BIO: Ezekiel HARTZELL, M.D., Fayetteville, 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 253
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EZEKIEL HARTZELL, M. D.
1820-1894

  E. Hartzell was born in 1820 in Adams County, the son of George J. and Mary 
(Gelwix) Hartzell.  Dr. Hartzell attended Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, and 
then studied medicine with Dr. Gilbert in Gettysburg.  He attended lectures at 
the Pennsylvania Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., receiving his diploma in 
1847.

  Dr. Hartzell first located at Taneytown, Md., remaining for one year and then 
came to Fayetteville and was in active and successful practice in this village 
and vicinity during the remainder of his life.  He was a member of the Medical 
Society and its President in 1886.

  Dr. Hartzell married first, Matilda Hewitt and second, Mary A. Bixler.  Two 
sons studied medicine, viz:  Dr. Charles A. Hartzell and Dr. Milton B. Hartzell.

  Dr. Hartzell died in 1894.