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JAMES
CHESTER POGUE, D. D. S. - The dental surgeon
of today is prepared to work what seems like a miracle with the
teeth. No longer is he willing to extract teeth as long as
there is any prospect of saving them, for he recognizes the fact
that, no matter how good an artificial tooth may be, it is not equal
to a natural one. The dentist comes to his work after years of
careful study and practice, and he has to keep up with all the
discoveries in his profession, so that he must not only be a man of
intelligence, and well educated, but he must keep himself abreast of
daily investigation and discovery by reading and study.
Dr. James Chester Pogue, of Findlay, Ill. is one
of the most popular dental surgeons in his locality. He was
born May 12, 1882, in Ridge Township, Shelby County, a son of
James M. and Luvena (Sconce) Pogue. James M. Pogue
was born in Indiana and brought to Shelby County by his parents,
John and Nancy (Perry) Pogue, who settled in Pickaway Township,
where John died when over seventy-five. Mrs. Nancy
Pogue died in Findlay in January, 1909.
James M. Pogue was married at the age of
twenty-two years to Luvena Sconce, daughter of Wilse and
Peace (Truitt) Sconce, sister of Mrs. James Dazey.
J. M. Pogue was on a farm all his life, and owned a fine
property in Ridge Township, consisting of 160 acres and there he
died Feb. 11, 1894, aged fifty-six years. His widow survives,
residing at Decatur, Ill., with her son. Their family was as
follows: Charles Edwin, a farmer on the old homestead in
Ridge Township; Logan E., is a farmer in Pickaway Township;
Henry Wilse, a commercial salesman living in Decatur; and
James Chester, subject of this sketch.
James Chester Pogue left the farm in 1899, and
entered the University of Illinois, where he took the dental course,
graduating in May, 1905, with his degree of D. D. S. He began
practicing at Champaign, but in December, 1905, came to Shelbyville,
and since then he built up as large a practice as he can attend to,
his superior work recommending him to an excellent class of people.
In 1905 he bought the pharmacy of Dr. W. W. Pierce, who died
at Findlay, Ill., a retired physician, and this drug store commands
a large patronage, Dr. Pogue keeping a regular pharmacist in
charge. Dr. Pogue owns the building in which his
drug-store and office are located and also lives there, so that he
is at all times in touch with his varied business affairs.
On Dec. 24, 1904, Dr. Pogue married Della
Richardson of Windsor, a daughter of Stephen A. Richardson,
a retired farmer of Shelbyville. Mrs. Pogue was
educated in the Shelbyville high school, and was twenty yeas old at
the time of her marriage. Dr. and Mrs. Pogue have one
daughter, Paulina.
Dr. Pogue is a Mason and Modern Woodman,
fraternally, while in political faith he is independent. He is
also a member of the Illinois State Dental Society and Central
Illinois District Dental Society and attends all their conventions.
He is serving on the Board of Aldermen for the village of Findlay,
and is one of the progressive young men of his locality. He
and his wife are consistent members of the First Methodist Church of
Findlay, in which they are very active. Dr. Pogue has
many friends throughout Shelby County, for he possesses a pleasant,
courteous manner and charming ways that attract friends to him, and
enable him to retain them. Professionally no man stands higher
than he, and his work shows the result of his years of study and
painstaking care.
Source: Historical Encyclopedia
of Illinois and History of Shelby County, Vol. II, Publ. 1910 - Page
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