Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1917 — DR. TRIPLETT ANSWERS CALL [ARTICLE]

DR. TRIPLETT ANSWERS CALL

NEWTON COUNTY PIONEER HAS ROUNDED OUT A LONG AND USEFUL LIFE. Dr. Charles Ephriam Triplett died at his home in Morocco Wednesday morning at 4 o’clock. The funeral will be held at his late residence Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. . It will be attended by a large number of the civil war veterans of this city. The long career of this most useful citizen began with the early history of this part of Indiana. A full biography of this eminent physician would deal with the most -important events which have occurred in this of the state for the past sixty years. He was the first physician who had graduated from a medical college to locate in Newton county, having graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine in 1856. In this same year he came to Morocco, giving to his landlord, John Ade, his worldly possession, a twenty dollar gold piece, and so conducted himself that it was not required that after this money had been used that it was necessary for him to pay Mr. Ade in advance. The territory in which he practiced was Sparsely settled but what it lacked in intensity it made up in extensiveness. In 1857 the doctor was married to Alice Pulver, of Lafayette, and to this union eight children were born. Two of them are still living. They are, Dr. Charles E. Triplett and Mrs. William Kessler, both of Morocco. In 1862 he entered the union army as second assistant surgeon of the 87th regiment, Indiana volunteers. He was commissioned first assistant surgeon and later was promoted to surgeon of the same regiment, in September, 1863. He was then advanced to the position of brigade surgeon of the Second Brigade and closed his service as division surgeon of the Third Division. After the war he returned to Morocco, where he was of invaluable service to the community. He was possibly the best known man in New-

ton county and in return for his splendid service the community gave back to him much hearty appreciation and great material prosperity.