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DR. F. B. STOBAUGH
Vol. 3, p 1077

In the days of the early settlement of that large area which
included the southern part of the Chickasaw nation, the region was
much less healthful than at present, owing to the great prevalence of
malaria, which manifested itself in the form of ague, or "chills and
fever." Many white settlers were forced to leave the region on this
account and give up the prospect of wealth and growing fortune in
order to save the health of themselves and their families. It was not
until about fifteen years ago that the leading doctors of the
Chickasaw country attempted to grapple with the problem in a
systematic and scientific manner, but since then wonders have been
accomplished. Among the foremost workers in this line has been Dr. F.
B. Stobaugh, who settled at Mannsville in 1901. So successful has he
been that it has been several years since he has treated a case of
malaria that originated in his territory, and during the year 1914 he
treated but one case of typhoid fever. An account of the ridding of
this country of malaria would make one of the important chapters in
the history of its development.

Doctor Stobaugh was born at Choctaw, Arkansas, January 9, 1866, a
son of William and Mintie (TRAIWICK) Stobaugh. His father and
paternal grandfather were Confederate Soldiers. The latter, who was
captain and chaplain in the Sixteenth Arkansas Volunteer Regiment,
was fatally wounded at the Battle of Shiloh thirty minutes after
General Albert Sidney Johnston fell. William Stobaugh, the Doctor's
father, was a pioneer settler in Arkansas. He was a member of the
Nineteenth Arkansas Volunteer Infantry of the Confederate States army
and during the war was wounded and left for dead on the field on
Covington, Kentucky. He was found by Union soldiers, who were
scouring the field after the battle, one of them being attracted to
the wounded Confederate by the Masonic button on his coat. They
picked him up, treated him tenderly and nursed him back to health. He
accompanied them to Indiana, where he remained a few years before
returning to Arkansas. On his return home he assisted in rebuilding
his part of the country and did a good deal to help the poor. In 1876
he entered into the mill business at Choctaw and has continued in it
up to the present time. Doctor Stobaugh's paternal ancestry were of
German origin. His mother's people were Scotch ancestry and his
genealogical line has been traced back many generations, showing a
close connection with the royal house of Scotland.

F. B. Stobaugh acquired but a meager education in the common schools
of Arkansas and was advanced only to the third grade when at the age
of seventeen he entered the Clinton Male and Female Academy at
Clinton, Arkansas. He finished the course there in three and a half
years, receiving the degree of Bachelor Arts. Afterwards he taught
school for four years, during which time he studied medicine. He took
his first course of lectures in 1888-89 and a second course in 1889-
90, and thereafter for six years was engaged in practice, completing
his medical degree work in 1898. For eleven years he practiced at
Holland, Arkansas, moving from there in 1901 to Mannsville, of which
place he has since been a resident. He is a member of the Johnston
County, Oklahoma State and American Medical associations, and has for
four years been president of the county organization.

In 1906 he completed a post-graduate course in the New Orleans
Polyclinic, and another post-graduate course in 1908 at Tulane
University, New Orleans. In Freemasonry Doctor Stobaugh is well
advanced, being a member of the Blue Lodge at Mannsville, of which he
was senior deacon eighteen years and has been master two years; also
of Chapter No. 40, R. A. M., the Council of Tishomingo and the
Commandery at Ardmore. He also belongs to the Woodmen's and Odd
Fellows' lodges. His medical ability is recognized throughout this
section and he is now serving as city health officer of Mannsville,
being also a member of the board of education. Aside from his
profession he takes an active interest in agriculture, owning a
valuable farm near Mannsville that his son is cultivating.

Doctor Stobaugh was first married, May 15, 1892, at Holland,
Arkansas, to Miss Agnes GARRETT. He was married again at Holland,
October 30, 1901, to Miss Katherine MABRY. His children are: J. Guy,
now twenty-two years old, who spent two years in the University of
Oklahoma and is engaged in farming near Mannsville, as above
mentioned, and Margaret Helen, aged thirteen.

Doctor Stobaugh has two brothers and two sisters, namely: John T.
Stobaugh, an attorney at Tishomingo; William Riley Stobaugh, a farmer
at Big Branch, Arkansas; Mrs. Lizzie C. JENNINGS, who is the widow of
a lumber dealer and resides at Durant, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Nettie G.
HAMILTON, the wife of a farmer and druggist at Alex, Oklahoma.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Lee Ann Collins, December 12, 1999.