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MCALISTER, JOHN B., M. D., was born in Carroll county, Md., January 31, 1864. He is a son of James and Jane (Barr) McAlister, natives of Carroll and Adams counties re- spectively. The father was a farmer and business man ; he died in Carroll county, Md. He was an active member of the Piney Creek Presbyterian church, and an elder in the same. The mother is a resident of Get- tysburg, Pa.
Jolın B. McAlister is the only child of his parents. He removed to Gettysburg, Pa., in 1868 and received his education in Pennsyl- vania College, Gettysburg, from which he was graduated in 1884. He took up the study of medicine with Dr. J. Bion Scott, of Gettysburg. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, and gradu- ated in 1887. Dr. McAlister came directly to Harrisburg and from May, 1887, to May, 18SS, served as resident physician in the City Hospital, after which he engaged in general practice. He has since been visiting phy- sician of the medical department of the hos- pital. He is a member of the Dauphin County Medical Society, and has been ils vice-president. He is a member of the State Medical Society and was delegate to the same in 1893; he was elected to represent the Dauphin County Medical Society in the National Medical Association in 1893.
Dr. McAlister is a member of Perseverance Lodge, No. 21, F. & A. M .; Chapter No. 21 ; Pilgrim Conunandery; and of Harrisburg Consistory, 32º. Ile belongs also to the Knights of Malta, and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. He is a member of the Republican party. In 1889 and 1890 he was eity physician. He is a stockholder in the Harrisburg Trust Company and in Harrisburg Electric Light Company. Dr.
- JONES, WILLIAM H., M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Snow Hill, Worcester county, Md., August 10, 1860. He is a son of William HI. and Esther A. (Smith) Jones, both of Worcester county, where the father still resides and is engaged in contracting. The mother died September, 1892. They had five children: Mary Virginia, wife of Henry Bailey, died in 1890; Georgiana, wife of Charles H. Wilson, William HI., Milcah S., wife of Jolin H. Bailey, John David. Of a subsequent marriage of the father there has been born one son, an infant.
William H. Jones passed his boyhood in his native township. He received his pri- mary education in the public schools and was prepared for college under a private tutor. He took the regular collegiate course at Howard University, Washington, D. C. He afterwards took a three years course in the medical department of that institution, from which he was graduated in 1887. He then took a post-graduate course at the New York Polyclinic Institute. He began the practice of medicine in Knoxville, Tenn., but soon returned to the North, and since September, 1887, has been a continuous resident of Har- risburg, engaged in the practice of his pro- fession.
The Doctor is unmarried. He is a mem- ber of Brotherly Love Lodge, No. 896, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, of Harrisburg. He belongs to the American Medical So- ciety, the Pennsylvania State Medical So- ciety, the Dauphin County Medical Society and the Harrisburg Academy of Medicine. He is president of the Baker Building and Loan Association. The Doctor is a Repub- lican. He attends the Protestant Episcopal church.
DE VENNEY, J. C., M. D., a prominent physician of Harrisburg, was born near Car- lisle, Cumberland county, February 5, 1857. His parents, William and Harriet (Wolfe) De Venney, are both natives of Cumberland county, and are now residing in Monroe township. The Doctor, when quite young, removed with his parents to Monroe town- ship where he spent his boyhood, receiving his primary education in the public schools of that township. In 1874-75 he entered the State Normal School at Shippensburg.
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Hle was graduated from that institution in 1882. During the next two years he taught school, and read medicine in his spare time. In 1885 and part of 1886 he was a student of medicine in the office of Dr. Kieffer, of Carlisle. In the latter part of 1SS6 he en- tered Jefferson Medical College in Philadel- phia, and took his diploma from that insti- tution with the class of 18SS. He at once began the practice of medicine at Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland county, and continued there until June 1, 1893. At this datc he removed to Harrisburg, where he has been engaged in his profession for over two years. Dr. De Venney is a member of the Dauphin County Medical Society. He is rapidly building up a large and lucrative practicc. In both professional and social circles he stands high in the estimation of the com- munity, being esteemed as a gentleman of the highest ability, culture and probity.
Dr. De Venney was married, at Mechanics- burg, Pa., September 23, 1883, to Lydia A. Baker, daughter of George W. and Mary Baker. They have no children living. In political views the Doctor is a Democrat. ITis wife is a member of the United Brethren church.
STEVENS, JOHN C., M. D., was born in White Haven, Schuylkill county, Pa., Sep- tember 17, 1864, son of Rev. B. F. and Han- nah G. (Rhoads) Stevens. The father is a native of Franklin county, Pa. The mother was a daughter of Rev. John Rhoads, a de- voted minister of the M. E. church, and a native of Virginia. The father had charges at White Haven, Ashland, Jersey Shore, Northumberland, Williamsport, Clearfield, Danville, Mifflinburg, Stevenstown, Mechan- icsburg, Duncannon and Harrisburg, and is now retired from the active work of the min- istry. John C. was reared in the different places of his father's pastorates, and was educated at the Dickinson Seminary at Will- iamsport, from which he was graduated in 1SS5. He read medicine under Dr. T. L. Johnson, of Duncannon, and attended the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1SSS, after which he was appointed assistant surgeon at the State Lunatic Asylum, and remained there from May, 1SSS, to March, 1891, when he went to the Philadelphia Polvelinical Hos- pital, and took a full course. In 1892 he located in Harrisburg, and entered upon a general practice. Dr. Stevens is a member
of the Dauphin County Medical Society and of the State Medical Society. His fraternal membership is with the Nazareth Com- mandery, K. of M. In political views he is a Republican. He is not married, and is a member of the M. E. church, and was a di- rector of the Y. M. C. A. in 1892 and 1893.
--- MANNING, CHARLES J., M. D., was born in Little Washington, Lancaster county, Pa., January 9, 1860, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Kendig) Manning, both natives of Lancas- ter county. The father is still living and resides at Newport, Perry county, and the mother died at that place August 22, 1866. Charles J. when a youth removed with his parents to Newport, where he received his education in the public schools, after which he taught public school in Perry county five years, reading medicine also during this time. In 1884 he devoted himself solely to preparation for the medical profession, hav- ing for his preceptor Dr. J. D. Shaw, of Mar- klesville, Perry county, Pa. He attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore one year, and in 1887 entered the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in the class of 1889. He returned to Marklesville and was engaged in the practice of medicine there until 1893, after which he removed to Har- risburg.
- BLAIR, WILLIAM, M. D., was born in Car- lisle, Cumberland county, Pa., November 13, 1869, son of Andrew and Mary (Stewart) Blair, the former a native of Perry county, the latter of Sewickley, Pa., both living and residing in Chambersburg, Pa. William re- ceived his literary education in the public schools of Chambersburg, and in the high school of that city. He then took a practi- cal course in the Ann Arbor high school, one year in the academic department of the University of Michigan, and three years in the medical department of the same univer- sity, graduating therefrom in the class of 1893. During his last year at college, and a year following his graduation, he was a teacher in the medical department of the university. In June, 1893, he began the practice of medicine at Ann Arbor, which he pursued for one year and then removed to Harrisburg, where he has been engaged in the practice of his profession since June, 1894. Dr. Blair was married at Ann Arbor, June 30, 1892, to Viola M. Williams, a grad-
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uate of the literary department of the Uni- versity of Michigan, daughter of Jeremiah D. and Jane L. Williams, the former a very prominent citizen and one of the oldest liv- ing settlers of Washtenaw county, Mieh., and an ex-member of the State Legislature. To Doctor and Mrs. Blair has been born one daughter, Viola Helen, born September 19, 1894. Dr. Blair is a member of the Dauphin County Medical Society. In political views he is a Republican. He and his wife attend the Presbyterian church. €
COCKLIN, DR. C. C., oculist, was born in York county, Pa., June 29, 1862. Ile is a son of E. H. and Sarah Elizabeth (Caley) Coeklin. Jacob Cocklin, grandfather of Dr. C. C. Cocklin, was born in Cumberland county, Pa., January 30, 1797, and was for many years a nurseryman. He was married January 29, 182S, to Miss Catharine Hoover, born in Lancaster county, Pa. They had six children, two of whom are living, Sarah, wife of Joseph Miller, of Frederick, Md., and E. H., father of Dr. C. C. Their deceased children were: Elizabeth, died November 14, 1835; Michael, March 12, 1851; Benja- min, died April 16, 1859, and Jacob, died January 24, 1871. Jacob Cocklin died De- cember 18, 1890, aged ninety-three years; his wife died at the age of seventy-one years. The grandparents of Dr. Coeklin on his mother's side were natives of England; their occupation was farming. They came to this country about the year 1840. They had nine children, five of whom are living : Docey, wife of James Herd, residing in Union county, Ohio; George, Robert, Elizabeth Sarah, wife of E. H. Cocklin, and Clark. Their deceased children are: Ellen, wife of John David, also deceased, and Peter, Anne and Jolın.
E. II. Cocklin, father of Dr. C. C. Cocklin, was born in York county March 8, 1835. He was a nurseryman, having learned the business in boyhood from his father; he still earries it on in York county, where the family reside. Miss Sarah Elizabeth Caley, to whom he was married August 9, 1859, was a native of Knox county, Ohio, and a daughter of Chambers and Docey (Dunn) Caley. They have seven children, all living: Ida M., Dr. C. C., R. T., B. F., justice of the peace at Monaghan, York county, Pa., Alice D., John A., Arthur B. Mr. E. II. Cocklin is a Republican. The family are members of the Reformed church.
Dr. C. C. Cocklin received a part of his education in the public schools. He was brought up in his native place. At the age of twenty he engaged in the jewelry busi- ness at Philipsburg, N. J., where he re- mained four years. In 1SSS he entered the optical school, and pursued his studies in the science of optics for four months. He then opened an office at Harrisburg in connee- tion with the firm then known as Cocklin Bros., oculists. Desirous of making more thorough preparation for his specialty he went to Philadelphia in 1891, and after a three years course of study was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and afterwards took a special course of three months in the Philadelphia Polyclinic, at the Wills Eye and Ear Hospital. In 1894 he returned to Harrisburg and opened an office at No. 28 North Third street. He is known as one of the most eminent, skillful and successful opticians in this region. Dr. Cocklin is an active member of Robert Burns Lodge, No. 464, F. &. A. M. He is a Republican. He belongs to the Reformed church.
HASSLER, SAMUEL F., M. D., was born in Harrisburg, September 28, 1868. JIe is a son of Edward O. and Mary (Felty) Hassler. When a child he removed with his parents to Lower Paxton township, Dauphin county, where he received his primary education in the publie schools. To fit himself for teach- ing he took a course in Lebanon Valley Col- lege and the State Normal School at Blooms- burg, Pa. He taught school for five years in Dauphin county, and during the latter years of this period he read medicine with Dr. Eli Coover, of Harrisburg. In 1891 he enterod the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, and was graduated therefrom in 1894. He spent fourteen months in the Harrisburg City Hospital as resident physi- eian. In July, 1895, he began the practice of his profession in Harrisburg. In May, 1896, was elected member of the staff at Harrisburg Hospital, medieal department. He is a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics. In political views he is Republican. He is well equipped in native talent and attainment for his work, is popular, and his prospects for a brilliant career are very flattering. His parents were both natives of Dauphin county. His mother died in 1873. His father still lives and re- sides in Susquehanna township engaged in
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dairy farming. His parents had born to practice of veterinary science. Since 1879 them three sons: Samuel F., J. Elmer, and Edwin, who died in infancy. By a subse- quent marriage of his father to Rebecca Stober there has been born a family of seven children : Gertrude M., Collin, Lottie, Emery, Blaine, Elizabeth, and Stanley.
- WILSON, HENRY, M. D., resident physician of Harrisburg Hospital, was born in Warrens- ville, Lycoming county, Pa., December 23, 1869, son of Andrew F. and Ann (Casner) Wilson. He received his primary education in the public schools of Elder township, and was graduated from the Lycoming County Normal School at Muney, in the class of 18SS, after which he studied one year at the State Normal School at Millersville. For the next four years he taught in the public schools of Lycoming county, and then took a course in the Business College at Williamsport, and for one year served as accountant and clerk in a general store at Ambler, Pa. October 1, 1892, he entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, at Phila- delphia, from which he was graduated in June, 1895. During his first vacation he was a teacher in the Spencerian Business College of Philadelphia. On June 10, 1895, he was appointed resident physician of the hospital and took charge on June 24. In his political views Dr. Wilson is a Republican. He is a member of Lodge No. 1045, I. O. O. F., at Ambler, and was a member of the Good Templars at Muncy up to the date of their disbanding. He is a member of the Baptist churchi at Ambler.
-ZELLERS, ISAAC W., D. V. S., was born in Swatara township, Lebanon county, Pa., August 23, 1839. He is a son of Adam and Hatty (Woods) Zellers, both natives of Leb- anon county, and who both died when Isaac was but a yonth. Ilis boyhood days were spent in his native township, the advantages of but a limited . education being afforded him in the schools of Lebanon and adjoining counties. Whatever of success has attended him through life must be accredited to his personal exertions. When abont eighteen years of age he learned the trade of cigar maker. While learning his trade he at the same time read medicine with Dr. Cooper of Jonestown, Swatara township, Lebanon county. In 1860 he abandoned the study of medicine for the human system, and also cigar making, and engaged in the study and
he has been exclusively and continously engaged in the practice of his profession in Harrisburg. By his ability and skill, and his faithful devotion to the duties of his calling, he has placed himself at the head of his profession. During the late Rebellion he served three years as veterinary surgeon in Maryland, but was never enlisted in the United States army.
Ile was married in Lebanon City, October 9, 1878, to Elizabeth Berkheiser, daughter of Jacob and Nancy Berkheiser, of Lebanon, and widow of the late L. C. Fernsler, of Leb- anon. One daughter has been born to them, Susan. By Mrs. Zellers' first marriage there were born two children: George and Sallie, who still survive. Dr. Zellers is a past noble grand of Peace and Plenty Lodge, No. 69, 1. O. O. F. He is past chief patriarch of Har- risburg Encampment, No. 301.
--- OYLER, J. H., doctor of veterinary science, was born near Chambersburg, Franklin county, Pa., December 16, 1852. Ile is a son of Elias and Susanna (Harmony) Oyler. He received his primary education in the public schools of Chambersburg. He was engaged as a traveling salesman for the East Liverpool Granite Company, East Liverpool, Ohio. In 1885 he attended the Ontario Veterinary College of Toronto, Can- ada, and was graduated from that institution in the class of 1887. Since that date he has been continuously engaged in the practice of his profession in Harrisburg, where by the skillful treatment of all cases entrusted to his care he has built up a large and rapidly increasing practice. His personal integrity and his professional ability are universally recognized. He was married at Chambersburg, September 29, 1887, to Miss Mary Jane Forbes, daughter of George and Mary Ann Forbes, of Chambersburg. They have no children. In political views the Doctor is a staunch Republican. He and his wife attend the Methodist Episcopal church.
-HAAS, JAMES A., veterinary surgeon, was born in Lowhill township, Lehigh county, Pa., October 5, 1869; son of Solomon and Sarah (Moore) Haas. His parents were both born in Lehigh county. The mother died September 10, 1884, the father is still living and resides near Allentown, Pa., where he superintends the management of his farm
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in connection with his practice as a veterin- ary surgeon. They had a family of six boys and six girls, all of whom are living: Chester, Orville, Sarah, Amanda, George, M. D., of Allentown, Mary, wife of George Worley, Dr. James A., Rosa, wife of Owen Weiss, Ida, wife of Chester Wallert, Ewin, Wilson, Elsie. James A. spent his early life on the home farm and received his primary educa- tion in the district schools of his native town- ship, and in the public schools of Allentown, Pa. In preparation for his profession he began the study of veterinary science With his father, and in 1889 entered the American Veterinary College of New York City, from which he was graduated with honors in 1891. Ile at once began the practice of his profes- sion near Allentown, in which he was very successful, and which he continued until November 27,1895, when he removed to Har- risburg, where his professional ability and skill have been readily recognized and his practice is extensive and profitable. Dr. Haas was married, in Foglesville, Lehigh county, Pa., April 16, 1892, to Miss Emma Hollenbach, daughter of Moses and Ellen (Seirer) Hollenbach. Their children are: Paul S., Frederick M., and Howard P. Dr. HIaas is a member of Macungie Lodge, No. 231, 1. O. O. F., of Lehigh county, and of the Trexlertown Mutual Aid Association of the same county. In his political views he is a Democrat, and is an attendant of the Re- formed church.
- NEWHARD, IRVIN C., doctor of veterinary science, was born at Allentown, Lehigh county, Pa., March 14, 1872. He is a son of James D. and Eliza (Bachman) Newhard, both natives of Allentown, where they still reside. His father, James D., was a carriage maker by trade, but is at present in the livery busi- ness. In his father's family there were four children, of whom three survive: Irvin C., Annie and Lillian. His grandparents were also natives of Lehigh county, and were of German ancestry.
Irvin C. Newhard grew to manhood in his native town, where he received his edu- cation in the public schools, in Muhlenberg College and in a business college of Allen- town. He then took a thorough course of studies in preparation for his profession in the New York Veterinary College, from which institution he was graduated in 1893, He entered at once upon the practice of his profession in Harrisburg. His knowledge
and skill in his profession and his faithful devotion to his practice are clearly demon- strated, and his success is securing bim a rapidly growing business. His many good qualities are recognized, and he is popular in social circles. He is a loyal and active member of the Alumni Association of the New York Veterinary College. In his po- litical views he is a Republican. He attends Salem Reformed church.
-STINE, GEORGE W., dentist, was bom in Harrisburg, Dauphin county, Pa., October 30, 1829, son of Frederick A. and Susan (Montgomery) Stine. George Stine, the grandfather, was a native of Lebanon county and his wife was also born in the same county. Frederick A. Stine, the father, was born in Dauphin county in 1807. He married Susan Montgomery, born in 1805, also a native of Dauphin county. He was a shoemaker, and was also engaged in boating on the canal. The parents had nine children, three of whom are living: Anna Caroline, Mrs. Mont- gomery ; George W. and Frederick Adol- phus. Their deceased children are: Oscar, William, Joseph, James and David. The father died September 20, 1842, in Harris- burg, and was the first member of the Odd Fellows buried in Harrisburg. In his po- litical views Mr. Stine was a Democrat, and in his religious faith and worship he was a Methodist, in which denomination he served as a class leader for many years, and was the superintendent of the Sunday- school up to the time of his death. His wife wasa member of the same church, and her death occurred in 1852, at the age of forty-two years.
George W. attended the schools of Harris- burg until he was thirteen years old, at which time his father died, and he lived with his uncle, John Stine, at Lebanon, Pa .. for two years, after which he returned to Harrisburg and attended the high school for six months. He then was employed for a year in a general supply store with his cousin, at Havre de Grace, at the end of which time he returned to Harrisburg and learned the trade of carpentry, which he followed about seven years. At the age of twenty-eight years he entered the Dental College at Baltimore, from which he was graduated in 1861. He began the practice of dentistry in Harrisburg, in which he has continued up to the present time. Dr. Stine
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was married first in December, 1850, to Miss Anna Stauffer, daughter of John Stauffer, to whom have been born two daughters, Ellen, wife of Gilbert Waigle, and Matilda, deecased. Mrs. Stine died in November, 1854. Dr. Stine was married, secondly, July 11, 1861, to Miss Annie Neff, daughter of Dr. John C. and Margaret (Stalıl) Neff, to whom were born three children, one of whom is living: Henry M., who is also a dentist; George W., died April 30, 1875, aged eleven years ; and Margaret, died in 1871, aged two years. Dr. Stine is a mem- ber of Dauphin Lodge, No. 160, I. O. O. F., with which he united in 1855, and of Dau- phin Encampment, No. 11, and is also a member of the United Workmen. In his political views Dr. Stine is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Pres- byterian church.
SCHLAYER, ANDREW, Harrisburg, was born at Baden, Germany, February 21, 1830. His parents were both natives of Germany and came early to this country. They had cight children, five of whom are living : Barbara, wife of Leonard Orth, deceased ; William, Caroline, wife of Henry Longenecker, Beverly, O .; Margaret, wife of -- Vasler, and Jacob L. Their deceased children are Andrew, Mary, Mrs. Meyer, and Bernard. The parents were members of the German Lutheran church, and both died at Harrisburg, the mother passing away May 3, 1876, aged eighty-one years. Andrew came to America with his parents when he was two years old. He at- tended the public schools until he was twelve years of age, and then learned the trade of baker, which he followed some years. He was employed in the planing mill for about thirty-five years, and was for a number of years in the place of foreman in the mill. In March, 1SS1, he opened a grocery at No. 1002 North Third street, which he conducted until his death, February 29, 1892. In his political views Mr. Sehlayer was a Democrat. He served as member of the common ecun- cil, and at the time of his death was a mem- ber of seleet council. He was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran church, and was formerly a member of the Zion church. He was prominent in fraternity circles, being a member of Robert Burns Lodge, Persever- anee Chapter, and Knights Templars, F. &A. M., of Dauphin Lodge and Encampment, 1. O. O. F., and Knights of Pythias. He was also a member of Friendship Fire Company
No. 1. After his death his business was con- dueted by Miss Mary Elizabeth Schlayer. Mrs. Schlayer was born September 19, 1836. Her father was born in 1800, and was a printer. He married Miss Julia Ring, born in 1814, by whom he had five children, two of whom are living. He died January 9, 1876, aged seventy-four years, and his wife died Septem- ber 2, 1877, aged sixty-three years. He was an old line Whig. His wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. The grandfather of Mrs. Schlayer was a native of Germany, and was a shoemaker by trade. He came in his youth to this country, and died at Harrisburg. His wife died at Phila- delphia, aged ninety-three years.
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