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Historical Pub. Co., 1922.  p. 227.
 
 VIVIAN C. STAATS, B. S., M. D.

    Dr Vivian C. Staats, a successful physician and surgeon of Dallas, is a
native at this state his birth having occurred in Airlie, Polk county, April 1,
1883. He is a son of Clarence E. and Sarah E. (Tarter) Staats, also natives of
this county, the former born in 1858 and the latter in 1863. The family has long
been represented in this state. The paternal grandfather, Isaac W. Staats, left
his home in New York, New York, and made the journey across the plains with ox
teams, arriving in Oregon in 1845. Settling in Polk county, he there took, up a
donation claim and at once set about the work of clearing and developing his
land, which through untiring effort and determination he at length succeeded in
converting into a valuable and productive tract. He continued to cultivate and
improve his land until 1888, when he met an accidental death by drowning. His
wife, Orlena M. Staats, passed away in 1908 at the advanced age of eighty-eight
years. Their son, Clarence E. Staats, was reared and educated in Polk county and
on starting" out in life independently he engaged in farming, purchasing a
tract of land twelve miles south of Dallas, which he continued to operate until
1919, when he took up his residence in the town and is now living retired in the
enjoyment of a well earned rest. The mother of the Doctor also survives.
    Vivian C. Staats was reared in his native county and there attended school,
later pursuing a course in the Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis, from
which he was graduated in 1904. He then entered the medical department of St.
Louis University and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1908. His high
scholarship won him the position of interne in a St. Louis hospital, where he
gained valuable practical knowledge. In 1909 he opened an office in Dallas,
where he has since continued in practice, his successful treatment of disease
winning for him a large practice. He is classed with the leading physicians of
Polk county, for he has been a close and discriminating student of his
profession, and his knowledge and ability have constantly developed. He also has
invested in farm lands in the county and is the owner of a valuable prune
orchard of forty-five acres.
     On the 6th of September, 1906, Dr. Staats was united in marriage to Miss
Letha M. Agnew, of San Antonio, Texas, and they have become the parents of a
daughter, Eva Burnice who was born September 18, 1914. In his political views
the Doctor is a democrat, and his religious faith is indicated by his membership
in the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a Scottish Kite Mason and a member of
the Shrine and he also is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
the Woodmen of the World and the United Artisans. His professional connections
are with the medical societies of Polk, Marion and Yamhill counties, the Oregon
State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He has always made
his professional duties his first consideration, being most thorough and
conscientious in the performance of the work that devolves upon him in this
connection. His life is a busy and useful one, and he is a man whom to know is
to esteem and honor.
 
 
 
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2007 by Diana Smith.  Submitter has
no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.