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History of Anoka County
And the Towns of Champlin and Dayton
In Hennepin County, Minnesota
by Albert M. Goodrich
pub. 1905 - Hennepin Publishing Co., Minneapolis


              page 182-184
              
                FLORA L. S. ALDRICH, M. D., was born in Westford, Otsego
              county, New York. Her ancestors were of the class known as
              the old Knickerbockers, residents of the Hudson river valley,
              and the SUTHERLANDS of Otsego county. Her mother was the
              daughter of ISAAC SOUTHERLAND, a gentleman of wealth who be-
              stowed upon his daughter the best education procurable in
              those days, and their home, "SUTHERLAND Place," was through-
              out her life a favorite visiting place for the educated and
              distinguished of the times. Here Doctor ALDRICH and her only
              brother were born, and three generations previous in which
              were only one son and one daughter in the same family.
                Her father, S. WESLEY SOUTHARD, is still living and is a
              gentleman of the old school, a type of which is now fast
              passing away.
                On the eve of young womanhood Dr. ALDRICH was bereft by
              death of this estimable mother's love and care, and her edu-
              cation which had been largely looked after by her mother,
              became academic and was procured at the local academies. Her
              collegiate training was largely private, taken almost entire-
              ly under men and women who were specialists in each depart-
              ment. 
                Such careful training, together with the associations of 
              her childhood and young womanhood, has developed a quality of
              mind and heart which every one of "Mrs. Dr. ALDRICH'S"
              acquaintances can testify to as standing for the highest
              ideals in everything.
                In 1883 she was married to Dr. A. G. ALDRICH of Adams,
              Berkshire county, Mass., and immediately took up the study of
              medicine. In the autumn of that year they visited the North-
              west, and through the influence of friends decided to locate
              in Anoka. She at once went on with her medical studies with
              her husband, and within three years received her degree from
              what is now the medical department of the State University.
              This was followed by two complete courses in the New York 
              hospitals and in the Post Graduate Medical School and Hospi-
              tal of New York city. In 1896, she together with her husband,
              spent nearly one year in the hospitals of Europe. From the
              beginning of her practice she has not only had a large clien-
              telle in Anoka and vicinity, but great numbers from other
              Northwestern localities. She is a successful physician and a
              highly respected woman. For the past two years she has been
              an able assistant to her husband in the special work of eye,
              ear, nose and throat, and has become very proficient in this
              line of professional work.
                She is a writer of beginning note in medical literature.
              She is a contributor to various medical journals, and has
              written a book for mothers, "My Child and I," which has a 
              steady subscription sale by a Philadelphia publishing house.
              She is a member of the State Medical Society and the American
              Medical Association. She is a member of the Episcopalian
              church.
                In her domestic life she is fortunate and happy, the wife
              of an able physlcian who is her co-worker and constant com-
              panion. Their home, "Colonial Hall" at Anoka, is one of un-
              usual comfort and elegance.
              
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