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Hildreth, Eugenius Augustus (1821-1885)
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Source: History of the Upper Ohio Valley, Vol. I
Madison, Wis.: Brant & Fuller, 1890
Pages 321-322

Eugenius Augustus Hildreth, M. D., born at Wheeling, September 13,
1821, died at that city August 31, 1885, was one of the most
distinguished practitioners of medicine of the upper Ohio valley. He
was the son of Ezekiel Hildreth, a graduate of Harvard college in
1814, who married a daughter of Jonathan Zane, one of the founders of
Eheeling. Dr. Hildreth, after receiving an education at Kenyon
college, studied medicine with Dr. Townsend, of Wheeling, and in 1844
received the degree of M. D. from the medical college of Ohio, at
Cincinnati. After a year's practice as resident physician at the
state hospital, he returned to Eheeling, and began a practice which
was continued without interruption for forty years. He possessed
broad qualifications for success in life, was eminent in his
profession, wise and far seeing in his business enterprises,
scholarly and refined in his social relations. High in his conception
of the duties of life, there was always evidence, however
distinquished he might become in any department of action,
professional or civil, that his noble character as a gentleman
outranked all other distinctions. Besides performing faithfully all
the requirements of his profession he made many valuable
contributions to medical literature, particularly in regard to the
climatology and epidemic diseases of West Virginia, and the annals of
his profession in this region. He was a member and president of the
Wheeling and Ohio county medical society, an original member and
president of the state medical society, became a member of the
American medical association in 1850, and was an honorary member of
the California medical society. In 1871 he attended the meeting of
the American medical association at San Francisco, and became a
member of the Rocky Mountain medical association. Dr. Hildreth filled
notable positions in the service of the city and state, being for
thirty years a member and for many years president of the city board
of education; one of the board of directors that organized the West
Virginia hospital for the insane in 1864; a director of the state
penitentiary from 1868 to 1872, and from 1873 until near the time of
his death, secretary of the board of examining surgeons for pensions.
In 1851 Dr. Hildreth was married to Susan L. McMechen, of one of the
oldest and most distinguished families of Wheeling, and to them were
born three sons and two daughters. The eldest son is in the
Commercial bank at Wheeling, the second is secretary of the Nickle
Plate Glass works of Fostoria, Ohio. The youngest son, a namesake of
his father, was born in Wheeling July 10, 1864, received his
education in the city schools and read medicine with his father and
Dr. Dickey. He graduated at Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia,
subsequently entered Brooklyn hospital where he was house physician
one year and then returned to Wheeling where he has attained high
rank in his profession.

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Additional Source: American Medical Biographies (1920)
by Howard A. Kelly and Walter L. Burrage

Pages 525-526

Eugenius Augustus Hildreth, physician and botanist, was born in
Wheeling, West Virginia, September 13, 1821, and died there August
31, 1885. His father, Ezekiel Hildreth, was a graduate of Harvard
(1814), and a man of rare scholarly attainments. His mother was a
daughter of Jonathan Zane. He was graduated at Kenyon College in
1840, and at the Medical College of Ohio, in Cincinnati, in 1844.
After serving as resident physician of the State Hospital for one
year, he settled in Wheeling. He was president of the Wheeling Board
of Education; also of the Medical Society of West Virginia, in 1876
and 1877, and served on important committees of the American Medical
Association. Dr. Hildreth was a member of the State Board of
Examiners for surgeons in the army, and from 1873 till 188S a member
of the United States Board of Surgeons for pensions. Among his
contributions to medical literature may be named, "Ice in Obstetric
Practice" (1850) ; "Climatology and Epidemic Diseases in West
Virginia" (1868); (Topography, Meteorology, Climatology and Epidemics
of Ohio County," (1870) ; "A Report on Medical Botany in West
Virginia" (1871). Dr. Hildreth was a consistent Christian and an
active member of the Episcopal Church. He was one of the founders of
the West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, and a member of the first
Board of Directors in 1864.

Frank Le Moyne Hupp. 
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