The Story

"Dr. Prince, Medicine Man" by Hugh Baxley II recognizes distinguished medical professionals in the Black community in the early 1900s, including physicians and dentists who lived and worked in East Sherman. Sherman’s Black business community in the early 20th century included several influential medical professionals.

 

Dr. Anthony N. Prince was a physician and surgeon, and 1888 graduate of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee.

 

Dr. Daniel Webster Porter and Dr. Samuel Goodson also were physicians.

 

Dr. Goodson had a brother, Dr. Jeff Goodson, who owned and  operated a drugstore in the Andrews Building.

 

Dr. Roy Stinnett was a dentist.

 

Most of these professionals had offices in the Andrews building.

 

After the 1930 fire, some moved their offices into homes and

other nearby spaces, while others fled the area.

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About the Artist and Art

Hugh Baxley II is a self-taught artist residing in Denison, Texas. He works in an array of mixed medias from acrylics, oils, pastels, pencil, charcoal and photography. Some of his favorite artists are Renaissance artist like Da Vinci and Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Caravaggio to artists such as Dali, Picasso, Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Frida Kahlo, Van Gogh, Gentileschi, Rosa Bonheur, Cassatt, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Hugh has been a featured artist in the Herald Democrat Entertainment newspaper as well as in the Voyage Dallas magazine.

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This piece is a tribute to the medical professionals who contributed in many ways to a higher quality of life for the African-American community in east Sherman and surrounding small towns. 

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