Hazen, David W.  "The Oregonian."  19 Oct 1932.  p. 7 (photo).

DR. ANDREW JACKSON GIESY

     Fort Steilacoom, Washington territory, was the birthplace of Andrew Jackson
Giesy, who became one of Oregon's best known physicians. Fort Steilacoom
survives, but Washington territory is no more.  Dr. Giesy was born October 19,
1853.  His father, Christian Giesy, was a native of Switzerland and a farmer.
He was drowned in the bay near Oysterville, Wash., in 1857.  Andrew lived on a
farm in the Willapa country until 1861, when he came to Oregon to live with an
uncle, who also was a farmer.  At the age of 16 the lad began clerking in a drug
store at Aurora, then one of the flourishing towns of the Willamette valley.
This clerkship lasted four years, during which time the youth made up his mind
to become a physician.  He resigned from the drug store position to enter the
medical school of Willamette university at Salem.
     Dr. A. J. Giesy graduated from Willamette in 1876 and went to his home town
to practice.  During the next five years he had a general practice in Aurora.
Then he closed his office and went to Philadelphia to take post-graduate work at
Jefferson Medical college.  In March, 1882, Dr. Giesy opened an office in Salem,
Or., where he had a general practice for a year.  The following two years he was
assistant physician at the Oregon State hospital there.  In October, 1885, he
located in Portland and this city has since been his home.  He has been a member
of the staff of the Good Samaritan hospital since coming to Portland and for a
number of years was one of the hospital directors.  He has done a great deal to
make this institution one of the finest of its kind in the west.  He was a
member of the Portland city board of health when Dr. Harry Lane was mayor.
     The physician was medical director of the Oregon Mutual Life Insurance
company from the time it was organized until his retirement from active practice
a few months ago.  He also served as director of the company.  Dr. Giesy
recently presented his large medical library to the medical school of the
University of Oregon, this department being in Portland.  From the time The
Oregonian building was constructed to the present day, Dr. Giesy's office has
been in this building.  He married Miss Ida Harriet Church, native of
Harrisburg, Or., November 10, 1886.  Their son, Paul Church, is a prominent
Portland business man and republican party leader.  Dr. Giesy is a member of
many medical societies.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2011 by Diana Smith.  Submitter has
no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.