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- Herman King was a veterinary surgeon in Grand Rapids, Michigan, having graduated from the Detroit Veterinary College, after which he made a good start in practice. He died at the age of twenty-eight.
Obituary1:
. 1895 Jul 26 - Mortuary Matters. The Grand Rapids Herald of Wednesday gave the rolling account of the illness & death the late Herman King:
Dr H A King, house surgeon at Dr Conkey'd veterinary hospital, died suddenly yesterday morning of paralysis. Dr King was born in October 1867, near Benton Harbor, where he lived with his parents, Henry L & Esther King, until he was 21 years old. He then spent 2 years in Benzie county, Mich., with his father's brother, Delos King. He came to Grand Rapids in the fall of '91 & engage as a veterinary student with Dr. Conkey, attending lectures at Detroit college of Medicine, veterinary deep. during the session s of 1893-94 & [1894-95] from there he graduated with honors in Aril. Since then he has held the position of house surgeon at Dr. Conkey's veterinary hospital. He was a good student & worked hard to master his chosen profession. His fiends think that his death was due to over taxing the brain. The remains are taken to BentonHarbor, where the funeral will be held tomorrow.
The remains of Dr Herman King, who died at the home of his brother-in-law, Dr L L Conkey, in Grand Rapids, Tuesday, where brought to this city Tuesday night & taken to the home of his father, Henry L King, at Millburg. The funeral was held from the Millburg church Thursday at 10 o'clock, with interment in Crystal S[rings cemetery at Benton Harbor, derives by Rev. Mr. Schofield. The young man's death was caused by paralysis of the respiratory organs & he was ill but 4 days. He was 28 years of age & had recently graduated from the Detroit Veterinary college.
Ref: The Semi-Weekly Palladium, Benton Harbor.
Obituary2: 1895 Jul 26. Dr. Herman A King died in Grand Rapids, Mich., Jul 23, 1895, aged 27y 9m 22d. He was born Oct 1 1867 in Benton Twp., Ferrier Co., Mich, on the homestead where his parents, Henry L & Esther King, still reside with their family. He was an industrious child, assisting in every way possible in the farm labors until he reached his majority in 1888.
At the age of 21 he went to Benzie Co. Mich., making his home with Delos King, his father's brother, until the fall of 1891, when he came to Grand Rapids & engaged as a veterinary student with Dr. L L Conkey.since graduating he has held the responsible position of house surgeon at Dr. Conkey's veterinary hospital, an institution where hundreds of domestic animals & family pets are treated annually. He was also at time of his death assistant veterinary for the city of Grand Rapids police & fire department. In his practice he was careful & thoughtful, never jumping at a conclusion & it was held it ever he error in his diagnosis. No man was ever more devoted to his profession or succeed better, in fact he was one of the brightest lights that the veterinary profession has ever known. His most intimate fiends say that his death was caused by over taxing his brain, at ll events the attention physicians, Drs Bigham & Griswell, way that the paralysis from which he died was due to effusion of the brain.
Dr King leaves father & Mother, 2 sisters & 2 brothers all at home, also one sister & brother-in-law, Dr Mrs Conkey of Grand Rapids who survive hime.
His death was wholly unlooked for as his illness was less than 48 hours duration. The flow falls the more heavily upon the grief stricken family. Especially is that true of his aged parents whose hearts & hopes were set upon the bright prospects that were ins tore for the young doctor who had already became vey popular among the officials & business men of Grand Rapids, all of whom join in extending their heart-held sympathy to the bereft family.
Ref: News Palladium Newspaper., Benton Harbor. - - -
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1867 - 1895 (27 years)