BIO: Dr. John BURKHOLDER, Quincy, Franklin County, PA

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Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 285-286
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DR. JOHN BURKHOLDER
1812-1877

  Dr. Burkholder was born January 15, 1812, in Chambersburg, Pa., and was a son 
of Ulrich and Catherine (Fahrney) Burkholder.  The latter was the eldest 
daughter of Dr. Peter Fahrney and was born in Chambersburg in 1792 and died 
1832.  Ulrich Burkholder, the father, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in 
1786, and was a grandson of Ulrich Burkholder, the immigrant, who was born in 
Switzerland and settled about 1732 in Lancaster County, Pa.

  Dr. Burkholder, at the age of twelve years, went to live with his uncle, Dr. 
Jacob Fahrney, at Quincy, Pa., by whom he was educated and initiated into the 
mysteries of the Fahrney Pharmacopoeia.  He succeeded to his uncle's extensive 
practice and became one of the most active and well known physicians in the 
southern part of the county.

  Dr. Burkholder died February 17, 1877, at his home near Quincy.  In 1840 he 
married Miss Susan Yockey of Quincy Township.