West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

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fDWARD NEWTON FLOWERS, M.D., the subject of this sketch, was born at Prospect Valley, Harrison County, West Vir- ii ts l ginia, April 4th, 1 866. He was educated in the Public Schools of his native county, and afterwards attended the State Normal School at Glenville, W. Va. He taught in the Public Schools of his county five years, two years of which time he served on the Board of Examiners for Teachers. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., April 19th, 1893, after which he located in Clarksburg, W. Va., where he has since successfully practiced his profession. Dr. Flowers has a unique genealogy in that he descends from a family which has produced physicians for three successive generations. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the State Medical Society of West Virginia and the local societies of his county and city. He has taken an active interest in educational matters and served nine years as a member of the School Board of Clarksburg Independent District. He was married to Miss Lelia B. Ash of Wilsonburg, W. Va., March 29th, 1 894, and their only son, Earl Newton Flowers, graduates from Wes- leyan with this year ' s class. The Doctor is a member of the First M. E. Church of Clarksburg, W. Va., and is one of its Board of Trustees.