BIO: William H. HOWELL, Blair County, PA

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Donehoo, George P., Editor-in-Chief.  Pennsylvania, A History, 
Vol. 3, Biography.  New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 
1926, page 160.
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   WILLIAM H. HOWELL, M.D. - A well-known physician of Blair County, 
Pennsylvania, Dr. William H. Howell was born in Wellsboro, this State, May 
15, 1873.  His father, William Howell, is deceased, also his mother, Hannah 
Howell.  William H. Howell attended the public school and the high school of 
Wellsboro, and from the latter went to the State Normal School, from which 
he was graduated with honors.  He then entered the University of 
Pennsylvania and was graduated as a member of the class of 1899, with the 
degree of Medical Doctor, the degree of F.A.C.S. being added by the American 
College of Surgeons upon his later qualification.  Dr. Howell served as 
interne at the Altoona Hospital from 1899 to 1900, when he commenced the 
general practice of medicine in that city at No. 1108 Thirteenth Avenue, 
where he still remains.  Dr. Howell is chief physician of the gynecological 
department of the Altoona Hospital, and chief of staff of the Mercy Hospital 
of that city.  He is a member of the Blair County Medical Society, of the 
Pennsylvania State Medical Society, of the American Medical Association, and 
a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.  He is a member of the local 
lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons; and of the Rotary Club and of the 
Blairmont Country Club.
  Dr. Howell married, in 1900, Mary B. Hartman, and they are the parents of 
two children:  John C., a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, with 
the degree of Medical Doctor; and Martha, a graduate of the University of 
Michigan, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.