BIO:  Dr. Samuel MEISENHELDER, East Berlin, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 437

DR. SAMUEL MEISENHELDER (deceased) was born in Dover, York County, about 1818, a 
son of Jacob and Mary Meisenhelder.  He was a student of Dr. Robert Lewis, of 
Dover, and graduated at Jefferson Medical College in 1851.  He began to practice 
his profession in Dover; came to East Berlin in 1851; located permanently, and 
remained until his death, which occurred September 2, 1884.  His marriage with 
Josephine Lewis, daughter of Dr. Robert Lewis, of Dover, took place June 16, 
1842, and four sons were born to their union, viz.:  Edmund W., Orphilla, Robert 
N. and Webster.  Orphilla and Webster died in childhood.  Edmund W. and Robert 
N. were both pupils of their father, and both graduated from Jefferson Medical 
College (Edmund W. in 1868, and Robert N. in 1871).  Edmund W. was also a 
graduate in Pennsylvania College, of Gettysburg, where Dr. Robert N. also 
completed his education.  Dr. Edmund W. formed a partnership with his father in 
the practice of medicine in 1868, and continued three years a resident of his 
native village.  In 1870 he married Maria Baughman, of Baughmansville, York Co., 
Penn., and the next year located in York, Penn., where he still resides.  In 
1871 Dr. Robert N. formed a partnership with his father, which was continued 
until the death of the latter, since which event he has been in practice alone.  
In 1876 Dr. R. N. married C. Alice Lentz, daughter of John and Lavina Lentz, of 
Davidsburg, Penn.  Two children blessed this union:  John Elmer and Josephine 
Lewis.  During the active professional life of Dr. Meisenhelder he has filled 
numerous official positions in his town, and is at present a member of the 
school board.  His father was, during his life, the leading physician and 
surgeon of this part of Adams County, and his son follows closely in his 
footsteps, with, if possible, an increased practice, possessing the confidence 
of the public as a man of merit.