Dr. O. L. Abney

Victoria

Source: "Types of Successful Men of Texas", Pages 365
Author; L. E. Daniell
Published By The Author
Eugene Von Boeckmann, Printer and Bookbinder
1890
Transcribed by: J. Barker

     Dr. O. L. Abney was born December 15, 1852. at Newberry, S. C. His parents were Zack and Lizzie Abney, native Americans. He came to Texas in 1883. Received his literary education at Gilmer and Marshall, Texas, and at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Studied medicine with Dr. Schumpert, at Bethany, La.; attended lectures in 1879 at Cincinnati, Oh., in 1880 at Louisville, Ky., where he graduated the following spring. In 1887, he took a special course at the New York Polyclinic, and one at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. Previous to coming to Texas, he practiced a short while at Mooringsport, La. (1882), and before removing to Victoria (1887), he practiced (1883 to 1886) at Ellinger, Texas.
     He is a member of the Texas State Medical Association, and of the Victoria County Medical Society. The Doctor has not become known as a writer, preferring to devote his time to study rather than in endeavoring to instruct others. He is unmarried. Doing a general practice, he is partial to the surgical branch, to which he devotes special attention.
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