BIO:  William R. Prowell, M.D., 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, Monaghan Township, Pg 149

WILLIAM R. PROWELL, M. D., was born in Fairview Township, this county, March 20, 
1854, and was reared on the home farm.  He was educated in the public schools, 
and at the normal school, Millersville, Lancaster County.  During the winter of 
1872-73 he was engaged in teaching, and in the spring of 1873 began the study of 
medicine under Dr. Swiler, of Yocumtown.  From 1874 to 1876, inclusive, he 
attended Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, graduating March 10, 1876.  He 
began practice April 11, 1876, at Siddonsburg, and now has a very large practice 
– has visited as high as thirty-five patients in twenty-four hours.  October 5, 
1876, he married Miss Jennie, daughter of the late John Elcock, Sr., of 
Siddonsburg, and this union has resulted in the birth of four children:  Viola 
May, October 17, 1878, died September 13, 1882; Tolbert, born April 4, 1882, Ella 
and Nellie, born August 15, 1884.  Ella died March 26, 1885.  The doctor is a 
member of the Cumberland County Medical Society.