was brevetted lieutenant colonel in 1865 for faithful and meritorious service during the war, and was advanced to brigadier general on the retired list in 1904 on account of Civil War service.