History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II
Busse, is county judge; Isaac Woolf, is special acting county judge in a number of cases wherein Judge Busse has been an attorney : L. O. Pfeiffer is county attorney, a position he has held for fourteen years and still has another term ahead of him, which shows in what esteem he is held by the people of Deuel county. Isaac Woolf has served Deuel county as judge for twenty-eight years and his duties as special judge will extend the period for a year or more. A remarkable record for one man to hold.
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The first doctor to cast his fortunes with
Chappell and the future Deuel county, was Hosea Hudson. Dr. W. H. Babcock was next in order1 and he served the community and county long and faithfully, during a period when the country was sparsely settled and development just beginning. Today Dr. M. B. Patty, Dr. A. C. Coleman, and Dr. Frank Waldo Scott, are physicians and surgeons in Deuel county. Dr. D. Edward O'Connor and Dr. William H. Cobble are osteopathic physicians and surgeons, and Dr. Mabel Green and Doctors Lewis and Lewis are chiropractors. The dental profession is represented in the county by Dr. Lynch and Dr. T. P. Mullins. All the above are located in Chappell.
In Big Springs, the medical profession is represented by Dr. Clinton H. Smith, physician and surgeon, and Dr. J. J. Wilson, is the only member of the dental profession.
The general good health prevailing in the high plains region of Nebraska, exists in Deuel county, which limits the activities and necessities of numerous medical men and a medical clinic, as are to be found in older communities. The professional men in the county are of exceptionally high standing as physicians and dentists, and are qualified to give the people the best of service and advice when it is needed, so that the population of Deuel county is well cared for when occasion requires it.