Gravestone of Thomas B. Futcher

History / Biographical: Dr. Thomas Barnes Futcher was born to Susan and Northwood Futcher on January 1, 1871, in St. Thomas, Ontario. The family lived on Fingal Line near Middlemarch, and he attended School Section No. 14 (Middlemarch). He was a graduate of The University of Toronto medical school in 1893. He moved to Maryland in 1894 to work at the Garrett Sanitorium, before becoming William Osler's assistant resident physician at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 1897, Futcher was appointed associate of medicine at Johns Hopkins and became resident physician in 1898. In 1901, he became associate professor of medicine, and in 1914, associate professor of clinical medicine and a visiting physician of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also was chief of the dispensary at the hospital and developed an extensive private practice. During the First World War, Futcher served as Lt. Colonel in the Canadian Army Medical Corps. He was placed in charge of the Medicial Division of No. 16 Canadian General Hospital at Orpington, Kent, England. At the conclusion of the war, he returned to Baltimore and resumed his work at Johns Hopkins and in his private practice. He married Gwendolen Marjorie Howard (who went by Marjorie) (1882-1969), and they had four children: Palmer Howard, Gwendolen Marjorie, Grace Revere, and Thomas Bruce.

Scope and Content: Photographs showing the gravestone of Dr. Thomas B. Futcher, and a view of the cemetery with an unidentified individual viewing the gravestone. This photograph was sent to Ethel McNiven, wife of Alexander McNiven, with correspondence from Gwendolen Futcher, in February 1935. Ethel and Gwendolen were cousins.