This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WOOLDRIDGE, Randolph, Bond, Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fi.2ADE/1093 Message Board Post: This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: WOOLDRIDGE, Randolph, Bond, OMER WOOLDRIDGE, M. D. The medical practitioners at Columbus, Indiana, are, without exception, men of high professional standing and universally held in esteem throughout Bartholomew County, and many of them are still most favorably recalled in other sections where circumstances led to an earlier location. In 1923 this medical group at Columbus was increased, by the coming here of Dr. Omer Wooldridge, an able, experienced physician and surgeon, of Kokomo, Indiana, formerly secretary of the Howard County Medical Society and deputy treasurer of Howard County. Dr. Omer Wooldridge was born October 3, 1884, in Tipton County, Indiana, a son of Thomas E. and Mary (Randolph) Wooldridge, the latter a descendant of the distinguished Randolph family of Virginia. The paternal grandfather of Doctor Wooldridge was the founder of this family in Indiana, coming here from Kentucky prior to the War Between the States and serving as a soldier in this state. He became a man of large wealth and ! local prominence. Thomas E. Wooldridge, father of Doctor Wooldridge, was born in Tipton County, Indiana. Later he became an extensive farmer and an active factor in local politics in Howard County, where he still lives in comfortable retirement. With his two brothers and a sister Omer Wooldridge attended the public schools in Tipton County, and later he was graduated from the Kokomo High School, this being followed by one year in Butler College. He then located at Greentown in Howard County where he was engaged in teaching school £or five and one-half terms of school, during this period devoting all of his leisure time to medical reading preparatory to entering the medical department of the University of Indiana, from which he was graduated in 1920, with his degree of Doctor of Medicine. During 1922 he served as internee in Saint Anthony Hospital, Chicago, and then located for practice at Kokomo, Indiana, where he built up a large professional connection and won persona! l respect and esteem. Doctor Wooldridge was married to Miss Muriel Bond, who was born in Monroe County, Indiana, and they have one daughter, Betty Lou. With his family Doctor Wooldridge is actively interested in the work of the Christian Church and other beneficent and uplifting agencies at Columbus. He belongs to Saint John’s Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Columbus, to the B. P. 0. Elks, and is a member of the Bartholomew County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Alpha Omega Alpha, honorary medical society of the University of Indiana, and the Columbus Kiwanis Club. Doctor Wooldridge believes in the election of reputable men to office in both the state and the nation, and giving them sufficient compensation for their services so that their official acts may be free from selfish influences, and they can reject dictation from interested influences. He is an advocate of compulsory education, and favors the extension of! the public school system to the highest degree of efficiency. From the beginning of his career Doctor Wooldridge has found time to read and study, and takes pride in keeping abreast of the advancement in his profession. Although in the very prime of vigorous manhood, he is a successful and able practitioner, having advanced steadily since he had his first patient, and his influence in the section of the state wherein he is making his home is one that may very well be a stimulating example to those who come after him. With such admirable qualities, therefore, there is small wonder that he has been received at Columbus as he has, nor that he has been given such a whole-hearted support from its citizens.

Thank you for sharing this. Omer Wooldridge is in my (indirect) line. Apparently he was married before the wife that is mentioned in this book. His first wife Lois Seagrave died in 1912 Howard County, IN. Family story has it he became a doctor after his wife was ill so he could help others. Transcribing the information you have has helped me in my search as to who his parents were, his brothdate etc. Thank you very much. I happen to have a picture of him and Lois Seagrave. Nicolle ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lora1957@aol.com> To: <INHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 4:50 PM Subject: [INHOWARD] OMER WOOLDRIDGE, M. D > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: WOOLDRIDGE, Randolph, Bond, > Classification: Biography > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fi.2ADE/1093 > > Message Board Post: > > This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. > > Typed by Lora Radiches: > > > > Surnames in this biography: WOOLDRIDGE, Randolph, Bond, > > OMER WOOLDRIDGE, M. D. The medical practitioners at Columbus, Indiana, are, without exception, men of high professional standing and universally held in esteem throughout Bartholomew County, and many of them are still most favorably recalled in other sections where circumstances led to an earlier location. In 1923 this medical group at Columbus was increased, by the coming here of Dr. Omer Wooldridge, an able, experienced physician and surgeon, of Kokomo, Indiana, formerly secretary of the Howard County Medical Society and deputy treasurer of Howard County. Dr. Omer Wooldridge was born October 3, 1884, in Tipton County, Indiana, a son of Thomas E. and Mary (Randolph) Wooldridge, the latter a descendant of the distinguished Randolph family of Virginia. The paternal grandfather of Doctor Wooldridge was the founder of this family in Indiana, coming here from Kentucky prior to the War Between the States and serving as a soldier in this state. He became a man of large wealth and ! > local prominence. Thomas E. Wooldridge, father of Doctor Wooldridge, was born in Tipton County, Indiana. Later he became an extensive farmer and an active factor in local politics in Howard County, where he still lives in comfortable retirement. With his two brothers and a sister Omer Wooldridge attended the public schools in Tipton County, and later he was graduated from the Kokomo High School, this being followed by one year in Butler College. He then located at Greentown in Howard County where he was engaged in teaching school £or five and one-half terms of school, during this period devoting all of his leisure time to medical reading preparatory to entering the medical department of the University of Indiana, from which he was graduated in 1920, with his degree of Doctor of Medicine. During 1922 he served as internee in Saint Anthony Hospital, Chicago, and then located for practice at Kokomo, Indiana, where he built up a large professional connection and won persona! > l respect and esteem. Doctor Wooldridge was married to Miss Muriel Bond, who was born in Monroe County, Indiana, and they have one daughter, Betty Lou. With his family Doctor Wooldridge is actively interested in the work of the Christian Church and other beneficent and uplifting agencies at Columbus. He belongs to Saint John’s Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Columbus, to the B. P. 0. Elks, and is a member of the Bartholomew County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Alpha Omega Alpha, honorary medical society of the University of Indiana, and the Columbus Kiwanis Club. Doctor Wooldridge believes in the election of reputable men to office in both the state and the nation, and giving them sufficient compensation for their services so that their official acts may be free from selfish influences, and they can reject dictation from interested influences. He is an advocate of compulsory education, and favors the extension of! > the public school system to the highest degree of efficiency. From the beginning of his career Doctor Wooldridge has found time to read and study, and takes pride in keeping abreast of the advancement in his profession. Although in the very prime of vigorous manhood, he is a successful and able practitioner, having advanced steadily since he had his first patient, and his influence in the section of the state wherein he is making his home is one that may very well be a stimulating example to those who come after him. With such admirable qualities, therefore, there is small wonder that he has been received at Columbus as he has, nor that he has been given such a whole-hearted support from its citizens. > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >