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Dr. Rollin Sherlock FILLMORE

Dr. Rollin Sherlock FILLMORE

Male 1854 - 1944  (89 years)

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  • Name Rollin Sherlock FILLMORE  [2] 
    • Taken from the Blue Rapids Centennial 1870-1970 Booklet.

      Dr. Rollin S. Fillmore, born in Illinois on December 22, 1854, and passed away November 1, 1944. He lost both his parents when he was young and made his home for a time with his Aunt Cass and Uncle Frederich Merrill. While attending normal school, his desire was to study medicine, probably because his father was a physician.
      In later years he enrolled in Missouri Medical College. After his first year in medical college he opened an office under tutelage of Dr. L.P. Stookey in the town of Fayettville, Illinois. In the fall he returned to Medical College and remained until graduation. On December 21, 1885, he was united in marriage to Miss Ada Louise Burn. To this union three children were born, Louise Eupheme, Rollin Slossin, Jr. and Benjamin Dewitt. Louise married Dr. R.W. Weston.
      Dr. and Mrs. Fillmore located in Blue Rapids and for forty-six years was our doctor here and to our adjoining towns of Irving, Bigelow, Frankfort, Waterville, Marysville and Cleburne, also the surrounding county.
      Physicians' fees and physicians' collections are entirely different things. With a country doctor, long hours and small fees usually went together.
      In early days, doctors made the charge of one dollar per visit and that included the medicine. In the country they charged one dollar per visit and fifty cents a mile.
      Dr. Fillmore believes his largest fee was $450.00 but this was for several weeks attendance on the patient.
      In his day, he received for his services, such things as a goat, small potatoes, sugar, and etc., not always money. His means of transportation, first on horseback and carried the old fashion saddlebag. He then drove a team of stallions, then later a team of small horses. In 1908, he got his first new car, a Rambler he bought at Kansas City, Missouri.
      He retired from practice of medicine in 1929 and he and Mrs Fillmore went to Long Beach, California to make their home.
      Dr. Fillmore was a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Eastern Star, Knights of Pyhias, Woodmen and Royal Neighbors. He also was a member of the Township Board, City Council, School Board and in church activities. [1]
    Prefix Dr. 
    Birth 23 Dec 1854  Elkton, Washington Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1857  Living with parents in St. Cloud, Stearns Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900  Living in Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1905  Living in Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1910  Living in Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1920  Living in Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 1940  Living in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Death 1 Nov 1944  California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial Fairmont Cemetery,Blue Rapids, Marshall Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I105034  Main Tree
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2022 

    Father Rollin Slosson FILLMORE,   b. 29 Jun 1819, Clarence, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Mar 1859, St. Cloud, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Laura E. ?,   b. Abt 1828, Tennesee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F44182  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ada Louise BURN,   b. 22 Dec 1863, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Oct 1951, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 21 Dec 1885  Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 9] 
    Children 
    +1. Louise E. FILLMORE,   b. Oct 1887, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1972 (Age 84 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Dr. Rollin Slossin FILLMORE, Sr.,   b. 22 Dec 1889, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1984 (Age 94 years)  [Birth]
     3. Benjamin Dewitt FILLMORE,   b. 18 Aug 1891, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1968, Temple, Bell County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F27723  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Dec 1885 - Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Nov 1944 - California Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Headstones
    Dr. Rollin Sherlock Fillmore Headstone    		Dr. Rollin Sherlock Fillmore Headstone
    Rollin S., son of Sherlock Fillmore and Lois Slosson, is the husband of Ada L. Burn. He is buried in the Fairmont Cemetery in Blue apids, Marshall Co., Kansas.

    Created by: Darrell Brooks
    Photo added by: Darrell Brooks

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S13561] 1857 Census St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota.

    3. [S01739] Ancestry.com: California, U.S., Death Index 1940-1997 .

    4. [S13562] 1900 Census Blue Rapids, Marshall County, Kansas.

    5. [S13563] 1905 Census Blue Rapids, Marshall County, Kansas.

    6. [S13564] 1910 Census Blue Rapids, Marshall County, Kansas.

    7. [S13566] 1920 Census Blue Rapids, Marshall County, Kansas.

    8. [S6514] 1940 Census Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.

    9. [S13468] Ancestry.com: Kansas, U.S., County Marriage Records 1811-1911.


  

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