Sherman Leach, M.D.
Sherman Leach, M.D., a practicing physician and surgeon of Mt. Sterling, was born in this city May 30, 1864. His boyhood days were spent under the parental roof, and his literary education was acquired in the public schools. At the age of sixteen, he began clerking in a drug store, and three years later began the study of medicine. He entered the Starling Medical College of Columbus, pursuing a three-years' course and was graduated in March, 1887. While in college, he was also managing a drug store. He became an expert druggist and was paid a salary of $65 per month, and was allowed to attend the medical college six hours per day. After leaving school, he formed a partnership with Dr. W. H. Emery, of Mt. Sterling, Madison County, the connection continuing until his death.
On the 9th of May, 1889, Dr. Leach wedded Florence M. Hornbeck, of Williamsport, Pickaway County, who was born in South Solon, September 3, 1869, and is a daughter of Marvin and Mary (Keyes) Hornbeck, both natives of Pickaway County. They are highly respected young people of this community, who hold an envial)le position in social circles.
The Doctor is local surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and is a member of the Madison County and Ohio State Medical Societies. He has been elected Professor of Rectal Diseases in the Ohio Medical University in Columbus, which was organized in 1892. He has prepared and read several papers before the medical societies and ranks high among his professional brethren. In politics, he is a Republican, and is a member of the City Council and Treasurer of the village of Mt. Sterling. He is a Director of the Mt. Sterling Building and Loan Association, is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and has taken seven degrees in the Masonic lodge. He has the distinction of being the youngest Worshipful Master that has ever served in Mt. Sterling.
Dr. Leach is emphatically a self-made man. He has made the most of his opportunities and has now the largest practice of any physician in Mt. Sterling, his income amounting to about $6,000 per year.
From PORTRAIT & BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF FAYETTE, PICKAWAY AND MADISON COUNTIES, OHIO - Chapman Bros. [Chicago, 1892]