BIO: Abraham Huber SENSENY, 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 78-79 
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ABRAHAM HUBER SENSENY, M.D.

1811 – 1879

A. H. Senseny was born in 1811 in Chambersburg, the son of Dr. Jeremiah and 
Catherine (Huber) Senseny.  He received his education at the Chambersburg 
Academy, studied medicine with his father and attended Jefferson Medical 
College, Philadelphia, Pa., taking his degree M.D. from this institution in 
1835.

This same year Dr. Senseny began the practice of medicine in Chambersburg and 
continued in the work in this town until the time of his death in July, 1879.

He inherited an extensive business by which his splendid abilities he increased 
and retained, and he probably had a larger and more varied experience than any 
physician who ever practiced in this neighborhood.  For forty-four years he 
labored almost without relaxation, practicing all the branches of his 
profession, adding luster to a family name that for one hundred years was 
renowned in the Medical Annals of Franklin County.

Dr. Senseny was a Censor in 1854 when the Medical Society was reorganized.  He 
was a Charter Member in 1869 and the first President.  He was physician to the 
Almshouse in 1836 and 1837 and again in 1854, 1856 and 1857.

He married in 1838 Miss Jane R. Davis, daughter of William Davis, Esq., whose 
parents and grandparents were settled in Franklin County in the vicinity of 
Rocky Spring, and were Scotch Irish Presbyterians.  Dr. A. H. Senseny is buried 
in the Falling Spring Cemetery.

Three sons of Dr. Senseny entered the medical profession.