DR. JOHN S. WELLFORD.
Dr. Robert Wellford, of England, and surgeon in the English
army during the Revolutionary war, settled in Virginia at its close at
Fredericksburg. He married Catharine Yates, of Fredericksburg. Their
son, Dr. Beverley R. Wellford, born in Fredericksburg, in June, 1797,
died in 1870, married Mary, daughter of William Alexander, of Stafford
county, Virginia. She was born in that county in 1802, and died in
1869. Of their union was born the subject of this sketch, in Fredericksburg,
January 4, 1825. He was educated at Fredericksburg, studied
medicine with his father, graduated in medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania in 1846, and from that time to 1860 practiced in Fredericksburg.
In 1860 he went to Europe, and attended hospitals there for
a year, returning to Virginia at the outbreak of the war. In 1861 he
entered service as brigade surgeon, Armistead's brigade, C. S. A., later
was assigned as division surgeon to Jackson's Hospital, Richmond, and
remained there until six weeks after the surrender, one of the last physicians
in army hospital service. Since that time he has been engaged continuously
in practice in Richmond. In 1868 he was elected professor in
the Medical College of Virginia, and has served continuously in that
position ever since. He has been four years city alderman; member of
the city council two years.
In Richmond, April 8, 1858, Dr. John S. Wellford and Emmeline Tabb
were united in marriage. Mrs. Wellford was born in Gloucester county,
Virginia, the daughter of Philip E. Tabb, Esq., formerly of that county,
now deceased. Dr. Wellford and his wife are members of the Presbyterian
Church of Richmond. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity.
