T. B. ASBURY, M.D.

    T. B. Asbury, M. D. was born near Syracuse, N.Y., April 10, 1824.  His father, Rev. Thomas Asbury, was a native of England, where he studied and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  He was a self-made man and acquired through his own diligence the elements of a good scholar.  In 1818, he crossed the waters to America.  He was a Methodist itinerant and traveled on his mission from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, all along the Atlantic seaboard to the Gulf, and accompanied Bishop Asbury, who was his uncle, up the Mississippi River to Fort Independence, Mo.  Mr. Asbury, after laboring among the people of the West and suffering the dangers of a pioneer minister's life, he came to Columbus, Ohio, and in 1822, erected one of the first brick churches in that city.  He retired from the ministry and died November 26, 1860, aged eighty-four years.  His wife, Rachel B. Asbury, died April 10, 1825.  Dr. Asbury was the only child.  He was reared to manhood in Columbus, and received his collegiate education in Allegheny College, of Meadville, Penn.  He read medicine with Dr. Edward Ellis, of Meadville, and graduated from the Berkshire Medical College of Pittsfield, Mass., in March 1844.  He entered upon his profession in Meadville, Penn., where he practiced five years, and came to Frankfort (Jerome P. 0.), and remained till 1861, when he removed to Columbus.  In 1872, he went to Worthington, and in 1880 came back to his old field of labor, which is now presided over by twelve physicians.  March 18, 1847, he was married to Margaret Snowden, and by her had two children-Bishop F. and Harry R.  Mrs. Asbury departed from this world May 2, 1871, and July 4, 1872, Mr. A. was joined in marriage with Anna, daughter of Isaac N. Wells, of Worthington, and has three children-Norman G., Oliver T. and an infant son.  Mr. and Mrs. Asbury are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Mr. A. is a prominent member of the Masonic order.  He is a member of the Central Ohio and State Medical Association.  In the former he was Treasurer for several years.  In politics, he is a staunch Republican.