Berkeley County, West Virginia Biography of George Jacob Edward SPONSELLER, M. D. This file was submitted by Vivian Brinker, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II, pg. 185 GEORGE JACOB EDWARD SPONSELLER, M. D. With his home at Martinsburg for twenty years, Doctor Sponseller has performed professional services that constitute an enviable reputation both as a doctor and a citizen in this prosperous section of West Virginia. Doctor Sponseller was born at New Market, Frederick County, Maryland, May 7, 1873, son of George F. and Sarah (Roberts) Sponseller. His paternal grandfather was Jacob Sponseller and his maternal grandparents were Edward and Rachel (Houck) Roberts. Doctor Sponseller on his maternal side is of Quaker ancestry. He was the second in a family of five children, the others being Clifton, Adelaide, Roy L. and William R. Doctor Sponseller was educated in Quaker Schools, and acquired his professional training in the Louisville University, where he graduated in medicine in 1894. Doctor Sponseller practiced medicine at Hedgeville for five years, and since 1902 has been in active practice at Martinsville. In June, 1910, he married Miss Nellie R. Reddig, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Doctor Sponseller is president of the Eastern Panhandle Medical Society, the West Virginia State and American Medical Association, and fraternally is affiliated with Equality Lodge No. 44, A. F. and A. M, Washington Lodge No. 1, Knights of Pythias and Martinsburg Lodge No. 778, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Martinsburg Rotary Club.