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ROBERT N. HERBERT, M. D., is a native of Williamson County, Tenn., his birth occurring near the village of Brentwood September 27, 1842, son of Robert N. and Elizabeth (Cummins) Herbert, and of English origin. His parents were born in Davidson County, Tenn., the father in 1811, and the mother in 1814. Of a family of nine children our subject is the fifth. He spent his boyhood days on a farm and in attending the common schools. At the breaking out of the late civil War he enlisted in Company B, Twentieth Tennessee Infantry, and served four years to a day, participating in some of the most hotly contested battles of the war. He began the study of medicine upon his return home, under Dr. B. W. Carmack, and graduated from the Nashville Medical College in 1867, and the same year located at Campbellsville, Giles Co., Tenn., where he has since been a successful practitioner of the healing art. December 7, 1866, be was married to Wessie Reams, who died September 2, 1874. November 14, 1846, Dr. Herbert married Kittle Rogers, and four children have blessed their union: Robert C., Mary Wessie, Annie L. and Sallie E. Dr. Herbert is it Democrat, a Mason, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. (Goodspeed's History of Giles County, 1886)
ROGER NATHANIEL HERBERT, M. D. Dr. Roger Nathaniel Herbert, physician and surgeon of Nashville [Davidson County], was born in Campbellsville, Giles county, on the 23d of July, 1893. His paternal ancestors came to Middle Tennessee, from Virginia, at an early date. His father, Robert Nathaniel Herbert, was born in Williamson county and in early life took up the study of medicine. He practiced for many years and is now living retired in Aspen Hill [Giles County], Tennessee, at the age of eighty-two years. He is a veteran of the Civil war, having served four years as a private in the infantry of the Confederate army. In 1875, in Giles county, was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Robert N. Herbert to Miss Catherine Rogers, a native of that county. Her family settled in Giles county, coming from the Carolinas at an early day. Her father, John Rogers, served throughout the Civil war as a private in the infantry. To the union of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert three boys and five girls were born, of whom the sons and four daughters are living, Roger Nathaniel, whose name introduces this review, being the youngest.
In the acquirement of his preliminary education Roger Nathaniel Herbert attended the Massey Preparatory School at Pulaski and for two years was a student at Bethel College. Upon the completion of his literary education he took up the study of medicine and was graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1917, with the M. D. degree. He worked his way through medical college and graduated with honors. In the year of his graduation he began practice in Nashville and he enjoys an extensive and lucrative patronage. He is specializing in general surgery and is becoming one of the leading surgeons of this section of the state. He is a member of the surgical staffs of Vanderbilt Hospital, the City Hospital and the Protestant Hospital and is assistant to the chair of proctology at Vanderbilt University.
The entrance of the United States into the World war interrupted Dr. Herbert's professional career. He was in active service two years, spending one year overseas as a member of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Field Hospital, One Hundred and Fifth Sanitary Train, Thirtieth Division. He entered the army with the rank of first lieutenant and received his captain's commission after one and one-half years. He was in command of his company and had the distinction of being the youngest officer in the One Hundred and Eighteenth Field Hospital. He was under British command on the Cambral and St. Quentin front, being there when the Hindenburg line was broken. He took care of many wounded in the front lines, hospitals being improvised out of whatever material was handy. He subsequently returned to the United States and received his honorable discharge at Fort Oglethorpe.
On the 5th of October, 1921, was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Herbert to Miss Mamie Gunn, the ceremony being performed at McKendree church, Nashville. Mrs. Herbert is a daughter of Mrs. Kate Gunn, a resident of Springfield.
The religious faith of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert is that of the Methodist Episcopal church and fraternally he is identified with the Masons, holding membership in Observance Lodge, No. 668, F. & A. M., of Nashville. Since attaining his mapority the Doctor has given his political allegiance to the democratic party and the principles for which it stands. Although he is not actively interested in party affairs, he is ever cognizant of the duties and responsibilities as well as the privileges of good citizenship and his aid is always on the side of advancement and improvement. Along strictly professional lines he is identified with the Nashville Academy of Medicine, the American Medical Association and the Tennessee State Medical Society. Dr. Herbert takes a helpful interest in everything pertaining to his profession and contributing to its advancement. He is held in high confidence and esteem by his professional brethren and well merits the success he has achieved. (Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 3, John Trotwood Moore and Austin P. Foster, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1923, pp. 812-13)
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