Dr. S. D. Carpenter
S.D. Carpenter & J.F. Ely
Dr. J.F. Ely in 1847 and Dr. S.D. Carpenter in 1849 came to Linn county and
were among those who became indentified with the county business affairs in
the decade between 1840 and 1850 and afterward.Both came as physicians and
practiced for a few years with success, but soon became interested in the
business and financial affairs of Cedar Rapids and abandoned the practice of
medicine.These gentlemen had an important part in the development of the
city which had the good fortune to attract men of broad and liberal views,
whose influence became a valuable heritage which was felt and appreciated
long after they ceased to be active factors on the affairs of the city and
county.Few names are remembered with greater affection than those of Dr.
Ely and Dr. Carpenter.
[source: "History of Medicine in Iowa", D.S. Fairchild, M.D., F.A.C.S.,
reprinted from The Journal of the Iowa State Medical Society, 1927]