Doctor Still’s Birthplace Marker

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Near Jonesville in Lee County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Doctor Still’s Birthplace

By J. J. Prats, May 29, 2011

1. Doctor Still’s Birthplace Marker

Inscription. Andrew Taylor Still, physician and founder for Osteopathic medicine was born here in a log cabin on August 6, 1828. The cabin now stands on the campus of Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery in Kirksville, Missouri, the first American school of Osteopathic medicine founded by Dr. Still in 1892. Dr. Still, a veteran of the War Between the States, died at Kirksville on December 12, 1917.

Erected 1973.

Location. 36° 40.265′ N, 83° 9.055′ W. Marker is near Jonesville, Virginia, in Lee County. Marker is on County Route 622 1.6 miles south of Main Street (U.S. 58), on the left when traveling west. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jonesville VA 24263, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Jonesville Methodist Camp Ground (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named Doctor Still’s Birthplace (approx. 1.6 miles away); Jonesville (approx. 2.1 miles away); Thompson Settlement Church (approx. 4.2 miles away); Martin’s Station (approx. 11.3 miles away).

Also see . . . Andrew Taylor Still. Wikipedia entry. “Still was born in Lee County, Virginia in 1828, the son of a Methodist minister and physician. At an early age, Still decided to follow in his father’s footsteps as a physician. After studying medicine and serving an apprenticeship under his father, he entered the Civil War as a Hospital Steward, but would later state in his autobiography that he served as a ‘defacto surgeon’.” (Submitted on July 9, 2011.)

By J. J. Prats, May 29, 2011

2. Doctor Still’s Birthplace Marker

Andrew Taylor Still MD, DO (1828–1917) Photo, Click for full size

Wikimedia Commons Collection, circa 1914

3. Andrew Taylor Still MD, DO (1828–1917)

Credits. This page originally submitted on July 9, 2011, by J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia. This page has been viewed 172 times since then. Last updated on July 9, 2011. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 9, 2011, by J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.