Background
Melendy, Mary Ries was born on August 27, 1841 in Burgdorf, Canton Berne, Switzerland. Daughter of Gottfried and Anna (Lüti) Ries.
Melendy, Mary Ries was born on August 27, 1841 in Burgdorf, Canton Berne, Switzerland. Daughter of Gottfried and Anna (Lüti) Ries.
Educated in Burgdorf, Switzerland, and in public schools of Wisconsin.
Began nursing as child. Became matron of a sanitarium, 1866. Took course in Electricity, 1868.
Graduate from Eclectic Medical College, 1877, and from homoeopathic college, 1878.
Took clinical course in Cook Company Hospital, Chicago, 1879.
Member Philosophical Society of Chicago, Theosophical Society, Chicago.
Married at Milwaukee, David A. Melendy, September 7, 1881.