Cumberland County, Maine - Frank William Searle, M.D.
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Biography
Frank William Searle, M.D.
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 233-234


Frank William Searle, M.D., a physician and surgeon of Portland, where, though
his professional career has thus far been a brief one, he is meeting with
excellent success, is a native of Massachusetts, having been born in the city of
Lowell, September 8, 1854. His parents were Charles J. and Angeline (Scarlett)
Searle, his father being a native of Cambridge, Mass.

Charles J. Searle, who is now sixty-eight years of age, is an old "forty-niner,"
having been one of a party of adventurous spirits who made the long voyage
around Cape Horn to the new El Dorado in search of speedy fortune during the
first year of the gold excitement. He had previously served in the navy
department during the Mexican War. After his return East, he married and settled
in Lowell, Mass., of which place he is a highly respected citizen, having served
for many years in various official capacities. His wife died in 1866, leaving
two children-Frank William and Charles J. Searle, Jr.

Frank W. Searle acquired his early education in the schools of Lowell, being
graduated from the high school in the class of 1872. He then entered the City
Clerk's office as assistant of that official, remaining thus engaged during the
greater part of the succeeding ten years. He was subsequently elected City
Clerk, which position he held until there was a change in the controlling
political party.

In 1883 he came to Portland and entered the Portland School for Medical
Instruction, and later on took a course of lectures at Bowdoin College, the
State Medical School, from which he received his diploma with the class of 1889
after four years of study. Shortly after he went to Freeport, this county, and
began the practice of his profession, remaining there three years.He then
sold out and moved to Portland, and now enjoys a thriving practice in this city.
His marriage with Miss Janet Johnson, a daughter of Archibald Johnson, of
Robbinston, Me., was solemnized in Portland, December 11, 1889. Dr. and Mrs.
Searle have had one child, who is no longer living.

Dr. Searle is a member of the Maine Medical Association, the Maine Academy of
Medicine and Science, and member and Secretary of the Portland Medical Club. He
and his wife are regular attendants and supporters of the Methodist Episcopal
church.