BIO:  Horace William BURG, M.D., Born in Lower Windsor, York County, PA

************************************************
Copyright 2005.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 2, 2005, 4:02 pm

Author: Biographical Publishing Co.

HORACE WILLIAM BURG, M. D., is not only a leading and skilful physician and
surgeon of Northumberland County, but is also burgess of Northumberland borough,
and is regarded as one of the most active and energetic men of that place. He
was born May 10, 1852, in Lower Windsor, York County, Pa., and is a son of
Philip William and Mary A. (Eckert) Burg.

  Philip William Burg, our subject's father, was born in Amsterdam, Holland, and
during the early part of his life, after locating in this country, carried on a
very extensive tobacco business in Baltimore, Md., and amassed a fortune.
Selling out his business he purchased a very fine farm and grist-mill in Lower
Windsor township, York County, Pa., where he engaged in farming and milling for
several years, and lived at the time of his death. He married Mary A. Eckert, a
daughter of Jacob Eckert of Northumberland. To them were born three children:
Clinton, who died young; Horace William, our subject; and Somers, now deceased,
who was engaged in mercantile business. Our subject's father was a Whig in his
political preferences, and later a Republican. He served as justice of peace,
besides officiating in many other minor offices.

  Horace William Burg, our subject, was a young lad when his mother, after the
death of his father, returned to Northumberland, where she resided the remainder
of her life. He attended the public and high schools there, and then attended
the New Berlin Academy and Dickinson's Seminary at Williamsport, Pa., and also
graduated from the Williamsport Commercial College in 1873. He read medicine
with his uncle, Simon W. Burg, M. D., of New Berlin, and at a later period with
Joseph Priestly, M. D., of Northumberland. He was graduated from Jefferson
Medical College in 1877, and at once located in Northumberland and opened an
office for the practice of his profession. His success in his chosen calling has
been most gratifying, and to-day he stands pre-eminent among the best physicians
and surgeons of the county. He has a very extensive practice in the surrounding
country and is called upon to attend many cases in Sunbury. In 1875 Dr. Burg
married Cora H. Simpson, a daughter of Col. A. C. Simpson, an attorney at
Selinsgrove, who formerly lived in Northumberland, Pa. These children have
blessed our subject's union: Edwin; Stoddard; Mary Blanche, who died at the age
of three years; one who died in infancy; and Dorothy. Dr. Burg recently enlarged
his fine residence and built a new barn; he has also erected on the same lot a
neat and commodious office with all modern improvements. He is a very active
Democrat; he served one term as burgess some time ago and is now filling out the
second year of the present term; he has also been assessor and has held many
other minor offices, and in so doing he has contributed much to the progress and
improvement of the borough.

  Our subject, Dr. Burg, is of a social disposition, and so has considered it
both pleasant and profitable to become a member of the following societies, in
which he has served as an officer: Jr. O. U. A. M.; Knights of Pythias, and
Conclave of the same order; and Knights of Malta. Professionally he is a member
of the Sunbury Medical Society and of the American Medical Association. His wife
is an Episcopalian, while he is inclined to be liberal in his religious views.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
Published by 
Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)



This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/

File size: 4.0 Kb