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Dr. J. C. Hall located in Millerstown in 1881 and still continues to practice there.
Dr. S. R. Tekes located there in 1882 and still is there.
LIVERPOOL .- Dr. John W. Armstrong was the first physician to choose Liverpool as a loca- tion. He came there from Duncannon, where he had been in practice for several years, in 1824. He married a sister-in-law of Wesley Williamson, who still resides in Liverpool. After practicing in Liverpool several years he moved to Bellefonte, and thence to Carlisle in 1844, and thence, later, to Princeton, N. J., where he died in 1870. A brief biographical sketch may be interesting :
General John Armstrong, the grandfather of Dr. John W. Armstrong, helped to lay ont Car- lisle, in 1751, where he at the time resided. In 1756 he commanded the expedition against the Indian town of Kittanning (in what is now Armstrong County, of this State), which ended so disastrously to the Indians. Subsequently he became a member of the Provincial Con- gress, and later a major-general of the Reyohi-
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tionary army, and commanded the Pennsylvania Line at the battle of Brandywine. He had two sons,-Dr. James Armstrong and Major John Armstrong. The last-named son was the aide- de-camp of General Gates in the Revolutionary army, and afterwards the minister to France, and subsequently Secretary of War during Madison's administration. Ile married into the Livingston family, of New York, and his daughter is now the wife of William B. Astor, of New York City. Dr. James Armstrong completed his medical studies in Europe, and after his return to this country married a Miss Stevenson, a sister of George Stevenson, a dis- tinguished citizen of New York. He finally settled in Carlisle, where John W. Armstrong, the subject of this sketch, was born. Jolm W. Armstrong received his academical education at Dickinson College. He studied medicine with his father, and completed his professional edu- ration at the Medical Department of University of Pennsylvania. He was said to be a man of more than ordinary ability, and worthy of his distinguished lineage. He was a man of com- manding presence and possessed great grace and dignity of manner. He died at Princeton, N. J., in 1879, and was brought to Carlisle for interment. The Union Philosophical Society of Dickinson College, of which he was a mem- ber, attended his funeral in a body.
Dr. James 11. Case was the snecessor of Dr. Jolm W. Armstrong. He was born in the Wyoming Valley, February 14, 1801. He read medicine with Dr. Myner, then of Wilkes- barre, and came to Liverpool about. 1827, and remained there until he died, in 1882, at the age of eighty-one years. The doctor was well thought of as a citizen and neighbor. He was elected coroner of the county a number of times.
Dr. Fitzpatrick came to Liverpool in 1828. lle remained but a short time and moved to Buffalo City, New York.
Dr. Sheedle also located there about the same time, and remained but a short time.
Dr. French came there in 1831, but his stay was brief.
Dr. William Cummin located in Liverpool about the year 1830. He was born in Belfast, |
Ireland, in 1801, and was educated in Edin- burgh, Scotland, and in Belfast Institute, Bel- fast, Ireland, from which institution he gradu- ated. Ile was intended for the ministry. He came to America abont 1825 ; taught school in Juniata County, this State, for a few years ; studied medicine with Dr. Mealy, of Millers- town ; and graduated from Jefferson Medical College. Immediately after graduating he came to Liverpool and practiced his profession there until his death, in 18-16. He had a large practice and was a skillful physician. He was twice married,-the first time to Margaret Steele, of New Buffalo, by whom he had three children,-Thomas S., Rebecca I. and Margaret S. Ilis second wife was Mary Hart, of Juni- ata County, by whom he also had three chil- dren,-Hugh Hart, now presiding judge of the Williamsport Judicial District, Mary A. and Robert Irvine. His widow, past eighty-one years, still survives him.
Dr. Thomas G. Morris, of Liverpool, Perry County, Penna., is the grandson of Jonathan Morris, who resided in Washington County, Pa. To his wife, a Miss Kimball, a native of Würtemberg, Germany, was born, among other children, a son, William Thomas Morris, on the 8th of January, 1783. He died in Fred- erick City, Md., the place of his birth, in De- vember, 1836. He was by profession a physi- cian, served as surgeon in the United States navy and subsequently practiced for many years in Sunbury, Pa. He married Mary G., daugh- ter of Thomas Grant, his maternal grandfather having been Robert Martin. The children of this marriage are Aun C., born January 14, 1810, married to Albert G. Bradford, of El- mira, N. Y. ; Thomas Grant, born January 11, 1818, the subject of this biographical sketch. The death of Mrs. Morris occurred April 2, 18.12, aged fifty-seven years. Thomas Grant Morris is a native of Sunbury, Northumber- land County, Pa., and there received his early education, giving special attention to mathe- maties, for which he had a marked predilection. His first business experience was as clerk in a store in Northumberland, Pa., after which, in 1836, he joined a corps of engineers in Ly- coming County, engaged in constructing an
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extension of the West Branch Canal, and re- mained until the fall of 1837. After a brief period spent in pursuing his studies he became connected with a corps of surveyors employed on the Chambersburg and Pittsburgh Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Returning home, he assisted for a brief period in the work of the farm, and in 1810 began the study of medicine with Dr. John B. Price, of Sunbury, continuing his course with Dr. James Teas, of Northumberland. He was graduated March 7, 1813, from the Pennsylvania Medical College, Philadelphia, and in 18-46 settled in Liverpool, the interval having been passed in practice else- where. The principal portion of his life since the above date has been spent in the borough of Liverpool, where he soon obtained the confi- dence of the leading families of the neighbor- hood and made professional calls over a wide area of territory. He, in 1862, enlisted as assistant surgeon of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was assigned to duty as head of the hospital at Sharpsburg, Md. In December of the same year he resigned on account of ill health. During his period of service he was placed in charge of the wounded at Fredericks- burg and the sufferers from the field of Antic- taum, then at Sharpsburg. He re-enlisted, on the Ith of April, 1861, as assistant surgeon of the One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Regi- ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was dis- charged, after much active service, in Septem- ber of the same year. An interval of two years was spent in New Bloomfield as a physi- cian and druggist, when he resumed his prac- tice in connection with a drug-store in Liverpool.
Dr. Morris was, in 1845, married to Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Thompson, of New Buffalo. Their children are Mary, born June 25, 18 16, who died October 13th of the same year, and William, born April 1, 1851, married to Anna Fisher, of Beach Haven, Pa. Mrs. Morris died April 21, 1869, and he mar- ried, September 26, 1869, Anne E., daughter of Hon. Joseph Shuler, ex-member of the State Legislature. Their children are Sallie E., born August 20, 1871; Mina Maud May, December 29, 1879, who died September 1, 1882 ; and Frank Jeffers, October 16, 1883.
Dr. Morris is one of the oldest members of the Perry County Medical Society. A Demo- crat in his political views, he has served as chief burgess and held minor municipal offices. Ile was a member of Sunbury Lodge, No. 203, of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, from which he withdrew in 1817, and organized Perry Lodge, No. 259, of which he is a charter member, and connected with Perry Encamp- ment, No. 100, of Duncannon. He is also identified with the Masonic fraternity as mem- ber of Sunbury Lodge, No. 22, with Northum- berland Royal Arch Chapter and Vellerchamp Council, all of Sunbury, Pa. He is a member of Liverpool Lodge, No. 386, of Knights of Pythias, and has held high rank in each of these fraternities. He is also surgeon of Joli Q. Snyder Post, No. 408, Grand Army of the Republic.
Dr. John Wright came to Liverpool the spring following Dr. Morris' location there. Ile was a native of Juniata County, and studied medicine with Dr. Doty, of Mifflintown, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College. He remained in Liverpool until 1854, when he moved to Halifax, Danphiin County. He was killed there by the cars in 1859. He had married a daughter of Judge Blattenbergers, of Mount Patrick. He was one of the founders of the Perry County Medical Society.
Dr. John Rose came to Liverpool about 1848 and only remained a short time.
Dr. R. A. Simpson, now of York, Pa., prac- ticed about Liverpool after 1857 for a number of years.
Dr. A. A. Murray, formerly of Millerstown, came to Liverpool in 1876 and left in 1883.
Dr. George Motter also practiced in Liver- pool a short time after 1866.
Dr. George Barlow located there in 1875, and remaining there several years, was bought ont by Dr. James F. Thompson. Dr. James E. Thompson was born in Centre County ; read medicine with G. W. Thompson, of Mill Creek, Huntingdon County, Pa., and is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, of the class of 1863. Ile entered the army as surgeon of Sixtieth Regiment Ohio Sharpshooters, and continued in service until the close of the war in 1805.
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In November of the same year he located at. Three Springs, Huntingdon County, and re- mained there until 1878, when he came to Liverpool, where he still continues to practice.
Dr. II. F. Womer came to Liverpool in 188 1. lle was born near Mount Pleasant Mills, Union County, December 28, 1818; read medicine imder Dr. Nipple, then of Fremont, Snyder County, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1878. Practiced from time of grad- uation until 1884 at MeKee's Half Falls, Snyder County. He still resides at Liverpool.
DUNCANNON .- Dr. John W. Armstrong is the first physician of whom there is any record of having located in Duncannon. Ile came there in 1818 and remained there in active practice until 1824, when he removed to Liver- pool, among whose physicians he is more fully noticed.
Dr. Joseph Speck succeeded Dr. Armstrong in 1824. ITe was an adopted son of Frederick Speck, who owned land in the vicinity of Dun- cannon. He was educated at Dickinson College and took his professional degree from one of the Philadelphia medical colleges. He practiced in Duncannon until 1836, when he moved to Bloomfield ; practiced two years there and moved back to Duncannon, whence, in 1850, he moved West, and died later in Wyandotte.
There must have been physicians who were located in Dumneamon from 1830 to 18 10 whose names are not now accessible.
Dr. Philip Ebert came to Dincanon in 1840. He was a native of York County, Pa., and had graduated from the Medical Depart- ment of the University of Maryland. He con- tinned to practice in the vicinity of Duneannon until 1865, when he moved to Runyan, Ohio, where he still resides. He was at one time elected one of the associate judges of Perry Co.
Dr. A. J. Werner, of Reading, Pa., located in Dimnemnon about 1850. Ile had read med- icine with Dr. MeClellan, of Philadelphia, and graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Philadelphia. He immediately commenced to practice at Doneannon and con- tinned there until his death, in 1881. He died suddenly, having been found dead in his car- riage in the country.
Dr. Joseph Swartz, a son-in-law of Dr. Philip Ebert, settled in Dimcannon to practice in 1860. He studied medicine under Dr. John C. Me- Allister, of Fairview, Cumberland County, and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in 1857. Ile had succeeded Dr. Kleekner at. Grier's Point, and practiced there mitil he came to Duncannon, where he still resides. He has a drug-store in connection with his practice, and now gives his store the larger share of his at- tention. He was a surgeon in one of the Pennsylvania regiments in the late war. He is a member of the Perry County Medical Society and has been its treasurer for a number of years. ITe is also a member of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and of the American Medical Association.
Dr. W. W. Culver was a practitioner of med- ieine in Duncannon in 1860, as was also Dr. Frederick Noekel, a graduate of the University of Bonn. Both remained there several years.
Dr. IL. A. Boteler also practiced in Duncan- non for some years subsequent to 1862.
Dr. Noble C. MeMorris, a graduate of Penn- sylvania Medical College of the class of 1859, has practiced at intervals in Duncannon since the date of his graduation. He is now in active practice there.
Dr. T. L. Johnson graduated from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in 1868. After a brief practice elsewhere he located in Duncannon about the year 1870 or 1871 and has been in continuons practice there ever since. He is a son of the Rev. Dr. Johnson, of Lebanon.
Dr. A. L. Shearer, a native of Perry County and a graduate of the University of New York, class of 1883, Dr. John U. Habash, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1881, and Dr. IL. D. Reutter, a graduate of Jef- ferson Medical College of Philadelphia, of the Class of 1884, are all in active practice in Dun- cannon, and have been since dates of their grad- nation.
LANDISBURG .- Dr. John Creigh seems to have been the first regular physician that located within the limits of Perry County. He was a son of Judge John Creigh, of Carlisle, and was born in 1773. Ile graduated with honors from Dickinson College in 1792 and completed his
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medical course at the University of Pennsylvania in 1795. He commenced to practice at Pitts- burgh ; thence he moved to Lewistown, and thence, again, to Landi-burg in 1799. He con- tinned in practice there until 1819, when he re- moved to Carlisle to educate his children. He died there, November 7, 1818. His record is that of a successful physician for his time, and he was an honored and respected citizen in the several communities in which he lived.
Dr. Jolm Parshall seems to have succeeded Dr. Creigh and remained in practice there until 1825.
Dr. James T. Oliver, from Silver Springs, Cumberland County, practiced in Landisburg for five or six years, and returned to his old lo- cation in Cumberland in 1827. He was a prom- inent Mason.
Dr. Samuel A. Moore, a student of Dr. Ely's, of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, came to Landisburg about the year 1825 and remained there in practice until his death, in March, 1813. Ile had a large practice and was a successful physician.
Dr. Samuel Edwards located in Landisburg in 4838. Ile married into the family of Wil- liam West and in 1844 moved to Newport ; thence, after a short time, to Blaine. After practicing in Blaine a few years he left the county.
Dr. David A. Clugston-a Thompsonian in practice-came to Landisburg from Franklin County in 1841, and remained there until 1852, when he removed to Duncannon, and thence West after a short time.
Dr. James Galbraith located in Landisburg in 1813. He was born in Manchester, Pa., Jannary 1, 1799. Ile moved with his father's family to Ohio when he was a boy. In 1821 he began to study medicine with Dr. Mathew Steen, his brother-in-law. He commenced to attend lectures in 1824 and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1826. ITe commenced to practice his profession at Orbisonia, Huntingdon County, and later moved to East Waterford, Inniata County. While there he married a danghter of the Rev. Jolm Coulter. He then moved to Landisburg, where he continued in ac- tive practice until his death, January 9, 1872.
Dr. Galbraith was a man of sound judgment in his profession, and untiring in his attention to his patients. He took an interest in general affairs, and was an esteemed member of the community in which he lived. He was well informed on the questions of the day, and took a special interest in scientific studies. He was an able writer and a fluent talker.
Dr. W'in. Niblock was a cotemporary of Dr. Galbraith, in Landisburg. He was a native of Ireland, and finished his studies at the Univer- sity of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1813. He came to this country in 1821, passed an examination at Baltimore, Md., and located in Cecil County, Md. In 1827 he moved to Landisburg and re- sided there until his death, in 1859.
ITis son, William G. Niblock was born in Landisburg, and studied medicine with his fa- ther. He graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in 1847, and practiced in Landisburg until his death, in 1852. Win. H. Niblock, now of Philadelphia, is a son of Win. G., and is the only surviving representative of the family. The Niblock family, by reason of their intelli- gence and social talents, occupied a prominent position in the community in which they lived.
Dr. John F. Wingert, a native of Landis- burg, studied medicine with Dr. Clugston, and practiced in Landisburg and vicinity from 1851 to 1872, when he retired from practice. Ile still resides there.
David B. Milliken, M. D., is descended from Scotch-Irish ancestors. Thomas, his great- grandfather, settled in Cumberland (now ,luni- ata) County, Pa., where he engaged in agricul- tural pursuits. His son, James B., a native of the same county, was also a farmer. He mar- ried a Miss Boggs, whose children were Thomas J., John, James B., Joseph, Francis, Mary, Amelia, Margaret, Martha and Jane. Thomas .1., of this number, was born in 1794, in Juniata County, and there spent his life in the pursuits of a farmer. He was, in his political principles, am ardent. Democrat, and filled, among other offices, those of associate judge and county com- missioner. He married Rachel, danghter of Judge David Beale, of Chester County, Pa., and had children, -Jane, wife of William Neely; James B .; Mary Ann, wife of John Barnard;
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David B. and John D. The death of Mr. Mil- liken occurred September 19, 1876, and that of his wife March 20, 1848. David B. Milliken was born January 1, 1833, in Juniata County. After a rudimentary course of instruction at the neighboring public school, he entered and re- mained four years at the Tuscarora Academy, in the same county. He then began the study of medicine with Dr. Samuel B. Crawford, of McCoysville, and remained three years under
and of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society. He is connected with the Odd-Fellows' frater- nity, as member of Mt. Dempsey Lodge, No. 172, of Landisburg, and has held the office of District Deputy. Politically, as a Democrat, he participated actively for years in the work of the party, and was elected for the sessions of 1870-71 to the State Legislature, where he was chairman of the committee on contested seats, and served on other important committees. Ile
his preceptorship, meanwhileattending lecturesat the Medical Department of the University of the City of New York, from which he was graduated in 1854, having also received a private course of instruction under Dr. William Darling. He at once made Landisburg, Perry County, the scene of his professional labors, and has since that date been actively engaged in practice. Here his field has been an extended one, his thorough medical training having from the be- giuning ensured a successful career. He is a member of the Perry County Medical Society,
was, in 1862, appointed commissioner for the State of Pennsylvania to examine the hospitals connected with the Pennsylvania volunteer ser- vice during the late war. He has frequently acted as administrator, trustee and guardian, and filled other responsible offices of trust. In his relig- ious views the doctor is a Presbyterian, and member of the church at Landisburg. Dr. Milliken was, on the 23d of May, 1853, mar- ried to Elizabeth, daughter of Neal McCoy, of Juniata County, who died February 18, 1855, their only child being a daughter, Emma. He
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was again married, April 11, 1856, to Margaret, daughter of Daniel Okeson, of Perry County.
Dr. James P. Sheibley, a native of Landis- burg, and a son of Benard Sheibley, studied medicine with Dr. Galbraith and became an ahimnus of the Medical Department of Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in 1868. He acted one year as assistant surgeon in the United States army, and in 1870 located in Landisburg, where he still continues in active and successful practice.
LOYSVILLE .- Dr. Isaac Lefevre, a graduate of Pennsylvania Medical College, began to practice in Loysville in 1842 and resided there until 1855, when he moved to Bloomfield, where he continued to practice until 1862, when he was appointed assistant surgeon in one of the Pennsylvania regiments. After his discharge from the army he resumed practice in Bloon- field, and remained there a few years, when he moved to Mechanicsburg, where he took up the practice of homeopathy. He thence moved to Harrisburg, where he still resides.
Dr. A. E. Linn succeeded Dr. Lefevre at Loysville, and practiced there until 1857, when he removed to Shermansdale.
Dr. B. F. Hooke studied medicine with Dr. Leonard Henly, then of Blockley Almis-House Hospital, Philadelphia, and graduated from the Medical Department of University of Penn- sylvania in 1855. He came to Loysville in 1856, and still continues there in successful prac- tice.
Dr. C. E. De Lancey studied medicine with Dr. William Cisua, of Ickesburg, graduated from the University of the City of New York in 1878, practiced awhile in Iekesburg, and, in 1883, located in Loysville, where he still re- mains.
MARYSVILLE. - Marysville seems to have drawn her physicians from the neighboring towns during the carlier years of her history. Drs. Means, Rogers, Lewis Heck, Weistling, G. W. Graydon, Allman, Umberger, Mc Allister and Bashon, all physicians of the neighboring towns-Harrisburg, Rockville, Fairview and Dauphin-did the practice in and about Marys- ville from about 1830 to 1860. Dr. Heinsling then settled there, and continued in practice some
years. Dr. Culp came there in 1868, and Dr. A. J. Traver in 1870. Dr. Traver is a gradu- ate of the Eclectic Medical College of Philadel- phia, of the class of 1868. The doctor is still there, and a very prominent citizen of the place.
Dr. Geo. W. Eppley Jocated there in 1875, and still practices there. He had previously practiced a number of years in Elliottsburg. He is a grad- uate of the University of Philadelphia, of the class of 1864. He was postmaster of Marys- ville for a number of years.
Dr. J. M. Boyd, a graduate of the Ohio Med- ical College, of the class of 1880, and a native of Perry County, located there after graduating, and remained a year or two, when he moved to Cumberland County.
Dr. A. J. Van Dyke, a native of Juniata County, and a student of Dr. Grubb, of Thomp- sontown, and a graduate of the University of New York, of the class of 1883, located there the same year, and still continues there in active practice.
RYE TOWNSHIP AND SHERMANSDALE .- Dr. Frederick Klineyoung located at Key- stone about the year 1825. Ile practiced umtil his death, about 1816 or 1817. Dr. F. A. Koughling succeeded to Dr. Klineyoung's practice in 1846, and remained there until 1855, when he died.
Dr. John W. Crooks came to Shermansdale in 1851, md practiced there several years. Dr. Longsdorf emne to Shermansdale after Dr. Crooks left, and remained until 1856.
Dr. Kleckner, a German, had settled at Grier's Point abont 1853, and was found frozen to death in 1856.
Dr. Joseph Swartz, now of Duncannou, suc- ceeded him, and practiced there several years.
Dr. A. E. Linn came to Shermansdale from Loysville in 1857, and practiced there several years.
Dr. Fuget practiced in the vicinity of Sher- mansdale for a number of years after Dr. Linn left. A Dr. Agnew succeeded Fuget, and practiced his profession there until shortly be- fore his death.
Dr. J. P. Sheeder, who studied under Dr. W. D. Ard, of Bloomfield, and graduated from the University of New York in 1879, com-
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meneed to practice there the same year, and still continues there.
Dr. Edward Ebert was a practitioner at Grier's Point in 1855, and practiced there two or three years.
Dr. A. J. Herman, now of Carlisle, and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (class of 1821), practiced on the Perry side of Sterrit's Gap for several years, about 1850.
ICKESBURG. - Dr. Jonas Ickes is said to have practiced in Iekesburg and vicinity about the year 1820 to 1822 or 1823.
Dr. Thomas Simonton came there about 1830, and practiced there a number of years. His son, William, studied medicine with him, and succeeded to his father's practice. They all moved to Illinois.
Dr. Black located in Iekesburg after the Drs. Simonton left, and practiced there several year's. He moved to Cumberland County.
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