Near Jonesville in Lee County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Doctor Still’s Birthplace
Erected 1973.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical date for this entry is December 12, 1917.
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. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jonesville VA 24263, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured 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); Lee County Virginia / Kentucky (approx. 6.4 miles away); Civil War Routes (approx. 6.7 miles away in Kentucky); Lee County Virginia / Tennessee (approx. 6.9 miles away); Pennington Gap (approx. 9.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jonesville.
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.)
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