BIO: Edmund CULBERTSON, M.D., Chambersburg, 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 67 
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EDMUND CULBERTSON, M.D.

1812 – 1883

Edmund Culbertson was born January 12, 1812, in Chambersburg, Pa., the eldest 
son of Dr. Samuel D. and Nancy (Purviance) Culbertson.  He was educated at 
Washington College, Washington, Pa., and then studied medicine with his father 
in Chambersburg.  He received his degree of M.D. in 1836 from Jefferson Medical 
College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He was a careful and close student during his school term, but never considered 
himself adapted to the profession of medicine and had no special enthusiasm for 
its theories or its practice.  Shortly after receiving his degree he began the 
practice of medicine at Jackson, Miss., remaining there one year and then 
removing to Springfield, Ill.  He practiced medicine there in partnership with 
Dr. Alexander Shields, who previously had practiced medicine in Chambersburg, 
Pa.  After two years in Springfield he returned to Chambersburg and engaged in 
business pursuits.

Dr. Culbertson entered into partnership with his father in the manufacture of 
straw boards.  For a time he was in the grain and commission business and in 
1873 was elected President of The National Bank of Chambersburg, which position 
he filled until the time of his death.

Dr. Culbertson was a member and trustee of the Falling Spring Church, a trustee 
of the Chambersburg Academy, and active in its rebuilding, and held many other 
positions of trust in the industrial and business life of the town and County.  
In 1844 he married Ellen B. Kennedy, daughter of Hon. James J. Kennedy.