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JACOB JOHN SYBENGA is a talented physician and
surgeon practicing at Pella, and represents that sterling
stock of Netherlands people who were first in establishing the
Iowa community and who have given character to the community
and institution ever since.
Doctor Sybenga was born in Friesland, the Netherlands, May 21,
1886, son of John and Anna (Brunia) Sybenga. He was an infant
when his parents came to the United States and located at
Pella in Marion County, Iowa. There he grew up, taking his
academic work in Central College at Pella and graduating in
1906 from Iowa City Academy. His medical education was
acquired, the first two years in the University of Iowa and
then two years in Northwestern University School of Medicine
at Chicago, where he was graduated M. D. in 1911. He took his
interne work in the Chicago Baptist Hospital and in 1912
returned to Pella, where his earnest work and high attainments
have brought him an honored and successful position in his
profession. Doctor Sybenga is a member of the Marion County,
Iowa State and American Medical Associations, and is a fellow
in the American College of Surgeons.
In June, 1917, he volunteered for service to the World war and
was sent to the Medical Officers Training School at Fort
Riley, Kansas, for four months, and for three months had
special training in X-ray work at Cornell University in New
York. Following this he was made chief of the X-ray department
of General Hospital No. 3 at Colonia, New Jersey, and remained
there one year. He was honorably discharged in July, 1919,
with a commission as major in the Medical Reserve Corps.
Doctor Sybenga married at Knoxville, Iowa, June 18, 1913, Miss
Adelaide Black, of Knoxville. She is a graduate of the
University of Iowa and a Phi Beta Kappa. For two years she was
English instructor in the Wapello High School. Since her
marriage she has been interested in literary organizations,
including the Pella Reading Club, is a member of the P. E. O.
and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her parents were
William Marshall and Bertha (Schafner) Black. Her father was
of Scotch-Irish ancestry and was three years of age when
brought from Ohio to Knoxville, Iowa. He died in 1924. Her
mother was of German stock and was born at Burlington, Iowa,
where her people were early settlers. Doctor and Mrs. Sybenga
have two children: Adelaide, a junior in the Pella High
School, and Phillip Marshall. Doctor and Mrs. Sybenga are
active members of the Second Reformed Church of Pella. He is
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~ source: A Narrative History of The People
of Iowa, Edgar Rubey
Harlan, LL. B., A. M.,
Chicago and New York, 1931
~ transcribed and contributed by: Debbie Clough
Gerischer, Iowa History
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