| Levi Minshall |
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Dr Levi Minshall was the second physician to locate in Muncietown. He was born in Virginia, March 4, 1804. He was licensed to practice at Dayton, Ohio, in 1829, and came to Muncietown in the same year and at once began the practice of medicine. An old citizen who remembers Dr Minshall's first appearance in Muncietown, says that he came here from Dayton, Ohio, riding a very large iron gray horse, and wore a suit of broadcloth, a circumstance that created almost a sensation among the primitive people living here at that time, as homespun jeans was the regulation apparel and broadcloth was reserved for the rich and nobility. He was a man of scholarly attainments and soon gained a prominent place in the community as a physician and a citizen. One of the interesting incidents of his early practice in the country when visiting the sick was that he would ride up and down White river in the water to avoid bears and wolves that roamed about in their native freedom in the woods in the territory which now comprises Delaware county. He died at Muncietown March 6, 1836, aged 32 years. His remains repose in Beech Grove cemetery. |