1837-1904. Yavapai County Medical Society charter member.
Phillips, Melvin W. Mile hi docs. Prescott, AZ : [M & J Pub. Co.], 1996, pages 138-140.
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 355.
A historical and biographical record of the Territory of Arizona. Chicago : McFarland & Poole, 1896, page 464: DR. J. N. McCANDLESS. One of the noblest professions, one of the most beneficial to mankind, is that of medicine, and while it is prosecuted for gain, it is in its very nature nearest to beneficent charity, and is very exacting upon its devotees. One of the most prominent physicians and surgeons of Prescott, Arizona, is Dr. J. N. McCandless. He is a native of Cutler County, Pennsylvania, born December 4, 1837: son of A. M. and Keziah McCandless, both of whom are of Scotch origin. The father followed farming most of his life and died in Butler County, Pennsylvania. In the public schools of Butler County our subject received his primary training and subsequently graduated at Witherspoon Institute, at Butler. Following this he took up the study of medicine, for which he had early displayed a strong liking, and graduated at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1863. He immediately enlisted in the Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment and was first assistant surgeon. Later he was made surgeon of this regiment and filled that position until cessation of hostilities. A part of the time he was brigade surgeon on the frontier. In 1866 he began looking around for a suitable location and continued this the eighteen months he acted as assistant surgeon of the regular army. In the fall of 1868 he located at Prescott, Arizona, and has followed his profession here ever since. He is one of the oldest practicing physicians in the Territory, having been here for thirty years, and has built up a fine practice. He is one of the leading physicians of his section and as a surgeon stands second to but few. Dr. McCandless served as president of Yavapai County Medical Society for some time, has been health officer of Prescott and has served as trustee of the schools. Socially he is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. In the year 1874 he was married to Miss Kate Kerr, a native of Michigan, and they have two children, Lewis W. and Eva J. In politics the doctor is a Republican. He is a representative man of the Territory. In connection with his profession he owns one of the largest and best equipped drug stores in Prescott, and is also the owner of some mining property. For some time he was interested in ranching.
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1904; XLIII: 64: Yavapai County Medical Society. -- This society was organized on the standard plan at Prescott, June 18, with 14 charter members. The following officers were elected: Dr. Thomas B. Davis, president; Dr. Will S. Smith, vice-president, and Dr. Clarence E. Yount, secretary-treasurer, all of Prescott; delegates to the Arizona Medical Association, Drs. J. W. Coleman, Jerome, and John S. Barrett, Prescott; and censors, Drs. Henry D. Thomason, U. S. Army, Whipple Barracks, James N. McCandless, Prescott, and John Dennett, Jr., Congress.
J Am Med Assoc, Dec 1904; XLIII: 1804: James Newton McCandless, M.D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1863, of Prescott, Ariz., surgeon during the Civil War, for 35 years a resident of Arizona, died at Mercy Hospital, Prescott, November 25, aged 67. At a meeting of the Yavapai County Medical Society resolutions laudatory of its late member were unanimously adopted.
Phillips, Melvin W. Mile hi docs. Prescott, AZ : [M & J Pub. Co.], 1996, pages 138-140.
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 355.
A historical and biographical record of the Territory of Arizona. Chicago : McFarland & Poole, 1896, page 464: DR. J. N. McCANDLESS. One of the noblest professions, one of the most beneficial to mankind, is that of medicine, and while it is prosecuted for gain, it is in its very nature nearest to beneficent charity, and is very exacting upon its devotees. One of the most prominent physicians and surgeons of Prescott, Arizona, is Dr. J. N. McCandless. He is a native of Cutler County, Pennsylvania, born December 4, 1837: son of A. M. and Keziah McCandless, both of whom are of Scotch origin. The father followed farming most of his life and died in Butler County, Pennsylvania. In the public schools of Butler County our subject received his primary training and subsequently graduated at Witherspoon Institute, at Butler. Following this he took up the study of medicine, for which he had early displayed a strong liking, and graduated at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1863. He immediately enlisted in the Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment and was first assistant surgeon. Later he was made surgeon of this regiment and filled that position until cessation of hostilities. A part of the time he was brigade surgeon on the frontier. In 1866 he began looking around for a suitable location and continued this the eighteen months he acted as assistant surgeon of the regular army. In the fall of 1868 he located at Prescott, Arizona, and has followed his profession here ever since. He is one of the oldest practicing physicians in the Territory, having been here for thirty years, and has built up a fine practice. He is one of the leading physicians of his section and as a surgeon stands second to but few. Dr. McCandless served as president of Yavapai County Medical Society for some time, has been health officer of Prescott and has served as trustee of the schools. Socially he is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. In the year 1874 he was married to Miss Kate Kerr, a native of Michigan, and they have two children, Lewis W. and Eva J. In politics the doctor is a Republican. He is a representative man of the Territory. In connection with his profession he owns one of the largest and best equipped drug stores in Prescott, and is also the owner of some mining property. For some time he was interested in ranching.
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1904; XLIII: 64: Yavapai County Medical Society. -- This society was organized on the standard plan at Prescott, June 18, with 14 charter members. The following officers were elected: Dr. Thomas B. Davis, president; Dr. Will S. Smith, vice-president, and Dr. Clarence E. Yount, secretary-treasurer, all of Prescott; delegates to the Arizona Medical Association, Drs. J. W. Coleman, Jerome, and John S. Barrett, Prescott; and censors, Drs. Henry D. Thomason, U. S. Army, Whipple Barracks, James N. McCandless, Prescott, and John Dennett, Jr., Congress.
J Am Med Assoc, Dec 1904; XLIII: 1804: James Newton McCandless, M.D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1863, of Prescott, Ariz., surgeon during the Civil War, for 35 years a resident of Arizona, died at Mercy Hospital, Prescott, November 25, aged 67. At a meeting of the Yavapai County Medical Society resolutions laudatory of its late member were unanimously adopted.
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