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dence is at No. 4730 Kingsessing avenue, eral surgery in that institution and in the Philadelphia.
GABLE, Dr. Isaac C.,
Educator, Physician and Surgeon.
Isaac C. Gable, M.D., one of the lead- ing and successful physicians of Penn- sylvania, who stands deservedly high in citizenship as well as professional life, is descended from colonial ancestry on both sides of his family and comes remotely of German-Swiss lineage.
Valentine Gable, father of Dr. Isaac C. Gable, was a grandson of Valentine Gable, who served during the Revolu- tionary War as a commissioned officer under General Anthony Wayne. Valen- tine Gable, the grandson, was for many years an instructor in the schools of York county, and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Mary Miller, who, like himself, belonged to a family of colonial record.
Dr. Gable, son of Valentine and Mary (Miller) Gable, was born June 26, 1849, in Windsor township, York county, Pennsylvania, where he received his pre- liminary education in the public schools, afterward taking a literary course at the Pennsylvania State Normal School, at Millersville. In 1867 he became an in- structor, teaching in the schools of his native State, and also in those of Ohio and Indiana. In 1874 he relinquished this profession in favor of that of medi- cine, and after a preliminary course of reading under the preceptorship of Dr. James W. Kerr, of York, entered the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and took his degree of Doctor of Medicine with the class of 1877. While at the university he was a special student of Dr. Charles T. Hunter, who held the chair of clinical surgery, and after graduation took a year's post- graduate work at his alma mater, devot- ing most of his time to the study of gen-
Pennsylvania Hospital. In 1878 Dr. Gable located permanently in York, where his professional skill, earnest ef- fort, and resolute purpose, combined withlı a genial disposition and sterling worth of character, steadily and rapidly advanced him to his present commanding position as one of the leaders of his profession in the State.
He was one of the originators of the York Hospital, and is the examiner of the patients from York county for the White Haven Sanatorium for Consumptives, and also has for more than a quarter of a century been one of the board of censors of the Medico-Chirurgical Col- lege, Philadelphia. He is a prominent member of the York County Medical So- ciety, and in 1890 was elected its presi- dent. He has also served the society in the official capacity of vice-president, treasurer and censor, and is at present chairman of its board of trustees. In 1878 he became a member of the Medi- cal Society of the State of Pennsylvania, and was elected fourth vice-president in 1891 ; first vice-president in 1903; and at the annual meeting held in 1906 he was honored by his colleagues in the State Society by election to the presidency of that body. He served six terms of three years each as a member of the board of trustees, and at a meeting held in Pitts- burgh in 1904 was elected its president for the ensuing year. He was general chairman of the committee of arrange- ments for the Fifty-third Annual Session of the State Society, held in York, in 1903. From 1891 to 1900 he was a mem- ber of the State Committee on Public Policy and Legislation, serving for seven years as its chairman. During the period of his service on this committee he won merited distinction for his active and vigorous work in helping to secure the enactment of the Medical Law of 1893, which for twenty years has regulated the
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practice of medicine in Pennsylvania. He has delivered addresses and contrib- uted a number of valuable papers to the State, county, and other medical so- cieties, and for the annual reports of the State Board of Health, which have been widely circulated by the published pro- ceedings of those bodies. In national as well as State medical councils, Dr. Gable has taken a prominent part. In 1880, at a meeting held in New York City, he be- came a member of the American Medical Association, and at the meeting of that organization held in 1891, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was elected chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation. He also served as a member of the house of delegates at the meeting held in Portland, Oregon, in 1905, and at the Boston meeting in 1906. He is a member of the Pan-Amer- ican Medical Congress, and served on the auxiliary committee appointed to as- sist in the organization of that body. Dr. Gable is an active member of the Amer- ican Public Health Association, and has served with marked ability as County Medical Inspector to the State Board of Health and to the State Department of Health, ten and two years, respectively. During his tenure of office several of the most important epidemics in the history of the county became interesting records, notably the typhoid fever epidemics of 1898 and 1900 in York. It was through the indefatigable efforts of Dr. Gable that each of these was traced to its source, the first to an infection of the general water supply, and the second to an in- fected milk supply.
Other important scientific bodies and associations in which he has membership are the York Chamber of Commerce, the York County Historical Society, the Na- tional Geographical Society, and the Pennsylvania Forestry Association, of which last-named organization he is one of the vice-presidents. In the organiza- Harvard University in 1912.
tion of the York Alumni Association of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Gable was largely instrumental, and was elected as its first president. He is also a member of the General Alumni So- ciety of the University of Pennsylvania ; of the General Alumni Society of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, of which organization he has been chosen a vice-president; and of the Philadelphia Alumni Society of the University. His club membership in- cludes the Medical Club of Philadelphia, the Lafayette Club of York, the York Country Club, and also the York Motor Club.
As a public spirited citizen, Dr. Gable has always taken a deep interest in all matters pertaining to the promotion of the welfare of his fellow citizens. He is progressive in all that is conducive to the best interests of his city, State, or na- tion. In his political affiliations he has generally been a supporter of Republican principles. With distinctive individual- ity, however, he has not always exercised his franchise according to regulation party lines when, in his judgment, such a course would have been derogatory to the best interests of the public welfare. He has always eschewed partisan politics as an office seeker or promoter. In re- ligious faith a Presbyterian, he has for many years been a supporter of the First Presbyterian Church and is a member of its Board of Deacons.
On December 5, 1888, Dr. Gable mar- ried Eva Anna von Dersmith, of Lan- caster, Pennsylvania, who is descended from one of the oldest and most highly honored families of that county. They have one son, Raymond von Dersmith Gable, professor of Romance Languages, who was graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1910, and from the Gradu- ate Department of Arts and Sciences of
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PETERS, Rewellien C.,
Physician, Surgeon.
The future of the medical profession is in the hands of its enterprising physi- cians, men who, while devoid of rashness, are yet thoroughly aggressive in theory and method, men of the type of Dr. Rewellien C. Peters, of Allentown, a recognized leader among the physicians of Lehigh county.
Nathan Peters, father of Rewellien C. Peters, was a cigar manufacturer, and passed his entire life in Lehigh county. He married Milanda Hollandach, and the following children were born to them: Maggie; Rewellien C., mentioned below ; Lee Allen A .; Mamie; and Emma. Mr. Peters died in February, 1910, and Mrs. Peters is still living.
Dr. Rewellien C. Peters, son of Nathan and Milanda (Hollandach) Peters, was born August 23, 1870, and was educated in his native county (Lehigh), until the time arrived for him to enter upon a profession, when he entered the Phila- delphia College of Pharmacy, graduating in the class of 1892. He then read medi- cine under the preceptorship of Dr. Ern- est La Pace, of Philadelphia, after- ward matriculating at the Medical and Chirurgical College of that city, and graduating in 1898, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Peters, im- mediately after completing his course of study, settled in Allentown, and there en- tered upon the active practice of his pro- fession, in which he has ever since been continuously engaged. His thorough equipment, joined to unwearied energy and exceptional skill, soon won for him an enviable reputation, both among his professional brethren and with the gen- eral public. In June, 1898, he opened a drug store which under his capable man- agement was for seven years a valuable adjunct to his practice. In April, 1908, he
opened another, disposing of this two years later.
As a public-spirited citizen, Dr. Peters takes an active interest in everything per- taining to the welfare and advancement of his home city; serving as vice-presi- dent of the School Board, is a director of the Allentown Free Library, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. No good work done in the name of char- ity or religion appeals to him in vain, and his influence is invariably exerted on the side of those interests which work for the moral and social bet- terment of the community. He be- longs to the American Medical Associa- tion, the Pennsylvania State Medical Association and the Lehigh County Med- ical Association. He affiliates with Greenleaf Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Allentown; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, also holding membership in the Livingston Club and the Pioneer Fire Company. He is identified with the Reformed church, and for the last ten years has been a member of the consistory. Politically, he is a Republican.
Dr. Peters married, May 24, 1894, Catharine J., daughter of U. S. Litzen- berg, a pension attorney of Allentown, and they have been the parents of one child; Catharine Mabel, who died at the age of twelve years.
Despite the fact that the engrossing de- mands of his profession absorb the greater portion of his time, Dr. Peters yet finds leisure for the intercourse of friendship, and he and his wife are prom- inent in the social circles of Allentown. He is president of the Peters Family Re- union, a gathering held annually on the second Thursday of August. Dr. Peters has achieved much, but he is still only in early middle life, and so much accom- plishment in the past gives promise of greater things in the future.
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Whitaker, page 348, Ist paragraph; for "Robert, the only surviving child of this large group is still a resident on the homestead at Cedar Grove," read: The only surviving children of this large group are still residents at Cedar Grove, Mrs. David Campbell Nimlet, a sister, on the estate prop- erty ; and Robert Whitaker in the old homestead. Page 348, next to last paragraph, last line, after Hill School read "at Pottstown."
INDEX
NOTE .- An asterisk (*) against a name refers to correction under Addenda head.
Acheson, Ernest F., 349 Marcus W., 262 Adams, S. Jarvis, 160 Stephen J., 160 Aiken, David, 207, 208 George, 208 Thomas, 208 Amspoker, Samuel, 182 Arbogast, Porter B., 310 Wilson, 309 Baer, George F., 177
Beidleman, Edward E., 100, IOI Jacob, 100 Thomas D., IOI William, 100 William C., 10I Biddle, Edward W., 68 Bigham, Thomas, 140 Thomas J., 139, 140
Bittenger, John W., 254 Bower, Addison, 259 Dr. William, 259 Boyd, James, 61 John C., 60 John Y., 60, 61 Briggs, Ruth L., 294 Templeton, 204 Brinton, Caleb, 69 Caleb S., 69, 70 Martin, 69 Brobeck, Charles P., 213 Brock, Arthur, 64
John P., 64 Robert C. H., 66 Brown, Abraham L., 277 Alexander P., 245 William M., 102 Burleigh, Clarence, 305, 306 Jonathan, 305 Thomas D., 305 Campbell, Edmond E., 71 John F., Rev., 71 Card, William W., 293 Carnegie, Andrew, 13 Carson, John W., 278 Carstairs, Daniel H., 229 James, 229 John H., 231 Thomas, 229, 231 Chalfant, George A., 314, 315 Henry, 123, 315 John, 123, 315 John W., 123, 124 Jonathan, 123, 315 Robert, 123 Chaplin, Benjamin, 163 James C., 163, 164 John H., 164 William, 164 William C., 164 Coleman, George D., 64, 65 Conarroe, George M., 173 George W., 173 Cooper, David K., 216 iii
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Frederick T., 248 James, 247 Dr. J. W., 247 Percival V., 249 Thomas V., 247 Thos. V., Jr., 249 Cope, Oliver, 85 Roger, 85, 86 Corson, Benjamin, 169 Dr. Hiram, 170 Joseph, 169 Cottingham, Robert, 27 William W., 27 Craig, Jolin B., 262 Rev. William R., 191 Crumrine, Alonzo, 92 George, 91 J. Boyd, 91, 92 Davidson, Daniel R., 90 James J., 89, 90 William, 90 Donnell, James J., 162
Doster, Gen. William E., 328 John V., 328
Dravo, Anthony, 74 John F., 74 Michael, 74 Dunlap, Jolm F., 291 Thomas, 175 William B., III
Dyer, John T., 351
Fagan, Charles A., 132 Farquhar, Amos, 34 Arthur B., 34 William F., 34 Fox, John, 31 John E., 31, 32 Thomas G., 31 Freeman, George, 250 Jacob, 250 John M., 250, 251 French, Aaron, 217, 218 Philo, 217 Philo N., 220 Fry, Henry C., 94 J. Howard, 96 John, 94 Thomas C., 95
Gable, Dr. Isaac C., 366 Gilbert, Lyman D., 72 Glessner, Henry, 273 James G., 273 Gobin, Gen. John P. S., 39 Greene, Stephen, 226 William H., 228 Gregg, Edward, 336 Gripp, John, 243 Grumbine, Peter, 335 William, 335 Hall, Robert C., 224 Hamilton, Albert, 333 Alexander T., 117 Harry D., 117, 118 Happer, Andrew G., 304 Harbison, Samuel P., 295 William A., 297
Harper, Cyrus, 190 Edwin F. G., 190, 191
Hart, Nathan F., 324
Hartzell, William H., 260
Heilman, Dr. Arthur M., 185 Henderson, James W., 113 William M., 113 Henry, Walter L., 332 Heyl, Francis, 299 George T., 298 John T., 298 Rev. Francis, 298, 299
Hollar, William H., 197 Holmes, Joseph L., 189 Hughes, Barnabas, 116 Blanchard G., 116, 117 James M., 117 Humphreys, William Y., 272 Hunsicker, James F., 307 Iredell, Robert, 222 Rodney R., 221, 223
Irwin, Robert W., 99 Jackson, Charles, 126 George W., 127 James, 126 John, 127 John B., 126, 128 Jenkins, Frank, 326 Robert, 326
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T. Clifton, 290 Thomas C., 288 Johnson, Alba B., 175 Kell, John F., 186 Kennedy, Charles H., 214 King, Cyrus B., 284 Kirkpatrick, David, 280 John C., 257 William S., 280 Klein, John B., 62 Theodore B., 62 Knox, Robert W., 198
Lafean, John R., 98
Lamberton, James M., 50 Robert A., 48 Lanius, Christian, 79 Henry, 78, 79 William II., 78, 79
Larzelere, Nicholas H., 345
Laughlin, James, 359 Samuel S., 359
Leonard, Jesse R., 108
Lewis, Fred E., 361 Robert J., 120 Longenecker, David S., 317 John P., 317 Lord, James, 314
Lukens, Jawood, 167, 168 Lewis A., 168 McCauley, Dr. E. S. H., 267 Leander, 268
McClung, Samuel A., 166
McCollum, Joseph B., 205 McConkey, Edwin K., 275 Hugh, 275 James, 275 William, 275
McCreath, Andrew S., 112
Mccullough, William J. L., 184 McCurdy, George, 357 McDonough, James M., 196 Oscar T., 196 McDowell, Alexander, 283 Major Alexander, 283 Parker, 283 MeIlvaine, John A., 195 McKean, Arthur, 286 McKenna, Charles F., 153, 154
Macbeth, Alexander, 23 George A., 23, 24 James R., 24 Mansfield, Ira F., 210, 21I Richard, 210 Martin, J. Rankin, 104
Matchamı, Charles A., 266
Matthews, Vitellius, 269 Meirs, Nicholas, 12 Richard W., II Mellon, Andrew W., 149 Thomas, 147 Meloy, Robert H., 116
Mercur, Ulysses, 255 Metcalf, Armah, 152 Michael, 151 Orlando, 152 William, 151, 152 Miller, Abraham, 53
Andrew, 53
Andrew G., 54
Charles L., 313
Christian, 53
Daniel, 357
Henry, 237
James W., 357
John H., 236, 237
Sebastian, 356 William E., 53, 54 Mitchell, Ehrman B., 67 William, 67
Molter, Oliver, 264
Moore, Charles A., 350
Morris, Effingham B., 354 Moul, Bartholomew, 203 Charles E., 203, 205 Conrad, 203, 204 Philip, 204 Murdoch, Alexander, 119 John H., 118, 119 Neuman, Henry L., 199 Jacob, 199 Nevin, David N., 362 David W., 362 Norcross, Abraham, 58 George, 58 George, Rev., 58 Hiram, 58
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Parke, Thomas A., 301 Thomas C., 301 Parkhurst, Benjamin H., 344
George, 339, 340 Joel, 342 John, 340 Josiah, 340 Parry, Roger S., 303 William M., 303 Patterson, John A., 187
Pattison, Anna S., 343 Charles L., 339, 343 Pennypacker, Hendrick, 5 Isaac A., 6 Jacob, 5 James L., 8 Samuel W., 4, 7 Pennock, Christopher, 325 Joel, 325 Samuel, 325
Peterman, John F., 207
Peters, Rewellien C., 368
Porter, William H., 223
Prugh, Conrad, 201 Edwin N., 201, 202 John, 202 Peter C., 202
Purvis, William B., 184
Quay, Andrew G. C., 136 Matthew S., 133 Rauch, Charles E., 249 John B., 249 Rea, James D., 318 Samuel, 318
Reno, Claude T., 104
Reynders, John V. W., 109
Riegel, Adam J., 287 Riter, Joseph, 145 Thomas B., 143
Roberts, John M., 320 Steele F., 320 Robinson, Jacob F., 180 Vincent G., 180 Sawyer, William J., 158 Schropp, Adam B., 292 Scott, Jesse Y., 115 John, 156
Robert P., 192 William, 156 Shallenberger, Oliver B., 87 Shaw, Thomas, 17 Shenk, Ilarry J., 233, 235 Henry, 235 Joseph, 234 Simpson, William W., 77 Singer, George H., 139 William H., 138
Sleeth, Robert, 145 Slemmons, William E., 253 Slingluff, William H., 337 Smith, Howard R., 300 John W., 121 S. Morgan, 121 Sowers, Edwin U., 323 Joseph A., 322 Stamm, Alexander C., 109 Steele, Henry J., 352, 353 Joseph, 352 Stewart, John L., 295 Taylor, Edward J., 330, 331 Edward, 331 John, 355 Thomas, Edward H., 56 Robert, 55 Robert H., 55, 56
Thompson, John H., 221 Joseph H., 282 Josiah M., 221 Raymond A., 294 Wallace, James J., 193 Robert A., 193, 194 William, 97 Wanamaker, John, 353 Wanner, Nevin M., 114 Ward, William, 232 Watson, David T., 270 James, 270 Wayne, Gen. Anthony, 3 Weidman, Christopher, 240 Grant, 240, 241 Grant, Jr., 242 Jacob B., 240 John, 241 Weightman, William, 9 Westinghouse, George, 41
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*Whitaker, Thomas D., 347 Whitla, James P., 184 Whitehill, James, 25 Joseph, 26 Whitmer, Robert F., 364 William, 304 Wilbur, Elisha P., 215 Henry. 215 Warren A., 215
Williams, Andrew G., 92 John G., 92 Wilson, Dr. T. D. M., 188 John R., 188 J. Sharp, 106 Samuel B., 76 Young, Edward S., 85 Hiram, 82, 83 Samuel, 82
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