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<\/a>The ledgers and journals, found under floorboards in the attic, were apparently compiled by Dr. Addison B. Housholder <\/strong>(1870-1936), who had his medical practice in that house from 1920 until his death in 1936. The ledgers contain the names of patients and the fees charged to them. For most entries, there is no indication of what the patient was being treated for.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n The Housholder ledgers will be added to the Lovettsville Museum\u2019s collection of ledgers and other items from local doctors\u2019 practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The other major collection of medical items in the Museum is from the estate of Dr. William B. Carpenter <\/strong>(1905-1975), who attended Lynchburg College and the University of Virginia. He practiced medicine here starting in 1933, with his office at 38 East Broad Way, and also had an office in Brunswick. Later he lived and worked out of the St. James parsonage. When Bernard Spring closed his store at 40 South Loudoun Street during World War II, Dr. Carpenter and his wife Eileen bought that property and the house next door, where they built an addition and set up his offices. He continued the practice of medicine until 1964 and died in 1975. He was the last permanent resident doctor here for the rest of the 20th<\/sup> century. Dr. and Mrs. Carpenter are buried at Lovettsville Union Cemetery.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Here’s a roster of Lovettsville\u2019s doctors through the 19th<\/sup> and 20th<\/sup> centuries, as far as we know it at this point:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. John C. Bush<\/strong> (_ – 1893) graduated from the University of Maryland Medical School in 1854, and came to Lovettsville to set up a practice. He married Mary E. Slater (a sister of Lt. Luther Slater) in 1856. He had a thriving practice at the outbreak of the Civil War. He had a letter from Jefferson Davis inviting him to join the Confederate Army and become an army doctor. This he would not do, but he tried to remain in Loudoun County where he treated anyone who needed his services \u2013 including Union and Confederate soldiers, and runaway slaves. The word went out that he was a \u201ctraitor,\u201d and he was forced to abruptly flee across the river to Maryland, ending up in Harney, near Emmitsburg. He returned to Lovettsville after the war, and attempted to set up his practice again. He was also a Charter Member of the Freedom Lodge No. 199 of the Masons. But he found himself still branded a traitor, and returned to Maryland, where he was the \u201cvillage doctor\u201d in Harney until his death in 1893. He and his wife are buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, as are Luther Slater\u2019s first wife and infant child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. John J. Henshaw <\/strong>(1812-1894), was born in Berkeley County (now W. Va.) and received his medical education in Philadelphia around 1840. He had a medical practice in Lovettsville before the outbreak of the Civil War. In May 1861, he was designated as Adjutant to the Commander of the local militia regiment, the 56th<\/sup> Virginia. He ran for election as a Unionist to be a Loudoun delegate to the Virginia General Assembly at the time of the May 23, 1861 secession referendum. After the rest of the county voted for secession, he had to flee to Maryland. However, he did return to Loudoun, since we know that he was summoned to care for Lt. Luther Slater after Slater was seriously wounded at the August 1862 fight at the Waterford Baptist Church. Later during the war, Dr. Henshaw was active politically as Treasurer for the Unionist government (the \u201cRestored Government of Virginia\u201d) in 1864, and he was a Loudoun delegate to its constitutional convention. His obituary states that \u201cfor a time, he was the only physician in Lovettsville, Va., all others having been driven out by the war.\u201d In 1866, Dr. Henshaw testified before the Congressional Joint Committee on Reconstruction about post-war conditions in Loudoun County and the deep hostility to Unionists. As a result of his Congressional testimony, he was forced to permanently relocate to Emmitsburg, Maryland where he set up a new medical practice. He was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1885 and was Postmaster in Emmitsburg from 1889 to 1893. He is buried in Thurmont, Maryland.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Dr. James A. Willard <\/strong>(1820-1907)<\/strong> \u2013 (see separate article)<\/a>. He practiced medicine in Lovettsville from 1868 until his death in 1907. His journal contains a price list, based on one furnished to him by Dr. Bush in November 1867.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>