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GEORGE S. BARBER, M. D.
Vol. 3, p. 1225

Although, as compared with some biographies which appear in this
volume of men who have gain eminence in the profession of medicine,
newcomer in the field at Lawton, Dr. George S. BARBER has already
attained a good reputation as a successful physician and skilled
surgeon. He had received a liberal literary education before starting
upon the study of medicine, and after a long and thorough preparation
in medicine, and after a long and thorough preparation in his chosen
calling entered upon its practice at Lawton in 1911. Those who are
acquainted with him will bear witness to his being an honorable,
conscientious physician, who by hard study and indomitable energy,
has become thoroughly conversant with the details of his profession.

Doctor Barber was born at Waukesha, Wisconsin, April 7, 1883, and is
a son of G. F. H. and Lydia D. (BACON) Barber. His paternal
grandfather was Silas Barber, who was born in the State of New York,
but lived the greater part of his life at Waukesha, Wisconsin, where
he was engaged in the wool business and where his death occurred. The
family originated in Holland and was founded in the Empire State
prior to the outbreak of the Revolutionary war. G.F.H. Barber was
born at Waukesha, Wisconsin, in 1851, and there entered business as a
young man, continuing to be a resident of that city until 1904 when
he came to Lawton, Oklahoma, to accept the position of president of
the Citizens State Bank, a capacity in which he acted until his death
in 1911. He was well known in political and public life, took an
active participation in the activities of the republican party, and
for several years served as a member of the city council of Lawton. A
lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church, he served as elder for a
long period of years. Mrs. Barber, who was also born in Wisconsin,
survives her husband and resides at Lawton. There are two children in
the family: Winchell F., who is president of the Citizens State Bank
of Lawton; and Dr. George S., of this notice.

George S. Barber received his early education in the graded schools
of Waukesha, Wisconsin, following which he became a student at the
Madison (Wisconsin) High School, where he was duly graduated in 1901.
After some preparation he entered the University of Wisconsin, where
he pursued a literary course and was graduated in 1905, with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts, and while attending that institution
joined the Kappa Sigma Greek letter fraternity, of which he is still
a member. Doctor Barber then entered Rush Medical College, Chicago,
where he was graduated in 1908, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine
and while there joined the Sigma Nu Greek letter medical fraternity,
in which he still holds membership. In 1908 and 1909, Doctor Barber
took a post-graduate course in the Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago,
where he served as interne, and in 1910 and 1911 studied at Vienna,
Austria, where he thoroughly prepared himself in General Diagnosis
and Pathology.

On his return to the United States, in 1911, Doctor Barber began
practice at Lawton, where he has continued to be engaged in general
medicine and surgery and has built up a very lucrative professional
business, his offices being located in the Koehler Building. He is
serving as city health officer, and has been connected with movements
which have done much to contribute to better sanitation for Lawton. A
member of the Presbyterian Church, he is acting as deacon and
secretary. He holds membership in the leading organizations of his
profession, and is fraternally connected with Lawton Lodge No. 183,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is master; Lawton
Chapter No. 44, Royal Arch Masons, and Lodge No. 1056, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks. He is a director in the Citizens State Bank
of Lawton.

On June 9, 1915, doctor Barber was married at Lawton to Miss Alma
FAIN, of Weatherford, Texas.

Typed for OKGenWeb by: Paul Grose, February 25, 1999.