The Doctors and Pharmacists of Pickering

The pages of the Hopkins Journal in 1981 talked about the doctors and pharmacists of Pickering who practiced there at one point. One person, Dr. Josiah Coleman, didn’t even have a medical degree, but was reputed to be a good physician there.

One of the first was Dr. Amos Sargent, who moved west of Pickering from Xenia and practiced west of town starting in 1867. The next was Dr. William Wallis, who came to Pickering from Xenia in 1872 and practiced until 1890. Dr. Wallis was then joined by Dr. J.R. Heryford, who practiced with him until 1892, when he moved to Wilcox. Dr. Heryford returned in 1912 and purchased the practice of Dr. Wallis and continued until 1915, when he moved to Sabetha (KS).

Dr. W.H. Wiley practiced from 1917 to 1919; there was also Dr. E.L. Crowson, who practiced medicine and ran the pharmacy on the northwest corner of the main block of Pickering. Other proprietors of the pharmacy in Pickering were Henry Lincoln, Elmer McMichael, Joe Shuff, Alva Lett, Lloyd Hanna, Roy Highfield, Jay Berkshire, Ross Lincoln, Emery Airy, and William Parker. The pharmacy stayed in business until 1956, when the building was destroyed by fire. Later, Mr. & Mrs. Walter Runnels rebuilt it and turned it into a second hand store.