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Dr. Roscoe Conklin Harrison

Roscoe Conklin Harrison, noted physician and founder of Harrison Hospital, was born on February 19, 1880.

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Roscoe C. Harrison
"Pioneer Colored Physician Dead"
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List of African American Hospitals, Physicians, and Dentists in West Virginia in 1922
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On This Day in West Virginia History: February

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