Person:Joseph Elcan (2)

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Dr. Joseph John Elcan
b.27 Dec 1841 Haywood, Tennessee, United States
d.14 Jun 1914 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 30 Mar 1831
  1. Herbert Hilliard Elcan1838 -
  2. Dr. Joseph John Elcan1841 - 1914
  3. Thomas Richard Elcan1844 - 1864
  4. Dr. Archibald Leibig Elcan1844 - 1916
  5. Memucan H. Elcan1846 -
  6. Martha Elcan1853 -
  7. Sallie Elcan1855 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Dr. Joseph John Elcan1841 - 1914
  • W.  Kate Green
m. 4 Mar 1874
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Dr. Joseph John Elcan1841 - 1914
  • W.  Mary _____Abt 1882 -
m. Abt 1909
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Facts and Events
Name Dr. Joseph John Elcan
Gender Male
Birth? 27 Dec 1841 Haywood, Tennessee, United States
Military? 1861 Forrest's Command in Civil War
Education? From 1869 to 1870 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United StatesU of Louisville School of Medicine
Marriage 4 Mar 1874 to Kate Green
Marriage Abt 1909 Tennessee, United Statesto Mary _____
Death? 14 Jun 1914 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Burial? Jun 1914 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United StatesElmwood Cemetery 
Joseph J. Elcan, M.D.


Joseph J. Elcan, M.D., a practicing physician of Mason, Tipton Co., Tenn., was born in Haywood County, December 27, 1841, and is a son of George H. and Elizabeth H. Elcan, natives of Virginia and North Carolina. Our subject was raised on a farm and received his education at Covington, Tenn., and in 1860 commenced the study of medicine under Dr. G. M. Whitthorne, of Bellemonte, Fayette Co., Tenn. In 1861 he entered the Confederate service; was under Gen. Forrest in the Seventh Tennessee Regiment of volunteers until the close of the war, and participated in most of the battles that Forrest's command engaged in. When the war closed he again took up his chosen profession, medicine, and commenced the study of it under Dr. A. D. Clement, and his brother, Dr. A. L. Elcan, of Tipton County, Tenn., and in 1869-1870 attended the Medical University of Louisville, Ky. Since then he has been constantly engaged in the practice of medicine, and has established the reputation of being a well read and reliable physician. Dr. Elcan was married March 4, 1874, to Kate Green, daughter of Nathaniel and Lucy A. Green, of Virginia, and by this marriage has a son and a daughter: Lizzie R. and Claude V. Dr. and Mrs. Elcan are members of the Episcopal Church; he is also a K. of H., and in politics is a Democrat. He is highly esteemed both as a citizen and a physician in his community.


Goodspeed's History of Tennessee (1887)

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