Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Fretz, Oliver H., MD
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Richland Township A-M


   OLIVER H. FRETZ, M. D. physician and druggist, P.O. 
Quakertown.  One of the rising young physicians and business 
men of this place is Oliver Henry Fretz, a son of William 
and Catharine (Hofford) Fretz, who was born in Richland 
township April 9, 1858, where he lived until the age of 10 
years, when he removed with his parents to this town; he 
received the best school advantages the town afforded, 
subsequently entering the literary and scientific department 
of Muhlenberg college.  When 21 years of age he began 
reading medicine under Dr. I. S. Moyer, entered Jefferson 
Medical college and after three years of study received the 
degree of doctor of medicine, March 30, 1882.  He began 
practice at Salfordville, Montgomery county, and after 
remaining there nearly three years he sold out on account of 
his health, and removed to Quakertown, where he has since 
engaged in the drug business, having also established a 
large office practice.  In the spring of 1887 he completed a 
course of instruction in the Philadelphia Polyclinic and 
college for graduates in medicine, and has thoroughly 
equipped himself as a specialist in diseases of the eye and 
ear, catarrhal, and all chronic affections.  In October, 
1882, he was married to Elmira A., daughter of Nathan C. and 
Lucinda (Antrim) Roeder.  Of two children born to them, one, 
Raymond Lamar, is living.  In politics he is an active 
democrat.  He is a member of the German Reformed church; 
president of the Quakertown school board; a member of the 
Lehigh Valley Medical association, and Bucks County Medical 
society; and belongs to the following secret organizations:  
Quakertown lodge, No. 512, F. and A. M.; Secona tribe, No. 
263, I. O. R. M.; Marion circle, No. 16, B. U. (H. F.) of 
Pa.  He is also medical examiner for various life insurance 
companies.