Obituary of Dr. Mullen, published in The Evening Times (Washington, D.C.) May 5, 1897 Page 6
Michigan City, Ind.,
May 5.—Dr. Alexander J. Mullen, Jr., one of the most prominent surgeons in Indiana, died here yesterday of paresis, aged forty years. He was chairman of the executive committee of the National Railway Surgeons; a member of the American Health Association; a member of the Chicago Medical Society, and was coroner for La Porte county for ten years.
Mullen Hospital was the first hospital in Michigan City. It opened on August 24, 1892, and closed following the death of its founder, Dr. Alexander Mullen (1856-1897) at the age of 40. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
Alexander Joseph Mullen, Jr., was born in Napoleon, Indiana, son of Dr. Alexander Joseph and Carolina Hudler Mullen. The family moved to St. Louis where the young Alexander completed his course of study at St. Louis University from which he graduated with highest honors in 1875. He subsequently graduated from the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1881 with an M.D. degree.
Dr. Mullen practiced medicine in Michigan City beginning in September of 1878. The Mullen Hospital was named in honor of his father. Mullen was La Porte County coroner from 1882 to 1892, and was physician to the Northern Prison (Michigan City State Prison) from 1879 to 1880. He was acting assistant surgeon of the United States Marine Hospital Service and surgeon of the Michigan Central Railway; the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway; and the Lake Erie & Western Railway.
In 1895, Dr. Mullen presented a case of implantation of bone to a large clinic in Chicago at which 1,000 railway surgeons were in attendance.
Mullen married, in 1889, Nellie Burnadette, daughter of Thomas Donnelly of Michigan City, and had two children, Anna Eulalia and Thomas Carlon Mullen. Their home address was 518 Franklin. Son Thomas (1892-1962) became an attorney in Michigan City.
Physicians and Surgeons of America, Irving A. Watson, 1896, pg. 815
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Michigan City, Ind.,
May 5.—Dr. Alexander J. Mullen, Jr., one of the most prominent surgeons in Indiana, died here yesterday of paresis, aged forty years. He was chairman of the executive committee of the National Railway Surgeons; a member of the American Health Association; a member of the Chicago Medical Society, and was coroner for La Porte county for ten years.
Mullen Hospital was the first hospital in Michigan City. It opened on August 24, 1892, and closed following the death of its founder, Dr. Alexander Mullen (1856-1897) at the age of 40. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
Alexander Joseph Mullen, Jr., was born in Napoleon, Indiana, son of Dr. Alexander Joseph and Carolina Hudler Mullen. The family moved to St. Louis where the young Alexander completed his course of study at St. Louis University from which he graduated with highest honors in 1875. He subsequently graduated from the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1881 with an M.D. degree.
Dr. Mullen practiced medicine in Michigan City beginning in September of 1878. The Mullen Hospital was named in honor of his father. Mullen was La Porte County coroner from 1882 to 1892, and was physician to the Northern Prison (Michigan City State Prison) from 1879 to 1880. He was acting assistant surgeon of the United States Marine Hospital Service and surgeon of the Michigan Central Railway; the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway; and the Lake Erie & Western Railway.
In 1895, Dr. Mullen presented a case of implantation of bone to a large clinic in Chicago at which 1,000 railway surgeons were in attendance.
Mullen married, in 1889, Nellie Burnadette, daughter of Thomas Donnelly of Michigan City, and had two children, Anna Eulalia and Thomas Carlon Mullen. Their home address was 518 Franklin. Son Thomas (1892-1962) became an attorney in Michigan City.
Physicians and Surgeons of America, Irving A. Watson, 1896, pg. 815
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Obituary of Dr. Mullen, published in The Evening Times (Washington, D.C.) May 5, 1897 Page 6
Michigan City, Ind.,
May 5.—Dr. Alexander J. Mullen, Jr., one of the most prominent surgeons in Indiana, died here yesterday of paresis, aged forty years. He was chairman of the executive committee of the National Railway Surgeons; a member of the American Health Association; a member of the Chicago Medical Society, and was coroner for La Porte county for ten years.
Mullen Hospital was the first hospital in Michigan City. It opened on August 24, 1892, and closed following the death of its founder, Dr. Alexander Mullen (1856-1897) at the age of 40. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
Alexander Joseph Mullen, Jr., was born in Napoleon, Indiana, son of Dr. Alexander Joseph and Carolina Hudler Mullen. The family moved to St. Louis where the young Alexander completed his course of study at St. Louis University from which he graduated with highest honors in 1875. He subsequently graduated from the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1881 with an M.D. degree.
Dr. Mullen practiced medicine in Michigan City beginning in September of 1878. The Mullen Hospital was named in honor of his father. Mullen was La Porte County coroner from 1882 to 1892, and was physician to the Northern Prison (Michigan City State Prison) from 1879 to 1880. He was acting assistant surgeon of the United States Marine Hospital Service and surgeon of the Michigan Central Railway; the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway; and the Lake Erie & Western Railway.
In 1895, Dr. Mullen presented a case of implantation of bone to a large clinic in Chicago at which 1,000 railway surgeons were in attendance.
Mullen married, in 1889, Nellie Burnadette, daughter of Thomas Donnelly of Michigan City, and had two children, Anna Eulalia and Thomas Carlon Mullen. Their home address was 518 Franklin. Son Thomas (1892-1962) became an attorney in Michigan City.
Physicians and Surgeons of America, Irving A. Watson, 1896, pg. 815
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Michigan City, Ind.,
May 5.—Dr. Alexander J. Mullen, Jr., one of the most prominent surgeons in Indiana, died here yesterday of paresis, aged forty years. He was chairman of the executive committee of the National Railway Surgeons; a member of the American Health Association; a member of the Chicago Medical Society, and was coroner for La Porte county for ten years.
Mullen Hospital was the first hospital in Michigan City. It opened on August 24, 1892, and closed following the death of its founder, Dr. Alexander Mullen (1856-1897) at the age of 40. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
Alexander Joseph Mullen, Jr., was born in Napoleon, Indiana, son of Dr. Alexander Joseph and Carolina Hudler Mullen. The family moved to St. Louis where the young Alexander completed his course of study at St. Louis University from which he graduated with highest honors in 1875. He subsequently graduated from the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1881 with an M.D. degree.
Dr. Mullen practiced medicine in Michigan City beginning in September of 1878. The Mullen Hospital was named in honor of his father. Mullen was La Porte County coroner from 1882 to 1892, and was physician to the Northern Prison (Michigan City State Prison) from 1879 to 1880. He was acting assistant surgeon of the United States Marine Hospital Service and surgeon of the Michigan Central Railway; the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway; and the Lake Erie & Western Railway.
In 1895, Dr. Mullen presented a case of implantation of bone to a large clinic in Chicago at which 1,000 railway surgeons were in attendance.
Mullen married, in 1889, Nellie Burnadette, daughter of Thomas Donnelly of Michigan City, and had two children, Anna Eulalia and Thomas Carlon Mullen. Their home address was 518 Franklin. Son Thomas (1892-1962) became an attorney in Michigan City.
Physicians and Surgeons of America, Irving A. Watson, 1896, pg. 815
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