A headstone marker for Dr. Samuel A. Elbert, Indiana’s first African-American physician, was initiated by Rick France, Genealogical Society of Marion County Indiana vice president. The grave marker, put on a previously unmarked grave, was installed on Jan. 29 at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, IN.
Dr. Elbert was denied membership in 1871 in the Marion County Medical Society because of his race but was a member of the Aesculapian Medical Society which advances health and wellness for blacks and physicians. In the ceremony to install the marker were the Indianapolis Medical Society and the Aesculapian Society.
You can read more about Dr. Elbert's life and view several photos at http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013130129045
Dr. Elbert was denied membership in 1871 in the Marion County Medical Society because of his race but was a member of the Aesculapian Medical Society which advances health and wellness for blacks and physicians. In the ceremony to install the marker were the Indianapolis Medical Society and the Aesculapian Society.
You can read more about Dr. Elbert's life and view several photos at http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013130129045
