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Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John C. Wysor Letter, 1912, Ms2024-056, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The John C. Wysor Letter was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in December 2021.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the John C. Wysor Letter was completed in May 2024.

Biographical Note

John Chandler Wysor (sometimes John C. D. Wysor) was born to George Washington and Margaret Ann Wysor on May 12, 1854, in Pulaski County, Virginia. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore (now the University of Maryland School of Medicine). He was a physician and the chief surgeon at the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Hospital and later went into private practice in Clifton Forge, Virginia. He also served on the City Council and the local Y.M.C.A. board and worked for the Red Cross.

Wysor married Alice E. Pugh (1859-1947) on August 27, 1884, and their children include Julia and Frank. He died on February 23, 1919.

External Sources:

U.S. Federal Census, 1860-1870, 1900.

"Dr John Chandler Wysor", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38066038/john_chandler_wysor , accessed May 3, 2024.

"Alice A. Pugh Wysor", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38065949/alice_a_wysor , accessed May 3, 2024.

"Jno C D Wysor" in the Virginia, U.S., Birth Registers, 1853-1911, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/745960:62153 , accessed May 3, 2024.

"J C Wysor" in the West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/525298:2538 , accessed May 16, 2024.

"Dr. John C. Wysor Dies", Richmond times-dispatch (Richmond, Va.), Feb. 24, 1919, p. 4., available online at the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1919-02-24/ed-1/seq-4/ , accessed May 16, 2024.

L. H. Paul, "Dr. John C. Wysor," The Presbyterian of the South : [combining the] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian (Atlant, Ga.), March 26, 1919, p. 15, available online at the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/10021978/1919-03-26/ed-1/seq-15/ , accessed May 16, 2024.

"John Chandler Wysor' in the Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/147524:7833 , accessed May 16, 2024.

Scope and Content

The John C. Wysor Letter was a letter from Wysor in Clifton Forge, Virginia, to his brother Henry C. Wysor, in Dublin, Virginia, written on May 3, 1912. The letter details one of John C. Wysor's patient's medical payments.

Related Material

Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives maintains several related Wysor family papers:

Rufus J. Wysor Papers, Ms1968-008

James M. Wysor Letter, Ms2013-035

Henry Wysor Family Papers, Ms2015-026

Henry C. Wysor Family Papers, Ms2023-012

Samuel D. Jones Letter to Henry C. Wysor, Ms2024-051

F. P. Miles Letter to Henry C. Wysor, Ms2024-052

Robert E. Wysor Account Book, Ms2024-057

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Alleghany County (Va.)
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Medicine
• Wysor, Henry C., 1847-1927

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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