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Dr. Frank B. Golley, a pioneer physician and surgeon of Milwaukee, inasmuch as he has practiced continuously in this city for forty-three years, was born in Lee Center. New York, on the 24th of August, 1855. His father, Andrew Golley, also a native of the Empire state, was of Scotch-Irish lineage, his parents having come from the north of Ireland, although the family is of Scotch descent. The paternal grandfather was Joseph Golley, who became the founder of the family in the new world. He was born in the north of Ireland in 1777, while his wife, Mrs. Ann Golley, was born in 1789. The birth of their son, Andrew Golley, occurred at Lee, New York, May 4, 1814. He devoted his life to the occupation of farming. He married Ellen McClusky, who was born at Boonville, New York, November 10, 1830. They became the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters, who came to bless the marriage of this worthy couple, which was celebrated on the 4th of July, 1854. Dr. Golley is the eldest of this family. His mother passed away October 24, 1877, at the age of forty-seven years, while the father departed this life on the 2nd of February, 1899, at the venerable age of eighty-four.

Dr. Golley was largely reared in his native town and after completing his early studies in the public schools of Lee Center, New York, he became a medical student in the University of Michigan, which conferred upon him his professional degree in 1878. He then went east for further study and matriculated in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York, from which he was graduated in 1879. The same year he came to Milwaukee, where he has practiced throughout the intervening period, covering about forty-three years. He has long been recognized as a man of pronounced ability in his chosen profession. While methods of practice have changed decidedly since he completed his studies in the University of Michigan and in an eastern college, he has by broad reading kept thoroughly in touch with the trend of modern progress, adopting all new methods and ideas which his judgment sanctions as of value to the physician and surgeon in his efforts to check the ravages of disease and restore normal health conditions. He has long been a valued member of the Milwaukee County Medical Society and the Wisconsin State Medical Society.

On the 28th of November, 1898, Dr. Golley was married to Mrs. Celena Cain and their children, three in number, are: Frank B., Albert H. and Paul, the eldest being now a senior in the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Golley is a Knights Templar and thirty-third degree Mason, having long been a stalwart follower and faithful exemplar of the teachings and high purposes of the craft. His career has been one of service to his fellowmen and the worth of his work as he has followed his profession can scarcely be overestimated. He has held to high standards of medical and surgical practice and his ability is widely attested throughout the city, for his position is that of a loved family physician in many of the leading households of Milwaukee.