Fulton County PA Archives Obituaries.....Trout, William Fauber  September 7, 1899
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The Fulton County news. (McConnellsburg, Pa.): September 21, 1899
William Fauber Trout, M. D., D. D. S., one of the best known and most estimable
physicians and surgeons in southern Pennsylvania, died at his home in this place, on
Thursday evening, September 7th, at 9:30 o'clock, aged 66 years, 6 months and 18
days.
Dr. William F. Trout, the oldest son of Jacob and Eloise P. Trout, former residents
of Chambersburg, was born in Fort Littleton, Fulton county, on January 20, 1833, in
a house on the farm property which he owned at the time of his decease. The death of
his father occurring when the doctor was quite a youth, accompanied by his brother,
Jacob S. Trout, he went to Virginia to reside with an uncle, where he received an
early education. Completing a common school course he matriculated at Jefferson
Medical College in Philadelphia for a course of study in medicine and dentistry.
Upon Dr. Trout's graduation in 1856 from Jefferson college in medicine and dentistry
he engaged in the practice of his profession in Ohio for a brief period of time.
Some time during the years ‘57 or '58, inspired by the healthy ambition of a young
man and with a desire to visit the Holy land, he went to Syria, where he practiced
both surgery and dentistry. Very interesting were the doctor's reminiscent
recollections of the experiences he met with during this period of his life, spent
among the Bedouin Arabs, who considered the frequent exhibitions of surgical and
dental skill which he had occasion to manifest, as truly among the marvelous and
many and almost priceless were the relics of his Arabian life which were his prized
home possession. Dr. Trout was joined by his brother, the late Dr. Jacob S. Trout,
while abroad and they practiced their professions together in Palestine. Dr. Trout
returned to his native land at the time of the commencement of the war of the
rebellion and associated himself in partnership for a while with the late Dr. J. L.
Suesserott. During the time of his residence in Chambersburg just prior to the war
he met his bride-to-be, Miss Matilda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boker,
Philadelphia. Returning to McConnellsburg in 1861 he became associated with the late
Dr. S. E. Duffield in the practice of his professions and so continued for several
years. Upon the dissolution of the partnership he practiced his profession alone
continuously until the time of his death. On the 29th of October, 1863, he was
united in marriage with Miss Matilda Boker, of Philadelphia. The doctor occupied
many official positions of trust, in this place, serving as burgess several times
and as a member of the town council up to the day of his death. He was also for many
years a member of the Pension Examining Board of Fulton county. In June, 1898, Dr.
Trout was the victim of a very unfortunate runaway accident on the Mercersburg
mountain which was the ultimate cause of his death. In driving down the mountain
from Mercersburg towards home his horses frightened at a chute used for getting wood
from the top of the mountain to the pike and ran away, throwing the doctor and his
companion out of the buggy violently to the ground and inflicting injuries from
which he suffered until the time of his death. About three weeks ago, through severe
pains in his right foot, he was obliged to take to his bed; through the constant
increase of his sufferings it was decided to summon his son, Dr. N. C. Trout, of
Fairfield, Pa., to his bedside. The latter, upon his arrival home, after
consultation with Dr. A. D. Dalbey, the attending physician, decided that amputation
was necessary and Drs. Suesserott, Ramsey and Palmer, of Chambersburg, were
telegraphed for. The visiting physicians performed the operation, assisted by Drs.
Dalbey, Garthwaite and N. C. Trout. The patient never fully rallied from the
operation and two hours and a half later passed peacefully from earth to the better
country. Few men were better known or will ever be held in more affectionate
remembrance in his home country than Dr. W. F. Trout and few possessed a larger
circle of cherished friends elsewhere. In the doctor's thirty-eight years of
practice he never refused a call to the bedside of the sick, it mattered not how
poor that patient might be and how little chance there was for any remuneration.
Ever of a cheery, genial disposition his very advent in the sick room was a source
of help to the patient. The inclemency of the weather and cold or heat mattered not;
he was ever on the alert and many were the quiet and unostentatious deeds of charity
which he practiced and which served to relieve the distress and want of the poor.
During his active life he was never confined to bed one day by illness. He was one
of Fulton county's most energetic and public spirited citizens, ever interested in
the welfare of his home town and community. Through a life ever devoted to
alleviating the suffering of others his death will be mourned by many. The funeral
services, which were held from his late residence on Saturday afternoon, were
largely attended by the people from all parts of Fulton county and elsewhere in the
state. Rev. Drawbaugh, assisted by Rev. Grove, conducted the services, and the
remains were laid to rest in Big Cove cemetery, followed by the largest procession
ever seen in Fulton county. Six of the doctor's fellow professional men acted as
pall bearers: Drs. Dalbey, Garthwaite, Hill, Hanks, Swartzwelder and Unger. His
widow, three sons, Dr. N. C., of Fairfield, Clarence N., in charge of the home drug
store, and Maurice, and four daughters, Mary, Irene, Nellie and Mabel, survive. The
doctor was a member of the Presbyterian church and ever an earnest Republican.

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