Dr. Joel Y. Hume

Armstrong, MO Herald, 1896:
DR. J. Y. HUME, physician and surgeon, is a son of Reuben Y. Hume, a pioneer citizen of this county. Dr. Hume was born November 13th, 1851. The Hume family came from Kentucky to Missouri in 1844. The doctor was educated at Central College, Fayette, Mo. 1874 he began the study of medicine under Dr. F. M. SCROGGIN. He prosecuted his studies with diligence for two years and then entered the St. Louis Medical Colliege and graduated from this institution with honor in March 1879. The doctor was one of the first settlers in Armstrong. He located here in March, 1879 to practice his profession. He has established a wide reputation as a skillful and successful physician. The Doctor was for several years associated with J. B. FUGATE in the drug business, but his practice increased so that he disposed of his interest to his partner, so that he would have nothing to look after but his practice. The Doctor has an elegantly fitted up office and a splendid home with 10 acres of ground right in the heart of town. The doctor was married to Miss FANNIE WALKER, November 13, 1879. They have two children, one boy and one girl. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the A.O.U.W. He was appointed on the board of Medical Pension examiners of Howard county under the present administration.

Joel Yelverton Hume died 22 Aug 1931, in Callaway Co., MO.