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Show Doctor Aged 101 101Was 101Was 101Was Was Vernal'sMedical VernalsMedical Vernal's Vernals Vernal'sMedical Vernal'sMedical ' Medical Service ServiceAt At the time of his death here hereIn herein hereIn In 1920 19216 193 3 Dr Harvey Ooe Coe Hwllnger Hullinger Hwllngerwas Hullingerwas Hullmgerwas was the oldest living Uvlng practitioner practitionerof of medicine In the United States Statesthe Statesthe Statesthe the oldest member of the Orand Grand OrandAnny GrandAnny OrandA-nny OrandA nny Anny - of the Republic RepubUc In Utah Utahha Utahhaving Utahhaving ha having ving reached the age of o1 101I 101 101nrs I ( ! nrs In sirs ; Dr Hulllnger Hull1nger Hulhnger practiced me meHeine medicine mediclne Heine dicine ( actively until almost the thelast thelast thelast last of his life Ufe after coining coming to tot toth totx t ( th II ! ( Ulnlah Ulntah Uintah Basin In October of o1 of1883 of1883Ilie 1883 1883he I ' Ilie 1'he 1he he pioneer phys clan s < ; grand grandI grandf grandr r f lllH"r lllHr tther 11 her " wa was < ; born In Lancabhlre Lancashire Lancabhlreounty Lancashireaunty LancashireC ( ounty aunty Pa la in 177 17 . > . 7 and LancabhlreI fought In Intile inthe Inthe I tile the Revolutionary WarIn WarIn War WarIn In 1834 the parell parents LS of Dr Hw Hui Huiit HwIIr HulHi ] IIr it ger Ker moved to Illinois Ill1nols wlien when HwI he hewas hewas hewas I was ) inly nly nine years old where the thef , f unlly Llnlly uuily ngaged engaged t * In farming fanl\lng fanl lng \ After Afterthe Afterthe Alterlie the ( death eath of his hi < ; parents In AfterI the theIIlrtll thelIirtls theliirtl I IIlrtll lIirtls < ( I . s the you yo 11 g man took up upthe upthe upthe the study tudy of medicine and recelv receiv recelvI recelvHi recelvtd I Hi ( ( i hl Ills lils < ; diploma as a'O aO ' a physician In InI inlit InIB I lit a . . fr fn m rn in the tl1P NOI Not NoilhwesLern thwestenl th weSLern Col Col1 ColI I ge gl ' of Medicine M < ( dlclm- dlclm dlclnl- dlclnl dlclmin dlclnlIn - - in Columbus ColumbusOhio ColumbusOhto ColumbusOhio ColumbusOhioDr Ohio Ohto OhioDr OhtoDr Dr Hulllnger Hullinger at once took up the thelH thept thepiactice lH pt actlee actice of medicine and con contin continued continmd tin tinuul uul ued It for three fou-ti fou ti fourths - of a cen- cen cent cen-1 cen 1 - t iry during which time he had hadI hadunigrated hadmigrated I ( migrated unigrated to the west with the theIreat thetreat Ireat ! , , , reat Mormon wagon trains of that thatday thatday thatday day had served as a military mllltary sur surgeon surgoon surgeon geon goon In tn the Civil War . and a.nd had hadtneountered hadencountered hadtncountered tneountered encountered many exciting expertences expert expertenoos expertences enoos ences with savage Indians of the theII'W thei II'W IIW I ' ew west we"t wet " ' Being Bt'lng Btlng ( ' acquainted 'qualnted qualnted with the thl ' Ian inn Ianguag innguagt languagt guag guagt ( of the Indians IndIan , > Dr Hulling Hullingir HullingI Hullinge I e r did much to make peace between be between between tween the redskins redskJns and the whites whitesAt whitesAt whitesAt At times Uml ' ' he Intervened Intervl'ned Intervlned ' when no nothing nothing nothing thing but bloodshed would have haverl haveresulted haveresulted rl resulted ' < ; ultffi had It not been for him himlie himHP 111 lie ' bt became came a great gnat : . friend frll'nd frllnd ' of the theIndians theIndians theIndians Indians and was known as thl1r their theiri thl1rI I ediclne edlclne edicine manDr manDr man manDr Dr Hulllnger Hul11nger Hullinger served two twonrsas HI ' \nrsas nrsas \ u r rs rsas < ; R as < ; county physician here and ff lor for lori forI > r i 1 my years year " was the only dnctor doctor dr-ctorn dr ctorn doctoru - 11 u tI tip I a ' Basin He HI ' was also albo co inty mty mtymn mtyInn intymil mil mn Inn Ls-sloner Ls sloner bslonpr Lssioner - for two terms Dur DurI Durit Durli \I I it \ g the thp nfluenza nfiuenza Il fl ul'nza ulnza ' epedemic epedl'mic epedlmic ' In 1917 1917lIld 1917and 1917ind lIld and 1918 PHB Hulllnger Hul11nger Hulhnger worked workl'd workld ' In col colIx colix colb Ix < i t lion Ion with the other physl physi physllal physifat physilai lal fat s . ) > ) f the county to relieve rel1eve the thesi thesl .1 1 si . k N t having accl access ' < ; s to hospitalf hospitalr hospital r f i t Hit 1111 lid I ( and pri prl r to 1900 not ev evi evr r ! a dr g < ; store torl ' Dr HuJl1nger Hullinger Hulllngeran HuJl1ngeran Hullingeran an factur facturtd facture(1 facture1 ( d ( al ar aid d ( i dispensed dlspt'nsed dlsptnsed ' his hiswn hisv.n hisvn wn . . n medicines m < dlclnes dlc1nes from an apothecary apothecarylIt"CtI apothecaryIlectk apothecaryHectic lIt"CtI lItCtI Ilectk " ( n of his own ownTIlt ownTlu ownTli TIlt Tlu < venerable venenlble physician physlcIa.n physlcIan . was wast wasti wastl t ti 1 rice t1ce the married and tour four children childrenI I lessee lensed le < ; sed ! these marriages His first firstwife firstwife . wife died In 1857 In Ohio the secnd secnd sec secnd nd died In 1880 In Salt Lake Val Valley Valley Valley ley and the third died In Vemal Vernal Vernaln VernalII 1/ 1 II / 11917 1917 at the age agl " ofsIxty of sixty nine nineI ninen nineIi ninen I n Ii e a two living I1vlng daughters daughtl'Ts daughtlTs ' Mrs MrsRh MrsRh MrslUi Rh xla ma Ann Lee and Mrs Mr < > Sarah SarahChristina SarahChrLstina SarahChristina Christina ChrLstina Perry reside resIdl ' at Lapoint Lapofnt Lapomt-u Lapomt u LapofntU . .1 1 U . - I Vernal respectively re"pectlvely repectlvely respectivelyDr re"pectlvelyDr " Dr Hullinger was bom born Decem Decembt Decemto DecemIxr bt to r 2 1824 and during the cell cele celei celetiatlon ' I allon ration ! of his 100th birthday hl're hlre here hl'reIII heren1 herein ' III n1 1924 he received receIvrd a telep-ram telep ram tdevram teleeram - from fromPresident fromPresident fromPresident President Calvin Coolldge CooUdge Coolidge con congr congr congritilnting gr It tt Jlatlng dating him upon the occasi occasl n'The nThe n nThe The 'The ' President . said My Congra Congrat t 1 1 itlons IIt1on5 itions . to t.o you on this remark remarkt I III 1 Ie le ' ) n-ca-sl n ca sl ccasi ccU - ! > - 1 ) in HI )1l 1l You have my sin sinI sinIre sinre I Ire ( re wLst wl.t wlt wLsi . . e es < ; tl tI U at . you may cl'll'bmte clllbmte celebrate celebratei ' ' I Ir r ! inv IIIV tnv returns return < ; of the day dayTl dayTI dayTl Tl TI 1 II 1 physician survived survIvf " < i vettl Vl't Vlt vet Vl'tII vettl ' dayI I II tl ' er I'r Ir dlrthda\ dlrthda dlrthta\ dlrthta dirthdav dlrthdaand dlrthtaand ! \ and pas-sed pas sed passed pa < ; . - < ; ed away awayt awaytl 11 t 1 it hl Ills ilk < ; 1 me IIlI ' n 11 a Vrrn Vern Vernil 11 it at athI atic attc hI- hI ic hIf , , - f 101 yc-irs yc irs Yl.r Ylr years . - < ; and tw tw1 twI I hnvit hnvlr havir K g (01 01 ( < Oi 01 tinned tlnued tinued his his1 I 1 ii 11 it 1111 Ira ] in tl t1 intll 1I1tll lntil tlie thl the ' autumn autumnJlhll autumnli 1 Jlhll 11 I- I I1 t - , , 1 1 I 1 diitl dl.U dlU daU ( . - - - |