Dr. Novitas B. Aspinall [20939] ^130,237,326

  General Notes:

"ASPINALL, NOVITAS B., physician and surgeon, was born Oct. 28, 1857, in Liverpool, England. He studied medicine under his father, Doctor R. H. Aspinall, a practicing physician of Liverpool, England. He graduated in 1879 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in London; and after doing hospital work for two years, came to the United States and practiced in Chicago, where he was a medical director in Dr. Borton's sanitarium. In 1892 he moved to Plymouth, Ind, where he is city physician, and surgeon in the county infirmary. Dr. Aspinall is a member of the Indiana State Medical society, the American Medical association, and other prominent medical bodies." Encyclopedia of American Biography

Dr. Aspinall took in patients that were undergoing rehabilitation from alcohol and/or morphine addictions. His clinic was rather large and located at the Marshall County Sanitarium & Hospital at the corner of Michaigan Street and Jefferson Street in Plymouth, IN, per Judy McCollough at the Marshall County Historical Museum, 123 N. Michigan Street, Plymouth, IN, 8-12-2004. psg

  Noted events in his life were:

• Education: College of Physicians and Surgeons in London, 1879. ¹⁹³⁰

• Residence: Moved to Plymouth, IN, 1892. ¹⁹³¹

Novitas married Dessie Priscilla Whiteman [21179] [MRIN: 9926], daughter of Marquis DeLafayette Whiteman [1438] [LCTJ-BT9] and Drusilla Penrod [1731] [KLLN-493]. (Dessie Priscilla Whiteman [21179] was born on 4 Sep 1892,²³¹ died on 23 Jul 1975 in Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, USA ¹⁶⁰ and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, IN ³²⁶.)

Novitas next married Grace Barton [1644] [MRIN: 9927], daughter of T. Artemus Barton [23135] and Jennifer Green [23136]. (Grace Barton [1644] was born in 1863 in Marshall County, Indiana, USA ²³⁹ and died in 1926.)