R. C. Musgrave, M.D. (Biography)

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Taken from History of the State of Kansas, by William G. Cutler

R.C. Musgrave, M.D., physician and surgeon, was born in Hamilton county, Ill., February 19, 1834, when seventeen years of age, he located in Jefferson County, remaining there until 1862, when he elisted in the Eightieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving six months, returning to Jefferson County, he began reading medicine under Dr. Stonemets, and after finishing his course, followed the practice of medicine until 1870, when he settled at Fairplay, Mo., remaining there two years.  In 1872, he emigrated to Kansas, locating in Howard County, took a claim in Greenfield Township, now in Elk County, and after living on the place two years, he located at Canola, where he followed the practice of medicine and carried on a drugstore.  When Grenola was started, he located there and has had a large practice since.  He is the oldest physician in this part of the county, and has been very successful.  He was married in 1857 at Mount Vernon, Jefferson Co., Ill., to Miss Zilpha A. Green.  They have three children --Cora A., Robert G., and John D.  He is a member of the South Kansas Medical Association.