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A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and New York
1931
MATHEW U. CHESIRE, M. D. Few of the surgeons of Marshaltown have attained
in greater degree the confidence and respect that is the portion of Dr. Mathew
U. Chesire, and which have attracted to him a large and remunerative
practice. He has a gentle touch and steady nerve, which, amid the excitement and responsibility of a delicate surgical operation, carries the knife unerringly to the nicest line of safety, dividing almost "the sould from the spirit." With this rare combination of qualities he has an enthusiasm for his calling, not for personal success as for truth and duty, which enables him to concentrate all his powers upon a case in hand, and exhaust all the resources of skill and knowledge at his command.
Doctor Chesire was born at Anamosa, Iowa, May 25, 1870, and is a son of
Mathew and Margaret (Heir) Chesire. His father was born in England and was seven years of age when brought by his parents to the United States, the family settling at Troy, New York, and later moving to Dubuque, Iowa. Mathew Chesire received his education in this state, and when a youth, in the '50s, encouraged by the tales of sudden wealth to be found in the gold fields of California,
he made the trip to that state, where he was engaged in a variety of employments, finally returning to Iowa in 1865 and settling at Anamosa, where his death occurred in 1913. Mathew Chesire married at Sinsinawa, Grant County,
Wisconsin, Miss Margaret Heir, who was born in Ireland and came to the United States in young womanhood.
Mathew U. Chesire attended the public schools of Anamosa, and after
graduation fro the high school, at the age of eighteen years, entered St. Joseph's
College, Dubuque, Iowa, where he spent four years and was graduated with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts. Subsequently he became a student at the famous
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, where he was graduated with the degree
of Doctor of Medicine after four years of attendance. He spent an
interneship of one year at St., Joseph's Hospital, Chicago, and in 1898 settled
permanently at Marshalltown, where he has since built up an excellent practice and established himself firmly among the leading men of his calling. He carried on a general practice in medicine and surgery until 1913, since when he has devoted himself entirely to surgical work, a field in which he has acquired a reputation that extends far beyond the bounds of his immediate field of practice. He is a member of the Marshall County Medical Society, the Iowa State Medical Society, the Des Moines Academy of Medicine and the American Medical Association. He takes a keen interest in civic affairs and is a past president of the Marshaltown Rotary Club and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, belonging also to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. The professional engrossment of Doctor Chesire has left him little time for the indulgence of his social gifts. The busy doctor is cut off from many of the recreations which freshen and inspire the lives of other men. However, when the occasion offers he is the most genial of men, and the social circles where he sometimes appears are cheered and delighted by his presence, he being particularly popular as a member and as a past president of the Elmwood Country Club.
On October 22, 1907, at Chicago, Illinois, Doctor Chesire was united in
marriage with Miss Martha T. Nelson, of Lansing, Iowa, who at the time of her
marriage was engaged in teaching school at Marshalltown. Her father, a native
of Norway, was a lawyer by profession and followed his career at Lansing,
Iowa, for many years, with great success. He was also prominent in public
affairs and served a mayor of Lansing longer than any other man who held that
office. Of the children of Doctor and Mrs. Chesire two are living: Marie N.,
born in 1909, who is attending Georgetown University; and Louise M., born in
1910, a student at the same institution. Mrs. Chesire is active in local
affairs and is a member of the Iowa State Historical Society. The pleasant family
home is located at 711 Main Street, while Doctor Chesire's commodious and
well-appointed offices are in the Masonic Temple at Marshalltown.
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