WAYNE COUNTY OHIO 
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File Contributed for use in the Wayne County Biographies Project by
Brenda Blackburn
bkb3758@email.com
October 6, 2000
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"History of Wayne County, Ohio, From the Days
of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the
Present Time", published in 1878, by
Robert Douglass, Publisher

	DANIEL McPHAIL, M.D.

	Daniel McPhail was one of the pioneer
physicians of Wooster, settling there as early
as 1818. He was born and educated in Scotland;
was a man of unusual acquirements, and a splendid
chemist. He practiced his profession in Wooster eleven
or twelve years, but prejudice rose against him
and he was sued for malpractice. Judge Charles
Sherman, father of General Sherman, defended him,
and Judge Edward Avery conducted the prosecution.
In the trial Dr. McPhail vanquished his perse-
cutors and was triumphantly vindicated. Desiring
to avoid other hostile combinations, he removed
to Tennessee and thence to New Orleans. He
subsequently returned to Tennessee, where he
acquired a vast practice, and where he died,
having achieved great reputation.


Data Entry Volunteer: Brenda Blackburn (bkb3758@email.com)