History of Dr. Columbus Layfette O’Quinn Dr. C. L. O’Quinn was more than a good doctor, more than an outstanding citizen, more than an advisor, more than a man in the hour of need, even more than a humanitarian. He was truly an institution. He was to the people he had served so well and faithfully, the embodiment of all that was good and true and noble in life. To the youth of the community, he was an inspiration; to his fellowman, an example of good citizenship. Dr. Columbus Layfette O’Quinn died at the age of 83. He had practiced medicine in Weesatche, Texas, for 51 years. Dr. C.L. O’Quinn was born in December 1867 in Missouri. In 1873, the family tnoved to what is now Mills County, Texas, which was than a part of Brown County. After completing two years of study at the University of Texas Medical College, he continued his medical education at Tulane University, graduating from that institution in 1900. He was encouraged to locate at Weesatche by a boyhood friend, Prof. Carroll, who was then a teacher at the Weesatche school. The doctor recalled that the trip he made with a pottery salesman with a horse and buggy from San Antonio to Weesatche and the deep sand that greeted him on Weesatche’s main thoroughfare. It was on June 17, 1900, that he arrived in Weesatche. He recalled that Weesatche had two gins, one operated by Willie Albrecht and the other by Gottlieb Fredericks. It was during the cotton season, and, due to limited ginning facilities, cotton wagons were lined up for a long distance waiting their turn at the gins. Weesatche had two general stores, one owned by L. F. Webb and the other by Lawrence Riemenschneider. A bar, a W.O.W. Hall and and ODHS Hall were also part of the business section. Since there was no drug store the doctor filled his own prescriptions. At first he made his calls on horseback. Later he acquired a buggy and in 1911, he bought his first car. Ever faithful to the high ethics of his profession, he never failed to relieve the suffering of the afflicted, in sunshine or storm, over good roads or through almost inaccessible wooded areas. Dr. C. L. O’Quinn was a member of the American, Southern and Texas Medical Associations. He was a 32nd degree Mason, holding membership in the Goliad lodge and he was also a member of the ODHS Lodge. For many years, he was a director of the First National Bank of Goliad.