Cumberland County, Maine - Dr. Rebecca A. Buzzell
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Biography
Dr. Rebecca A. Buzzell
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 384-385


Dr. Rebecca A. Buzzell, a successful lady physician practicing at Gorham, was
born in the town of Buxton, York County, November 20, 1816, daughter of Captain
Jabez and Betsey (Hancock) Hobson, both natives of the same place. Her
grandfather, Joseph Hobson, a farmer by occupation, was a resident of Buxton
throughout an active life of fourscore years. Joseph Hobson's wife, whose maiden
name was Rebecca Sawyer, was also a native of Buxton. She died at the age of
sixty years, having borne him a family of five sons and four daughters.

Captain Hobson was for many years an officer in the State militia, and one of
the prominent men of his native town. He was extensively engaged in farming and
lumbering, giving employment to many men. He was quite active in church affairs,
having been a Deacon in the Free Will Baptist church for ten years. To him and
his wife nine children were born, four of whom are living - Sewell, Rebecca A.,
Ellen, and Jabez. Sewell, born March 20, 1815, was twice married. His first
wife, Martha Buzzell, bore him five children, three of whom are living -
Ethelinda, Elizabeth, and Alma. His second wife, Ann Thompson, had one child,
Sewell. Ellen Hobson, born in 1834, is the wife of Ingalls Paine, and has one
child, Alice Leona. Jabez Hobson, born in 1837, married Eliza Smith, and they
are the parents of three children - Lillian, William, and Rebecca.

Dr. Buzzell obtained her elementary education in the common schools of Buxton,
after which she continued her studies at the academy in Limerick and
Parsonsfield Seminary in Parsonsfield, this State. In 1836 she became the wife
of Dr. James M. Buzzell, a prominent surgeon and physician of Parsonsfield. He
afterward removed to Worcester, Mass., remaining there two years as a professor
in the Eclectic Medical College. He subsequently filled the same chair in the
University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia for about the same length of time.
Resuming private practice, he returned to Maine, locating at Gorham, but
afterward settled in the city of Portland, where he continued in active practice
until his death in 1892. He was very successful as a practitioner, being a
skillful surgeon and a most able physician, highly esteemed by his professional
brethren and by his large circle of friends and acquaintances.

Dr. Rebecca A. Buzzell was always interested in the study of medicine, and after
her marriage became a close student of the science. She first made a study of
the allopathic method of treating diseases, later taking up the study of
homoeopathy. She has practiced the latter since 1870, meeting with excellent
results, both in Gorham and in the surrounding towns. Although now an
experienced practitioner, she is still a close student, keeping up with the
modern methods as they come into authorized use. Of late years the Doctor has
confined herself principally to office work, treating home patients, of which
she has many. Religiously, she is a member of the Gorham Congregational church.
In politics both her husband and father were stanch Republicans.