Background
Vernon, James William was born on July 21, 1886 in Person Company, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles R. and Corinna Josephine (Henry) Vernon.
Vernon, James William was born on July 21, 1886 in Person Company, North Carolina, United States. Son of Charles R. and Corinna Josephine (Henry) Vernon.
Bachelor of Science; Wake Forest (North Carolina) College, 1907. Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College, 1909.
Interne, Polyclinic Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1910. Assistant physician, Broadoaks Sanatorium, Morganton, North Carolina, 1910-1917, superintendent since 1921. Consultant psychiatrist Morganton Eastern State Hospital.
Psychiatrist to Grace Hospital, Morganton.
Company surgeon to Southern Railway, Morganton. Director First National Bank, Morganton.
Mayor of Morganton, 1933-1937. Examining physician Burke County (North Carolina) Local Board Northern 1 since 1940.
North Carolina Hospitals Board Control (advis. committee) since 1945.
Served as First lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Army, 1917, captain 1918, major 1918. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association. Member Southern Medical Association.
Mason (32°).
Clubs: Kiwanis, North Carolina Bird.
Married Sarah Cole Taylor, July 17, 1919. Children: James Taylor, Livingston, Charles Robertson.