Barrow, Sidney C., M.D.

Submitted by Mike Miller

Barrow, Sidney Conroy, M. D., a prominent member of the medical profession at Shreveport, is a
native of West Feliciana parish La., where he was born Nov. 22, 1876, the son of Hilliard B.  Barrow and Mary Charlotte (Smith) Barrow, both natives of the parish. William Barrow, the great- grandfather of Dr. Barrow, was the first of the family to come to Louisiana, he and three of his brothers moving from North Carolina about the same time, all settling in West Feliciana parish.
Bennett H. Barrow, the grandfather of Dr. Barrow, was a planter, which has been the occupation of most of the family. Hilliard B. Barrow, his father, also a planter, is a veteran of the Civil war, and fought valiantly for the cause of the Confederacy during the entire struggle. He is the father of 4 sons and 2 daughters, all of whom were reared amid the scenes of plantation life. Dr. Barrow was educated in Centenary college, at Jackson, La., from which institution he graduated in the class of 1896. He then taught school for 2 years, and in order to prepare himself for the medical profession, entered the Memphis Hospital Medical college, Memphis, Tenn., and received his degree of M. D. in 1901. For the next 5 years he successfully practiced medicine at Torras, La., and then he took up post-graduate work in the School of Physical Therapeutics, New York City, and in 1906 located at Shreveport, where he has won an enviable reputation as a specialist in physical therapeutics. He is a member of the Shreveport and Louisiana State Medical societies, of
the American Electro-Therapeutic society. Fraternally he is a Master Mason. In 1902 he was united in marriage to Miss May Allain of West Feliciana parish. They have one child living, a daughter named Sidney.

Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,
Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 37. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in
1914, by Century Historical Association.