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1876 Biography - Horace & Delia Wardner

Horace Wardner, M.D. – Born in Perry County, N. Y., August 25, 1829; commenced at the age of sixteen to work through a college course of education, supporting himself by his own exertions; studied medicine with Dr. W. Bailey, Almond, N. Y., Prof. A. B. Palmer and Dr. L. Miller, Chicago; graduated at Rush Medical College in 1856, and spent one year at the Mercy Hospital. He was married, in 1858, to Miss Delia Louise Rockwood, of Wisconsin. In 1859, became Demonstrator of Anatomy; in 1861, Surgeon in the Twelfth Illinois; in 1862, Brigade Surgeon and Medical Director of Division under Gen. U. S. Grant; in October, 1862, ordered to the charge of Mound City Hospital, till it was abandoned in 1865; in August, 1866, put in charge of medical affairs at Cairo, and resumed practice, which he still continues. Also chief officer of St. Mary's Infirmary, which he assisted in founding.

Mrs. Delia Louise Wardner was born in Canton, N. Y., July 6, 1832. Her father, Cephas Rockwood, was an adopted son of Gov. Leland, of Virginia; her mother was, in maidenhood, Miss Louisa Foote, daughter of Chauncey Foote, one of the first settlers of New York. She was educated at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin; has through life been an ardent lover of literature; was with her husband almost during the entire civil war, ministering to the sick and wounded soldiers, and cheering all by her genial presence. In the fall of 1875, Mrs. Wardner was appointed, by Mrs. Gov. Beveridge, Vice President of the Woman's Centennial Association of the State of Illinois, for the Eighteenth Congressional District.

Contributed 2022 Apr 23 by Norma Hass, extracted from 1876 Altas of the State of Illinois, pages 98 and 245.


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