BIO: Levi RUTHERFORD, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 365.
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  RUTHERFORD, LEVI, M.D., eldest son of John and Jane (Meader) 
Rutherford, was born in Paxtang in the year 1826.  After the death of 
his father, in 1832, he was taken by his uncle, William Rutherford, in 
whose family he remained until he attained his majority.  He received 
his education and read medicine under Dr. W. W. Rutherford, of 
Harrisburg, graduating at the University of Pennsylvania in March, 
1849.  He at once began the practice of medicine at New Cumberland, 
which promised bright, but his health failing he was compelled to 
relinquish the duties of his profession.  He returned home and 
undertook the superintendence of the farm, hoping thereby to re-
establish his health.  This proved futile, for he gradually failed and 
died at Harrisburg on the 8th of February, 1851.  Intelligent, amiable 
and upright, Dr. Levi Rutherford's young life left a rose-tinted memory 
in many households.