Information
Sheet
R Williams, William B., ca. 1812-ca.
1888.
103 Ledger,
1837-1878.
One volume.
MICROFILM
This is an indexed account ledger of a
physician in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. The entries include the names of patients, the
nature of services rendered, and payments received in cash and kind. See also WHMC-Rolla collection
R113.
According to the Federal censuses of 1850
and 1860 for St. Francois County, Dr. William B. Williams, a physician, was
born in Connecticut in either 1812 or 1814.
He was married, and lived in Farmington with his wife Mary and their
six children. Although his account
ledger does not indicate that he left Farmington or quit practicing medicine,
no mention of Dr. Williams could be
found in the census of 1870, the Transactions
(1878-1879) of the Missouri State Medical Association, or in any of the
histories of Farmington and St. Francois County. The date of his death is not known. The results of a search for biographical information on Williams
by the State Historical Society of Missouri can be found in the Information
Folder.
Dr. Williams’s ledger is a typical
account record, with entries noting the various medical services
rendered. The volume is indexed. Most of the patients were residents of St.
Francois County, but a few individuals from Ste. Genevieve and Jefferson
counties were also noted. Families are
indexed by the name of the head of the household, and each entry indicates
which family member was treated. The
notations for each visit are followed
by charges for services, and any payments in kind, and, in those cases, the
goods and services received in lieu of cash are mentioned. Most of the individual entries are not
dated, but they are cross-referenced to the pages of daybooks that have been
cataloged and microfilmed separately as WHMC-Rolla collection
R113.
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