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PHILLIP H. DALBY, M. D.
Vol. 3, p. 1268

For nearly thirty years Doctor Dalby has practiced medicine in the
country of Southern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma, and for the past
six years has been located at Ramona in Washington County, where he
is now serving as postmaster. Doctor Dalby, has a very successful
record as a physician, and his professional skill has been
supplemented by a great deal of kindly service among his circle of
practice. He has prospered in a business way, and has also been a
leader in democratic circles both in Kansas and Oklahoma.

Born in Edwards County, Illinois, May 15, 1853 Doctor Dalby is a son
of David and Louisiana (BRISSENDON) Dalby. His father was born in
England in 1820, and his mother was born in Edwards County, Illinois,
in 1828, not long after her parents came from England. The Dalby
family lived in Edwards and White counties of Illinois until 1870,
and then became pioneer settlers in Montgomery County in Southern
Kansas, near the Village of Havana. The father improved a farm there
and lived in that vicinity until his death in 1903, having survived
his wife ten years. By trade he was a lithographer and carpenter, but
spent most of his active life as a farmer. He was known in his
community as a man of unusual information, gained by generous reading
both in history and general literature, and could quote freely many
passages from the standard authors. He was a democrat, and was a
member of the Episcopal Church. Doctor Dalby was the fifth in a
family of eight children, and others mentioned briefly as follows: F.
D., deceased; Zilpha PINGREE of Collinsville; W. O., of Seattle,
Washington; Fannie LEMMART, of Victoria, Texas; Sarah COE; of
California; G. P., who lives on the old farm in Kansas; and Minnie
WRIGHT, of Collinsville.

Doctor Dalby was about seventeen years old when the family removed
to Kansas, and in the meantime had gained the rudiments of his
education in the local schools of Illinois. He grew to manhood in
Montgomery County, Kansas, and had considerable experience as a
farmer. He lived at home until taking up the study of medicine in
1884 in the Kansas City Medical College, now the medical department
of the University of Kansas, from which he was graduated M. D. in
1886. He has since pursued post-graduate work in the New York
Polyclinic. Since 1886 Doctor Dalby has been steadily engaged in
practice in the districts along the border between Kansas and
Oklahoma. His home has been at Ramona for six years, and in October,
1914, he was appointed postmaster of that village. He also owns a
farm near Ramona, and is developing it to the best standards.

All his life Doctor Dalby has been a democrat. While living at
Chautauqua, Kansas, he served as postmaster under appointment from
President Cleveland. He was a delegate to the Oklahoma State
Convention of 1912 which selected the Wilson delegate for the
Baltimore Convention. He is a member of the medical organizations
including the American Medical Association, is affiliated with the
subordinate lodge and encampment of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, is a Master Mason and also a Knight of Pythias. In 1888
Doctor Dalby married Miss Minnie E. BYERS, who was born in Iowa. Mrs.
Dalby is now serving as assistant postmaster at Ramona. While they
had no children of their own they have reared several orphans. They
are both popular members of the social community of Ramona and have a
comfortable home in that village. Doctor Dalby among other
experiences which identify him with Oklahoma was a participant in the
rush at the opening of the Cherokee Strip on 1893, but did not secure
a claim.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Jean Owens October 24, 1998.