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he visited Allentown, and on the 8th of that month was, on motion of Hon. S. A. Bridges, admitted as a member of the Lehigh County bar. He took up his permanent residence in Allentown, Jan. 1, 1866, and commenced to practice his profession in the office of Hon. S. A. Bridges. By reason of his favorable intro- duction to the people of this county, and because he gave all of his attention without interruption to his profession, he soon acquired a lucrative practice, which has increased with his age and experience. Nor is his practice confined to the limits of his county ; he is frequently called to assist in the argu- ment and trial of cases in adjoining counties and in the Supreme Court of the State, as well as in the Federal courts.
A pronounced Democrat, our subject has taken no greater part in politics than a good citizen should and an able speaker is compelled to. While indiffer- ent to personal political preferment, he has earnestly desired that the principles of his party might prevail, and has not been negligent of efforts in behalf of their advancement. His legal ability received a fitting recognition when he was chosen a member of the Con- stitutional Convention of 1873, being elected from the Senatorial District composed of Lehigh and Car- bon Counties. He served creditably to himself and ceustituents, and was a member of the Committee on Corporations.
In March, 1877, the First National Bank of Allen- town was compelled to suspend, through the failure of W. H. Blumer & Co., bankers. The board of di- rectors was reorganized, and Mr. Harvey was chosen president. His position was a responsible and delicate one. Through his efforts the creditors and stockhold- ers had secured to them large sums of money, and the assets of the bank were made to realize very hand- somely. He remained in charge until June, 1878.
June 14, 1878, Mr. Harvey was appointed president judge of the Thirty-first Judicial District of Pennsyl- vania, composed of the county of Lchigh, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Longaker.
He held the position until the close of the unexpired term, which was the first Monday in Jannary, 1879. His experience at the bar, and his familiarity with the principles and decisions of his profession, enabled him to fill the place with great satisfaction to the bar and to the public. His appointment was a gratifying com- pliment, as it came from a Republican Governor,- John F. Hartranft.
Since his retirement from the bench he has vigor- ously pursued the practice of his profession. In 1878 he was asked to accept a nomination as an independ- ent candidate for president judge of his adopted county, but peremptorily declined the use of his name. Again, in 1879, he was asked to accept the independent candidacy for judge of the courts of Berks County, but declined that also. In 1882 he was waited upon by a committee of the judicial conferees of Dauphin and Lebanon Counties, and was asked to permit his name
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to be used for the Democratic nomination. This also was declined by him.
Upon April 9, 1884, Judge Harvey was chosen by the Democratic State Convention to represent the Tenth Congressional Distriet in the Democratic Na- tional Convention, to be held in Chicago, July 8, 1884.
Following are the names of all the attorneys ad- mitted to practice in Lehigh County : 1
Henry Wilson. Dec. 21, 1812
Eli G. Schwartz ..... April 6, 1868
John Ewing. 21, 1812
David Roper. 13, 1868
Frederick J. Heller. "
22, 1812 : 11. C. Imisberger ... 15, 1868
llenry King May
15, 1815 : Wm. 11. Glace 13, 1868
Charles Davis ..... .Feb. 8, 1817
Samnel A. Buttz ... . June 11, 18G8
John Evans ... 3, 1819
Samnel Rnok ......... May
4, 1819 . George H !. Rupp ..... Sept. 8, 1868
Jolin D. Roney. ...... ..
4. 1819
. R. E. Wright, Jr .... " 8, 1868
Jolin § Gibbons ...... Feb. 2, 1824
Henry Jarrett ......... Nuv.
29, 1824
Joseph Hunter ......
June
18, 1869
John J. Wurtz ........ Aug.
30, 1825
William S. Young ... Sept. 8, 1869
Andrew L. King# .... Sept.
5,1826
Jno. S. Mr Farland® .. Dec.
Silas Il. Hickox ? ......
Sammel A. Bridges .. Feb.
John W. Hornbeck ... May lesse W. Griffith *... "
Phaon Jarrett#. ...... Sept.
1, 1835
larry F. Kramer ... " 3, 1874
1,1836
3, 1838
1. M. MeClure ........ May 4,1875
5, 1838
Willis J. Forrest ..... Sept. 16, 1875
30, 18.1-4
Nathaniel M. Orr ... Nov. 8,1875
2, 1844
Oscar E. Holman ... April 11, 1876
William P. Miller *.. «
3, 1844
M. C. L. Kline ........ June 6, 1876
Nathan Millers ..
6, 1844
John M. Kessler ..... " 6, 1876
5, 1845
M. C. Ilenninger .... Sept.
5,1876 3, 1877
Charles M. Runk .... Ang. Charles W. Cooper .. June
Jutnes S. Reese .....
-, 18.19
22, 1877 7,1878
Eilmund J. Moore ... Dec.
4,1819
Henry W. Ross ......
Albert J. Erdman ...
James L. Schaadt ... April
A. B Longaker ...... July
9, 1878
Adıum Woolevert ... April
9, 1855
16, 1835
W. Lichtenwallner. «
3, 1856
E. R. Lichtenwallner Jan. 9, 1880
William II. Aiuey ... Jun.
6, 1857
Allen 11. Facht ...... April 12, 1880
George B. Scholl ..... "
6, 1857
Morris J. Hoats ...... June 7, 1880
A. B. Schwartz ....... "
16, 1859
S. S. Puffy
7, 1880
R. Clay Ilamersly ... "
16, 1859
Henny J. German ... Nov.
9, 1880 3,1881 3, 1881
Arnold C. Lewis *... Ang. Robert S. Leyburn *. April A. W. Twyboru# ....
8, 1861 8, 1861
1. M. Wright ......... April 11, 1881
Henry A. Biglert ... 16
7, 1562
F. G. W. Runk ...... June
6, 1881 12, 1881
Edwin Allrights
Jacob S. Dillingers. .6
Thos. B. Metzgert ... 44
F. A. K. Baldwin ... Aug. Mahlon HI. Biery .... Nov. Wm. II. Suwden ..... Sept.
7, 1862 7,1863 9, 1863 6, 1861 3, 1865
E. II. Reninger ...... =
Jabn Rupp ............ Nov.
Edward Harvey .....
8,1865
II. A. Weller Enos F. Erdman ..... Nov. 6, 1882 21, 1882
levi Smover ....... .July
1, 1567 1. 1:47
Jonas F. Iline .. 1;u. 80, 1885
Henry > lloyd ...... Oet.
28. 167
1. 1. lachtonwallner. " 30, 1883
Const. J. Erdman ... Oet.
28, 1867
CHAPTER X.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
Biographical Sketches-The Old Homwopathie College-Medical Societies.
The earliest trustworthy information concerning practitioners of medicine in Lehigh County comes
1 It must be borne in mind that quite a number of those whose nunie's appear here were non-residents, and only obtained admission for the trial of special cases. Those who have been thus admitted are marked with an asterisk (4).
down to the present generation in one of the official documents of Northampton County, nearly a cen- tury and a quarter old. This is an assessment-roll which shows that in 1763 three physicians resided in that part of Northampton which now constitutes Lehigh County. These were Dr. Gottfried Bolzius, of Northampton Town ( Allentown), Dr. Carl Fred- erick Martens,2 of Macungie, and another, unnamed, in Upper Saucon. Dr. Jolm Hertzogh owned prop- erty in Weissenberg between the years 1763 and 1769, but nothing can be learned of him further than that fact. He certainly did not reside there in 1763, and it is doubtful if he ever did.
Dr. Bolzius, as one of the pioneer settlers of the infant Allentown, evidently found the practice of medicine an insufficient staff, for in 1766 he was in possession of " the shop and beer-house" which had previously been assessed as the property of David Deshler. Thus combining the avocations and the emoluments of publiean and physician he was en- abled to make a living at least, and we find him a resident of the little village as late as 1782. He had at least one patient of high degree, who was ailing with a most malignant disease, for when Governor James Hamilton was at Easton, he eame to him to be treated for the cure of a cancer.
Dr. Felix Linn was a resident of what is now Lower Milford township some time prior to 1784, as in that year he sold a farm of one hundred and fifty- five acres, which "he bought of his father, Peter Linn, several years previous." This farm, on which he doubtless resided, was situated on the Hosensack Hill, abont a mile south of the home of Dr. John H. Dickenshied.
A remarkable example of the heredity of inclina- tion and pursuit is afforded by the Martin family, in which there have been five successive generations of physicians, counting from Christian Frederick Martin, who was one of the very earliest practitioners in Lehigh County.
Christian Frederick Martin, the progenitor of the family in America, was born in Pressia, Dec. 22, 1727, and was the son of a Lutheran elergyman, who was a man of eminence outside of the ministry, and at one time a member of the higher courts or cabinet. He received collegiate and medical education in Berlin, and very soon after graduating from the University of Medicine, he came to America with the Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and others, and settled at the Trappe, in Montgomery County, previously, however, traveling over Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. He married at the Trappe a Miss Schwartz, the daugh- ter of a clergyman, and entered upon the practice of his profession. His wife died after she had become the mother of six children, -Frederick, Jolm, Samuel, Elizabeth, Ellen, and Mary. The oldest son removed to Otsego County, N. Y., and died there, and the
" The name should have been Christian Frederick Martin.
Elisha Forrest ........ l'eb. William S. Marx .... "
Henry W. Bonsalls. 4
2, 1852
4, 1854
13, 1854
Charles S. Runk ..... " larry G. Stiles ....... April 14, 1879 J. L. Marsteller ...... Sept.
1,1879 1,1879
Uriah Brunet ..... Ang. John 11. Oliver .... . Nov.
11. 11. Schwartz ..... May
5, 1858
John D. Ulrich ...... " 7, 1880
10, 1859
Thomas F. Gross ...... lan. William J. Stein ..... "
Evan lolben*
7, 1862
Philip MeNulty ...... Sept.
T. F'. Dietenderfer .... " 12, 188]
7, 1×62
7.1862
F. M. Trexler ......... April 10, 1882 E. F. Shock. ...... June 5, 1882 Henry J. Oneil ....... Sept. A. P. Crilly .. ... 6, 1882 6, 1882 6, 1882
28, 1878 10, 1878 1, 1878
Gilbert G. Gibbons *. Sept. Jas. R. Stinthers *... Nuv.
6, 1846
W. H. Muschlitz ....
31, 1846
Edwin 1. Stine ...... =
5,1877
24, 1847
A. G. Dewalt ... 22, 1877
J. De P'ny Davis ..... Sept.
3, 1849
Thomas J Foley ..... Oct. R. A. B. Hansman ... Jan.
17,1878
Silas E. Buzzard ..... May
Robert S Browns ... Feb.
3, 1830
E. A. Muhlenberg .. March 3, 1873 K. C. Lochman ....... June 3, 1874
William P. Spyder .. " 4,1874
Peter Wyckoff ........ Sept.
Robert K. Wright ... "
JI. C. Longnecker ... Jan. John D. Stiles ........ Sept
3, 1827 1, 1829
George K. Wilson ... Dec. 12, 1870
1, 1830 | James B. Deshler ... Nov. 6, 1871
7, 1834
James S. Biery. 8, 1868
.1. Winslow Wood ... Nov., 1.869
M. L. Kauffman ..... April 5, 1870
Aug. F. Boax *........ Feb.
5, 1950
5, 1850
31. E. Schaudt. 21, 1892
Wis 11. Deshler ... Sept.
W. D. Lnekenbach. Ang. 3. 1868
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other two sons passed the whole of their lives in Montgomery County. Elizabeth married a Mr. Egner, and Ellen a Mr. Hartzell, while Mary became the wife of a Mr. Dickenshied, and was the mother of Dr. Charles F. Diekenshied. Dr. Martin married as his second wife Mary Miller, the daughter of a tavern- keeper at the Trappe. Soon after this marriage Mr. Miller, learning of a tract of land in Macungie town- ship which was to be offered at public sale, advised his daughter to purchase it. She rode on horseback to the farm (near Emaus) on the day appointed, and made the purchase. To this place Dr. Martin and his wife moved about 1762, and there all of their children were born. These were Andrew, Jacob, George, Charles H., Peter, and Anna (who married Peter Bright). Four of the sons beeame physicians, and we shall presently have more to say of them. Dr. Christian F. Martin practiced medicine in Ma- cungie and the surrounding country until near the close of his life, his " ride" covering Lehigh County, and extending far into Montgomery, Bucks, North- ampton, and what is now Carbon County. He edu- cated his sons in medicine by lectures on anatomy, illustrated by Eustache's plates, and others on sur- gery, obstetrics, practice, materia medica, and botany. He was a finished scholar, owned a large library, and was fond of teaching and demonstrating. He died on the 13th of June, 1812, aged eighty-four years, and was buried in the graveyard of the Little Lehigh Church, beyond Millerstown (now Macungie). The inscription upon the tablet at his tomb reads thus, -
" Hier ' Bnbt' in Gott Doc Christian Frederic Martin er wurde geboorn dem 22teu Decbr 1727 und ist im Herrn entsclofen dem 13ten Junius 1812 er bracht sein aller zn 84 yahr 5 M. 22 Taga."
Mrs. Martin long survived her husband. She re- moved to Allentown, and lived with her sons until her death, in 1836, at the age of ninety-three years.
As has been heretofore stated, four of the sons of Dr. Christian Frederick Martin became physicians. First, Jacob (the eldest of the family, who took up the profession) commenced practice in Allentown about 1790, after studying with his father. He was post- master from 1805 to 1814. He died in Allentown in 1834, aged fifty-three years. His wife was Jane, the daughter of tavern-keeper George Savitz, by whom he had seven sons and three daughters. The former were Edward F., Charles II., Tilghman 11., Walter, Franklin B., William, and Thomas: the daughters were Mrs. Thomas B. Wilson, Mrs. John W. Horn- beck, and Mrs. E. B. Newhard. One of the daughters of Mrs. Wilson married the late ex-mayor, Dr. T. Yeager. One of the sons of Mrs. Hornbeck, Dr. M. E. Hornbeck, is now practicing his profession in
Catasauqua. The first five of the seven sons above named became physicians.
Edward F., the eldest son, settled and practiced in Weaversville. He died there, leaving a son, Walter, .who also became a physician.
Charles IL., the second son of Jacob, graduated at the University of Pennsylvania on March 6, 1830 (at the same time as his cousin, Frederick A., son of George). Ile commenced practice in Allentown, and continued it until his death, in September, 1860. He left three sons who became physicians, viz., Dewees J., Edwin G., and Henry F. The first named grad- uated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1858, practiced in New Jersey a few years, and then settled in Allentown and opened a drug-store, which he carried on until his death, in 1874.
Dr. Tilghman Il. Martin is the son of Dr. Jacob, and Jane Savitz Martin, and was born in Allentown on the 6th of December, 1809. He received an aca- demic course in his native town, and early determined to follow the professional career of his father. He soon after entered the office of the latter as a student of medicine, and in 1829 repaired to Philadelphia, where he became a private student of Professor Wil- liam Horner, of the University of Pennsylvania, and also attended a course of lectures at the Philadelphia Medical Institute. He graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1831, and, returning to Allentown, became associated with his father, to whose practice he succeeded. He was an active member of the Lehigh County Medical Society, as also of the State Medical Society. Dr. Martin was married in 1836 to Miss Mary, daughter of Daniel Kramer, of Allentown, to whom were born children,-Alfred J., M. Eugene, Daniel (deceased), Harvey (deceased), Thomas T., and two daughters, Eliza (deceased) and Mary A. (Mrs. H. K. Hartzel). Alfred J. graduated from the University of Pennsyl- vania in March, 1857, and became associated with his father in practice. During the late war their profes- sional services were given gratuitously to the families of soldiers. Thomas T. also graduated from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania as a physician in 1877. and is engaged in practice in Allentown, his office being that formerly occupied by his father. M. Engene and Daniel adopted the profession of dental surgery, in which the former is still engaged. Dr. Tilghman J. Martin was a Democrat in his political affiliations, and, though not especially active in the political field, was elected treasurer of the county of Lehigh, and filled varions minor local offices. His death occurred Nov. 5, 1878, in his sixty-ninth year.
Dr. Edwin G. Martin is the son of Dr. Charles II. Martin and M. Angeline Goundie, daughter of Sebas- tian Gonndie, a prominent member of the Moravian settlement of Bethlehem, Pa. He was born Oet. 3, 1836, in Allentown, and received his scholastic train- ing at the Allentown Academy, under the instruction of Professors McClenchan, Chandler, and Gregory.
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He chose for his life-work the profession in which various members of the family had attained distine- tion, that of medicine, and first prosecuted his studies in the office of his father. Later he became a student of the Medical Department of the University of Penn- sylvania, from which he graduated in the spring of 1856. He at once became an associate of his father, to whose practice he succeeded at his death. He has since that time been actively engaged in professional labor, and enjoys an extensive general practice, for which his thorough training, not less than his abilities, have fitted him. Dr. Martin is a man of untiring in- dustry, of unswerving integrity, and active and liberal in the encouragement of all projects looking to the material advancement and prosperity of the city of his residence. The duties of his profession are pur- sued with a kindly charity and benevolence that have left their impress and marked him as a benefactor to the needy and humble. He is a member of the Lehigh Medical Society and of the State Medical Society. He has manifested a commendable zeal in the further- ance of all educational enterprises, was one of the founders and since its organization has been secretary of the board of trustees of the Allentown Female Col- lege, and was also for years a trustee of the Muhlen- berg College. He is now a trustee and secretary of the board of management of the Hospital for the In- sane for the Southeastern District of Pennsylvania. He is a member and was the first president of the Le- high Valley Medical Association. The material and business interests of Allentown have also received from him a deeided impulse as trustee and seerctary of the Jordan Manufacturing Company, as a stockholder of the Coopersburg Turnpike Company, the Bethle- hem Turnpike Company, and the Lehigh Telegraph Company. He is a director of the Allentown Na- tional Bank, and president of the Board of Trade. He was during the war appointed surgeon of the Twenty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, and mustered into service for the emergency. He now holds the commission of surgeon of the Fourth Regi- ment of National Guards of this State. As a Demo- crat, Dr. Martin was elected mayor of Allentown in Isso, his able and judicions administration receiving the cordial indorsement of his party and insuring his re-election in 1882. He also served a term as coroner. IIe is an enthusiastic Mason, has been Deputy Com- mander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Tem- plar of the State, and was recently elected to the high office of Grand Commander of the same body. In religion he is a Lutheran and member of St. John's English Lutheran Church of Allentown. Dr. Martin was married on the 29th of August, 1861, to Miss Fannie S., daughter of the late Stephen Balliet, of Lehigh County. Children, Irene B. and Charles S.
Henry, the third son of Charles H. Martin, grad- uated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1858, and practiced in Slatington until 1862. He was during the war assistant surgeon of the Ninth Pennsylvania
Reserves. He emigrated to Colorado, where he is now engaged in mining operations.
Walter, son of Jacob, graduated from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, and emigrated to California, where he died on the day of his arrival.
Franklin B., son of Jacob, was also a graduate of the school from which most of the medical members of this family received their diplomas. He practiced at Fogelsville, Whitemarsh, and at Catasauqua, and died in the latter plaec.
II. George, the second of Dr. Christian Frederick Martin's sons who studied medicine, after the comple- tion of his studies with his father, settled, about the year 1800, in Whipton township, Montgomery Co., where he remained until 1814, when he removed to Whitemarsh. He practiced there until 1850, when he moved to Philadelphia and went into retirement. He died in that city Dec. 8, 1862, aged eighty-three years. He left three sons,-Frederick A., Charles, and John A.,-who became physicians, all receiving their preliminary education from their father.
Frederick A., son of George, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania March 6, 1830, and during the next two years practiced with his father at White- marsh, but subsequently removed to Coopersburg, where he practiced until 1843. In that year he re- moved to Philadelphia, and opened an office on Third Street. In 1850 he retired from the more active duties of his profession, and went to Bethlehem, where he remained until 1867, when he returned to Philadel- phia, where he now resides.
Charles, son of George, graduated from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania in 1833, and during the next three years praeticed in Whitemarsh and Mechanics- burg. He then relinquished the profesion, and studied divinity at Gettysburg Seminary. He became pastor of St. James' Episcopal Church, in New York City, had charge of churches at Hagerstown and other places, and is now at the head of a ladies' seminary in St. Joseph, Mo.
John A. (son of George), following the family predilection, entered the same university from which his brothers had graduated, and conelded his course of study in 1836. He followed his profession about ten years at Whitemarsh, when his health failed and he removed to California, where he practiced, and also established a hospital. After an absence of two years he returned East, studied law in Philadelphia, and practiced at Norristown a few years. But his original taste for medicine seems to have returned, for he moved to Magnolia, Del., and resumed its practice. He died there, March 13, 1872, aged fifty- seven years.
Ill. Charles H., son of Dr. Christian Frederick Martin, after the completion of his studies with his father, settled in Allentown, about 1812, and practiced there until his death, May 31, 1844. Ile left one son, Charles L., who became a physician.
Charles Ludwig Martin, the son of Dr. Charles II.
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and Christianna Huber Martin, was of German ante- eedents, and born in Allentown on the 17th of Febru- ary, 1821. He early determined to follow the career of his aneestors, and adopt a profession which has been represented in five successive generations of the family. After receiving a thorough academic educa- tion he entered the office of his father, a physician of skill and reputation, and attended leetures in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylva- nia, from which he graduated in the spring of 1841 with distinction. He at once located in Allentown, and for three years assisted his father, to whose prae- tice he suceceded on his death, in 1844. He thus carly found opened to him a wide career of useful- ness, and by his skill and profound knowledge soon gained a reputation which brought an extensive practice and great responsibilities. Possessing a well- stored and analytical mind and mature judgment, his advice and counsel were frequently sought in consul- tation after he had abandoned active professional labor.
Dr. Martin was, on the 20th of February, 1845, married to Miss Matilda, daughter of Dr. Henry Detwiller, of Easton. Their children are three daugh- ters-Lucy (Mrs. Isaae Ash), Matilda (Mrs. John Satterfield), Lizzie C. ( Mrs. A. B. Fichter)-and five sons,-Dr. Constantine H., who graduated at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York in 1866, and at the New York Homeopathic Medical College in 1868; Charles D., who graduated at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1867, and is associated with his brother Constantine H. in prae- tice in Allentown ; Truman J., who received his di- ploma from the University of Pennsylvania in 1878, attended a course in the New York Homoeopathic Medical College in 1879, and resides in Buffalo, N. Y .; John Norton, who graduated from Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., in 1880, and was admitted to the bar of Lehigh County in 1883; and William E., the latter a student of medicine. Dr. Martin was a Republican from the organization of the party, having previously been a stanch Whig. He on one or two occasions consented to the use of his name as a candidate for official position, but rarely found leisure amid the en- grossing responsibilities of his profession for affairs of publie moment. He was a man of extensive and varied information. He was fair and candid in his profession, stooped to no petty advantage, employed no unworthy methods, and never appealed to preju- dice. Ilis powers of perception were keen, enabling lim quickly to determine the value of a cheerful and hopeful bearing with his patients. This ready tact, combined with a kindly and sympathetic nature, in- spired strong confidence in his ministrations. Dr. Martin was an independent thinker, and the opinions he expressed on any question of medicine, science, morals, or politics were strictly his own. Treating the views of others with respect, he followed none. He was a close reader and thinker, and drew his own
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