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The citizens of Schellsburg have generally been zealous in the support of schools. In 1825, a brick schoolhouse was erected by private con- tributions and a graded school established. Samuel Clendenong, Peter O. Hagan and C. W. Leffingwell were successful teachers before the free schools. The village became a borough in 1838. First directors : John Garlinger, Ben- jamin Blymier, Jacob Poorman, John Rininger, Isaac Mengle and Godfrey Yeager. First teacher : Patricia Grant. Uniformity of text-
books was adopted in 1841. The schools have generally had efficient teachers and have been highly prosperous. The school-building is a fine one.
Union township, now Union and King, adopted the free school system in 1843. Early teachers of subscription schools : Jacob Klahn, Robert Bullard, Samuel Karn, Amos McCreary, William McDonald and Thomas Vowel. Free schools were accepted through the efforts of Joseph B. Ake, Samuel Karn, Joseph Imler, John Crist, Michael Wertz and William Griffith. First directors : Frederick Stiffler, Michael ~ Moses, John Crist, Jacob Cloas and Joseph Im- ler. In 1858, classification and uniformity of text-books were secured.
First directors of Woodberry borough (1868): William Pearson, William Simpson, D. R. P. Sweeny, C. W. Allen, Dr. C. F. Oelig, Samuel Beamer and Jacob Brenneman. David Price was the first teacher. The borough has a good brick school-building and an interesting school.
In Woodberry township, Philip Fishburn, Benjamin Griffith, William Pringle, David Mixel, James Roche, Jacob Livengood and William Ralston were the leading teachers from 1816 to 1834. English and German were gen- erally taught. Free schools were opposed and the law was not accepted for some time. First directors : Dr. Samuel H. Smith, Samuel Buck, Frederick Washeim, John Keagy, Daniel Hol- singer and Samuel Haffley. Among the friends of the schools were Samuel Brown, Jacob Hip- ple, Jacob Long, Leonard Furry, Christian Sou- der, Thomas Brown and Daniel Snowberger. Henry Miller, John McDonald and Jacob Miller were successful teachers under the present system.
South Woodberry was formed in 1844. In 1848, under a very progressive schoolboard, much interest in education was aroused. The first institute in the county was held in this township in 1849. Among the most active directors were Adam Haderman and Joseph B. Noble. Successful teachers : John B. Fluke, J. B. Furry, J. R. Durborrow, D. C. Long and Daniel Reed. The township has good school- houses and good schools.
Coaldale borough generally maintains good schools. John Taylor, Lemuel Evans, Joshua Aurandt, Dr. Jenkins and others have served as directors.
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The schools of the new townships - Bloom- field, West St. Clair, King and Mann - are in cluded in the sketches relating to the townships from which they were formed. Many facts rela- tive to borough schools are given in the borough histories. Several of the townships have held township institutes annually, which have had an important influence in improving the schools.
The present condition of the schools of the county will be seen in the following statistics, which are taken from the latest report of the state superintendent :
TABULAR STATEMENT FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 5, 1882.
DISTRICTS.
Whole number of
Number of male
Number of female
Average number of
pupils attending
Total expendi-
school purposes.
Average number of
months taught.
Bedford borough ..
247
$4,481 08
8
Bedford township.
487
3,817 24
5
Bloomfield
6
6
185
2,214 85
5
Broad Top.
11
6
5
297
2,788 57
5
Coaldale
1
. 1
Colerain ..
8
7
1
160
1,022 16
5
Cumberla'd Valley
10
6
4
214
1,285 : 9
5
Everett
6
6
8
246
1,498 80
5
Hopewell
9
8
1
262
2,058 31
5
Juniata
1016
5
8
263
1,492 79
5
King
815
10
248
1,685 81
5
6
6
102
941 79
5
Londonderry
6
1
148
1,097 61
Mann ..
5
5
142
1,196 46
5
Monroe.
14
13
851
1.899 53
5
Napier T ..
14
12
2
1,796 17
5
2
1
2
67
3,408 74
5
2
1
1
66
691 54
5
11
1
298
1,473 48
5
6
4
215
1,906 56
5
2
2
62
965 96
5
St. Clair, Enst.
816
71/2
1
260
1,280 06
5
St. Clair, West.
8
7
1
176
1,008 49
5
St. Claireville ...
1
1
50
988 16
5
Schellsburg
8
1
105
793 76
5
Snake Spring.
5
5
11
8
3
270
1,309 15
4
Union .
7
1.5
1,129 23
5
Woodberry
2
2
66
570 68
Woodberry tp.
8
9
220
1,555 67
5
Woodberry, South.
10
10
1 .
294
2,228 10
5
Whole number of schools in the county in 1882, 2344 ; average number of months taught, 5.52 ; number of male teachers, 2024; number of female teachers, 54; average salary of male teachers, per month, $31.41 ; average salary of female teachers, per month, $25.41 ; number of male scholars, 4,889 ; number of female scholars, 4,356 ; average number attending school, 6,485 ; average per cent of attendance, 82; total amount of tax levied for school and building purposes, $40,556.07; state appropriation, $7,- 016.21; total receipts, $57,812.35 ; total expen- ditures, $55,607.64.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
Early Physicians of Bedford - Biographies of Prominent Repre- sentatives of the Profession in the Past and Present - Lead- ing Physicians in the Towns and Villages in the County.
YINCE the establishment of the borough of S Bedford, its physicians, and the dates they began to practice here, have been as follows : John Peters, 1778; John Anderson, 1796; George D. Foulke, 1804 ; William Watson, 1805; John H. Hofius, 1807; William T. Davidson, 1808 ; John Edmiston, 1810 ; Henry Gerhart, 1817; Augustus Coolage, 1820; William Van Lear, 1820; Francis B. Barclay, 1823 ; William Vickroy, 1826 ; Philip Fetterly, 1829 ; William H. Watson (son of William), 1835 ; George W. Anderson (son of John), 1840 ; G. A. Hammond, 1844 ; R. R. McDowell, 1847 ; George H. Key- ser, 1847 ; Samuel D. Scott, 1847 ; John Com- pher, 1849 ; F. C. Reamer, 1850 ; Benjamin F. Harry, 1851 ; William Watson (son of William H.), date unknown ; J. L. Marbourg, 1863 ; J. Ross Anderson (son of Espy L.), 1864 ; William Jamison, 1866 ; - Douglass, 1867 ; Simon H. Gump, 1870 ; William T. Hughes, 1876 ; James D. Kirk, 1878 ; Drs. Griffith and Danaker, date unknown ; John A. Clark, 1877 ; C. P. Calhoun, 1881 ; George C. Barton, 1882.
Of the medical gentlemen mentioned above, it appears that Dr. John Peters was the first, and for some twelve or fifteen years the only, physi- cian at Bedford. He removed to the western country about the year 1790.
Dr. William Watson, the father of Dr. Will- iam Hartley Watson, and grandfather of the late Dr. William Watson, was born in the Kisha- coquillahs valley, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, in 1778. Dr. John Anderson was his fellow pupil while reading medicine in Carlisle. After graduating, Dr. Watson married his first wife in Carlisle and there practiced his profession for a few years. But in 1805 (his wife having died) he removed to Bedford, where he soon attained distinction and a large practice. Among the visitors at the then recently discovered mineral springs he was also extremely popular. In 1811 he married as a second wife Miss Eliza Hartley, of Mount Dallas, who survived him some thirty years. He died in July, 1835, in the fifty-eighth year of his age. He was of gigantic size, being six feet three inches in
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Hyndman
1
1
55
613 17
5
Liberty
.... ..
2,505 68
7
Harrison
schools.
teachers.
teachers.
school.
tures for
45
438 98
5
7
. .
8
N. Enterprise.
Pleasantville
11
10
Saxton ... ..
1
1
69
2,802 19
6
107
1,881 88
5
Southampton
Providence, East .. Providence, West. Rainsburg ..
9
6 2
....
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DR. BARCLAY.
Francis Bailey Barclay is a name endeared to the hearts of a large number of the older citi- zens of Bedford county. Endowed by nature with a brilliant intellect, he gained by study and research such culture and knowledge as won the admiration and respect of all with whom he came in contact. An obituary notice written by one who knew him intimately" says : " While in his profession he deservedly ranked with the brightest names of our land, his mind was a treasure-house of classical and general literature. In his career as a physician he evinced a thor- ough knowledge of his profession, combined with the most profound judgment and skill, and when, added to this, his was a nature ever over- flowing with sympathy and kindness, it is not strange that his admirers and friends were legion."
Dr. Francis B. Barclay was the son of Hugh and Hetty (Fulton) Barclay. He was born in Bedford, March 29, 1797. He was educated at the Bedford Academy, under its learned presi- dent, Rev. James R. Wilson. After commenc- ing the study of medicine under the eminent Dr. William Watson, of Bedford, he was induced by reason of poor health to seek a milder climate.
He studied two years at the Baltimore Hospital and attended lectures at the University of Mary- land, from which institution he received the degree of doctor of medicine in the spring of 1818. In the fall of 1818 he commenced the prac- tice of medicine in Columbus, Ohio, afterward removing to Cadron, Arkansas. His health be- coming impaired by severe attacks of fever, he returned to his native place, and in 1821 began practicing medicine in Bedford. His talents and skill soon placed him among the foremost medi- cal practitioners of his day, and during the thirty years of his practice in Bedford he constantly rose in the esteem of the people, gaining such popularity as rarely falls to the lot of one in his profession. Free-hearted, sympathetic and gen- erous by nature, he was admirably fitted for the life of a medical adviser. Prompt to respond to the call of duty and ardently devoted to his work, his usefulness was great and his success well merited. He died July 12, 1851.
Dr. Barclay was married September 30, 1823, to Miss Camilla B. Bonnett, whose father was a man of great prominence among the citizens of Bedford of that day. The children of this union were Josiah E. (deceased), Hester A. (deceased), William W., Samuel M. (deceased), John J., Richard D., Emma F. and Mary F.
*Dr. Charles N. Hickok.
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hight and weighing three hundred and thirty pounds. Indeed all of his male descendants were men of extraordinary size. Of his three sons and fourteen grandsons who grew to manhood, the average hight was over six feet, and the average weight considerably more than two hundred pounds.
Dr. William H. Watson, the eldest child of Dr. William Watson by his second marriage, was born in Bedford. At the time of his father's last illness he was attending lectures. Called home before his graduation, he immedi- ately succeeded his father in an extensive prac- tice, which he conducted with eminent success and ability for thirty-three years, or until his death, which occurred May 20, 1868. He was then in his fifty-seventh year. Many years before his death his alma mater, in acknowledg- ment of his merit, conferred upon him the hon- orary degree of doctor of medicine. He was in every respect an estimable, highly respected friend and citizen. In stature he was six feet and one inch, and weighed two hundred and forty pounds. He married Charlotte, daughter of Judge Schell, of Schellsburg, and their eldest child was William.
Dr. William Watson, son of William H., was born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, in the year 1837. He graduated with honor at Lafayette College and the University of Pennsylvania, and began the practice of his profession with his father. On September 16, 1862, he was commissioned sur- geon, with the rank of major, of the 105th regt. Penn. Vols., and remained in service until the expiration of his term - May 27, 1865. For a considerable period he served as medical director of the 3d army corps. After the close of the war he resumed his practice in Bed- ford, and continued until his death, which took place on March 13, 1879. With the closing of his life terminated a professional career of father, son and grandson as extraordinary as it was illustrious.
Dr. Samuel D. Scott served as assistant sur- geon of one of the Pennsylvania regiments of volunteers during the Mexican war. Prior to that war, and subsequently, he practiced his pro- fession in Bedford.
Dr. John Compher began his practice here about the year 1849. He was an estimable citi- zen, and is well remembered by many now liv- ing. He died in Bedford several years ago.
As a physician, druggist, postmaster, and in
many official capacities, Dr. John H. Hofius was for many years an esteemed and prominent citi- zen of Bedford. The brave and talented David H. Hofius, Esq., was his son.
Dr. Benjamin F. Harry was born in Chambers- burg, Pennsylvania, in December, 1828. After completing an academic course at Gettysburg, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Abraham Senseny, of Chambersburg. He grad- uated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, a few years later, and in May, 1846, began to practice at Ray's Hill, Bed- ford county, Pennsylvania. In 1848 he removed to Columbus, Ohio, remaining there three years. He then returned eastward to Bedford, Pennsyl- vania, where he continued in active practice until his death, which occurred in the month of November, 1875. While residing at Ray's Hill he married Miss Susan Nycum, who is still liv- ing. Of the nine children born to them, five survive : Blair G., George McC., William D., Rush N. and Mrs. Jennie McCulloh.
Dr. J. L. Marbourg was born in Indiana county, Pennsylvania. Having acquired a good English education, he attended lectures, etc., at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also the Pennsylvania hospital, and received his diploma of doctor of medicine in the spring of 1856. He first began to prac- tice at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he re- mained until 1861. He then removed to Phila- delphia, but soon afterward, or April 17, 1862, he was commissioned and mustered into the ser- vice of the United States as assistant surgeon of the 11th reserves or 40th regt. Penn. Inf. He was slightly wounded in an action at New- market Crossroad. As a result of the injury then received, as well as a generally debilitated state of health contracted during Mcclellan's peninsula campaign in the swamps of the Chickahominy, he resigned his position on the 28th day of November, 1862. For more than a year he was unable to resume his practice, but in 1863 he located where he now resides, Bed- ford, and where he is widely known as the oldest physician in the town.
Dr. J. Ross Anderson was a son of Espy L. Anderson, and a cousin of the third or last Dr. William Watson. He graduated in the spring of 1864, and soon after began the practice of his profession in Bedford. For nearly ten years thereafter he was actively engaged. His be- nevolence in prescribing and providing nourish-
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ing food, at his own expense, for his patients among the suffering poor, whose malady - he often was heard to say - was "only the want of something to eat, and something to keep them warm, " was proverbial. He died in Janu- ary, 1873.
Dr. William Jamison began to practice in Bedford about the year 1867, and remained some three or four years. He then removed to Galitzin, where he died about 1878.
Dr. George D. Foulke was a prominent citi- zen of the town for a number of years.
Dr. John A. Clark was born in the town of Schellsburg, Pennsylvania, September 21, 1848. He was a student of the Elder's Ridge (Penn- sylvania) Academy for several terms. Having read medicine with Dr. Frank Marbourg, of Schellsburg, he attended a full course of lec- tures at the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated from that institution in March, 1871. Thereafter he practiced with Dr. Frank Mar- bourg for four and one-half years, at St. Clairs- ville, Pennsylvania, for sixteen months, and in Bedford, where he now resides, since March, 1877. He is a member of the Clark family, which has been very prominent in civil and military affairs in Pennsylvania as well as the Western states.
Dr. C. P. Calhoun was born in Monroe town- ship, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1842. After obtaining a thorough English edu- cation he read medicine under the instructions of Dr. B. F. Harry. He attended lectures at the Albany (New York) Medical College in 1866-7, and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in March, 1873. He prac- ticed at Centreville, Bedford county, Pennsyl- vania, from 1869 to 1871. Since the latter date he has been a resident of Bedford borough. He was a lieutenant in the volunteer service during the late war. See military chapters relating thereto.
Dr. George C. Barton was born in Fulton county, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, March 13, 1880, and has since prac- ticed at various points in Bedford and Fulton counties.
BUFFALO MILLS.
Dr. U. S. Musser, a son of Samuel Musser, now a resident of Brother's Valley township, Somerset county, was born near Berlin and edu- cated at Franklin and Marshall College, Lan-
caster, Pennsylvania, graduating therefrom in 1876. In 1878 he was graduated a doctor of medicine from Jefferson Medical College, Phila- delphia. Dr. Musser then located at Pleasant- ville, where he practiced six months in partner- ship with Dr. Keefe. He then removed to Buffalo Mills, where he now has a large prac- tice.
CHANEYVILLE.
Dr. J. C. Emigh was born in Martinsburg, Blair county, in 1831. In 1871 he graduated from the Eclectic Medical College of Phila- delphia. Beginning to practice at Roaring Spring in 1871, he continued there until 1874, when he removed to St. Augustine, Cambria county, where he remained two years. From 1876 until 1879 he practiced at Yellow Creek, Bedford county. In 1879 he removed to Chaneyville, where he has since practiced with good success.
CENTREVILLE.
Dr. Charles F. Doyle, of Certreville, was born in Morrison's cove, Bedford county ; edu- cated at Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pennsylvania; read medicine with Dr. M. L. Stehley, of Pattonville ; graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in 1880; settled at Centreville in 1881, succeeding Dr. C. P. Cal- houn.
CLEARVILLE.
Dr. Jacob G. Bruckman was born in Germany in 1800 and emigrated to America in 1840. In 1841 he settled in Salisbury, Somerset county, where he practiced medicine for twenty-seven years. Thence he removed to Monroe township, his present residence. Dr. Bruckman graduated at the city of Prague, in Bohemia, in 1831, and has practiced medicine. over fifty years. He married Miss Lindeman, and is the father of four children : F. D., a teacher by profession and a carpenter by trade ; Elizabeth (deceased) ; Re- becca, wife of Dr. Enfield, of Clearville, the present county sheriff ; and Martha (Delozier), Somerset county.
COALDALE.
Dr. E. P. Jenkins is a native of Wales. He came to this country in 1851, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession and as a coal operator. Dr. Jenkins came to this county in 1862. Since 1870 he has been exten- sively engaged in coal operations on Six-Mile run.
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GEORGE WOODS ANDERSON, M.D.
This prominent practitioner was born in Bed- ford, Pennsylvania, June 27, 1808. He was the eldest son of Dr. John Anderson, who for so many years was one of Bedford's eminent physicians. His mother, née Mary Espy, was a daughter of Capt. David Espy (who was the second prothonotary of Bedford county, having succeeded Gen. Arthur St. Clair) and grand- daughter of George Woods, Esq., one of the first justices of our lord the king George III. Dr. George, as he was familiarly known, re- ceived his education at the old brick academy at Bedford and the Dickinson College at Car- lisle. In 1826 he went into the office of the elder Dr. Watson. Completing his medical edu- cation at the University of Pennsylvania, he practiced medicine for many years in Bedford, but after a time was obliged to devote his time to the management of his estate. In middle age he married Miss Caroline Morsell, of Prince George's county, Maryland, who died in 1860.
· Two sons were the offspring of this union. Dr. Anderson was the last survivor of his family of his own generation, and "a worthy representa- tive of a worthy line." He was a most excellent type of the old-time gentleman, always courteous and considerate of the feelings of others. As a friend no one was more steadfast and true, and nothing could alienate him from those he be- lieved worthy. In his dealings he was scrupu- lously honest and his liberality was pro- verbial. He was a man of magnificent physique and fine presence, and, although not a large man, was possessed of remarkable strength. Except- ing to his intimate friends, he was uniformly reticent, but he had a warm, sympathetic heart, and those who saw him only on the surface little suspected the deep undercurrent of kind feel- ing, warm attachment and general solicitude which were the salient points in his character.
He died June 20, 1879, having nearly attained his seventy-first year, and was buried in the Bedford cemetery.
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Dr. James Henry, who for many years was the only physician of the eastern part of Bed- ford county, was a son of George Henry, one of the early settlers. George Henry was a Scotch- Irishman who came from Philadelphia and set- tled in the town of Bedford. He was a large owner of real estate and a citizen of prominence. He served as treasurer of the county for some years. His wife was a lady of Maryland birth and German descent. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Havener. The children of George and Elizabeth Henry were James, Alexander, George, Eliza, Rebecca, Mary, Jane and Sarah. Four are still living-George, Eliza, Jane and Sarah.
Dr. James Henry was born in Bedford, April 3, 1804. Early in life he evinced a fondness for study, and, entering the Bedford Academy, received a thorough classical training, which, added to the acquirements of later years, ren- dered him an accomplished scholar of thorough culture. In 1821, he began the study of medi- cine under the able instruction of Dr. William Watson (the first), in whose care he remained for five years. In 1826, he entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, where he com- pleted his medical studies two years later.
Dr. Henry settled at Bloody Run (now Ever- ett) in May, 1828, and entered upon his pro- fessional career. At that date the life of a country medical adviser was a constant succes- sion of hardships. The country was thinly peo- pled, and the inhabitants were poor. The roads were bad and all traveling had to be per- formed on horseback. For many years Dr. Henry's practice extended over large portions of Bedford, Blair and Fulton counties, and sometimes into Maryland and Virginia. He was sometimes without food or rest for twenty- four hours, and for much of his labor he received no compensation whatever. He continued to prescribe until the day before his death - a period of over fifty-one years. There are few. examples of a longer or a more successful pro- fessional career. His useful life came to an end on October 4, 1879, but his services will be long and gratefully remembered. He was kind to the poor and courteous toward all.
In 1848, Dr. Henry married Miss Sarah E. Smith, who survives him. Mrs. Henry was the daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (Piper) Smith. Her grandfather was Col. John Piper,
lieutenant-colonel of Bedford county during the revolutionary war, and the progenitor of a very distinguished family. The doctor found in his wife a worthy and efficient helpmeet, and from the date of his marriage prosperity attended him. Their married life was blessed with five children : James (deceased) ; George, now en- gaged in the hardware business in Everett, successor to McClure & Henry ; James P., in Idaho ; Wm. P. S., now practicing medicine in Everett, and Mary E.
Dr. W. P. S. Henry was born in 1857 ; studied medicine with his father ; graduated at Lafay- ette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1877, and received the degree of doctor of medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in 1882. Since he began practicing, his success has been very encouraging.
Dr. William W. Jamison practiced in this place about three years, commencing in 1865. He moved to Cambria county, where he died.
Dr. P. H. Pensyl was born and educated in this county, and read medicine with Dr. B. F. Harry, of Bedford. After graduating from the Jefferson Medical College he served in the army one year as surgeon. In 1865 he located at Everett, where he continued to practice until 1876, when failing health compelled him to cease.
Dr. S. G. Miller has been successfully engaged in the practice of medicine at Everett since 1874. He was born at Buffalo Mills, Bedford county ; educated at Mt. Union College, Ohio ; read medicine with Dr. G. B. Fundenberg, Cum- berland, Maryland ; and graduated from Belle- vue Hospital Medical College, New York city.
Dr. H. Howard Hill was born in Fulton county in 1844, and was educated at St. Vin- cent's College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He read medicine in Hancock, Maryland, under Dr. J. B. De La Plane, and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in 1867. Beginning to practice at Emmaville, Fulton county, he continued there until 1877, when he removed to Everett. His practice is large and constantly increasing.
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