Sullivan-Bradford County PA Archives Biographies.....Herrmann, Martin E. 1842 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
  MARTIN E. HERRMANN, the oldest, best known and most successful physician in
  Sullivan county, was born in Mallersdorf, Bavaria, April 10, 1842, a son of Dr.
  Lionhart Herrmann.
  
      The Herrmann family dates back to the invasions of the Huns and Goths, in
  Germany. On the mountains that divide Bavaria and Bohemia there was, about the
  time of these invasions, given to a certain chosen class of men each a tract of
  land that they might reside thereon and act as guards to give notice of the
  coming of the Huns and Goths, their common enemies. They were a sturdy race of
  people, trained in military tactics, bold and brave in warfare. They were
  freemen in every sense of the word, proud of their position, and declining such
  honors as titles and other empty distinctions. They were heard in the councils
  of their people, and were known by the names of Hoarige Maenner, later as
  Hoermann, and, in the seventeenth century, as Herrmann. Such, in brief, is the
  known early history of the people from whom Dr. Herrmann descends. His
  grandfather and his brothers were soldiers under Napoleon, and were all killed
  on the battlefield or died from diseases contracted in the army.
  
      The father of our subject, Lionhart Herrmann, was a seventh son, and as by
  the customs of the country he should have devoted his life to the church, he
  began fitting himself for the priesthood, but decided that he was not a suitable
  person for that sacred position, and gave up the idea. He studied law and was
  made a justice or judge, by which title he was known until 1848, when, by the
  change of the constitution and the laws of this country, he began the practice
  of his profession, in which he continued until his death, in 1866, in the
  seventy-fourth year of his age. He was married to Miss Anna Beiler, a daughter
  of the director of Italian opera in Germany, who bore him four children, namely:
  Catalina M., Henrietta H., Martin E. and Anna. Mrs. Herrmann died in 1865, aged
  sixty-six years.
  
      Dr. Herrmann received his early education in a monastery in his native land,
  and was graduated in the colleges of Wurzburg and Munich in 1866.  He then
  traveled extensively throughout Europe, subsequently coming to America and
  landing at Philadelphia in 1868, where he remained four years in the practice of
  his profession. In 1871 he came to Dushore, where he has since resided and has a
  large and lucrative practice. Socially he is a Knight Templar and a member of
  the consistory, thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite. He is also a member of the
  Bradford County Medical society, of the town council, the board of health and
  board of pension examiners. He has held the office of school director for many
  years, and takes an active interest in the cause of education. In politics he is
  a staunch Republican.
  
      Dr. Herrmann has been twice married, first, in 1869, to Miss Agnes Meylert,
  who died in 1872. His second marriage took place in 1876, when he was united to
  Miss Elizabeth Osterhous, daughter of Francis and Jemy (Franks) Osterhous, of
  Overton, Bradford county. Three children have been born of this union: Arthur
  F., a student of medicine in his father's office; Rowena A. and Miriam Anna.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
   
  Extracted from: 
            
               History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
        by Thomas J. Ingham
            
        Compendium of Biography
            
                  The Lewis Publishing Company
              Chicago: 1899
     
  
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