The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 545

JOHN NYWENING, M. D.

Dr. John Nywening, successfully practicing medicine in Yakima, was born in
Chicago. Illinois, on the 22d of March, 1875, a son of Lambert and Gertrude
(Yonkers) Nywening, who were early settlers near Chicago, the father becoming a
farmer of Cook county in the period of early development in that section of the
state. Dr. Nywening acquired a public school education and afterward attended
Hope College at Holland, Michigan, where he pursued his classical course. He
next entered the St. Louis University as a student in the medical department and
was graduated therefrom with the class of 1904. With his removal to the west he
became connected with the Salem Indian school at Salem, Oregon, where he
continued for a year and a half, and in the fall of l906 he located for the
private practice of medicine in Yakima, Washington, where he has since remained,
covering a period of twelve years. During all this time his progress has been
continuous and substantial. He is constantly seeking to promote his knowledge
and efficiency through broad reading and study and he has been most careful in
the diagnosis of his cases, while the results which have followed his labors
have proven the wisdom of his judgment in medical affairs. He continues in
general practice and does a large amount of work in X-ray practice. In 1909 he
was called to the position of health officer, in which he served for two years.

In 1903 Dr. Nywening was married to Miss May Herrington, of Holland, Michigan,
a daughter of Wilson Herrington, one of the pioneers of that section of the
state. Dr. and Mrs. Nywening have a son, John H.

Fraternally the Doctor is connected with the Masons, belonging to the lodge at
Salem, Oregon; also to Yakima Council, R. & S. M.; and to Yakima Commandery, K.
T. He has membership with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of
the World, the Knights and Ladies of Security and the Brotherhood of American
Yeomen. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and his
religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church. He
belongs also to the Commercial Club, while along strictly professional lines he
has connection with the county and state medical societies and is thus in close
touch with modern professional thought.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.