BIO: Lindsay Pitts O'Neale, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                             CHAPTER XXXIX. 

                        BOROUGH OF MECHANICSBURG.

428  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  LINDSAY PITTS O'NEALE, physician, Mechanicsburg, was born on his 
father's plantation, in Essex County, Va., October 11, 1838.  His 
parents, Albert G. and Anna (Wearring) O'Neale, were both born in Essex 
County, Va., where he was married to Miss Elizabeth Pitts, of English 
descent, and to this union were born two sons and three daughters:  
Albert G., Elizabeth, Mary, Johnson and Emeline.  Albert G. married 
Anna Wearring, and had two sons:  Thomas J. and Lindsay Pitts.  During 
the late war of the Rebellion the father lost all of his property.  At 
the age of sixteen Lindsay P. O'Neale struck out 

429  BOROUGH OF MECHANICSBURG.

for himself; went to Baltimore, Md., and clerked in a grocery and drug 
store until 1858; he then ran a stitching machine in his brother's boot 
and shoe factory, studying medicine in the meantime, until the fall of 
1860, when he entered the York Academy, and here remained until the 
spring of 1861, studying medicine until the fall of 1861, when he 
entered the medical department of the United States Army.  In 1864 he 
entered Washington Medical College, of Baltimore, and studied and 
attended lectures until March, 1865, when he located in York, York Co., 
Penn., where he practiced medicine until 1870, when he settled in 
Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., Penn., and here he has since been 
actively engaged in the practice of his profession.  Dr. O'Neale was 
married here November 26, 1868, to Miss Margaretta W. Eckels, who was 
born near Mechanicsburg, Penn., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Cooper) 
Eckels.  Mrs. O'Neale is a member of the Presbyterian Church.  Dr. 
O'Neale is a charter member of the Eclectic Association of the State of 
Pennsylvania, and was president of this association two terms.  He is 
also a member of the National Eclectic Medical Association of the 
United States.