BIO: Benjamin Joseph WIESTLING, 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 362.
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  WIESTLING, BENJAMIN JOSEPH, M.D., son of Samuel Christopher and Anna 
Maria (Bucher) Wiestling, was born September 16, 1805, in Middle 
Paxtang, Dauphin county, Pa.  He was educated in the public schools of 
Harrisburg, whither his father removed in 1811, and also the old 
Harrisburg Academy. He began the study of medicine with his father, and 
subsequently continued under the instruction of his elder brothers, 
Drs. Samuel C. and Joshua M. He attended lectures at the University of 
Pennsylvania, graduating from the medical department of that 
institution in March, 1827. He located at Middletown, Pa., where for a 
period of over fifty years he practiced his profession. Dr. Wiestling 
married, June 23, 1831, Matilda Eveline, daughter of Andrew and Hannah 
(Templin) Ross, of Georgetown, D.C.