A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 AURAL A. SANDY is a physician and surgeon practicing in Des Moines, with offices in the Equitable Building. He has been numbered among Des Moines' leading physicians for over twenty years. He was born in Warren County, Iowa, February 8, 1872, a son of Henry Clay and Lovina Ann (Hook) Sandy, his father a native of Indiana and his mother of Ohio. His grandfather, William Sandy, came from Indiana and settled in Warren County, Iowa, as a pioneer and was founder of the town of Sandyville. The maternal grandfather, John Hook, was born in Ohio and came to Iowa, where he followed farming and operated a store at Wheeling. Henry Clay Sandy was a well-to-do farmer of Warren County, owning two farms in that section of the state. He was a Methodist and a Republican. He died about 1908, and the widowed mother now lives with her only son and child, Doctor Sandy, in Des Moines. Doctor Sandy attended public schools in Warren County, the Milo High School, and as a young man learned telegraphy and was employed for several years as a telegraph operator. Being ambitious for a professional career, he entered the Keokuk Medical College, from which he was graduated M. D. in 1901, and since graduating has done further work in the Chicago Polyclinic and has come in contact with the leading men of his profession in clinics an din conventions of medical organizations. Doctor Sandy for three years practiced at Harvey, Iowa, then at Washington, Iowa, conducted a private sanitarium for five years, an din 1908 moved to Des Moines, where he has had a large and busy routine of general practice. He is a member of the Polk County, Iowa State and Amer ican Medical Association. Doctor Sandy married in 1892 Daisy M. Wright, who was born in Warren County. She died in April, 1905, mother of two children; Clarence R., deceased; and Victor O., who is connected with the Northwestern Telephone Company at Des Moines. In 1906 Doctor Sandy married Blanche M. Foshier, who was born in Marion County, Iowa, and was reared and educated there. The only child of this marriage died in infancy. Doctor Sandy is a member of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church and for ten years has taught a class in the Sunday School. He is a York and Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219858252x1201366219/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DMarchfooterNO62)