Vincent Yardley Bowditch

Vincent Bowditch was a physician and pulmonary specialist, and also maintained his office at 506 Beacon. In 1891, he had founded the Sharon Sanitarium for pulmonary diseases in Sharon; he served as its medical director until his death. He was unmarried.

Dr. Bowditch was joined at 506 Beacon by his aunt, Mary Yardley (sister of his mother, Olivia (Yardley) Bowditch), his sister, Olivia Bradley Bowditch, and Olivia Bowditch’s friend, Miss Alice M. Curtis, an artist. They all had lived with him at 719 Boylston.

His aunt, Mary Yardley, died in July of 1900. Olivia Bowditch and Alice Curtis continued to live at 506 Beacon until about 1907, when they moved to Milton.

In the fall of 1900, Vincent Bowditch was joined at 506 Beacon by Dr. Walter Channing Bailey, a physician. He had graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1898 and began practice in 1900 after spending a number of months abroad. He continued to live and maintain his office at 506 Beacon until his marriage in June of 1908 to Ruth Perkins; after their marriage, they lived (and he maintained his office) at 267 Clarendon.

By the 1908-1908 winter season, Vincent Bowditch was joined at 506 Beacon by his nephew, Dr. Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, the son of his brother, Edward. He was a physician and also maintained his office at 506 Beacon. He previously had lived at the Hotel Cambridge at 483 Beacon and had maintained his office both there and at 70 Bay State Road. He married in May of 1910 to Eleanor Pratt McQueen. After their marriage they lived (and he maintained his office) at 416 Marlborough.

By the 1915-1916 winter season, Vincent Bowditch’s sister, Olivia, was living with him at 506 Beacon once again. Mary Curtis had died in February of 1911 and Olivia Bowditch had continued to live in Milton until about 1915.

In about 1915, Walter Bailey moved his medical office back to 506 Beacon when he and his wife, Ruth, moved to Dover. They previously had lived at 269 Beacon, where he had maintained his medical office. He continued to maintain his office at 506 Beacon until about 1919.

Vincent Bowditch and his sister continued to live at 506 Beacon for the rest of their lives. Olivia Bowditch died in January of 1928, and Vincent Bowditch died in December of 1929.

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Son of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch