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G. V. ALEXANDER was admitted to practice in April, 1885.
The following is a list of the president julges, associate judges, district attorneys and attorneys of Mifflin County as acenrately as they can be obtained from the records:
PRESIDENT JUDGES,
William Brown, commissioned November 14, 1789. Thomas Smith, commissioned August 20, 1791. James Riddle, commissioned August 20, 1795. Jonathan Walker, commissioned March 1, 1806. Charles Huston, commissioned August 22, 1818. Thomas Burnside, commissioned April 20, 1826.
George W. Woodward, commissioned March 30, 1841.
Abraham S. Wilson, commissioned March 30, 1842. Samuel S. Woods, commissioned December 1, 1861. Joseph C. Bucher, commissioned November 7, 1871. Joseph C. Bucher, commissioned November, 1881.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
William Brown, commissioned August 17, 1791. Samuel Bryson, commissioned August 17, 1791. James Armstrong, commissioned August 17, 1791. Thomas Beale, commissioned August 17, 1791. John Oliver, commissioned December 11, 1793. Joseph Edmiston, commissioned January 4, 1800. David Beale, commissioned March 17, 1800. David Reynolds, commissioned November 15, 1828. James Criswell, commissioned December 22, 1837. William McCoy, commissioned March 20, 1839.
Samuel P. Lilley, commissioned December 29, 1841.
Joseph Kyle, commissioned February 25, 1843. Charles Ritz, commissioned February 25, 1847.
Samuel Alexander, commissioned March 18, 1848.
Thomas W. Moore, commissioned November 10, 1851.
John Henry, commissioned November 10, 1851. James Parker, commissiened November 12, 1856. Cyrus Stine, commissioned November 12, 1856.
James Turner, commissioned November 23, 1861. Elijah Morrison, commissioned November 23, 1861. Ephraim Banks, commissioned November 23, 1866. William Ross, commissioned November 23, 1866.
Augustus Troxel, appointed Jannary 10, 1871. Augustus Troxel, elected November 17, 1871. George Weiler, elected November 17, 1871.
Samuel Belford, commissioned January 1, 1877.
Reed Sample, commissioned January 1, 1877. John Davis, appointed May 20, 1879.
John Davis, elected January 1, 1880.
William McMonegle, commissioned January 1, 1882.
Jacob Kohler, commissioned January 1, 1885.
Thomas J. Frow, commissioned January 1, 1886.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS FROM 1850.1
Joseph Alexander, elected in 1850.
William J. Jacobs, elected in 1:53.
Andrew Reed, elected in 1856.
Thomas M. Hulings, elected in 1859.
Thomas M. Uttley, elected in 1862-65. James S. Rakerd, elected in 1868. Horace J. Culbertson, elected in 1871.
William 11. Strohin, elected in 1874.
Rufus C. Elder, elected in 1877. Joseph M. Woods, elected in 1880, Allison W. Porter, elected in 1883.
I Previously deputy attorney-generals of State.
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ATTORNEYS.
James Hamilton, admitted December 8, 1789. John Clark, admitted December 8, 1789. Thomas Duncan, admitted December 8, 1789. George Fisher, admitted December 8, 1789. Thomas Nisbit, admitted December 8, 1789. David MeKechan, admitted December 8, 1789. John Cadwallader, admitted December 8, 1789. George Datfield, not given. David Watts, not given. Charles Hull, not given.
Thomas Burnside, not given.
Thomas Smith, admitted March, 1790. John A. Hannah, admitted March, 1790. Jonathan Walker, admitted March, 1790. Thomas Anderson, admitted March, 1790. Charles Smith, admitted June, 1790. D.miel Smith, admitted June, 1790.
Galbraith Patterson, admitted September, 1790. William Hannah, admitted November, 1796. Robert MeClure, admitted April, 1797. Richard L. Carmick, admitted April, 1797. Snnuel Roberts, admitted April, 1797. Blias W. Hale, admitted May, 1798. William Laird, admitted August, 1798. Enoch Smith, admitted December, 1798. Andrew Graff, admitted January, 1799. John Carson, admitted Angust, 1799. William A. Patterson, admitted Angust, 1799. Robert Allison, admitted August, 1799. Johu Shippen, admitted April, 1800. Andrew Dunlap, admitted April, 1800. David Irvine, admitted November, 1800. John Miles, admitted April, 1801. James Dunlap, admitted August, 1801. l'homas Genmil, admitted April, 1802. William Orbison, admitted April, 1802. John Wallace, admitted May, 1803. Alexander Lyon, admitted November, 1803. Jannes Orbison, admitted April, 1805. Walker Reed, admitted April, 1805. Isaac Brown Parker, admitted August, 1806. William Norris, admitted August, 1806. William R. Smith, admitted January, 1809. John B. Gibson, admitted January, 1810. George Ross, admitted Jannary, 1811. A. A. Anderson, admitted August, 1811. John Johnston, admitted August, 1811. William W. Potter, admitted May, 1814. Andrew Carothers, admitted May, ISI1. Daniel S. Houghton, admitted August, 1814. John Blanchard, admitted April, 1815. Thomas Blair, admitted Jannary, 1816. Robert Craig, admitted Angust, 1817. Benjamin R. Stevens, admitted November, 1817. William W. Kennedy, admitted January, 1818. James Me Dowell, admitted Angust, 1818. David W. Hulings, admitted Angust, 1818.
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Gratz Etting, admitted August, 1818. Mordecai Mckinney, admitted August, 1818. E. 1. Benedict, admitted Angust, 1818. James Steel, admitted August, 1818. John Tod, admitted August, 1818. John D. Mahon, admitted August, 1818. John Banks, admitted April, 1819. Samuel Alexander, admitted January, 1820. Barton MeMullen, admitted January, 1822. Ephraim Banks, admitted April, 1822. Abraham S. Wilson, admitted April, 1822. Andrew Walker, admitted August, 1822. Henry Shippen, admitted August, 1822. William Patton, admitted April, 1823. Thomas McDonald, admitted April, 1823. William Maclay Hall, admitted April, 1823. Thomas Knox, admitted January, 1824. James M. Bell, admitted August, 1824. Thomas Nixon Vandyke, admitted Angust, 1824. John Williamson, admitted August, 1824. Bond Valentine, admitted April, 1825. Robert Wallace, admitted November, 1825. E. L. Dunbar, admitted November, 1826. James Mathers, admitted August, 1827. Robert Fleming, admitted January, 1829. A. P. Wilson, admitted January, 1829. James Howard Penrose, admitted April, 1830. Thomas Craighead, admitted August, 1830. Charles W. Kelsoe, admitted November, 1830. Matthew D. Gregg, admitted November, 1830. Benjamin Patton, Jr., admitted November, 1830. Sammel S. Wharton, admitted April, 1831.
James Tracy Hale, admitted in February, 1832. Edgar B. Todd, admitted in April, 1832. John Hoge Waugh, admitted in August, 1832. William A. Rogers, admitted in January, 1833. Hamilton Sample, admitted in Angust, 1833. Reuben M. Hale, admitted in November, 1833. John McGee, admitted in January, 1834. James Burnside, admitted in January, 1834. Alexander Gwinn, admitted in January, 1834. James Vanhorn, admitted in November, 1834. Alexander B. Norris, admitted in April, 1835. George W. Harris, admitted in August, 1835. Edward Leavy, admitted in August, 1835. T. Carroll Judson, admitted in November, 1835. John P. Anderson, admitted in April, 1838. Thaddens Banks, admitted in Angust, 1839. Edmund S. Doty, admitted in November, 1839. Hugh Nelson Me Allister, admitted in January, 1840. John W. Shaw, admitted in January, 1841. Jannes A. Christy, admitted in April, 1841. William H1. Irwin, admitted in August, 1841. Samnel S. Woods, admitted in May, 1842. James K. Kelley, admitted in May, 1842. J. J. Maclay, admitted in January, 1843. A. Parker Jacob, admitted in Jannary. 1843. Thomas B. Campbell, admitted in April, 18-13.
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John S. McVey, admitted in May, 1813. Joseph Alexander, admitted in August, 1843. John Potter, admitted in November, 1818. J. Sewell Stewart, admitted in January, 1811. Panl Comyn, admitted in January, 18:14. D. Stewart Elliott, admittted in April, 1844. David AV. Woods, admitted in August, 1814. Adin W. Benedict, admitted in Angust, 1844. William D. Mel'ey, admitted in November, 1844. D. Cooper, admitted in August, 1845.
Thomas Montgomery, admitted in November, 1845. Robert G. Durham, admitted in April, 1846. John Williamson, admitted in November, 18-47. James Banks, admitted in January, 1848. Charles C. Spottswood, admitted in April, 1848. William J. Jacobs, admitted in April, 1848. George W. Elder, admitted in January, 1849. Samuel Hepburn, admitted in July, 1849. George W. Knox, admitted in August, 1849. Edward Blanchard, admitted in November, 1849. William M. Hall, admitted in November, 1849. Samuel E. Hench, admitted in January, 1850. N. B. Brown, admitted in January, 1850. Joseph W. Parker, admitted in April, 1850. Joseph Casey, admitted in November, 1850. William Dorris, admitted in January, 1851. John W. Scott, admitted in November, 1851. G. G. Williams, admitted in November, 1851. William S. Price, admitted in March, 1852. George W. Wollaston, admitted in March, 1852. Henry J. Walters,' admitted in August, 1852. William W. Barr, admitted in Angust, 1852. Charles C. Rawn, admitted in April, 1853. William W. Brown, admitted in April, 1853. HI. Bucher Swoope, admitted in August, 1853. Andrew Reed, admitted in August, 1855. William C. A. Lawrence, admitted in August, 1856. Lloyd W. Williams, admitted in January, 1857. Samuel T. Brown, admitted in January, 1857. Thomas F. McCoy, admitted in April, 1857. George S. Selden, admitted in November, 1857. William HI. Woods, admitted in November, 1857. Chapman Biddle, admitted in January, 1858. Jolin A. McKee, admitted in April, 1859. Thomas M. Uttley, admitted in August, 1859. Anson V. Parsons, admitted in April, 1860. James B. Belford, admitted in April, 1860. Cyrus T. Alexander, admitted in January, 1861. Jacob Good, admitted in April, 1861. William J. Chriswell, admitted in April, 1863. David B. Wilson, admitted in Angust, 1863. Ralph L. Maclay, admitted in Angust, 1863. David Sterrett, admitted in August, 1861. Thaddeus P. Stevens, admitted in August, 1865. Horace J. Culbertson, admitted in April, 1866. Adam Iloy, admitted in January, 5867.
I Rendmitted August, 1867.
Charles J. Arms, admitted in August, 1867. James S. Rakerd, admitted in August, 1867. John T. Nourse, admitted in August, 1868. B. B. Chamberlain, admitted in January, 1870. J. English West, admitted in January, 1870. G. W. De Camp, admitted in April, 1871. John T. MeClure, admitted in April, 1871. Charles S. Mark-, admitted in April, 1872. Albert WV. Potter, admitted in April, 1872. Thomas J. Smith, admitted in August, 1872. John P. Cronimiller, admitted in August, 1872. Adolphus F. Alexander, admitted in August, 1872. Lewis Potter, admitted in November, 1872. Charles Hower, admitted in August, 1873. E. S. Murtrie, admitted in November, 1873. William II. Strohm, admitted in November, 1873. John B. Kisinard, admitted in April, 1874. M. M. MeNeil, admitted in Angust, 1875. R. Bruce Petrikin, admitted in August, 1875. R. Milton Speer, admitted in August, 1875. Henry E. Shafer, admitted in August, 1876. Leonard N. Myers, admitted in August, 1876. George W. Sigler, admitted in August, 1876. Rufus C. Elder, admitted in April, 1877. George B. Orlady, admitted in April, 1877. A. M. Pfaler, admitted in April, 1877. Alfred J. Patterson, admitted in April, 1877. Lonis E. Atkinson, admitted in April, 1877. Herman HI. North, admitted in April, 1877. Allison W. Porter, admitted in January, 1878. George R. Elder, admitted in August, 1878. Joseph M. Woods, admitted in November, 1878. D. Smith Talbot, admitted in April, 1880. R. Jones Monaghan, admitted in April, 1880. P. M. Lytle, admitted in August, 1880. William A. Sponsler, admitted in November, 1880. Charles A. Barnett, admitted in November, 1880. J. H. Junkin, admitted in November, 1880. Charles J. MeIntire, admitted in November, 1880. Michael MeLaughlin, admitted in January, 1881. Mason Irwin, admitted in April, 1881. S. W. Allen, admitted in April, 1881.
CHAPTER III.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
Biographient Sketches of Early and Late Practitioners- County Medical Societies.
THE earliest history relative to the practice of medicine in this county dates back to the year 1794. At this period there resided in Lewis- town a physician known as DR. Beck. His
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place of residence was on the same lot where uow stands the Coleman House. After prac- tieing for some time at Lewistown, he removed to Perry County. Shortly after Dr. Buck's departure his successor appeared in the person of DR. Jons (Reicht, a son of Jolm Creigh, of Carlisle. Dr. Creigh lived in a house that. formerly stood on the site of the Francisens hardware-store. Hle later moved to Landis- burg and to Carlisle, and died at the latter
Contemporary with Dr. Creigh was DR. WIL- LIAM WATSON He was a son of John Watson, of Mifflintown, where he practiced a short time; removed to Lewistown and remained there until the year 1806, when he removed to Bedford, having become interested in the famous springs located at the latter place. Here he resided the remainder of his life and upon his death was succeeded by his son. (About 1790, DR. EZRA Dory, then a young man, and a physician, came to Mifflintown from Sharon, Com., and settled at that place about 1800. Two younger bro- thers, Roswell and Southard Doty, also physi- cians, came to Mifflintown, and soon after settled in Lewistown, where they engaged in the prac- tice of their profession. They each married a daughter of Jarman Jacobs. Dr. Sonthard Doty very soon after his settlement was taken with typhoid fever and died. Dr. Roswell Doty continued in practice until his death, in 1820. His only child is Mrs. James Parker, now of Lewistown.
Upon the departure of Dr. Watson, DR. JOSEPH B. ARD commenced practicing at Lewis- town. He was a son of Joseph Ard, who was a citizen of Turbett township, Juniata County. Dr. Ard remained in practice until about 1850. Hle afterwards moved to Philadelphia, where, in 1861, at the age of seventy-seven years, he died. His remains were brought to Lewistown, and were interred in the Methodist Cemetery of the place. During his practice Dr. Ard was quite successful, and at the time of his death had acquired the possession of considerable real estate in addition to other wealth.
One of the first physicians to settle and prae- tice in Waynesburg (now MeVeytown) was ELIJAH DAVIS, who came to the place about
1810. He was married to Rosanna, a daughter of Edward Dougherty. After practicing for many years Dr. Davis abandoned the profession, and kept the old tavern on the Diamond. Ile died in 1860.
AUGUSTUS CLEMENS EHRENFELD, M.D., long a practitioner in Armagh township, was born on the 16th day of May, 1771, at Heil- bron, Würtemberg, in Germany. Ile was edu- cated at the Gymnasium (High School) of his native city, and at Heidelberg, where he gradu- ated. Ile was a resident, for at least two years, at Geneva, in Switzerland, during 1798 and 1799. A passport was issued to him at Geneva under the authority of the French Re- public. This passport designated him as a pharmacist. He was in Italy at the time of one of Napoleon's campaigns and was a volunteer surgeon at one of the battles. Ile came to this country in 1805 and landed at Philadelphia on the 5th day of Angust of that year, but did not intend to make this country his home. He, however, commenced the practice of medicine in Philadelphia, but some time afterward he traveled westward through the State as far as Lebanon County. He there passed the year 1807, practicing medicine in company with Dr. Essig, at Fredericksburg (Stumpstown). There he met Charlotte Catharine Stitzer, who be- came his wife on the 5th day of January, 1808. They immediately went to Philadelphia and began honse-keeping with his father, who died in November, 1809. His marriage and his father's death set aside all thoughts of returning to Europe. He then gathered up what little was left of his father's estate and continued to practice medicine and surgery in Philadelphia till November, 1811, when he re- moved to Lebanon County. From thence he moved to Selinsgrove, in Union County, the following year. In 1817 he located in Mif- flinburg (same county), from whence he moved to Adamsburg (same county) in 1822. In 1830 he moved, with his family, into the cast end of Kishacoquillas Valley, in Mifflin County. He remained there, in the practice of his profession, till his death.
Dr. Augustus C. Ehrenfeld died January 23, 1839, in the sixty-fifth year of his age. His re-
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mains were buried in the Lutheran burial- ground at Old Salem Church, in Armagh township, where his widow was laid beside him in 1868.
SAMUEL II. ROTHROCK, M.D., was born in Dry Valley April 27, 1852, and was raised in Mifflin County. At the age of seventeen years he began to teach school. He taught four terms, after which he attended Kishacoquillas Seminary and there studied the languages along with the prescribed course of study. He gradu- ated in 1877 at that school, after which time he taught school three terms and studied Ger- man and read medicine during vacation and all other spare time during school-terms. He began the study of medicine in the fall of 1877, under Dr. Rutz, of Highland, Madison County, in Illinois. He read till May, 1878, when he began to read medicine with Dr. A. Roth- rock. Read with him from May till fall, when he took the principalship of the Milroy schools and tanght two years at that place. He again read medicine with Samnel Maclay, M.D., of Milroy, in 1879 and 1880. (Previous to that time he read medicine with Dr. A. Roth- rock, of MeVeytown, as already named.) In 1880 he went to Cincinnati and attended lec- tures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, and graduated at that place in March, 1882. Immediately afterward he located in Reedsville, in Mifflin County, where he still continues in the practice of his profession.
G. G. HARMAN, M. D., was born near Belle- ville, in Union township, Mifflin County, Pa., May 16, 1851; acquired his literary education at the Kishacoquillas Seminary, in Brown township, and at the Missionary Institute in Selinsgrove, in Snyder County, Pa. He com- meuced to read medicine with M. F. Hudson, M.D., of Belleville, Pa., in April, 1877, and graduated at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia on the 12th day of March, 1880. He soon afterward located in Allenville, where he practiced medicine until the spring of 1882, when he removed to Reedsville, where he still vonfinnes in the active duties of his profession. In the fall of 1882 he was married to Miss Eva Smeker, of Mill Creek, in Huntingdon County, Pa.
DR. JOSEPH HENDERSON was born in Ship- pensburg, Cumberland County, August 2, 1791. His parents were Matthewand Margaret Ii. Hen- derson. His father was a surveyor, and re- ceived his instructions under Colonel John Arm- strong. At the age of eleven years Joseph Henderson removed to Centre County. In the winters of 1812-13 he attended lectures at Jef- ferson Medical College, Philadelphia, of which institution he is a graduate. He also studied under the instructions of an eller brother, Dr. Johu Henderson, of Huntingdon Connty. It was while thus attending lectures that he re- ceived from the Secretary of War the appoint- ment of first lieutenant in the Twenty-second Regiment. He opened a recruiting-office, and in the spring of 1813 marched his troops to Sackett's Harbor, where they joined the main army on the frontier. In the fall of 1813 he was promoted to captain, and in 1814 was bre- vetted major, with the command of a regiment. During his military career he was engaged in the battles of Chippewa, Lundy's Lane and the siege of Fort Erie. After the close of the war he settled at Brown's Mills, where he continued in the practice of his profession until 1850.
He then came to Lewistown, and remained a citizen of the place down to December 25, 1863, when he died from the effects of injuries received fifty years before at Fort Niagara. Dr. Henderson was also, during his life, hon- ored with high civil positions. He was one of the trustees of the State Lunatic Asylum at Harrisburg. In 1832 and 1834 he was a mem- ber of Congress, and became intimately ae- quainted with the prominent men of the day, among whom we would meution Webster, Clay and Calhou. As a physician, Dr. Henderson ranked among the first, and in his practice met with great success. He was twice married,- first, to Miss Jane Maclay, a sister of Judge Maclay. After the death of his first wife he was married to Miss Margaret Isenberg in 1852. Of this last imion, their issue were James L., Joseph and William B.
DR. EDWARD BURRE PATTERSON, a native of Northumberland County, came to Lewistown soon after 1812, and began the practice of med- icine. Here he continued to reside to the time
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of his death, which occurred in 1828. Hle left no issue, and is buried in the Presbyterian Church-yard. He is still remembered by the older iuhabitants as an excellent physician and a man possessed of a jovial disposition.
ABRAHAM ROTHROCK, M.D., was born on the 19th of April, 1806, in Derry township, Mifflin County, Pa., and in early youth was rendered familiar with labor both on the farm and in the tannery owned and operated by his | his presence desirable. The largest share of
rock began his professional labors at MeVey- town, Mifflin County, where he has been actively engaged in practice for a period of fifty-five years, and still responds to the calls of his many patients. From the beginning his field of labor covered a wide area, his rides often extending to remote portions of the county, where his skill and large experience as an decoucheur and general practitioner rendered
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father. Ile received a thorough English edu- cation at home, with additional instruction in Latin and the sciences at the Lewistown Acad- einy, after which, in 1826, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Edmund Burke Patter- son, of Lewistown, and at his death became a student in the office of Dr. James Culbertson. He attended a course of lectures in the fall of 1828-29 at the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which insti- tution he was graduated in 1835. Dr. Roth-
practice in Me Veytown fell to Dr. Rothrock, though much of it has, with the advance of years, been relinquished. He still responds to the calls of his early patients, and is frequently summoned in consultation. He is a member of the District Medical Society, of the County Medical Society and of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, of which he was first vice- president in 1878, and has often participated in discussions before those bodies. During the late war he was appointed and held the office
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of surgeon of the board of enrollment for the Seventeenth Congressional District of Pennsyl- vania. The doctor has, in his political asso- ciations, been always either a Whig or a Republican, though never ambitions for official distinctions. His religions views are in har- mony with the creed of the Presbyterian Church, his membership being with the church of that denomination in Me Veytown, in which he fills the office of elder. Dr. Rothrock was married, on the 14th of May, 1837, to Phobe Brinton, daughter of Joseph Trimble, of Del- aware County, Pa. Their children are Joseph Trimble, Ann, Amanda HL, and Mary Mifflin, wife of David MeFarland, of West Chester, Pa.
Joseph Trimble Rothrock, M.D., was born April 9, 1839, at MeVeytown. After receiv- ing an academic education, he entered the Law- rence Scientific School of Harvard University, and graduated with the degree of "M.D." in the University of Pennsylvania in 1868. Com- meneing his practice at Agricultural College, Centre County, Pa., he removed, in 1870, to Wilkesbarre, Pa., and remained until 1877, making a specialty of diseases of the eye and ear. In 1864-65 he was associated with the exploration party of the Western Union Tele- graph Extension in British Columbia, and in 1873 and 1875 was botanist and surveyor to Lientenant Wheeler's expedition. He has been a member of the Canadian Botanical Society, the Boston Natural History Society, the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and contributed many valuable papers to medical and botanical liter- ature. Ile was one of the founders of the Wilkesbarre Hospital, and in the summer of 1876 successfully inaugurated a new idea in education by establishing " The North Moun- tain School of Physical Culture," in Luzerne County, for the training of youths. He eu- listed during the late war as private in Com- pany D, One Hundred and Thirty-first Regi- mont Pennsylvania Volunteers, was wounded at Fredericksburg and afterward made captain of Company E, Twentieth Regiment. Pemsyl- vania Volunteer Cavalry. Dr. Rothrock was, on the 2d of January, 1877, elected professor of botany in the University of Pennsylvania.
Ile was, May 27, 1869, married to Martha, daughter of Addison and Elizabeth May, of West Chester, Pa., and has had five children, two of whom are deceased.
The grandfather of Dr. Abraham Rothrock cinigrated from one of the Rhine provinces to America, and settled in Bucks County, where he engaged in farming and remained during his life-time. His children were eight song and two daughters, of whom Philip was born in 1757 in Bucks County, Pa., and removed to Derry township, Mifflin County, where he fol- lowed the tanner's trade. He married Martha, daughter of Abram Labangh, one of the car- liest settlers in the county. Their children were Joseph, Jonathan, Abraham, Philip, David, George and William ; also two daughters, who died in infancy. Philip Rothrock died on the 13th day of October, 1851, and his wife on the 22d of January, 1858.
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