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JAMES M. GAUME, M. D.
Vol. 3, p. 1031

Since 1907 Doctor Gaume has been located at Byron and has been
steadily growing in reputation and skill as one of the leading
physicians and surgeons of Alfalfa County. He is one of the earnest
and capable men in the medical profession in that section and has as
yet hardly reached the full tide of his success.

While most of his life has been spent either in Kansas or Oklahoma,
James M. Gaume was born November 11, 1876, at Danville, Ohio, a son
of Augustus J. and Mary M. (COLOPY) Gaume. His father was born in
Stark County, Ohio, in 1848, a son of parents who were born in
France. Augustus Gaume was a merchant, cigar manufacturer and farmer,
and farming was chief among his occupations throughout his active
career. In 1881, when Doctor Gaume was five years of age he moved out
to Kansas, buying land in Harper County, two miles east of Danville,
and continued his successful work as a farmer there until his death
February 4, 1893.

He was a member of the Catholic Church. His wife, whom he married in
1869, was born in Knox County, Ohio, July 10, 1851, a daughter of
Jacob and Sarah (SAPP) Colopy, who were natives of Vermont. Mrs.
Gaume died December 2, 1912, at Danville, Kansas, and was likewise a
communicant of the Catholic Church. They had five children, four sons
and one daughter, all living, as follows: Bertha Estella, born
December 20, 1872, married in 1899 Ney TITUS, and they are now
farmers in the Province of Alberta, Canada; Harry Wilfred, born
August 4, 1874, was married 1902 to Lizzie SMITHHISLER, and he is now
a leading physician at Harper, Kansas; the third in age is Dr. James
M. Gaume; Francis Rolland, born November 1, 1879, married in 1902 to
Laura FOLLOT, and is now a farmer in Alberta, Canada; Lamy Augustus,
born January 5, 1889, is a farmer at Danville, Kansas, and was
married in 1910 to Phoebe ERNEST.

The farm in Harper County, Kansas, was the scene of Doctor Gaume's
early rearing, and he attended a Catholic parochial school at
Danville, and also the Central Kansas Normal at Great Bend. In 1906
he graduated from the Ensworth Central Medical College of St. Joseph,
Missouri, and in the same year began practice at Jennings, Kansas.
After one year, in 1907, he removed to Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and
has since resided at Byron. He is a member of the county and state
medical societies and in 1914 served as vice president of the county
society. He is also a member of the American Medical Association, and
by reason of his special skill and attainments in that direction is
affiliated with the American Association of Orificial Surgeons.

At Wichita, Kansas, May 14, 1909, Doctor Gaume married Miss Mabel V.
BLANCHARD, daughter of James L. Blanchard, who is now living at
Byron, Oklahoma. She was born September 20, 1886, at Smith Center,
Kansas. They have two children, LaMont, born at Byron February 14,
1910, and James Garnet, born September 14, 1915. Doctor Gaume is a
Catholic, in which faith he was reared, while his wife is a member of
the Christian Church.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Lee Ann Collins, April 13, 1999.