Parents: Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Sr., and Susan (Wendel) Yandell. David was named for his maternal grandfather, David Wendel, of Tennessee.
Dr. Lunsford P, Sr, was a medical pioneer, a son of Dr. Wilson Yandell, of Mecklenburg, NC. Dr. L.P. Yandell, Sr. graduated from Univ. of Maryland (then Baltimore) and returned to Tenn. He was affiliated with Translvania School of Pharmacy, in Lexington, KY, and later founded the University of Louisville's medical department.
In 1837, David's family moved to Louisville, where he was enrolled in a private school.
On April 10, 1851 he married a well-to-do Nashville beauty, Frances Jane Crutcher, who won her mother-in-law's heart at first sight by "her quiet sweetness, a real treasure."
Their children, Maria, and Allison, a son, were both bn in TN. Then moving to Louisville, they added two more daughters, Susan and Martha. (Martha d. at abt one year of age).
David had an "outgoing prsonality, and cosmopolitian nature," per Nancy Dasher Baird, in her book, "David Wendel Yandell Physician of Old Louisville." (pub. 1979.
David followed his father in medicine, was graduated from the Louisville School of Medicine, and became a physician of note, serving on the school's medical faculty for years receiving recognition from men of distinction. He also studied with Dr. Lister in France during his young years. David and his younger brothers, William M. (Willie) and Lunsford Pitts, Jr. (Luny) were also doctors who served with distinction in the medical profession in the CSA during the Civil War. Lunsford, Jr.,taught in the Louisville medical school after the War.
Dr. Lunsford P. Jr.'s daughter, Enid Yandell, became a world renowned scruptress in a male dominated profession at that time. She is buried in this cemetery.
In the War, David was assigned to be the personal physician to Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston, and by Gen. Johnston was elevated to the medical directorship of the Army of the West. After the War, Wm. M. moved to El Paso, TX for the drier climate which he hoped would improve his health. There he achieved prominence, and the name "Yandell" marks medical facilities and streets in that city today.
Dr. David returned to Louisville after the War,
"penniless" but soon rebuilt a practice as he was well known. He returned to the school in 1869, and gave it 'my best endeavors.'
He bought his father's commodious three-story home on Chestnut Street and continued to more success as he became president of the Americal Medical Association. He was ahead of his time in treating all wounds with anticeptic agents, (from his study with Lister).
"An articulate lecturer, talented surgeon, dedicated educator, and highly respected citizen, David Yandell was the most progressive and influential member of the university's medical faculty during the postwar era. In the spring of 1895 the university gratefully acknowledged the doctor's services when it placed 'upon the brow of this, our greatest son,' the highest degree within her power, a Doctor of Laws Degree." Yandell's twentieth-century successors honor his memory with a lectureship that brings to the campus the nation's most prominent and knowledgeable surgeons.
He died of aterioscrosis among those he loved best and was buried on a tree-dotted hillside overlooking a picturesque lake in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.
Dr. Lunsford P, Sr, was a medical pioneer, a son of Dr. Wilson Yandell, of Mecklenburg, NC. Dr. L.P. Yandell, Sr. graduated from Univ. of Maryland (then Baltimore) and returned to Tenn. He was affiliated with Translvania School of Pharmacy, in Lexington, KY, and later founded the University of Louisville's medical department.
In 1837, David's family moved to Louisville, where he was enrolled in a private school.
On April 10, 1851 he married a well-to-do Nashville beauty, Frances Jane Crutcher, who won her mother-in-law's heart at first sight by "her quiet sweetness, a real treasure."
Their children, Maria, and Allison, a son, were both bn in TN. Then moving to Louisville, they added two more daughters, Susan and Martha. (Martha d. at abt one year of age).
David had an "outgoing prsonality, and cosmopolitian nature," per Nancy Dasher Baird, in her book, "David Wendel Yandell Physician of Old Louisville." (pub. 1979.
David followed his father in medicine, was graduated from the Louisville School of Medicine, and became a physician of note, serving on the school's medical faculty for years receiving recognition from men of distinction. He also studied with Dr. Lister in France during his young years. David and his younger brothers, William M. (Willie) and Lunsford Pitts, Jr. (Luny) were also doctors who served with distinction in the medical profession in the CSA during the Civil War. Lunsford, Jr.,taught in the Louisville medical school after the War.
Dr. Lunsford P. Jr.'s daughter, Enid Yandell, became a world renowned scruptress in a male dominated profession at that time. She is buried in this cemetery.
In the War, David was assigned to be the personal physician to Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston, and by Gen. Johnston was elevated to the medical directorship of the Army of the West. After the War, Wm. M. moved to El Paso, TX for the drier climate which he hoped would improve his health. There he achieved prominence, and the name "Yandell" marks medical facilities and streets in that city today.
Dr. David returned to Louisville after the War,
"penniless" but soon rebuilt a practice as he was well known. He returned to the school in 1869, and gave it 'my best endeavors.'
He bought his father's commodious three-story home on Chestnut Street and continued to more success as he became president of the Americal Medical Association. He was ahead of his time in treating all wounds with anticeptic agents, (from his study with Lister).
"An articulate lecturer, talented surgeon, dedicated educator, and highly respected citizen, David Yandell was the most progressive and influential member of the university's medical faculty during the postwar era. In the spring of 1895 the university gratefully acknowledged the doctor's services when it placed 'upon the brow of this, our greatest son,' the highest degree within her power, a Doctor of Laws Degree." Yandell's twentieth-century successors honor his memory with a lectureship that brings to the campus the nation's most prominent and knowledgeable surgeons.
He died of aterioscrosis among those he loved best and was buried on a tree-dotted hillside overlooking a picturesque lake in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.
Parents: Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Sr., and Susan (Wendel) Yandell. David was named for his maternal grandfather, David Wendel, of Tennessee.
Dr. Lunsford P, Sr, was a medical pioneer, a son of Dr. Wilson Yandell, of Mecklenburg, NC. Dr. L.P. Yandell, Sr. graduated from Univ. of Maryland (then Baltimore) and returned to Tenn. He was affiliated with Translvania School of Pharmacy, in Lexington, KY, and later founded the University of Louisville's medical department.
In 1837, David's family moved to Louisville, where he was enrolled in a private school.
On April 10, 1851 he married a well-to-do Nashville beauty, Frances Jane Crutcher, who won her mother-in-law's heart at first sight by "her quiet sweetness, a real treasure."
Their children, Maria, and Allison, a son, were both bn in TN. Then moving to Louisville, they added two more daughters, Susan and Martha. (Martha d. at abt one year of age).
David had an "outgoing prsonality, and cosmopolitian nature," per Nancy Dasher Baird, in her book, "David Wendel Yandell Physician of Old Louisville." (pub. 1979.
David followed his father in medicine, was graduated from the Louisville School of Medicine, and became a physician of note, serving on the school's medical faculty for years receiving recognition from men of distinction. He also studied with Dr. Lister in France during his young years. David and his younger brothers, William M. (Willie) and Lunsford Pitts, Jr. (Luny) were also doctors who served with distinction in the medical profession in the CSA during the Civil War. Lunsford, Jr.,taught in the Louisville medical school after the War.
Dr. Lunsford P. Jr.'s daughter, Enid Yandell, became a world renowned scruptress in a male dominated profession at that time. She is buried in this cemetery.
In the War, David was assigned to be the personal physician to Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston, and by Gen. Johnston was elevated to the medical directorship of the Army of the West. After the War, Wm. M. moved to El Paso, TX for the drier climate which he hoped would improve his health. There he achieved prominence, and the name "Yandell" marks medical facilities and streets in that city today.
Dr. David returned to Louisville after the War,
"penniless" but soon rebuilt a practice as he was well known. He returned to the school in 1869, and gave it 'my best endeavors.'
He bought his father's commodious three-story home on Chestnut Street and continued to more success as he became president of the Americal Medical Association. He was ahead of his time in treating all wounds with anticeptic agents, (from his study with Lister).
"An articulate lecturer, talented surgeon, dedicated educator, and highly respected citizen, David Yandell was the most progressive and influential member of the university's medical faculty during the postwar era. In the spring of 1895 the university gratefully acknowledged the doctor's services when it placed 'upon the brow of this, our greatest son,' the highest degree within her power, a Doctor of Laws Degree." Yandell's twentieth-century successors honor his memory with a lectureship that brings to the campus the nation's most prominent and knowledgeable surgeons.
He died of aterioscrosis among those he loved best and was buried on a tree-dotted hillside overlooking a picturesque lake in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.
Dr. Lunsford P, Sr, was a medical pioneer, a son of Dr. Wilson Yandell, of Mecklenburg, NC. Dr. L.P. Yandell, Sr. graduated from Univ. of Maryland (then Baltimore) and returned to Tenn. He was affiliated with Translvania School of Pharmacy, in Lexington, KY, and later founded the University of Louisville's medical department.
In 1837, David's family moved to Louisville, where he was enrolled in a private school.
On April 10, 1851 he married a well-to-do Nashville beauty, Frances Jane Crutcher, who won her mother-in-law's heart at first sight by "her quiet sweetness, a real treasure."
Their children, Maria, and Allison, a son, were both bn in TN. Then moving to Louisville, they added two more daughters, Susan and Martha. (Martha d. at abt one year of age).
David had an "outgoing prsonality, and cosmopolitian nature," per Nancy Dasher Baird, in her book, "David Wendel Yandell Physician of Old Louisville." (pub. 1979.
David followed his father in medicine, was graduated from the Louisville School of Medicine, and became a physician of note, serving on the school's medical faculty for years receiving recognition from men of distinction. He also studied with Dr. Lister in France during his young years. David and his younger brothers, William M. (Willie) and Lunsford Pitts, Jr. (Luny) were also doctors who served with distinction in the medical profession in the CSA during the Civil War. Lunsford, Jr.,taught in the Louisville medical school after the War.
Dr. Lunsford P. Jr.'s daughter, Enid Yandell, became a world renowned scruptress in a male dominated profession at that time. She is buried in this cemetery.
In the War, David was assigned to be the personal physician to Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston, and by Gen. Johnston was elevated to the medical directorship of the Army of the West. After the War, Wm. M. moved to El Paso, TX for the drier climate which he hoped would improve his health. There he achieved prominence, and the name "Yandell" marks medical facilities and streets in that city today.
Dr. David returned to Louisville after the War,
"penniless" but soon rebuilt a practice as he was well known. He returned to the school in 1869, and gave it 'my best endeavors.'
He bought his father's commodious three-story home on Chestnut Street and continued to more success as he became president of the Americal Medical Association. He was ahead of his time in treating all wounds with anticeptic agents, (from his study with Lister).
"An articulate lecturer, talented surgeon, dedicated educator, and highly respected citizen, David Yandell was the most progressive and influential member of the university's medical faculty during the postwar era. In the spring of 1895 the university gratefully acknowledged the doctor's services when it placed 'upon the brow of this, our greatest son,' the highest degree within her power, a Doctor of Laws Degree." Yandell's twentieth-century successors honor his memory with a lectureship that brings to the campus the nation's most prominent and knowledgeable surgeons.
He died of aterioscrosis among those he loved best and was buried on a tree-dotted hillside overlooking a picturesque lake in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.
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