Dr. Edward Owings Guerrant, a native of Mt. Sterling, Ky., graduated from the Belleville Hospital College in New York City. He served as John Hunt Morgan's adjutant general during the Civil War, and his service with Morgan took him into the Appalachian region for the first time. After the war, he returned to Mt. Sterling with his wife, and, after a "miraculous" cure from a serious illness, determined to attend a seminary and become a minister. He soon returned to Appalachia and founded churches, schools, missions and orphanages. He held medical clinics during the two-hour recesses in his church meetings. His son, Edward Putney Guerrant, also studied medicine and practiced in the mountains. He founded the Guerrant Mission Clinic Hospital in Winchester during the 1920's in memory of his father.
From the description of Guerrant family papers, 1850-1912, 1861-1865 (bulk dates). (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13924974
