BIO:  C. A. Eisenhart, D.D.S., York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, historical editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 16

C. A. EISENHART, D.D.S., was born in York County in 1844.  His early life was 
passed as an assistant upon his father's farm until sixteen years of age, 
attending in the meantime the schools of his native county.  Prior to his 
removal to Marshall, Mich., he was a teacher in the schools of West Manchester 
Township.  A natural inclination for the profession of dentistry led him to 
become a student, and his close application and determined spirit enabled him to 
master it in all of its details.  In 1860 he formed a co-partnership with Dr. 
Eggleston, which relationship was mutually beneficial, and the success of our 
subject farther advanced.  Upon the dissolution of this firm Dr. Eisenhart 
returned to York, where he has since been in constant and continuous practice.  
The success of Dr. Eisenhart has not been confined to the practical duties of 
his profession, but has extended into the field of invention.  He made 
application for a patent upon a method for the application of electricity to 
supercede the use of anesthetics in extracting and filling teeth.  This 
invention has been wonderfully successful, and has met with a large sale among 
the dental profession, and has extended the fame of Dr. Eisenhart, and placed 
him among the leading dentists of Pennsylvania.  Dr. Eisenhart is a citizen of 
worth and progression in all matters of public advancement.  He has been a 
school director seven years, and president of the board of education, and 
interested in the Safe and Lock Works, and is president of the Park Loan & 
Building Association.  December 5, 1872, he was united in wedlock with Miss Emma 
C., daughter of Charles and Catherine (Weiser) Pfahler, and a native of York 
County.  They have four children:  William S., Luther P., Jacob C. and Harry W.  
The family are members of the Lutheran Church, of which Dr. Eisenhart has been a 
teacher in the Sabbath-school for over ten years.