Cumberland County, Maine – Edwin Faxon Vose, M.D.
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Biography
Edwin Faxon Vose, M.D.
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 69-70

Edwin Faxon Vose, M.D., the leading physician in Portland of the homoeopathic
school, was born in Watertown, Mass., October 17, 1850. He is a son of Henry C.
and Rachel W. (Faxon) Vose, and is of Puritan descent through both parents. The
Vose family was represented at the settlement of Boston, and the name is on
record among the founders of Milton in 1632. Dr. Vose's great-grandfather was a
soldier of the First Massachusetts Regiment in the Revolutionary army, while a
brother of his greatgrandfather was Colonel of the same regiment. The
grandfather of the Doctor was a shoe manufacturer in Providence, R.I.

Henry C. Vose was a graduate of the Theological Seminary of Clinton, N.Y., and
also of the Cleveland Homoeopathic Medical College. He preached as a clergyman
of the Universalist Church at Watertown, Mass., and at Clinton, N.Y., and spent
the last thirty years of his life in Marion, Mass. At the time of the uprising
against Free Masonry, when it took courage to avow connection with the order, he
was prominent in its councils, and battled for the cause of abolition, counting
William Lloyd Garrison and other prominent agitators among his personal friends.
He spoke on the antislavery question to so many out-of-door meetings that he
ruined his voice and was obliged to give up his work as a clergyman, after which
he devoted the rest of his life to medical practice. Dr. Henry Vose died in
1887. His wife, whose maiden name was Rachel W. Faxon, was a native of
Braintree, Mass., a daughter of Thomas Faxon. She was a direct descendant of
John Clark, who came over in the "Mayflower." Her grandfather, Thomas Faxon, a
native of Stoughton, Mass., was one of the sturdy minute-men of Revolutionary
times, so that through both father and mother Dr. Vose is eligible to be counted
among the Sons of the Revolution. Thomas Faxon, the father of Mrs. Vose, was a
cattle dealer in the old droving days, and was a very successful man. Mrs. Vose
was the mother of eight children, and had attained an advanced age when she died
in 1890.

Edwin Faxon Vose was the fifth of his parents' children. He graduated from the
Massachusetts Agricultural College, now included in the Boston University. After
reading medicine for a while with his father, he entered the homoeopathic
department of Boston University, from which he graduated in 1876. He was House
Surgeon of the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Hospital the year before his
graduation. After receiving his diploma he located in Portland, forming a
partnership with Dr. Eliphalet Clark, who was one of the pioneers of homoeopathy
in the State of Maine. Two years later Dr. Clark retired, leaving Dr. Vose in
full charge of their combined practice. In addition to his qualifications as a
doctor of medicine, he is a skilful surgeon. United with his skill and thorough
knowledge is a kindly and generous nature, which has won for him the confidence
of all his patients. He is a member of the Maine Academy of Medicine and
President of the State Homoeopathic Medical Society, having been elected to the
latter office at the annual meeting held in 1895. When, in 1895, the legislature
of Maine passed the bill requiring all physicians to register or pass an
examination, he was appointed by Governor Cleaves a member of the Examining
Board.

In 1876, July 5, Dr. Vose was married to Lizzie M., daughter of John and Lizzie
(McCurdy) Begg, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and the union has been blessed by two
children - Eleanor Rachel and Clifton Henry. In politics he is a strong
Republican; and, though not an aspirant for office, he has taken an active part
in important conventions. In Masonry he is Past Master of Portland Lodge; Past
High Priest of Mount Vernon Chapter; Past Master of Portland Council; Commander
of Portland Commandery; a member of the Maine Order of High Priesthood; a member
of the order of the Red Cross of Constantine; a member of the Royal Order of
Scotland (whose membership is limited to three hundred in the United
States, and which is controlled at Edinburgh, Scotland); a member of Aleppo
Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at Boston; and of the Maine Consistory, the
thirty-second degree. Dr. Vose is Past Grand of Hadallah Lodge, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and a member of Una Encampment; and he belongs to Bramhall
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and the Samoset Tribe of Red Men. He is a member of
the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association and of the Sodality of the Sons of the
Revolution, a Director of Falmouth B. and L. Association, a popular member of
the Portland Club, and also of the Young Men's Athletic Association. He attends
and supports the Congress Square Universalist Church. His residence is the
handsome building, 612 Congress Street.