Simon Gratz Moses
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Dr. Simon Gratz Moses of St. Louis
Simon Gratz Moses was born in 1813 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1832, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
Then, he studied medicine with Dr. Isaac Hayes.
Dr. Simon Gratz Moses graduated from medical school in 1835.
Along the way . . .
Dr. Moses became the personal physician to Joseph Bonaparte, former King of Spain (and brother of the former emperor), who was living near Bordentown, New Jersey.
He traveled with Bonaparte throughout Europe.
In 1840, Moses returned to Philadelphia.
St. Louis
In 1841, Moses moved to St. Louis, Missouri, becoming the first Jewish general practitioner there.
Civic
In 1842, Dr. Simon Gratz Moses helped establish the first dispensary in St. Louis.
Moses was a lecturer at Kemper College’s medical school.
At Missouri Medical College, he was Chair of the Obstetrics Department until 1853.
As a Confederate sympathizer, Dr. Simon Gratz Moses volunteered in medical facilities in Savannah, Georgia during the Civil War.
Fraternal
Simon Gratz Moses was a member of the St. Louis Medical Society.
He helped found the Obstetrical and Gynecological Society and the Medical-Chirurgical Society.
Family
Simon Gratz Moses married Mary Porter Ashe (1812-1853) in 1838.
They had 4 children: Dr. Gratz A Moses (1839-1901), Elizabeth (b.1841), John S. (b.1844), and Mary Ashe (b.1847).
Moses married Marie Papin (1822-1901) in 1855, after the death of his first wife.
Home of Dr. Simon Gratz Moses, St. Louis
Dr. Simon Gratz Moses died in 1897.
He is buried at the Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, 2010s
Sources
- Walter Ehrlich, Zion in the Valley: The Jewish Community of St. Louis, Volume 1 (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1997).
- Simon Gratz Moses’ Obituary, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11164846&ref=wvr
Samantha Silver is curator of this Dr. Simon Gratz Moses exhibit.