Philip Minis (physician)
Philip Minis was a 19th-century American physician. He was an assistant surgeon in the United States Army, later promoted to major. Either side of this, he was involved in a notable duel in Savannah, Georgia, where he worked. He was found not guilty in the ensuing murder trial.
Life and career
Minis was born in 1805, in Savannah, to Isaac Minis and Dinah Cohen. One of his siblings, Abram Minis, became a prominent merchant in Savannah.He graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in 1824.
Minis was commissioned as an assistant surgeon in the United States Army on April 12, 1826. He was promoted to major in 1836.
On May 16, 1836, Minis married Sarah Augusta Livingston of New York, daughter of John Swift and Anna M. M. Thompson. They had the following children together: Alice Henrietta, Leila, Charles Spalding, Annie, Mary Lela, Philip Henry, John Livingston and Augusta Medora.