History of Rehoboth Beach, (Sussex County) Delaware United States of America

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Alexander Yelverton Peyton Garnett, physician, was born in Essex county, Va., Sept. 20, 1819; son of Muscoe and Maria (Battaile) Garnett; grandson of Muscoe Garnett; and great-grandson of James Garnett of Essex county, Va. He was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1841 and in the same year became assistant surgeon, U.S.N. He was surgeon, U.S.N., 1848-50, and held the chair of clinical medicine in the National medical college at Washington, D.C., 1850-61. On the secession of Virginia in 1861 he removed to Richmond, Va., where he became a member of the examining board of surgeons for the Confederate army, and was afterward surgeon-in-chief to the military hospital at Richmond. He was family physician to President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet until 1866, when he returned to Washington, D.C., and was re-elected to the chair of clinical medicine in the Medical college. He reigned in 1870 and became professor emeritus. He was a vice-president of the American medical association in 1885. He was married in 1848 to Mary E., eldest daughter of Henry A. Wise. His published writings consist of numerous medical papers and some addresses. He died at Rehoboth Beach, Del., July 11, 1888.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Rehoboth Beach, (Sussex County) Delaware

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