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Chet. I. M Antine
CHARLES J. T. MeINTIRE is the grandson of Thomas MeIntire. The latter emigrated from Scotland with his brother, who was fatally wounded during the battle of Long Island, one of the engagements of the Revolution, Thomas settled in the State of Pennsylvania, and event- nally located in Cumberland County, where he engaged in farming. He married a Miss Wil- liams, of Bucks County, Pa., whose children were James, Thomas, Josoph, William, Jolm, Benjamin, Mary, Elizabeth, Christina and one
berland and York Counties and president of the Perry County Fire Insurance Company. He married Miss Ann 11., daughter of James Thomson, of Carlisle, a lady of Trish extrac- tion, and had children,-Charles P., John T., Charles J. T., Mary W., Elizabeth P. (Mrs. Samuel A. Peale), Ada A. (wife of Rev. D. I .. Tresler), Clara V. and Benjamin P.
Charles J. T. was born on the 3d of January, 1830, in New Bloomfield, where he has resided during his lifetime. He began his scholastic
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course at the Bloomfield Academy, and at the age of thirteen entered Dickinson College, from which he was graduated in 1817, subsequently -pending a year in the study of the German language. Returning to his native place, he on- tered the law-office of his father as a student aud was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty- one. Hle has since been engaged in the active practice of his profession in Perry and the ad- jacent counties, where he has a large clientage and has established a reputation as a skillful, well-read and successful lawyer, having been for several years counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad. A Democrat in his political associa- tions, he has held for two terms the office of district attorney of Perry County and was clee- ted to the State Senate for the years 1868, '69, '70, for the district embracing Perry, Juniata, Mif- flin, Huntingdon, Blair and Centre Counties, where he served, among other important com- mittees, those on pensions and gratuities, judi- diary, local, cte. He is a member of Adams Lodge, No. 319, of F. and A. M., of which he has been twice Master, and of' Macinaw Lodge, No. 380, of I. O. O. F. He was educated in the faith of the Presbyterian Church, with which he still worships. Mr. Melntire was, on the 2d of June, 1866, married to Miss Marga- ret F., daughter of William Peale, of New Bloomfield, who died March 23, 1867.'
E. C. LoNa, EsQ.," received an academical education at Markelsville Academy, Perry County. After supplementing his education by a systematic course of private study, he entered the law-office of Hon. C. J. T. Melntyre and was admitted to practice at the January term, 1862.
He was elected district attorney in the fall of the same year, but in the September previous to his election he enlisted in Company I, of the Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. On his return from the service he resumed his practice and is now located at Liverpool, this county.
LEWIS POTTER, EsQ., was born in Buffalo
township on the 6th day of April, 1832. Af- ter receiving an academic education he taught in the common schools during the winter months and worked at stone-entting during the summer- time. In the year 1861 he began the study of law in the office of William A. Sponsler, Esq., and was admitted to practice at the April term, 1863. He was appointed notary public in 1866 and has held the seal continuously since that time. He was also district attorney from 1866 to 1869. Mr. Potter is a successful pension attor- ney and enjoys a large and lucrative practice.
MARTIN L. LIGGETT, a son of Samuel Lig- gett, was born November 10, 1839. He gradu- ated from Princeton College in the class of '64.
After graduating he went South as an agent of the United States Sanitary Commission, but ill health compelled him to return to his parents' home, near Ickesburg, this county. Upon the restoration of his health he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fourth Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, and was discharged with his regiment August, 1865, when he began the study of law. After reading one year in Pennsylvania he went West and was admitted to practice in Chillicothe, Mo.
He then returned and practiced his profession in Williamsport, Pa., for seven years, when he located at Newport, this county, where he ac- tively pursued his profession for three years more. ITis declining health again compelled him to go South, but he never entirely recovered. He returned home in 1880 and after a linger- ing illness, which he bore with Christian pa- tience, he died December 29, 1883. While his death was not entirely unexpected, yet it brought sorrow to his home, and took from our bar one of our most promising young men.
WILLIAM NEILSON SIEBERT is the son of Rev. Samnel W. Siebert. He was born in Centre township, Perry County, Pa., on the 28th day of May, 1848. He received a thor- ongh academie education, read law in the office of William 1. Sponsler and was admitted to the bar at the August term, 1869. His early training has been supplemented by close and systematic study. As a lawyer he has won de- served prominence and a large clientage. Mr. Siebert is a man of excellent social habits, thor-
Since writing the above, we learn that Mr. Melntire died at his residence, March 13, 1886, and is interred at New Bloomfield, I'm.
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oughly domestic in his manners and highly re- speeted as a lawyer and a citizen.
Ilox. CHARLES H. SMILEY was born at Shermansdale, Perry County, Pa., on the 9th of May, 1811; spent the time of his carly boyhood on a farm ; was educated in the common schools of Carlisle, Cumberland County Pa., and the academy at Bloomfield, Perry County, Pa .; this technical schooling he has supplemented with extensive personal studies of the more ad- vanced branches of learning, and has also found time in his busy life to cultivate a wide acquaint- ance with general literature.
During the War of the Rebellion he served in the Signal Corps, a branch of the regular service, which operated in the Shenandoah Valley and Valley of Virginia, under Generals Sheridan, Hunter and Sigel, and was honorably discharged at Winchester on 2d of August, 1865.
Ife was elected prothonotary and clerk of the Courts of Quarter Session's and Oyer and Ter- miner of Perry County, and filled those posi- tions most creditably from 1867 to 1870.
Having read the prescribed course he was admitted to practice law in the several courts of Perry Conty in August, 1872.
In the fall of 1880 he was elected to repre- sent the Thirty-first District, comprising the counties of Perry, Jumiata and Mifflin, in the Senate of Pennsylvania, his term ending with December, 1884; since then he has devoted his entire time and attention to the practice of his profession, wherein he has earned merited and marked success.
Ilis private life is pure, his friendships gen- erous, his nature social, and his keen wit and quick, though kindly, repartee make him the in- spiration of his cirele.
J. E. JUNKIN, son of Judge B. F. Junkin, received a normal school education ; was admit- ted to practice law at the October term, 1873. Hle and his father, Judge Jumkin, constitute the present law-firm of Jimkin & Junkin.
J. C. MCMASTER was born December 11, 1846, in Watts township, this comity. He completed his education at the Lebanon Valley College. He entered the law-office of Wm. A. Sponsler, Esq., and was admitted to the bar at the May term, 1874. He was elected district
attorney of the county in 1875, which position he held for three years.
ALFRED MILLER MARKEL was born in the village of Markelsville, Perry County, Pa., March 11, 1852. He graduated at Dickinson Seminary with honors in 1871. He read law with Hon. Chas. A. Baruett, and was admitted to the bar at the August term of the court in 1873, and died 9th January, 1881. His career at the bar, though brief, was eminently success- ful. He made rapid strides in his profession and soon acquired an extensive practice. Ile was a delightful companion, affable in his man- ners, genial and kind in disposition and gener- ons to a fanlt. Mr. Markel was a man of more than ordinary abilities, and his early death at the threshold of a career promising great success was deplored by an extensive circle of friends. He appeared upon the stage of life for a brief time, and while he was winning applause the lights went out, the curtain fell and the drama was ended.'
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WILSON LUPFER, ESQ., after receiving a thorough academie education, began the study of law in the office of Hon. C. J. T. MeIn- tire, and was admitted to practice at Angust term, 1874. He was a much esteemed and worthy gentleman, and his efforts in his profession be- spoke for him a successful future, but his health failed him, and he died on the 27th day of February, 1882. He left a widow and two children to mourn their loss.
R. HI. STEWART was born 23d of May, 1859. Completed his education at Bloomfield Academy. Ile was admitted to the bar in December, 1881, as a law student, from the office of Judge Charles A. Barnett. Mr. Stewart is the present district attorney, being elected in 1881, and is the junior member of the law-firm of Melntire & Stewart.
CHARLES W. RHINESMITH was born 10th of February, 1856 ; educated at Bloomfield Academy ; read law with W. N. Siebert, Esq., and was admitted to the bar December, 1883.
WILLIAM ORR was born 27th of November, 1858 ; educated at Bloomfield Academy ; read
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law with Judge Barnett, and was admitted De- cember, 1883.
GEORGE R. BARNETT was born - -; edneated at Bloomfield Academy; read law with Hon. C. HI. Smiley ; admitted August lerm, 188 1.
JAMES W. MCKEE was educated at Bloom- field Academy ; read law with Hon. William II. Sponsler ; admitted at August term, 1884. He is clerk to the present Board of County Commissioners.
J. L. MARKEL graduated from Lafayette College, in class of '79 ; read law with Judge B. F. Junkin ; was admitted at August term, 1884.
J. R. FLICKINGER was born the 19th day of October, 1851. After completing his prepara- tory course in Bloomfield Academy, he entered Princeton College, and graduated in the class of '77. He was principal of Bloomfield Academy from 1877 to 1881, when he was elected county superintendent. Refusing a re-election, he be- gan the study of law in the office of Hon. Charles H. Smiley and was admitted to practice at the Angust term, 1885.
Perry County, upon its erection in 1820, be- eauine a part of the Ninth Judicial District with Cumberland County, and so remained until, by the art of Legislature approved April 9, 1874, when a change of judicial districts was made, and Perry and Juniata became the Forty-first Dis- triet, and have so remained to the present.
The following is a list of the president judges and associate judges, with their terms of service, and a list of attorneys, with dates of admissions and name of preceptor :
PRESIDENT JUDGES,
Jolin Reed, 1820 to 1839.
Samuel Hepburn, 1839 to 1849.
Frederick Watts, 1849 to 1852.
James H. Graham, 1852 to 1872.
Benjamin F. Junkin, 1872 to 1882. Charles A. Barnett, 1882.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
W. B. Anderson, 1820. David Shaver, 1859.
Jeremiah Madden, 1820. Philip Ebert, 1861.
lohn Junkin, 1832.1 Isaac Lefevre, 1862.
Robert Elliot, 1836. Jacob Sheibley, 186 1.
James Black, 1812. lohu A. Baker, 1867.
I Served from August, 1832, to January, 1852.
G. Blattenberger, 18-1.1.
George Stroop, 1869. John A. Baker, 1872.
John A. Baker, 1849. John Rice, 1851. John Bear, 1874.
Jesse Beaver, 1852. Samuel Noss, 1877. William Grier, 1879.
George Stroop, 1852.
J. Martin Motzer, 1854. William Gladden, 1882. John Reifsnyder, 1856. Joseph B. Garber, 1814.
LIST OF ATTORNEYS OF THE PERRY COUNTY BAR FROM 1820.
John D. Creigh, admitted December, 1820.
Frederick M. Wadsworth, admitted December, 1820. Charles D. Davis, admitted September, 1821.
Benjamin MeIntire, admitted January, 1825; pre- ceptor, Charles B. Penrose.
Richard M. Creigh, admitted January, 1825 ; pre- ceptor, Jolm D. Creigh.
Edward B. Leonard, admitted January, 1825; pre- ceptor, Andrew Caruthers.
Charles B. Bower, admitted April, 1825.
Samnel Creigh, admitted January, 1829.
J. R. MeClintock, admitted January, 1829; pre- ceptor, Charles B. Power.
Samuel Ramsey, admitted April, 1829.
Abner C. Harding, admitted January, 1830.
Frederick E. Bailey, admitted April, 1839.
Joseph Casey, admitted January, 1839.
JIenry C. Hickok, April, 1841.
Samuel G. Morrison, admitted November, 1842.
Paul Corrigan, admitted August, 1843 ; preceptor, B. MeIntire.
Daniel Gantt, admitted August, 1843; preceptor, Joseph Casey.
James McFarlane, admitted August, 1843.
George W. Power, admitted August, 1843.
Mitchell Steever, admitted April, 1844; preceptor, Daniel Gantt.
John L. Gallatin, admitted April, 1844; preeep- tor, Samuel G. Morrison.
Benjamin F. Junkin, admitted April, 1845; pre- ceptor, Samuel Hepburn.
A. B. Anderson, admitted April, 1846; preceptor, Benjamin Melntire.
William A. Sponsler, admitted April, 1848 ; precep- tor, Benjamin MeIntire.
C. J. T. MeIntyre, admitted January, 1852 ; pre- ceptor, Benjamin MeIntire.
J. Don Carlisle, admitted Jannary, 1852.
William R. Shuler, admitted August, 1856.
Sammel B. Richey, admitted April, 1856; preceptor, B. F. Junkin.
John B. McAllister, admitted January, 1856 ; pre- ceptor, William A. Sponsler.
Charles A. Barnett, admitted August, 1857 ; precep- tor, B. F. Junkiu.
Roswell M. Russell, admitted January, 1858; pre. ceptor, Benjamin Melutire.
Rush T. Roddy, admitted April, 1858; preceptor, Benjamin Melutire.
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Henry G. Milins, admitted January, 1859; precep- tor, B. F. Junkin.
Joseph Bailey, admitted April, 1860; preceptor, Benjamin MeIntire,
John II. Arnold, admitted April, 1861 ; preceptor, Benjamin Melntire.
William M. Such, admitted April, 1861 ; preceptor, B. F. Junkin.
E. C. Long, admitted January, 1862; preceptor, Benjamin Melntire. .
A. IL. Burkholder, admitted January, 1862; precep- tor, Benjamin MeIntire.
Lewis Potter, admitted January, 1863 ; preceptor, William A. Sponsler.
David L. Tressler, admitted January, 1864 ; precep- tor, Benjamin MeIntire.
John F. L. Sal, admitted April, 1865 ; precep- tor, Benjamin Melntire.
John D. Nelson, admitted October, 1866 ; preceptor, W. A. Sponsler.
W. W. Whitmer, admitted January, 1867 ; precep- tor, Benjamin MeEntire.
Jacob Gantt, admitted April, 1867 ; preceptor, W. A. Sponsler.
Charles L. Murray, admitted April, 1867 ; precep- tor, Hon. B. F. Junkin.
James II. Grier, admitted Angust, 1867 ; preceptor, W. A. Sponsler.
Martin Liggett, accepted April, 1868.
Benjamin P. Me Intire, admitted October, 1868 ; pre- ceptor, Hon. C. J. T. MeIntire.
W. S. Milligan, admitted January, 1869; preceptor, W. 11. Miller.
James Il. Ferguson, admitted Angust, 1869.
W. N. Siebert, admitted August, 1869; preceptor, W. A. Sponsler.
Jacob Bailey, admitted October, 1870; preceptor, llon. C. J. T. Melntire.
Calvin Nelson, admitted May, 1872; preceptor, W. A. Sponsler.
Charles II. Smiley, admitted August, 1872; precep- tor, Hon. Charles A. Barnett.
A. M. Markel, admitted August, 1873 ; preceptor, Hon. Charles A. Barnett.
J. E. Juukin, admitted October, 1873; preceptor, llon. B. F. Junkin.
J. C. MeAllister, admitted May, 1874; preceptor, W. 1. Sponsler.
Wilson Lupfer, admitted August, 1874; preceptor, Hon. C. J. T. MeIntire.
William 11. Sponsler, admitted April, 1876; pre- ceptor, William A. Sponsler.
John C. Wallis, admitted April, 1876.
Theodore R. Long, admitted April, 1878; precep- tor, Harvard Law School.
Filhnore Maust, admitted December, 1881 ; precep- tor, Hon. William 11. Sponsler,
R. 11. Stewart, admitted December, ISSI ; precep- tor, llon. C. A. Barnett.
James M. Shull, admitted April, 1881 ; preceptor, Hon. William 11. Sponsler.
Edward Rheim Sponsler, admitted August, 1881; preceptor, William A. Sponsler.
C. W. Rhinesmith, admitted December, 1883; pre- ceptor, William N. Siebert.
William Orr, admitted December, 1883; preceptor Hon. C. A. Barnett.
George R. Barnett, admitted Angust, 1884 ; precep- tor, Hon. C. II. Smiley.
J. L. Markel, admitted Angust, 1884 ; preceptor, Hon. B. F. Junkin.
J. W. MeKee, admitted August, 1884; preceptor, William H. Sponsler.
J. R. Flickinger, admitted Angust, 1885; precep- tor, Hon. C. IT. Smiley.
CHAPTER III.
THE PHYSICIANS OF PERRY COUNTY-SKETCHI OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1
Ix the carly days of the county, when the towns and villages were small, and the country thinly settled, locations for physicians were few and far apart. A large extent of territory was embraced in the circuit of a physician's practice. The chief locations were Millerstown, Milford, Duncannon, Landisburg and Tekesburg, and a little later, New Germantown. But one physi- cian was generally located in each of these places, and on him devolved the onerous duty of giving the needed medical attention to the siek in his wide field of practice. His duties were certainly laborious, if not remmerative. That the physicians were appreciated and held in respect, however, is evidenced by the affection and respect with which our older citizens cherish the memories of their carly time medical advis- ers. At the present time, in addition to the above-named locations-with the exception of Milford, which has ceased to have a resident physician,-Liverpool, New Buffalo, Newport, New Bloomfield, Elliottsburg, Shermansdale, Loysville, Andersonburg, Blaine and Markels- ville all have become permanent locations for physicians, and some of them contain four and five regularly resident physicians.
It is proposed now to mention briefly the different physicians who have practiced in the
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county, giving as nearly a complete list as it is possible to make it with the data now accessible.
MILLERSTOWN .- Dr. Henry Bueke is the first physician of whom we have any record as having located in Millerstown. He was there as early as 1805. Dr. Samuel Mealy seems to have succeeded him, as there is no mention of my other physician locating there until Dr. Mealy came, which must have been soon after the War of 1812. He was born in the upper end of the county about the year 1793 or 1794. Tradition says he was very studious in his habits, carrying his books with him when about his ordinary avocations, when a boy. His father was a cooper by trade and his son worked with him. He studied medicine, and attended lectures. He was mastered into Captain More- land's company in 1814, and served with him on the Canada frontier. Tradition says he saved the limb, and probably the life, of an officer in the command to which he belonged, by refusing to agree to amputate, which the other surgeons insisted on doing. After his re- turn from the army he located at Millerstown, and remained there in successful practice until 1832. In the mean time he had married Miss Margaret Blaine, a near relative of Hon. James G. Blaine, of Maine. He left Millerstown in 1832 and subsequently moved to Brighton, lowa, where he died in 1881, at the age of eighty-seven years. Dr. Waterhouse was a co- temporary of Dr. Mealy. He practiced his pro- fession in Millerstown but a short time, and died there in 1821.
Dr. John M. Laird also practiced in Millerstown the greater part of the time from 182 1 to 1840, when he moved to New Bloomfield, among whose physicians he will be more particularly noticed.
Dr. MeNeal came to Millerstown in 1827 and remained there two years.
Dr. Shellenberger was the next physician who located in Millerstown. He studied medicine with Dr. Mealy in 1830, and after his studies were completed, commenced to practice in Mil- ler-town, and remained there five or six years. Dr. Isaac Snowden was the next physician, in order of time, who located in Millerstown. Ile deserves more than a passing notice. He was
born in Harrisburg March 4, 1791. His father was the Rev. Nathaniel Randolph Snowden, who was the first preacher ordained in Harris- burg. He subsequently became a professor in Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Dr. Snowden received his preliminary education at Dickinson College, and finished both his academical and professional education at the University of Pennsylvania. He was appointed surgeon of the United States army soon after his graduation, and was stationed for a short time at Sackett's Harbor. He was then ordered to join the army under General Jackson, operating against the Seminole Indians in Florida, and was assigned to duty at headquarters, and became one of General Jackson's military family. In 1823 he left the army, and shortly afterwards located in Mifflin County. Thence he went to Wil- liamsport, and remained there in the practice of his profession a few years. He then came to Millerstown and associated himself in practice with Dr. Mealy. After a brief partnership, the association not being congenial, he moved to Thompsontown, Juniata Connty, and remained there until 1830, when he returned to Millers- town. In 1832 he married Miss Margaret Bines London, and in 1834 moved to Hoges- town, Cumberland County, where he died June 4, 1850. Ile was the father of five children, -two sons and three daughters. . London Snowden, of Philadelphia, late superintendent of the Mint at Philadelphia, was oneof his sons.
Dr. John Irwin succeeded to the practice of Dr. Mealy in 1832. He was born in Union County in 1809, studied medicine with Dr. Van Valzah, of Lewistown, and graduated from the Medical Department of University of Pen- sylvania in 1832. Hle practiced in Millerstown and vicinity until 1840, when, with a view of relinquishing the practice of medicine, he moved to his farn. in Juniata County, to which he chiefly devoted his attention until the time of his death, in 1853. He was twice married, -the first time to Miss Stuart, and the second time to Miss Jane Bell, in 1838. He was the father of three sous and three daughters. Mr. J. II. Irwin, cashier of Newport. Deposit Bank, is one of his sous.
Drs. Kremer and Fugleman were contempora-
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ries of Dr. Irwin, and were associated in prac- tice. Dr. Kremer had studied medicine with Dr. Mealy and married one of his daughters. They remained in Millerstown eight or ten years.
Dr. A. C. Sices was born in Perry County September 18, 1814. Hestudied medicine with Dr. Whitesides, of Juniata County, and grad- nated at the Jefferson Medical College in 1836. He married a daughter of his preceptor and moved to Millerstown in 1841. Ile associated himself in practice with Dr. L. Stilwell, who came to Millerstown about the same time. This association continued for five or six years, when Dr. Stilwell moved to Ohio. Dr. Stees continned to practice in Millerstown until his death, which occurred December 23, 1851. Dr. Stees was one of the most prominent physi- cians of the county, and was held in great esteem by those who knew him, both for his social qualities and professional ability. He and Dr. Stilwell were among the founders of the Perry County Medical Society.
Dr. David Crawford settled in Millerstown in 1851, and practiced his profession there until 1864, when he moved to Mifflin, Juniata County, where he still resides. He is noticed more fully among the " Juniata County Physicians."
Dr. Samuel Stites, a native of Northampton County, was born June 23, 1816. He studied medieine with Dr. Wallis, and attended lectures at Jefferson Medical College in 1849. He prac- tired medicine the seven following years at Fish- erville, Pa. In 1856 he graduated from the Pennsylvania Medical College, in Philadelphia, and the following year located in Millerstown and practiced his profession there until the time of his death, March 28, 1882. He had been twice elected coroner of the county, and was serving in that office at the time of his death. I Ie was a surgeon of one of the Pennsylvania regiments in 1864.
Dr. George Stites, a son of Dr. Samuel Stites, succeeded to his father's practice. He is a grad- uate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, of the class of 1882.
Dr. S. T. Lineaweaver located in Millerstown in 1864, and remained there until 1877, when he moved to Hagerstown, Md. He was a grad- nate of Jefferson Medical College.
Dr. A. A. Murray practiced in Millerstown from 1868 to 1876, when he moved to Liver- pool,
Dr. Ellis Q. Kirk came to Millerstown in 1872 and left in 187-1.
Dr. John B. Oellig located there in 1877 and left in 1881.
Dr. P. Rundio came there in 1877 and left in 1880.
Da. G. W. Campbell located there in 1879 and left the same year.
Dr. G. W. Dean, a native of Perry County, and a graduate of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, practiced in Millerstown from 1879 to 1881, when he moved to Lewistown, Mifflin County.
Dr. J. I. Brubaker, a native of Maryland, und a graduate of Washington University, Bal- timore, of the class of 1874, practiced his pro- fession in Millerstown from 1879 to 1883, when he moved to the West. He had previously practiced several years in Markelsville. He was an energetic and successful practitioner, and was the first physician in Perry County to success- lidly perform the operation of ovariotomy.
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