BIO: Dr. Jacob FAHRNEY, 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
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DR. JACOB FAHRNEY
1798-1848

  Dr. Jacob Fahrney was born May 7, 1798, in Chambersburg, Pa., a son of Dr. 
Peter Fahrney and Eve Dernbaugh, his first wife.  After the death of his mother 
in 1803 he was taken by his father to Washington County, Md., where he grew to 
manhood.  He studied medicine with his father, Dr. Peter Fahrney.  In December, 
1822, he married Catherine Welty and a few months later in 1823 he located in 
Waynesboro, Pa., where he lived and practiced medicine for two years.  In 1825 
he purchased a home in Quincy, Pa., and removed to this village where he 
continued to reside and practice medicine until the time of his death, April 12, 
1848.

  In 1827 his wife died and in 1828 he was married a second time to Elizabeth 
Holsinger.

  Dr. Jacob Fahrney was a member of the Church of the Brethren and was elected, 
in 1825, a minister and in 1841 ordained an elder in this denomination and held 
this office during the remainder of his life.  He was a man of prominence in the 
community and had a large and lucrative practice in Quincy and that vicinity.

  Dr. Jacob Fahrney was the father of six sons, two of whom became physicians; 
viz:  Dr. Jacob Fahrney and Dr. Peter Fahrney.