Dr. Carl S. Bungart
1877-1961

Dr. Carl Sperry Bungart and wife Linnie Eugenia (Wright) (Bush) Bungart (photos and newspaper clippings below bio. & information on Lizzie's name) Dr. Carl S. Bungart, whose activity in the practice of medicine and surgery in Fort Smith since 1911 has been interrupted only by his service in the World war, was born in Kansas City. Missouri, in 1877 and is a son of H. F. and Nannie (Freese) Bungart, the former a Kansas City attorney. The son was educated in the public school there and afterward spent four years as a student in the State Agricultural College of Colorado. Determining upon medical practice as a life work. he then devoted four years to study in the Hahnemann Medical College at Kansas City, from which he was graduated with the class of 1902. He afterward spent one year in study in the University Medical College at Kansas City, Missouri, graduating in 1905, and a further year in postgraduate study in New York in 1910. Dr. Bungart entered upon the active work of his profession in 1902 in old Mexico, going to that country first as a bridge surgeon, while later he was made chief surgeon for the Vera Cruz & Pacific Railroad. He came to Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1911 and has here practiced continuously save for the period of his service with the Medical Corps, U. S. A., in the World war. He entered the army in the fall of 1917 and was sent to France the following year, returning on the 30th day of June, 1919. He was made a captain of the Medical Corps with Base Hospital No. 68, which has the record of taking care of the greatest number of injured with the smallest surgical and hospital personnel in France. It is recorded that in one day over four thousand injured were cared for in this hospital. This meant work night and day for Dr. Bungart and his assistants. He occupied the chair of major surgery in Base Hospital No. 68, at Mars Sur Allies, France. He has specialized in accidental surgery and is now surgeon in connection with the building of the new million-dollar bridge that is being constructed across the river at Fort Smith. He is also surgeon for various factories of the city and is local surgeon for the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company. Dr. C. S. Bungart was married to Miss Linnie E. Bush, a daughter of George W. Bush of Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Bungart is a Mason and is a loyal follower of its teachings and purposes. Along professional lines he is identified with the Sebastian County Medical Association, Arkansas Medical Society. American Medical Association, the Medical Association of the Southwest, Association of the Military Surgeons of the United States, member of the Homeopathic Medical State examining board of Arkansas, and member of the American Institute of Homeopathy. Kansas City Star Kansas City Missouri April 3, 1905 Daily Herald Dec 31, 1914 Southwest American Sep 8, 1916 photo courtesy of Joe Caldarera 14th and A Street Southwest American Apr 8, 1924 Southest Times Record May 2, 1926 other names mentioned: Weisiger Southwest Times Record Jun 29, 1924 other name mentioned: Bush Southwest American Jul 15, 1925 Southwest American Apr 24, 1930 Fort Smith National Cemetery Passport Information for Mrs. Bungart - 1905