Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Detwiler, William M. 1832 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   DR. WILLIAM M. DETWILER (deceased) was born in Mifflin County, Penn., August
23, 1832, son of George and Julia A. (Matter) Detwiler, who came of worthy
German pioneer ancestry of Pennsylvania and Maryland. The subject of this sketch
learned his father's trade (plastering), and in 1851 came West and located in
Findlay, this county, where he carried on his trade for some time. He
subsequently moved to Illinois, and, on returning from there, in 1859, entered
the office of Dr. Osterlen, where he prosecuted the study of medicine. On the
breaking out of the war of the Rebellion our subject left his worthy preceptor's
office and enlisted his services in defense of the Union; three years of his
time, however, were devoted to service as hospital steward, and upon the close
of the war he returned to his medical studies, graduating from the Homoeopathic
Hospital College of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1867. Dr. Detwiler located in Findlay,
and for ten years was prominently identified with the profession of medicine in
this portion of the State. The Doctor's death occurred April 30, 1877. He was at
that time president of the Ohio State Homoeopathic Medical Society, and also
president of the Alumni Association of Cleveland College. The Masonic, Odd
Fellows and K. of P. societies, the Findlay Guards and the ex-soldiers all took
part in the funeral ceremonies in his memory. Dr. Detwiler was an ardent
Sabbath-school and church worker, and was an acknowledged leader in all
interests he sought to serve. In politics he was a Republican. He was a liberal
contributor to measures conducing to the public welfare, and was a. kind friend
and an exemplary husband. He was happily married, December 19, 1854, to Miss
Harriet Tritch, by whom he had no children, but they adopted and reared a son
and a daughter: William M., now a merchant tailor, and Victoria, now the wife of
E. H. Young.



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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Findlay Township and Village




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