BIOGRAPHY: Samuel Henry ROTHROCK, Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume I, pages 596-597.

  SAMUEL HENRY ROTHROCK, M.D., Reedsville, Mifflin county, Pa., son of John and 
Hannah (Ruble) Rothrock, was born in Dry valley, Derry township, Mifflin county, 
Pa.  He is a descendant of Zachariah Rothrock, of Oliver township, Mifflin 
county.  Samuel H. Rothrock's parents had six children:  Emanuel, married Alice 
Wagner, has four children;  Isabelle, married, and has four children;  Oliver 
J., married Ellen Mohler, has four children;  Albert;  John T., married Ellen 
Nale, has three children;  and Dr. Samuel H.  Mrs. John Rothrock died February 
22, 1890.  She was a consistent Christian, beloved and respected by all who knew 
her.
  Samuel H. Rothrock was six years old when his parents removed to Granville 
township, Mifflin county.  He attended the public schools of that district until 
he was fourteen, when the family removed to Oliver township, Mifflin county.  
There he attended the district schools until he was seventeen, when he began 
teaching at the Pleasant View school, Bratton township, Mifflin county, Pa.  
After teaching for one year in Oliver, and two years in Granville township, he 
entered the Kishacoquillas Seminary in the spring of 1873, remaining until 
December.  He again taught for a short time, and returning to the seminary, 
remained for two years, leaving to teach in Blair county, Pa.  In 1876 he taught 
in Madison county, Ill., and returning, graduated from Kishacoquillas Seminary, 
June 27, 1877.  In the autumn he resumed his position in Illinois, and while 
teaching began reading medicine with Dr. Rutz, of Highland, Madison county, Ill.  
In 1878 he returned to the east, and read with Dr. Abraham Rothrock, of 
McVeytown, Pa.;  six months later he began teaching in the high school at 
Milroy, Pa., reading with Dr. Samuel Maclay at Milroy, Pa.  In 1880 he entered 
the College of Medicine and surgery at Cincinnati, O., graduating with honor and 
leading his class in physiology, in February, 1882.  He began his professional 
career at Reedsville, Mifflin county, Pa., where he is still practising.  He is 
prominent in his profession, a member of the State Medical society, and vice-
president of the Mifflin County Medical Society.  He is a firm supporter of the 
Democratic party.
  Samuel Henry Rothrock was married, December 24, 1874, to Mary E., daughter of 
Joel and Catherine (Stine) Lowder.  They have four children:  D. Ethel, died 
July 19, 1883, aged eleven weeks;  Stewart Lowder;  Arthur Crawford and Mary 
Helen.  Dr. Rothrock and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church at 
Reedsville, Pa.