BIO:  Charles G. Hildebrand, 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, Hopewell Township, Pg 113

DR. CHARLES G. HILDEBRAND, son of Dietrich and Maria (Leider) Hildebrand, natives 
of York County, Penn., was born in Loganville, York County, December 31, 1859.  
His father, also born at Loganville, is a shoe-maker by trade, and in 1864 was 
elected justice of the peace, which office he still holds.  He had a family of 
three children, of whom Charles G. is the eldest.  Our subject was educated at 
the public schools, and at the age of fifteen years began teaching.  After 
teaching three years he entered the York Collegiate Institute, where he remained 
one year.  He then studied medicine with Dr. G. P. Yost, of Loganville, for three 
years, after which he took two courses of lectures at the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons, at Baltimore, graduating in 1881.  He located at Winterstown the 
following April, and has since resided there, enjoying an extensive practice.  In 
1878 he married Kate Feigley, daughter of Martin Feigley, of Loganville.  They 
have two children:  Esther M. and Robert L.  Dr. Hildebrand is a member of the 
York County Medical Society and the American Medical Association.  He has been 
one of the council of Winterstown, and at present is school director.  His wife 
is a member of the Brethren Church of Springfield.