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 1840 - 1934 (94 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| Name |
Levi Lewis Dorr |
| Title |
Doctor |
| Born |
6 Apr 1840 |
Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts  |
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Male |
| Died |
10 Sep 1934 |
San Francisco, San Francisco, California |
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| Person ID |
I7700 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Family |
Janett Raymond, b. 8 Feb 1851, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio , d. 1 Dec 1945, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (Age 94 years) |
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| | 1. Elsie Dorr, b. 14 Oct 1883, San Francisco, San Francisco, California , d. 6 Jan 1971, Monterey County, California (Age 87 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2637 |
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 | Born - 6 Apr 1840 - Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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 | Died - 10 Sep 1934 - San Francisco, San Francisco, California |
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- From his obituary: Dr. L. L. Dorr (for he always so signed his name rather than by his full name, Levi Lewis Dorr), for many years the oldest member of the San Francisco County Medical Society and who was made an honorary member February 8, 1927, has gone at the ripe age of ninety-four. Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, April 6, 1840, he enlisted at the age of twenty-one in the Federal Army in the war between the states; was twice wounded, once at Antietam. It was in the Army Hospital in Washington that he met Dr. Henry Gibbons, Jr., who stimulated his interest in the study of medicine. Their friendship, thus started, became intimate and lasted until the latter's death in 1911. They married cousins. Doctor Dorr was graduated in medicine by the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, in 1866, and came almost immediately to California. He enlisted and served as surgeon in the United States Army, where he saw something of the trouble with the Indians in Arizona. He later made a trip to China as ship's surgeon on one of the Pacific Mail steamers. He had service at the City and County Hospital, but resigned on his marriage in 1873 and entered private practice. His wife was Miss Janet Raymond. Prior to 1876 anyone could practice medicine in California, but in that year the first Medical Practice Act became effective on April 3. Licenses to practice medicine were then granted to physicians possessing diplomas. Doctor Dorr's license is dated 1876. He served as Coroner in San Francisco from 1877 to 1881. For many years he was Pacific Coast Medical Referee of the Equitable Life Insurance Company of New York. In 1882 he was Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the Medical College of the Pacific, the predecessor of Cooper Medical College. He was a member of George H. Thomas Post No. 2, G. A. R.; member of the Olympic Club for many years, resigning in 1930; of the Pacific Union Club 1889 to 1923. He is survived by his widow and four children: Dr. William Raymond Dorr, superintendent of the County Hospital at Riverside; Louis Dorr, and two daughters, Mrs. A. C. Lucca of San Francisco and Mrs. Claude E. Brigham, wife of General Brigham, Chief of Chemical Warfare, U. S. A., Washington, D. C. In spite of the accumulation of years, Doctor Dorr seemed never to grow old. He delighted in association with younger men and retained his interest in their progress almost to the very end. Only in the last three or four years were the infirmities of great age noticeable. In his relations with his fellow man Doctor Dorr was always the courtly gentleman. He was a kindly spirit and he was much beloved by a host of friends.
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