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Dr. Holdsworth Wheeler Bond
1867 - 1923 (56 years)-
Name Holdsworth Wheeler Bond Prefix Dr. Birth 29 Sep 1867 Port Republic, Calvert, Maryland 
[1] Gender Male Death 20 Oct 1923 Grafton, Jersey, Illinois [1] Burial St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri [1] Person ID I124 Scudder Last Modified 12 Feb 2016
Family Isabelle White Scudder, b. 6 Oct 1869, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri d. 31 Mar 1931, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii (Age 61 years) Marriage 1 Jun 1899 St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri [1] Children 1. Mary Scudder Bond, b. 7 Nov 1901, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri d. 12 Sep 1995, St, Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (Age 93 years)2. Isabelle Brooke Bond, b. 4 Feb 1909, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri d. 14 May 1994, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 85 years)Family ID F67 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - Holdsworth was educated in the Charlotte Hall Military Academy of Maryland, from which he was graduated in 1884. He next took up the study of medicine and completed his course in the Missouri Medical College of St. Louis and in the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Following his graduation in 1890 he served for two years as an intern in the St. Louis City Hospital, acting as junior and senior physician there. He likewise took up the teaching of anatomy in the Marion Sims Medical College, now the St. Louis University, remaining in that position for five years, from 1891 until 1896. In the latter year he entered upon general practice. In 1903 he was appointed by Mayor Rolla Wells as a member of the city board of health to fill an unexpired term, was appointed in 1905 by Mayor Wells to the position of health commissioner, and in 1907 reappointed to the same office, serving until 1911. During the mayoralty of Fred Kreisman in 1911 he was appointed a member of the hospital board. While serving as health commissioner he secured the passage of a most important measure by the legislature, the Missouri Vital Statistics Law, this being the first act of the kind ever successfully enforced in this state.
During World War I, Holdsworth was a medical examiner, serving without a commission. His political endorsement was given to the democratic party and he was well known in club circles of the city, having membership in the St. Louis, St. Louis Country and University Clubs, having at one time been president of the last named. His religious faith was that of the Episcopal church.
- Holdsworth was educated in the Charlotte Hall Military Academy of Maryland, from which he was graduated in 1884. He next took up the study of medicine and completed his course in the Missouri Medical College of St. Louis and in the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Following his graduation in 1890 he served for two years as an intern in the St. Louis City Hospital, acting as junior and senior physician there. He likewise took up the teaching of anatomy in the Marion Sims Medical College, now the St. Louis University, remaining in that position for five years, from 1891 until 1896. In the latter year he entered upon general practice. In 1903 he was appointed by Mayor Rolla Wells as a member of the city board of health to fill an unexpired term, was appointed in 1905 by Mayor Wells to the position of health commissioner, and in 1907 reappointed to the same office, serving until 1911. During the mayoralty of Fred Kreisman in 1911 he was appointed a member of the hospital board. While serving as health commissioner he secured the passage of a most important measure by the legislature, the Missouri Vital Statistics Law, this being the first act of the kind ever successfully enforced in this state.
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Sources - [S14] Genealogy of Descendants of Jacob Scudder T-2-3-7-Partial and Descendants of Peter Scudder T-2-3-11, XXVII, p. 15.
- [S14] Genealogy of Descendants of Jacob Scudder T-2-3-7-Partial and Descendants of Peter Scudder T-2-3-11, XXVII, p. 15.