BIO: Dr. Israel P. LECRONE, Franklin Township, Adams County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Francis Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/adams/ _______________________________________________ History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 _______________________________________________ Part III, History of Adams County, Page 408 DR. ISRAEL P. LECRONE, Arendtsville, was born in Dover Township, York County, Penn., in 1849, a son of John P. and Annie M. (Upp) Lecrone, who were parents of eleven children, five now living: George E., Mrs. Annie Holtzapple, Mrs. Mary Simon, Mrs. Clara Bowersox and our subject. The Lecrone family came from Switzerland, three brothers arriving here from that country about 1697; one settled in Franklin County; one in the Shenandoah Valley, and one in York County, the doctor being a descendant of the last referred to. The father of our subject is still living at the age of eighty-three years. He has in his possession a silver medal given to his grandfather for bravery during the Revolution, and which was the only compensation he received for eighteen months service in that struggle. This family were among the early settlers of York County and have been noted agriculturists. Dr. Lecrone received his classical education at York Academy; was a student of Dr. John Ahl, and matriculated at Jefferson Medical College in October, 1869. He was an office student of the renowned Dr. W. H. Pancoast, and graduated in March, 1871. He remained with his preceptor several months, and then located at Bermudian, where he married Miss Rebecca J. Pence, and remained there five years. He then removed to the pleasant village of Arendtsville, where he has a practice equaling that of any physician in the western part of the county. He has gained an enviable position among the faculty and is a man of note in the community. His only daughter, Florence, died in childhood. The Doctor is a consistent member of the Lutheran, and his wife of the German Baptist Church.