Dr. L A. Bazan, a well
known physician and surgeon of Moberly is
a native of Austria and
was born May 12, 1862. He is the son of Thomas
and Nellie (Tutaj) Bazan
who now reside at St. Joseph, Mo. His father
is in his 84th year and the
mother is 77 years of age.
Doctor Bazan received an
excellent education in his native land
where he also read
medicine. In 1881 he came to America and after
being here for the brief
period of six months, he had mastered the Eng-
lish language so
thoroughly that he was able to accept a position as an
instructor in a business
college. Doctor Bazan is not only a thorough
scholar but he is especially
skilled in languages and is capable of speak-
ing and writing nine
different languages. In 1886 he was a traveling
salesman for the C. S.
Goldsmith Shoe Company of Chicago. In 1889
he engaged in the practice
of medicine in Chicago. Later he located in
St. Joseph, Mo., where he
was engaged in the practice until 1898. After
which he practiced in
Saline County four years and Chariton County four
years and in 1906 he went
to Renick then to Clark. In 1912 he came to
Moberly where he has
since been engaged in the practice of his pro-
fession.
Doctor Bazan was married
at Chicago, Ill., July 1, 1886, to Miss
Pauline Kazik of St.
Joseph, Mo, and to this union have been born the
following children:
Thomas, born in Chicago, Ill., Nov 22, 1888, now
manager for Block
Brother's Department Store, St. Joseph, Mo.; Helen
born Sept. 30, 1890 and
died May 13, 1904; Genevieve, born Jan .10,
1893, a trained nurse, at
Moberly, Mo.; Theodore B., who died on the
field of battle in France
further mention of whom is made in this
volume; L. Marion, born
Jan. 1, 1898, married Robert Caldwell, a foreman
in the Brown Company's
Shoe Factory at Moberly; Francis A., born April
9, 1901, a bookkeeper in
the Brown Shoe Factory at Moberly and Margie
J., born Nov. 19, 1903, a
member of the senior class of the Moberly High
School. Dr. Bazan has a
wide acquaintance in Moberly and vicinity and
the Bazan family stands
high in the community. |