DR. H. P. MATHEWSON, Superintendent State Hospital for the insane, is a
native of Caledonia County, Vt., where he was born December 14, 1829. He
entered Dartmouth College in 1849, and graduated in 1852. He then engaged in
the practice of his profession in Vermont. In 1862, he was commissioned by
President Lincoln, Surgeon in the United States Volunteer Service, and
continued in this department until the close of the war. He then returned to
Vermont, and from there removed to Nebraska, in 1867. He settled in Omaha,
and engaged in practice until 1877, when he removed to Lincoln, and took
charge of the hospital for the insane. He was married in Boston, Mass.,
December 7, 1857, to Miss Mary M. Sanborn, a native of Vermont. They have
three children--Harley P. jr., Edward S., and Carlton. Dr. M. is a member of
the Nebraska State Medical Association, Omaha Pathological Society, and the
Omaha Medical College.
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