DR. WILLIAM BENJAMIN ALLUMS
William Benjamin Allums was the sixth child of Frank and Margaret Conley Allums, attended Union community school and took a bookkeeping course at a business school. He rose to be head bookkeeper at the old Commercial Bank in shreveport, before resigning to study medicine. When he informed his brother of his plans, Dr. Claude told him that he was making a grave and foolish mistake. He entered Tennessee Medical College at Memphis, mainly because Dr. Claude had finsihed there and urged him to. After one year Ben decided that Tulane was the better medical school and transfered there in 1905. He graduated third in his class in 1909, and returned to Ringgold to practice medicine in partnership with his brother, Dr. Claude. This was about 1911. He was in partnership in practice and in a drugstore for 10 or 12 years, when he realized he was not growing profesionally, nor was he making any money, just a mediocre living. He then decided to make a change.
He was appointed a fellow of the Mayo Brothers Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he studied for Charity Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana, and as superintendent of the Elizabeth, Louisiana Hospital. He returned to Shreveport and joined a partnership with the Willis-Knighton Clinic which built the Tri-State Hospital. He had specialized in urology at Mayo's. He remained the urologist at Tri-State until shortley before his death. He developed arthritis which ended his practice of surgery and perhaps was a contributor to his untimely death. Dr. Ben had a brilliant mind and he was dedicated to his profession. He sought the answer to the ailments that his patients brought to him. He was thorough and efficient.
He married Grace Mims (August 21, 1889 - June 19, 1963) in the summer of 1914 Grace was the youngest of the Mims sisters of Minden. She was primary teacher at Ringgold when her sister, Mary, was principal. Grace was a graduate of Randolph-Macon Women's College. They were the parents of two children. 1. Mary E. Allums (September, 1919) lived only one day. 2. William Mims Allums (September 26, 1920) married Barbara Johnston, the daughter of J. Bennett Johnston, Sr. and Wilma Lyons Johnston, and a sister of Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. They have four children, William Mims Allums, Jr. Johnston Lyon Allums, Barbara Elizabeth Allums, and Robert Marion Allums.
Information from The History of Bienville Parish Vol. 2.
William Benjamin Allums was the sixth child of Frank and Margaret Conley Allums, attended Union community school and took a bookkeeping course at a business school. He rose to be head bookkeeper at the old Commercial Bank in shreveport, before resigning to study medicine. When he informed his brother of his plans, Dr. Claude told him that he was making a grave and foolish mistake. He entered Tennessee Medical College at Memphis, mainly because Dr. Claude had finsihed there and urged him to. After one year Ben decided that Tulane was the better medical school and transfered there in 1905. He graduated third in his class in 1909, and returned to Ringgold to practice medicine in partnership with his brother, Dr. Claude. This was about 1911. He was in partnership in practice and in a drugstore for 10 or 12 years, when he realized he was not growing profesionally, nor was he making any money, just a mediocre living. He then decided to make a change.
He was appointed a fellow of the Mayo Brothers Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he studied for Charity Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana, and as superintendent of the Elizabeth, Louisiana Hospital. He returned to Shreveport and joined a partnership with the Willis-Knighton Clinic which built the Tri-State Hospital. He had specialized in urology at Mayo's. He remained the urologist at Tri-State until shortley before his death. He developed arthritis which ended his practice of surgery and perhaps was a contributor to his untimely death. Dr. Ben had a brilliant mind and he was dedicated to his profession. He sought the answer to the ailments that his patients brought to him. He was thorough and efficient.
He married Grace Mims (August 21, 1889 - June 19, 1963) in the summer of 1914 Grace was the youngest of the Mims sisters of Minden. She was primary teacher at Ringgold when her sister, Mary, was principal. Grace was a graduate of Randolph-Macon Women's College. They were the parents of two children. 1. Mary E. Allums (September, 1919) lived only one day. 2. William Mims Allums (September 26, 1920) married Barbara Johnston, the daughter of J. Bennett Johnston, Sr. and Wilma Lyons Johnston, and a sister of Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. They have four children, William Mims Allums, Jr. Johnston Lyon Allums, Barbara Elizabeth Allums, and Robert Marion Allums.
Information from The History of Bienville Parish Vol. 2.
DR. WILLIAM BENJAMIN ALLUMS
William Benjamin Allums was the sixth child of Frank and Margaret Conley Allums, attended Union community school and took a bookkeeping course at a business school. He rose to be head bookkeeper at the old Commercial Bank in shreveport, before resigning to study medicine. When he informed his brother of his plans, Dr. Claude told him that he was making a grave and foolish mistake. He entered Tennessee Medical College at Memphis, mainly because Dr. Claude had finsihed there and urged him to. After one year Ben decided that Tulane was the better medical school and transfered there in 1905. He graduated third in his class in 1909, and returned to Ringgold to practice medicine in partnership with his brother, Dr. Claude. This was about 1911. He was in partnership in practice and in a drugstore for 10 or 12 years, when he realized he was not growing profesionally, nor was he making any money, just a mediocre living. He then decided to make a change.
He was appointed a fellow of the Mayo Brothers Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he studied for Charity Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana, and as superintendent of the Elizabeth, Louisiana Hospital. He returned to Shreveport and joined a partnership with the Willis-Knighton Clinic which built the Tri-State Hospital. He had specialized in urology at Mayo's. He remained the urologist at Tri-State until shortley before his death. He developed arthritis which ended his practice of surgery and perhaps was a contributor to his untimely death. Dr. Ben had a brilliant mind and he was dedicated to his profession. He sought the answer to the ailments that his patients brought to him. He was thorough and efficient.
He married Grace Mims (August 21, 1889 - June 19, 1963) in the summer of 1914 Grace was the youngest of the Mims sisters of Minden. She was primary teacher at Ringgold when her sister, Mary, was principal. Grace was a graduate of Randolph-Macon Women's College. They were the parents of two children. 1. Mary E. Allums (September, 1919) lived only one day. 2. William Mims Allums (September 26, 1920) married Barbara Johnston, the daughter of J. Bennett Johnston, Sr. and Wilma Lyons Johnston, and a sister of Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. They have four children, William Mims Allums, Jr. Johnston Lyon Allums, Barbara Elizabeth Allums, and Robert Marion Allums.
Information from The History of Bienville Parish Vol. 2.
William Benjamin Allums was the sixth child of Frank and Margaret Conley Allums, attended Union community school and took a bookkeeping course at a business school. He rose to be head bookkeeper at the old Commercial Bank in shreveport, before resigning to study medicine. When he informed his brother of his plans, Dr. Claude told him that he was making a grave and foolish mistake. He entered Tennessee Medical College at Memphis, mainly because Dr. Claude had finsihed there and urged him to. After one year Ben decided that Tulane was the better medical school and transfered there in 1905. He graduated third in his class in 1909, and returned to Ringgold to practice medicine in partnership with his brother, Dr. Claude. This was about 1911. He was in partnership in practice and in a drugstore for 10 or 12 years, when he realized he was not growing profesionally, nor was he making any money, just a mediocre living. He then decided to make a change.
He was appointed a fellow of the Mayo Brothers Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he studied for Charity Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana, and as superintendent of the Elizabeth, Louisiana Hospital. He returned to Shreveport and joined a partnership with the Willis-Knighton Clinic which built the Tri-State Hospital. He had specialized in urology at Mayo's. He remained the urologist at Tri-State until shortley before his death. He developed arthritis which ended his practice of surgery and perhaps was a contributor to his untimely death. Dr. Ben had a brilliant mind and he was dedicated to his profession. He sought the answer to the ailments that his patients brought to him. He was thorough and efficient.
He married Grace Mims (August 21, 1889 - June 19, 1963) in the summer of 1914 Grace was the youngest of the Mims sisters of Minden. She was primary teacher at Ringgold when her sister, Mary, was principal. Grace was a graduate of Randolph-Macon Women's College. They were the parents of two children. 1. Mary E. Allums (September, 1919) lived only one day. 2. William Mims Allums (September 26, 1920) married Barbara Johnston, the daughter of J. Bennett Johnston, Sr. and Wilma Lyons Johnston, and a sister of Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. They have four children, William Mims Allums, Jr. Johnston Lyon Allums, Barbara Elizabeth Allums, and Robert Marion Allums.
Information from The History of Bienville Parish Vol. 2.
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