AYLER, Amos Evans - M.D.
Amos Evans Ayler, M.D.
Submitted by Lora Radiches
This book has no cover, and no index, I bought it on Ebay, it just has the insides, but it full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames.
AMOS EVANS AYLER is a physician and surgeon whose work has been held in high appreciation in the cultured City of Greencastle for many years. He enjoys high standing in his profession and has been prominent in fraternal and civic affairs. Doctor Ayler was born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 5, 1870. His father, William H. Ayler, was also a native of Baltimore and a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother of Doctor Ayler was Jane Rebecca Gladfalter, of Swiss ancestry. These parents had a family of eight children: John S., of Baltimore, Henry E., of Washington, D. C.; Thomas F., of Baltimore; Ella R., wife of Jacob Hunt, of Baltimore; Reuben A., who was a twin brother of Ella and who died in infancy; Lila V., deceased; Rosa E., of Baltimore; and William L., of Dallas, Texas, now deceased. Amos Evans Ayler grew up in the City of Baltimore, attended the grade and high schools there, and in 1890 entered the Cleveland Medical College, where he spent one year. Later he pursued his studies in the Southern Homeopathic College at Baltimore and was graduated in 1897. He was senior intern in the Baltimore Homeopathic Hospital, and for twenty-six months was physician in charge of the National Homeopathic Hospital in the City of Washington.
Doctor Ayler on August 8, 1899, moved to Greencastle, Indiana, which has been his home and the scene of his professional work for over thirty years. He is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy. Doctor Ayler has been prosperous in his work and is owner of considerable property in Greencastle, including half a square block improved with a modern office building. In Masonic circles he is a past high priest of the Royal Arch Chapter, is a past commander of the Knights Templar, is a Scottish Rite Mason and member of Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Indianapolis. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, B. P. 0. Elks, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Junior Order United American Mechanics. Politically he has acted independently.
Doctor Ayler married, June 21, 1899, Miss Wilhelmina Roacher, of Washington, D. C., daughter of John F. and Mary F. Roacher. Her parents were of German ancestry. Doctor and Mrs. Ayler have twin daughters, Mary Elva and Amy Evelyn, born May 17, 1903. Amy Evelyn graduated with the B. S. degree from Montana State College at Bozeman in 1925, and was for three years supervisor of art in the public schools of Seymour, Indiana, and one-year supervisor at Frankfort, where she married Edward A. Stevenson. Mary Elva is the wife of Franklin T. Cowen, an entomologist at the Agriculture College of Fort Collins, Colorado. He holds a notable place in his profession, and has been assigned special duties by the Department of Agriculture in the eradication of destructive insects, and for a time was connected with the staff of the Government Laboratory at Billings, Montana. Professor and Mrs. Cowen have two children, Jane Elizabeth, born in 1924, and Thomas Evans, born in 1925.
Source: Weik's History Of Putnam County, Indiana, Illustrated 1910: B. F. Bowen & Company, Publishers Indianapolis, Indiana. Author: Jesse W. Weik p 312
The family of this name is of English stock on the paternal side and German on. the maternal. It is of ancient origin and has been identified with the eastern part of the country from early colonial days. The emigrating ancestors settled on Kent Island. Maryland. on land granted to them by the King, and they lived in that locality for generations, meantime sending out
offshoots to various parts of the county. Among the descendants of this emigrant ancestor is William H. Ayler. a native of the eastern shore of Maryland and a master mechanic by profession. being now in the employ of the United States government at the national capital. He married Jane Rebecca Gladfelter, whose family also was one of old and well-established con-
nections, dating their origin in Switzerland. That they were notable people in their native county is attested by the fact that a canton there now bears their name. Casper Gladfelter was the first of the name to come to America and he settled on a farm near York. Pennsylvania. In 1907 a family reunion was held on the old farm that had been cleared by this first emigrant and there were over two thousand descendants present, representing forty-two states. Mrs. Jane Rebecca Ayler. who was a granddaughter of Casper Gladfelter. died in 1905, at Baltimore, Maryland, at the age of sixty-four years. She was one of eleven children and the first of the family to die. By her union with William H. Ayler she became the mother of nine children, of whom eight are living, namely: John S.. of Baltimore; Henry E., an employee of the postotifice department at Washington; Ella R., wife of Jacob Hunt, of Baltimore: Thomas T.. in the postal department at Baltimore. Maryland; Reuben A., a twin brother of Ella R.. died in infancy; Amos Evans, of Greencastle; Lila V. and Rosa E., residents of Washington ; William L., who is a manufacturing chemist at Dallas, Texas. All these children were bom at Baltimore, except the youngest, who is a native of Wilmington. Delaware. A notable characteristic of the Ayler family is the unusual number of twins. William H. was a twin, and the father of twins, and one of his sons met with the same double blessing.
Amos Evans Ayler, the sixth in order of birth of this interesting family, was born at Baltimore, Mar>land, December 5. 1870. He remained in the city of his nativity until the completion of his twenty-seventh year, meanwhile attending the public schools and being graduated from the high school. In 1S90 he entered the Cleveland Medical College and after spending one year in that institution he became a student in the Southern Homeopathic College at Baltimore and after three years of diligent application was graduated with the class of 1897. He served for awhile as senior interne in the Baltimore Homeopathic Hospital, after which he became physician in charge of the National Homeopathic Hospital at Washington. D. C. He retained this responsible position for twenty-six months and then decided to find another field for his energies in the central West. August 8. 1899, he located at Greencastle, Indiana. and ever since has been closely identified with the business, social and professional life of that city. He has practiced his profession continuously and assiduously, meeting with the success that is sure to follow talent well applied and industry of the unwearying kind. Indeed, his success has been unusual, with the result that he is recognized as one of the most progressive physicians in Indiana, with advanced and
definite ideas regarding the treatment of diseases by the most modern methods. His ability is recognized beyond the confines of his adopted county and he is frequently called in obstinate cases where the best talent is desired. Doctor Ayler is the owner of a splendid property, extending one hundred and four feet on Washington street and two hundred and twenty feet on College avenue, comprising a half square, and on this property he has erected a modern and conveniently-arranged office building and a comfortable and attractive residence.
Fraternally Doctor Ayler is especially conspicuous as a Freemason, having passed through the various degrees including those of Knight Templar in the York rite and the thirty-second of the Scottish rite. He has been honored by official distinction in several of the bodies, being a past high priest in the chapter of Royal Arch Masons at Greencastle and the present
eminent commander of the commandry of Knights Templar. He is also a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, belonging to Murat Temple at Indianapolis. The Doctor is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Junior- Order of American Mechanics.
Professionally he is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, is independent in politics and altogether is one of the most notable and popular men in Greencastle. On June 21, 1899, Doctor Ayler was married, at Washington, D. C. to
Wilhelmina Reocher, a native of Pomeroy. Ohio, whose parents were John Franklin and Margaret F. Reocher, both of German stock. To Doctor and Mrs. Ayler have been born twin daughters. Amy Evelyn and Mary Elva, born Alay 17, 1903.