Hollis Munro

1789 - 1861  (71 years)

• Name	Hollis Munro  [1]
  Born	3 Dec 1789	Surry, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Jun 1861	Belfast, Waldo Co., Maine, USA
  Person ID	I7702	Munro
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Philip Munroe, M. D.,   b. Aug 1753, Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 10 Sep 1832, Surry, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Betsy Briggs,   b. 22 Nov 1766, Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 30 Jun 1830, Surry, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Married	16 Sep 1787	Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA
  Family ID	F2981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hollis received his medical degree from Yale College in 1819. Immediately after graduating, he went to Belfast, Maine, not with a view to permanent settlement, but to afford temporary aid to an established physician in a time of prevailing sickness. But Belfast proved to be the scene of his long career of activity and usefulness. He lived in the house built by Wiggins Merrill. He sang in the choir of the Congregational Church and also lectured for the Belfast Lyceum on Botany on 9, 15, and 22 Jul 1830. He soon became widely known, and always enjoyed the confidence and esteem both of the community and of his medical brethren. His naturally vigorous and inquiring mind prompted him to keep pace with scientific discoveries, and made him a learner through life. He assiduously cultivated all the branches of natural history, and his love of botany continued unabated to the last. He possessed no inconsiderable share of mechanical ingenuity, of which he availed himself, with useful results, in dentistry and surgical practice. He was a singularly sincere man, simple in manner, straightforward and plain in speech. Of social nature, he loved to talk, and out of the stores of a well-furnished mind his conversation was always instructive and profitable. The rules of health and the right modes of living were a favorite topic with him. Many of his wise and timely suggestions were long remembered, and produced incalculable good. He taught temperance in all things, by example as well as precept; for his own mode of living was plain, simple, self-denying, and almost ascetic. As an example of professional enthusiasm, of single-hearted devotion to the purpose of his calling, he stood eminent. His profession occupied the place of domestic relations. His patients were his family. He refused no call for his services, however poor might be the applicant and however distant his abode; but in cold and stormy nights, and over difficult roads, he would repair to the dwelling of humble poverty, remain as long as his presence was needed, and share the discomforts of the situation. In 1820, after the separation of Maine from Massachusetts, a new arrangement of the militia was made. Belfast became included in the Third Division, First Brigade, and Second Regiment. Dr. Monroe was Surgeon's Mate. Dr. Monroe was a member of the Maine Medical Society, formed in 1821, and also of the Maine Medical Association, subsequently instituted. He was also a member of the American Medical Association. On 23 May 1850 his barn on Lincolnville road, containing 25 tons of hay, burned. The loss was $500. He died of congestion of the lungs at the age of 71. Rev. Dr. Palfrey delivered an address at his funeral, which was held at the Unitarian Church on the following Sunday. The large concourse of attached friends and sincere mourners who followed his remains to the grave, bore testimony to the esteem in which he was held by the whole community. Ref: Lexington Munroes, 2nd ed. 13-85-3 Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  
  

• Sources

  [S715] Clan Munro e-files - Spencer, Suzanne, Suzanne Spencer, Email from Suzanne Spencer - 16 Sep 2009 - Descendants of Philip Munroe - compiled by Suzanne Spencer, Jenny Bommarito and Craig Richardson (Reliability: 3).