Medical Men of Ray’s Mill

May 13, 2010 at 1:00 am (Clements Family, Remedies and Medicine)
Tags: Berrien, Dr. C. X. Jones, Dr. Charles H. Anderson, Dr. Fred N. Clements, Dr. Guy Selman, Dr. Henry Clements, Dr. James A. Googe, Dr. John T. Clower, Dr. Lawson S. Rentz, Dr. Lyman U. Rentz, Dr. Manning G. Scherrer, Dr. Pierce Hubert, Dr. Pleasant H. Askew, Dr. W.B. Goodman, G.H. Folsom, Georgia, Ray City GA, Ray's Mill, Robert Crawford Woodard

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Revised:

January 1, 2024

Medical Men of Rays Mill and Berrien County

John Thomas Clower (1830 – 1893)

On this date, May 13, in the year 1830, John Thomas Clower was born, the son of a Revolutionary Soldier who immigrated from Germany to fight for American independence. As a young man, John Thomas Clower attended medical school in Atlanta. He served as a military surgeon during the  Civil War. Afterwards he came to Ray’s Mill (now Ray City), GA where he practiced medicine in the community from 1870 until 1887.

Over the years many other professional doctors practiced in Ray City, GA. Ray City and Berrien County were also served by informal practitioners of healing.

The Medical Men of Ray City, GA

• Dr. John W. Turner (1805-    )
• Dr. Henry W. Clements (1887-1952)
• Dr. Charles X. Jones (1869-1912)
• Dr, John Thomas Clower (1830 – 1893)
• Dr. Lawson S. Rentz (1890-1970)
• Dr. George Hill Folsom (1877-1963)
• Dr. Gordon DeVane (1886-1918)
• Dr. Bailey Fraser Julian, Jr. (1864-1907)
• Dr. Guy Selman (1886-1960)
• Dr. William David Sloan (1879-1935)
• Dr. John R. Degde (1865-1926)
• Dr. Pleasant H. Askew (1872-1941)
• Dr. Robert J. “Bob” Starling (1929-1985)
• Dr. William Bryan Goodman (1858-1912)
• Dr. John A. Giddens (1860-1928)
• Dr. Reuben Nathaniel Burch (1883-1956)
• Dr. Francis Marion Burkhalter (1886-1918)
• Dr. Hamilton (practiced in Ray City a while and then went to Barney, Ga.)
• Dr. Howell
• Ray City People: Googe, James A (1831-1883)
• Ray City People: Scherrer, Manning G, MD
• Dr Pierce Hubert (1854-1933)
• Ray City People: Rentz, Lyman U
• Dr. Robert Crawford Woodard (1867-1949)
• Dr. Fred Nelson Clements (1918-1987)

Other Medical Men of Berrien County according to the Transactions of the Medical Association of Georgia:

ADEL, GA

• C. C. Giddens – Adel, GA (MAG, 1908)

ALAPAHA, GA

• W. A. Moore – Alapaha, GA (MAG, 1906)
• R. T. Kendrick – Alapaha, GA  (MAG, 1891)
• G. A. Paulk – Alapaha, GA

CECIL, GA

• Dr. John R. Folsom (    -1897)
• Dr. James R. Folsom
• Dr. Pafford
• Dr. J. M. Gregory
• W. P. Lovvorn – Cecil, GA (MAG, 1902)
• F. W. Schnauss – Cecil, GA (MAG, 1907)

ENIGMA, GA

• J. B. S. Blitch – Enigma

FRANKLINVILLE

• Dr Jacob Rhett Motte

LENNOX, GA

• W. M.  Clements – Lennox, GA
• M. L. Webb – Lennox, GA (MAG, 1910)

MILLTOWN (Now LAKELAND), GA

• W. L Patten – Milltown, GA  (MAG, 1895)
• J. V. Talley  – Milltown, GA  (MAG, 1908)
• Louis Smith – Milltown, GA (MAG, 1908)
• Dr. James W. Talley

NASHVILLE, GA

• L. A. Carter – Nashville, GA  (MAG, 1905)
• F. P. Key – Nashville, GA (MAG, 1906)
• J. A. Ward – Nashville, GA
• Pleasant H. Askew – Nashville, GA (MAG, 1906)
• H.M. Talley – Nashville ((MAG, 1875)

SPARKS, GA

• S. G. Etheridge – Sparks, GA (MAG, 1906)
• L. B. Lovett – Sparks, GA (MAG, 1908)
• W. M. Shepard – Sparks, GA

TIFTON, GA

• W. H. Hendricks – Tifton, GA (MAG, 1903)
• A. P. Hunter – Tifton, GA (MAG, 1900)
• A. or N. Peterson – Tifton (MAG, 1897)