History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Part 95

Author: edited by John F. Meginness
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk
Number of Pages: 1650

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and is a trustee in that organization. The Doctor is one of the original stockholders of the Williamsport Electric Light Company. He is an ardeut supporter of the Democratic party, and though not devoting much time to political affairs, he always manifests an interest in the success of the candidates and measures of that organi- zation. Dr. Nutt was married in 1876 to Kate E. Tubbs, of Lawrenceville, Tioga county, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of James Tubbs, of that county, and has two children: John B., and Abbie Louisa.

EUGENE B. CAMPBELL, M. D., was born in Tiffin, Seneca county, Ohio, May 28, 1850, and was reared in his native county. He was educated in the public schools of Tiffin, and completed his studies at the St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri. He came to Williamsport in 1869, read medicine with Dr. George W. Rittenhouse, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in the spring of 1873. Dr. Campbell immediately began practice in this city, in the office with his preceptor, and on the death of Dr. Rittenhouse the large practice of that gentleman fell to his care. He not only retained that practice, but extended it into a wider field, and is one of the busiest and most efficient practitioners in this section of the State. Dr. Campbell is recognized as an able, conscientious, and skillful physician, and is untir- ing in his devotion to the many duties of his profession. He is a member of Lycoming County Medical Society, and always manifests the deepest interest in the growth aud improvements of medical science. He was physician to the Williamsport Hos pital for several years, but resigned that position in the spring of 1892 to accept a trusteeship, and has had a wide and varied experience in nearly every branch of medical practice. He served eight years as pension examiner, four years as presi- dent and four years as secretary of the board. Politically he is a Republican, and has taken considerable interest in public affairs; his large practice, however, gives him little time to devote to political matters. Dr. Campbell was married Novem- ber 24, 1881, to Jennie P., daughter of Dr. Thomas Lyon, one of the oldest physicians in Williamsport. One child, Elizabeth P., has blessed this union.

HORACE G. McCORMICK, M. D., was born in Washington township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1850, son of Seth T. and Ellen (Miller) McCormick. His parents removed to Williamsport when our subject was a child, and he was edu- cated in the public schools of that city, and at Dickinson Seminary. He taught school in this county two years, and read medicine under Drs. Pollock & McVicker. He attended lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, from which he graduated, March 11, 1874. In April of that year he commenced the practice of his profession at Montoursville, and remained there until December, 1886, when he went to Philadelphia and took a special course. In April, 1887, he located in Williamsport, where he has since built up and now enjoys a lucrative practice. He is regarded as one of the leading physicians of the city, is a member of Lycoming County Medical Society, of which he was president in 1890-91, and 1891-92, and is connected with Lycoming County Anatomical Society. He is also a member of the State Medical Society, and is at present chairman of the committee on State medical legislation. He served as coroner of Lycoming county from January, 1876, until January, 1879, and during President Cleveland's administration he held the position of examining surgeon of pensions in this district. Dr. McCor- mick has always taken an active interest in the progress of education, and

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served as school director in Montoursville three years, and is now filling the same position in the Sixth ward of Williamsport. December 15, 1875, Dr. McCormick married Margaretta, daughter of George Hill, of Williamsport, and has three children: Martha; Seth T., and Dorothy. The family are attendants at the Third Presbyterian church, of which society Mrs. McCormick is a member.

HOWARD CHEYNEY, M. D., was born in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 29, 1854, son of George B. and Annie (Bailey) Cheyney. He was reared in his native city, where he attended the public schools, and graduated from the West Chester Normal School. He read medicine under Dr. Wood, of West Chester, and attended lectures at Hahnemann College, Philadelphia, where he graduated in 1874. He came to Williamsport the same year, and engaged in the practice of his profession, and is now the oldest Homoeopathic physician in the city. Dr. Cheyney has won and retained a large and lucrative practice, and enjoys the respect and confidence of the families with whom he has been professionally connected. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, also of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is med- ical examiner of the latter society. The Doctor is a Democrat, but finds little time to spend in public affairs, and though offered the office of coroner, his large prac- tice prevented him from accepting it. Dr. Cheyney was married in November, 1880, to Anna, daughter of the late Judge Samuel Linn, and has one child, Jean. The Doctor and his wife are members of the Third Presbyterian church of Williamsport.

JEAN SAYLOR-BROWN, M. D., was born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, in December, 1843. She is a daughter of Daniel and Catharine (Crouse) Saylor, natives of that county. At the age of nine years she removed with her parents to Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1854 they came to Williamsport. She took the degree of A. B. at Dickinson Seminary in 1862. She subsequently read medicine, and in 1874 she graduated from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadel- phia, and at once engaged in the practice of medicine in Williamsport. She has built up one of the most extensive practices of any physician in the city, and enjoys the respect and confidence of the leading members of her profession. She was one of the first physicians to take an active part in the establishment of the city hospital, and one of the first to contribute financial support to that institution. Dr. Saylor- Brown is one of the trustees of the hospital, also a member of the executive com- mittee, and much of its success is largely due to her efforts. She is a member of the Lycoming County Medical Society and of the State Medical Society. She is the wife of William D. Brown of Williamsport, and is one of the best known prac- titioners of the city.

JAMES L. A. BURRELL, M. D., who died in Williamsport, October 24, 1891, was born in Clinton county, Pennsylvania, June 30, 1847, son of Samuel and Lydia (Ilgen) Burrell. He remained in his native county until he was eighteen years of age, and received a good English education in the public schools. He afterwards attended school at Selinsgrove and Gettysburg, and taught one year in the latter place. In the meantime he had taken up the study of medicine, and after teaching one year at Gettysburg, he attended lectures at the University of Pennsylvania. He read medicine with Dr. Charles Horner of Gettysburg for one year, and with Dr. Frank Hinkle of Columbia two years, and graduated from the medical depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania in 1877. He at once commenced practice

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at Salona, Clinton county, Pennsylvania, but in 1879 he removed to Williamsport. From that date up to his death Dr. Burrell was recognized as a careful and con- scientious practitioner, and with the passing years he built up a large and Incrative practice. He was a member of the Lycoming County Medical Society, the State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association, in all of which he mani- fested the deepest interest. He was a Democrat in his political views, and served as a member of the city council. Dr. Burrell was married in 1878 to Margaret S. Swope of Gettysburg, and at his death left a family of three children: James; Blanche, and John Swope. The unexpected death of Dr. Burrell was one of the saddest events in the history of the medical fraternity of Williamsport, and his memory will long be cherished by his contemporaries.

EDWARD D. LUMLEY, M. D., was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, March 21, 1837, son of Patrick T. and Margaret (Dowling) Lumley, who came to the United States in 1850 and located in Baltimore, Maryland. Edward D. was then twelve years old, and he grew to manhood in Baltimore, receiving his education in the pub- lic and private schools of that city. He studied for a civil engineer, and followed his profession nine years, a part of the time in the construction of the Northern Central railroad from Harrisburg to Sunbury. He then concluded to turn his atten- tion to medicine, entered the office of Dr. J. W. Peale, of Sunbury, and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at the session of 1870- 71. Dr. Lumley commenced practice in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, in partnership with Dr. Peale, prior to graduating, and practiced alone at Northumberland three years, coming to Lycoming county in 1869. He located at Rocktown, south of the river, where he remained for fifteen years. He then removed to Williamsport, and enjoys a large and lucrative practice. Dr. Lumley is a member of the Lycoming County Medical Society, and has been surgeon of the Twelfth Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, for the past six years. Politically he is a Democrat, but takes no active part in political affairs. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum. He was married in 1859 to Martha Jane, daughter of his preceptor, Dr. J. W. Peale, of Sunbury. Four children have blessed this union: Joseph; Jennie; Annie, and Maggie.

WILLIAM M. DU FOUR, M. D., was born in New York City, March 22, 1840, son of Dominick and Amanda (Morgan) Du Four. He was reared in that city and edu- cated in its public schools, and served as assistant librarian in the Astor library for six years under Dr. Joseph G. Cogswell. In January, 1861, he went to South Amer- ica for the benefit of his health, and remained in that country six months. In December, 1862, he came to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, but left in 1866 and returned in 1876; here he has since resided. He studied medicine, and attended lectures at Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1880. He at once commenced practice in this city, and has since been engaged in the active duties of his profession, making a specialty of the diseases of women. Dr. Du Four is a member of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Pennsylvania, and is one of the representative practitioners of that school in this part of the State. In 1862 he enlisted in the Thirty-seventh New York Volunteers, and served three months as corporal of his company. In 1864 he again joined the army, enlisting in the Two Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was quartermaster ser-

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geant of his regiment. He is prominent in G. A. R. circles, and is Past Commander of Reno Post, No. 64. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is connected with the lodge, chapter, and commandery. He is also a member of the K. of P. and the R. A. Politically the Doctor is a Republican. In February, 1888, he was elected to the school board, and re-elected in 1891, and is now president of the board. He is a director in the Susquehanna Trust and Safe Deposit Company. February 1, 1892, he become a member of the firm of Harry K. Smith & Company, gents' furnishers. Dr. Du Four was married, January 3, 1866, to Mary, daughter of Mah- lon Fisher, of Williamsport, who is the mother of three sons: William, who died in 1889; Joseph A., and Charles F. He and wife were formerly members of the Third Presbyterian church, in which body he served as trustee, but they now belong to the First Presbyterian church.

S. S. KOSER, M. D., was born in Shippensburg, Cumberland county, Pennsyl- vania, April 9, 1852, son of Samuel and Mary (Deardorf) Koser. He was reared in his native county and the city of Philadelphia, and was educated at Pennsylvania College and the University of Pennsylvania. He read medicine under Drs. Alexan- der Stewart and William Pepper, and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1873. He commenced practice in Schuylkill county, where he prosecuted his profession four years, and then spent three years in Europe perfecting himself in the knowledge of medical science. In 1882 he located in Williamsport, where he built up and now enjoys an extensive practice in that city and surrounding country. Dr. Koser is a specialist of the eye, ear, and throat, and devotes most of his attention to that practice. He is a member of the State Medical Society, also of the International Congress of Oculists and Ear Sur- geons. He is a member of Ivy Lodge, No. 397, A. F. & A. M., and in politics is a Republican. He is a member of the First Presbyterian church, and a liberal sup- porter of churches and schools. Dr. Koser is a stockholder in the Demorest Machine Company, a director in the Royal Braid Works, and has large real estate interests in Williamsport.

WILLIAM H. RANDALL, M. D., eldest son of O. H. Randall, was born in Cogan House township, Lycoming county, December 18, 1855. He was reared in Will- iamsport, and after receiving a public school education he attended the academy in Oxford, New York. He read medicine with Dr. Thomas Lyon, of Williamsport, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1878. He commenced practice at Trout Run, and practiced at various points in Lycoming and Sullivan counties up to 1884, when he located in Williamsport, where he has since been engaged in the duties of his profession. Dr. Randall was married in 1879 to Miss R. C. Updegraff of Williamsport. She is a member of Pine Street Methodist Episcopal church.

LOUIS SCHNEIDER, M. D., was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, June 22, 1844, oldest son of Louis and Mary H. (Losch) Schneider, natives of Germany. Dr. Schneider came to Williamsport with his parents when ten years of age, and was educated in the public schools and at Dickinson Seminary. He then commenced the study of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine, at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865. In the mean- time he had seen nearly two years' service as medical cadet, United States Army, and served from 1863 until the close of the war in the hospitals of the

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Union army. After the war had ended he located in Charlton, Clinton county, Penn- sylvania, and there practiced his profession until his removal to Williamsport in 1884, where he has since continued in the active duties thereof. Dr. Schneider is a member of Lycoming County Medical Society, and was president of the same in 1888. He is also a member of the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He served as an United States pension examining surgeon during Presi- dent Cleveland's administration, and was a member of the Board of Health of Will- iamsport for one year. The Doctor is a stanch Democrat, and is now serving his third term as a member of the board of education from the Eighth ward, of which he was president in 1889. He is a member of Reno Post, No. 64, G. A. R., and is popular among the old soldiers of Williamsport. Dr. Schneider was married in 1875, to Jennie E., daughter of John H. Chatham, of Clinton county, Pennsylvania. One son, George Chatham, is the fruit of this union.

J. P. CONNELLY, physician and surgeon, was born June 20, 1859, in Cogan House township, Lycoming county, son of James and Mary (Clark) Connelly. His. parents were natives of Ireland, and emigrated to America in 1852. They settled on a farm in Cogan House township, where they died, the mother in 1874, and the father in 1889. Both were members of the Catholic church. They were the parents of four children: Mary, who married David McEvilla; Thomas; Anna, who married Delancy Smith, and J. P. Dr. Connelly was educated in the common schools and the Muncy Normal. He taught school for seven years, and in 1883 began the study of medicine with Dr. Nutt. He was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore in 1886, taking second honor in a class of 150. He at once- associated himself with Dr. Nutt, and has built up a Incrative practice. Dr. Connelly is a member of the Lycoming County Medical Society, and has been its secretary for the past three years. He also belongs to the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, is assistant secretary of the same, and is a permanent member of the American Medical Association. He is secretary of the Lycoming Anatomical Association, and is a surgeon of the Williamsport Hospital. Dr. Connelly was married in 18SS to Catharine Burrows; they have three children: Irene; James, and Joseph. He is a Republican in politics, and with his family belongs to the Catholic church.

G. FRANKLIN BELL, M. D., was born in Salladasburg, Lycoming county, Pennsyl- vania, September 27, 1860, son of Stephen and Amelia (Litzelman) Bell, the former a native of Frankfort, Germany, and the latter of Cherry township, Sullivan county, Pennsylvania. His father is one of the pioneer millwrights of Lycoming county, and has erected many of its oldest mills. He is a stanch Democrat, and has filled various offices in Mifflin township, where he now resides. The subject of this sketch was the fifth child in the family of Stephen Bell, and was reared in his native township. He attended the public schools, and afterward spent one year at Dickinson Seminary and two years at the Muncy Normal School. He subse- quently taught for three years in Mifflin township. He read medicine with Dr. Thomas W. Meckley, of Jersey Shore, and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1885. Dr. Bell commenced practice in Cogan House township, coming to Williamsport in the fall of 1886, and opened an office in Newberry. He enjoys quite an extensive practice; in 1887 he was elected on

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the Democratic ticket coroner of Lycoming county, and re-elected in 1890. He is now serving his second term in that office. Dr. Bell is a member of Lycoming County Medical Society, and has been a member of the board of censors for the past two years. He is also a member of the State Medical Society, and of the American Medical Association, and was a delegate to the medical convention held at Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1890. He served as a member of the Williamsport Board of Health for three years. Dr. Bell was married in July, 1885, to Minnie J., daughter of the late John M. Thomas, of Millville, Pennsylvania, and has two children: Stephen Roscoe and Warren Dalton.

THOMAS CARROLL RICH, M. D., was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, December 23, 1843, son of George and Louisa (Andrus) Rich, natives of Connecticut; he lived in his native city until eight years of age, and then removed to Rochester, Indiana. near Chicago, where he grew to manhood. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the Union army, and his regiment was assigned to the Fourteenth Army Corps, under General Thomas. He participated in the various campaigns of the Army of the Cumberland, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. He was wounded in front of Atlanta, Georgia, and near Warrenton Junction, Virginia, and was mustered out at Washington, D. C., after the great review in June, 1865. He afterward studied medicine, and graduated from the medical department of Georgetown Col- lege and the National Medical College, both of Washington, and subsequently from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He located in the latter city, and practiced his profession there until August, 1887, when he came to Williamsport, where he has since been engaged in the active duties of his calling. Dr. Rich was a United States examining surgeon for pensions in Philadelphia twelve years, and fills that position in Williamsport at the present time. He was appointed a surgeon on the . Philadelphia and Erie and Northern Central railroads at Williamsport, January 1, 1888, and has since filled that position. During his residence in Philadelphia he was on the staff of the Howard Hospital for many years. He is a member of Lycoming County Medical Society, and is also a member of the State Medical Society. Dr. Rich was married in 1874 to Sallie J. Howard, of Philadelphia, and has four children: Charles O'Neil; Mary A .; Susie, and Louise. The family are members of the Second Presbyterian church, and the Doctor is connected with the Masonic fraternity.

JOHN A. KLUMP, M. D., was born in Tioga county, Pennsylvania, June 15, 1856, son of Charles F. and Annie Elizabeth (Sebastian) Klump, natives of Germany, who settled in Tioga county. His mother died in 1876, and his father is a retired farmer living in Delaware. Dr. Klump is the youngest of seven children, and remained in his native county until nine years of age, when he went to Dover, Delaware. He was educated at the Dover high school, and afterwards took a special course of studies at Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport. He commenced the study of dentistry with his brother, Dr. G. W. Klump, in 1877, and at the same time was engaged in reading medicine. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1880 from the dental department and the following year he graduated from the medical department of that institution. Dr. Klump com- menced practice in Harrington, Delaware, and remained there six years, when he returned to the University of Pennsylvania, and took a course in its post graduate

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department, afterwards coming to Williamsport in the spring of 1887. In the past five or six years he has built up a good practice, and enjoys the confidence of the families to whom he ministers the healing art. He is a member of the Lycoming County Medical Society, and served as its treasurer for two years; he is also a member of the State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and the West Branch Valley Medical Association. He is a Republican in politics, but takes no active part in public affairs. Dr. Klump was married in 1890 to Amanda L. Wolcott, of Harrington, Delaware. He and wife are members of Mulberry Street Methodist Episcopal church.

CHARLES W. YOUNGMAN, physician and surgeon, is a native of Lycoming county, and a son of George W. Youngman. He was educated in the Williamsport high school and Dickinson Seminary. He read medicine with Dr. William Hull, and was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1883. After serving one year as resident physician in the Jefferson Medical Hospital he came to Will- iamsport, where he has since followed his profession. He is a member of Lycoming County Medical Society, and is one of the surgeons of the Williamsport Hospital. Dr. Youngman is married to Margaret, daughter of John Porter, proprietor of the Eagle Hotel; they are the parents of one child, Rachel P.

CHARLES D. HUNT, M. D., was born in Milford, New Jersey, March 23, 1863, son of John H. and Elizabeth (Johnson) Hunt, now residents of Williamsport. When our subject was five years old his parents removed to Lnzerne county, Pennsyl- vauia, where he grew to manhood. He received a public school education, and was then engaged in business for four years, after which he learned the machinist's trade. In 1880 he came with his parents to Williamsport, which he has since made his home. His father is a member of the lumber firm of Strong, Deemer & Com- pany. Dr. Hunt read medicine with Dr. Doane, and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania iu 1887. He immediately began practice in this city, and has since built up quite a lucrative professional business. He is a specialist of the eye, ear, and throat, and keeps fully abreast with the latest discoveries in medical science. He is a member of the State Medical Society. Dr. Hunt was married in 1889 to Marie, daughter of August Schumann, of Williams- port, and has one daughter, Helen. He is a member of the First Presbyterian church, and an active adherent of the Republican party.

DAVID WALTER SPENCE, M. D., was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, March 22, 1864, son of David and Margaret (McLaren) Spence, who are now residents of Williamsport. At the age of twelve years he left his native place and went to Bos- ton, Massachusetts, and graduated from the Boston high school at the age of four- teen. He then entered the drug store of J. T. Brown & Company, with whom he remained four years, and graduated from the College of Pharmacy in Boston. He subsequently entered the McLean Insane Asylum as apothecary and medical student and remained there two years; he next entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- phia, where he took a two years' course. He engaged in the practice of medicine at Hazelton, Pennsylvania, and after practicing two years returned to Jefferson Medical College and was graduated in 1888. He located at Valatie, New York, and practiced there until November 1, 1889, when he came to Williamsport, where he has since continued in the duties of his profession. He enjoys a good practice,

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History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Part 95

Author: edited by John F. Meginness Publication date: 1892 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk Number of Pages: 1650

Author: edited by John F. Meginness
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk
Number of Pages: 1650