M. C. Cuykendall
M. C. CUYKENDALL, physician and surgeon, Bucyrus; is the son of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Courtright) Cuvkendall, and was born Nov. 2l, 1829, in Cuyahoga Co., N. Y. He lived on a farm until his 17th year, and then entered Grotors Academy, in Tompkins Co., N. Y., remaining two years, and teaching in the winter. He taught the following winter and worked at carpentering for the two ensuing seasons, spending the winter months meanwhile in teaching. His parents had died when he was 14, leaving him to battle with life alone. In the winter of 1849, he came to Plymouth, Richland Co.; the following year he commenced the study of medicine. In the spring of 1851, he entered the office of Drs. Benschoter & Bevier, at Plymouth, and continued with them until the spring of 1853, having entered the Cleveland Medical College in 1851. He graduated from that institution in 1853, and commenced practice in Richland Co. In July, 1857, he came to Bucyrus. and has since remained there, save the time spent in the army. He was commissioned Surgeon of the 3d 0. V. C., in October, 1861. In July, 1862, he was promoted to Brigade Surgeon of the Second Cavalry Brigade, Second Division of the Army of the Cumberland. In 1863, he was made Medical Director of two divisions, which made him a staff officer under Gen. Crook. In December 1864, he was mustered out at Columbia, Tenn. He then resumed the practice of his profession at Bucyrus. He has made a specialty of surgery for thirty- years and is counted as one of the most skillful physicians to the State. In 1875, he was elected Professor of Medical and surgical Diseases of Women in the Columbus Medical College. He is a member of the American Medical Association, and also that of the State of Ohio; he was also President of the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association. He was married Jan. 29, 1854, to Miss Lucy White, of Auburn Township; they have one daughter Ida W., wife of Dr. W. B. Carson of Bucyrus.
From History of Crawford County and Ohio, Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1881