He lived with his parents in New York and Ohio in 1910 and 1920. In 1930 he is living in Boston, Massachusetts and from 1940 onward his residence is Durham, NC, where he died Nov. 24, 1970.
In Durham he was a professor at Duke University Medical School. He was also president of the American Society of Internal Medicine and the American Therapeutic Society.
Here is a transcript of his obituary:
"Duke Medical Professor Dies
DURHAM (AP) - Dr. Elbert Lapsely Persons, 66, former president of the American Society of Internal Medicine and of the American Therapeutic Society, died Tuesday after a sudden illness.
He was a professor at the Duke University Medical School, with which he was connected for 40 years, and maintained a private practice.
During World War II, Persons was a director of as Duke-affiliated medical unit which served at Ft. Bragg, N.C., and in England.
From 1950 to 1959 he was governor of the Carolina chapter of the American College of Physicians.
A memorial service will be held Friday at the Duke University Chapel. "
(The Danville Bee, Nov. 25, 1970, P. 32, (7C))
From this we can see that Dr. Persons was involved in WWII with a medical unit.
Dr. Persons married Helen Coles (born ca. 1905 New Jersey); a sister of the blind painter Mary Drake Coles (link); before she lost her vision M. D. Coles worked in Haiti for a while. They had a daughter, Mary Persons, born about 1937 in North Carolina.
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