MOSER, William A. - Putnam

In a locality ranking high for its medical talent, whose professional men take conspicuous places among their colleagues throughout the state, is Dr. William A. Moser, who is located at Belle Union, Jefferson township, Putnam County, where he is enjoying a lucrative practice and has long been known as one of the leading citizens of this section of the county. He is the descendant of one of the old and influential families of this county, having been born in the southwestern part of this township, September 19; 1869, the son of David and Sarah A. (Bryan) Moser. A full history of his ancestry is to be found on another page of this work, hence will not be repeated here. The Doctor's boyhood was spent on the home farm, where he early learned the art of agriculture, but when a mere lad he determined to enter the medical profession and consequently began bending every effort in that direction. He enjoyed a liberal education, having attended the public and high schools at Cloverdale and later the Normal School at Danville, Indiana. He spent one year in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at St. Louis, Missouri, and he then entered the medical department of the University at Indiana, located at Indianapolis, formerly known as the Indiana Medical College, thus completing the four-years course in medicine and surgery, graduating in 1903. In May of that year Doctor Moser opened an office at Belle Union, Jefferson township, at which place he has practiced ever since, meeting with a fair measure of success from the first and he now ranks as one of the leading physicians of the county. Doctor Moser married Clara Vesta Cradick, of Owen County, Indiana, in 1894. She was the daughter of John Cradick. This union resulted in the birth of one child, 0. Joyce Moser. -Eleven months later Mrs. Moser died, and in May, 1908, Mr. Moser married Hazell Gillette Dobbs, daughter of George Dobbs, of Greencastle. The Doctor is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He is also a member of the Putnam County Medical Society and the State Medical Society of Indiana. Doctor Moser possesses the happy faculty of winning and retaining many warm personal friends and the high regard in which he is held indicates on his part a determination to discharge his every duty and obligation as becomes a good man and a worthy citizen. - kbz