Please forgive me if this is a repeat message, but I was temporarily unsubscribed to the list, and therefore don't know if this message made it to the list the first time it was sent. Leslie Granat wrote: > Many thanks to Cheryl Hemingway for the great website and to Marjorie > Smith for transcribing the Elizabeth Weekly News, as well as many > other useful items. I found the following useful tidbit on my > great-grandmother, Eugenia Adell Watts, MD: > >> Elizabeth Weekly News >> Edward R. Trebon, Editor and Publisher >> >> June 7, 1916: >> Mrs. Eugene Watts of San Diego came Saturday and returned home Thursday of last >> week after a visit with her cousin Mrs. Irene Fraser. Mrs. Watts at one time owned the >> Davy Hotel and since she moved away, has taken up the medical profession which retained >> her from a longer visit. >> > Dr. Watts was an 1880 graduate of Women's Hospital Medical School, > Chicago, which later became a part of Northwestern University. Upon > her graduation she returned to JoDaviess Co. for awhile before moving > to Colorado, Iowa and eventually to San Diego. I do not know if she > ever practiced medicine in Jo Daviess Co., but I am quite certain she > encountered a great deal of prejudice as a female physician in the > 1880s. Prior to entering medical school in 1875, Eugenia Watts was > married to George E. Turner in 1864. They had a son, George Eugene > Turner, but were divorced in 1874. Watts was her maiden name and she > never remarried. She was the eldest daughter of James Burns Watts and > Abigal Hunt Watts, and along with her siblings was born in Jo Daviess > Co. > > This article was the first time I heard about the Davy Hotel. Does > anyone have any more information on this? > > I scan the website frequently, and hope that more newspapers will be > placed on line. > > Thanks again for providing such a thorough website! > > Leslie Turner Granat >