The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 275

CLINTON C. MOFFAT, M. D.

Dr. Clinton C. Moffat, who died October 29, 1918, was not only one of the ablest
physicians and surgeons of Benton county but also maintained a drug store at
Prosser. A large amount of his time was given to surgery and he successfully
performed some difficult operations. He was born in Ontario county, New York,
September 27, 1883, a son of John and Kathryn (Strayline) Moffat, who in 1885,
when the subject of this review was but two years of age, removed from New York
to Nobles county, Minnesota, and thence to Davenport, Washington, in 1898. Since
1909 the parents of Dr. Moffat have made their home in Eugene, Oregon, where
they now live retired, the father having followed agricultural pursuits
throughout his active life.

Clinton C. Moffat was reared under the parental roof and received his primary
education in the rural schools. Having prepared for college, he entered the
Washington State College, from which he received the pharmaceutical degree in
1905, while in 1914 the M. D. degree was conferred upon him by the University of
Oregon. In 1905, having become a full fledged pharmacist, he came to Prosser and
here opened a drug store. In August, 1907, he bought out Todd's Pharmacy and
combined the two stores. He carried a complete line of the best drugs on the
market and also all standard patent medicines in addition to sundries generally
found in a store of this kind. Desirous of taking up the profession of
ntedicine, he in the meantime graduated froth the university of Oregon, as above
stated, and then engaged in general practice, giving, however a great deal of
his time to surgery, along which line he was quite successful. He was careful in
diagnosis but after reaching a conclusion followed the course decided upon
unfalteringly and had a remarkable number of cures to his credit. His reputation
extended as he became better known and he enjoyed a large practice in the
valley.

In 1908 Dr. Moffat was united in marriage to Miss Verda Hardesty, of Rosalia,
Washington, a daughter of John and Ella (Roberts) Hardesty, who are numbered
among the honored pioneers of Washington. To Dr. and Mrs. Moffat was born a son,
John, who is nine years of age.

Along professional lines Dr. Moffat was connected with the Benton county and
Washington State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. In his
political views he was independent and fraternally he was a member of the blue
lodge of Masons, the Scottish Rite bodies and the Eastern Star. He also held
membership with the Knights of Pythias, of which he was a past chancellor, with
the Foresters and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. He readily cooperated with
all movements undertaken for the betterment of the people of the district in a
moral and intellectual way and was ever ready to give his aid to progressive
measures for the material development of Prosser and Benton county. Among his
colleagues his standing was high and from a business point of view he achieved
considerable success for one of his years. He had many friends in Prosser whom
he had made in private, business and professional life.

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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.