BIO: Bert Eugene LEIPOLD, M. D., Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 488 & 489.
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  BERT EUGENE LEIPOLD, M. D., a successful medical practitioner, of Clearfield, 
Pa., was born August 26, 1874, at Clearfield, Pa., and is a son of George L. and 
Anna (Benn) Leipold.
  Casper Leipold, grandfather of our subject, was a native of Germany and at an 
early age came to this country and subsequently purchased a large tract of land, 
which now forms the site of Allegheny, of greater Pittsburg.  Some time later he 
sold the farm and located at Curwensville, Pa., where he was among the early 
settlers, and there followed his trade as a butcher.  He subsequently came to 
Clearfield county and ran a brewery for some time, residing here until the time 
of his death.  Casper Leipold was the father of four children:  Sophia (Mrs. 
Griswald); George L., father of our subject; Mary (Mrs. Hamilton); and Daniel.  
George L. Leipold was born in 1849 at Curwensville, Pa., and was for many years 
engaged in the hotel business at Clearfield, Pa., but is now living in 
retirement at Saxton, Pa.
  Dr. B. E. Leipold was reared at Clearfield, Pa., where he obtained his 
education in the local schools.  After a course of private lessons he entered 
the Jefferson Medical College in 1893, being graduated with the class of 1896.  
He immediately thereafter embarked in the practice of medicine at Clearfield and 
five years later built his office and residence, which are located at No. 405 
Market street.  Dr. Leipold also makes a specialty of diseases of the eye, ear, 
nose and throat, and is a member of the medical and surgical staff of the 
Clearfield Hospital.  He is also a member of the American, State and county 
medical societies, and is a stockholder in the County National Bank.  He is 
fraternally a member of the local order of B. P. O. E.
  In December, 1895, Dr. Leipold married May Smith, who died August 1, 1906, 
leaving one son, Hobert F.  In August, 1908, Dr. Leipold married Minnie 
VanBuskirk, who is a graduated trained nurse, and a daughter of Charles and Mary 
VanBuskirk, of Penfield, Pa.