A successful member of the medical fraternity of Macoupin county is
Dr. Charles S. Ambrose, who seven years ago located in Mount Olive,
where he has ever since engaged in general practice. He is a native of
Topeka, Kansas, his birth having occurred on the 8th of September, 1877.
His parents are John W. and Flora (Hawes) Ambrose, the father a native
of Pennsylvania and the mother of Wisconsin. In his early manhood the
father moved to Kansas and there he met the mother who as a child had
come there with her parents. Agricultural pursuits engaged the attention
of Mr. Ambrose until ten years ago since which time he has been living
retired. He and his wife now reside in Republic, Kansas, he having
attained the age of sixty-six and she of sixty-two. Politically Mr.
Ambrose is a republican but has never been an office seeker. Fraternally
he is affiliated with the Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias,
while Mrs. Ambrose is a devout member of the United Brethren church.
They are both influential in their community, their efforts ever being
exerted on the side of good.
Dr. Charles S. Ambrose spent his
boyhood and youth on the Kansas farm where he was born, attending the
common schools in the acquirement of preliminary education which was
completed in the high school at Republic, where he was graduated in
1894. In the ensuing autumn he went to the State Normal school at
Emporia, Kansas, remaining for one year. Returning home at the
expiration of that period he accepted a clerkship in a mercantile
establishment remaining until 1900. In the mean time having decided to
adopt the profession of medicine for his life vocation he went to St.
Louis, entering the office of Dr. Waldo Briggs, to do some preliminary
studying. He subsequently entered the College of Physicians & Surgeons,
St. Louis, from which institution he was graduated with the class of
1904. Immediately thereafter he came to Mount Olive, where he has ever
since been located. A pleasing personality, keen judgment and excellent
mental qualities have well endowed Dr. Ambrose for the profession he has
chosen to adopt. He is meeting with most excellent success and during
the seven years he has been engaged in professional work in Mount Olive
has succeeded in building up an extensive practice.
In March,
1905, Dr. Ambrose was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Goodwin, a
daughter of the Rev. W. C. Goodwin, a Methodist minister, of Moline,
Kansas. To them were born two children, a son and a daughter: Carl and
Eileen.
Dr. Ambrose is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being
affiliated with Staunton Lodge, No. 177, A. F. & A. M.; Litchfield
Chapter, No. 120, R. A. M.; and St. Omar Commandery, K. T., at
Litchfield. He also belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, being identified with Litchfield Lodge, No. 654, while he
maintains relations with his fellow practitioners through the medium of
his membership in the Macoupin County Medical society, the Illinois
State and the American Medical associations. Mrs. Ambrose is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church and the Order of the Eastern Star of
Staunton. His political support he gives to the democratic party, but he
has never prominently participated in political affairs, preferring to
devote his entire attention to his professional duties, which are
performed with a rare sense of conscientious obligation.
Extracted 15 Nov 2018 by Norma Hass from History of Macoupin County, Illinois: Biographical and Pictorial, by Charles A. Walker, published in 1911, Volume 2, pages 461-462.
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