Dr Alfred W Carey

Dr. Alfred W Carey was born January 9, 1853 in
Euphemia, Ontario, Canada.He graduated from
Woodstock College and taught for four years.  He
then graduated from Detroit Medical College in
1881. To better prepare himself he took a
postgraduate course in Eye Surgery at the
University of New York City.  He first practiced
in Caro, Michigan.  He taught at Toledo Medical
College for one year.  He came to Wild Rose in
September 1892.  He built a house at 530 Main
St. in Wild Rose in 1894.  In March of 1895 he
got the first telephone in Wild Rose.  He married
Phoebe Brown in 1875.  They had three children
Mary and Fred and the third died in infancy.  He
married Della Richards in 1890 and they had two
sons Richard and Phillip.  Dr Carey died of a
ruptured appendix on March 23, 1899.  His widow
was a music teacher and in 1901 she married Dr.
William Wilcox who came to Wild Rose.   Dr. Carey
had a number of very successful eye surgeries. He
had the red house on the corner of Main St and
River St built. Even though he had a telephone
a snow storm prohibit help for his appendix.