John C. Wysor Letter

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Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
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Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Wysor, John C. (John Chandler), 1854-1919
Abstract:
The John C. Wysor Letter is a letter from physician John C. Wysor (1854-1919) in Clifton Forge, Virginia to his brother Henry C. Wysor, in Dublin, Virginia, written on May 3, 1912. The letter details one of John C. Wysor's patient's medical payments.
Language:
The materials in this collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John C. Wysor Letter, 1912, Ms2024-056, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The John C. Wysor Letter is a letter from Wysor in Clifton Forge, Virginia, to his brother Henry C. Wysor, in Dublin, Virginia, written on May 3, 1912. The letter details one of John C. Wysor's patient's medical payments.

Biographical / historical:

John Chandler Wysor (sometimes John C. D. Wysor) was born to George Washington and Margaret Ann Wysor on May 12, 1854, in Pulaski County, Virginia. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore (now the University of Maryland School of Medicine). He was a physician and the chief surgeon at the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Hospital and later went into private practice in Clifton Forge, Virginia. He also served on the City Council and the local Y.M.C.A. board and worked for the Red Cross.

Wysor married Alice E. Pugh (1859-1947) on August 27, 1884, and their children include Julia and Frank. He died on February 23, 1919.

External Sources:

U.S. Federal Census, 1860-1870, 1900.

"Dr John Chandler Wysor", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38066038/john_chandler_wysor, accessed May 3, 2024.

"Alice A. Pugh Wysor", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38065949/alice_a_wysor, accessed May 3, 2024.

"Jno C D Wysor" in the Virginia, U.S., Birth Registers, 1853-1911, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/745960:62153, accessed May 3, 2024.

"J C Wysor" in the West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/525298:2538, accessed May 16, 2024.

"Dr. John C. Wysor Dies", Richmond times-dispatch (Richmond, Va.), Feb. 24, 1919, p. 4., available online at the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1919-02-24/ed-1/seq-4/, accessed May 16, 2024.

L. H. Paul, "Dr. John C. Wysor," The Presbyterian of the South : [combining the] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian (Atlant, Ga.), March 26, 1919, p. 15, available online at the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/10021978/1919-03-26/ed-1/seq-15/, accessed May 16, 2024.

"John Chandler Wysor' in the Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/147524:7833, accessed May 16, 2024.

Acquisition information:
The John C. Wysor Letter was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in December 2021.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the John C. Wysor Letter was completed in May 2024.