Dr. P.C. McLane Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submmitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: Dr. P. C. McLane: was born in the village of Fairview, in 1824. His father removed to Wellsburg, where he died. In 1832 he returned to his native town with his widowed mother, where he remained until 1847. Commenced reading medicine in 1846 with Dr. McKenzie, and finished with Patterson & McKenzie, of Wellsville, Ohio. Attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College in 1848-9. Subsequently began the practice of medicine in the town of Hamilton, Hancock County, West Virginia, for one year, then removed to Fairview, where he followed his profession until 1852, when he started for California, staying in the golden state, following his profession there, three years. In 1856 he returned to his native town and in the fall of that year set out for Iowa. Married Miss E. C. Hoyt, of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1859. Took charge of the Post Hospital, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, remaining in connection with the same till October 1865, and then he again returned east. His wife died in Ohio in 1868. After her death he again removed to Fairview, and practiced about one year. In December, 1870 he married again, leading Miss M. E. Mortley, of McConnellsville, Ohio, to the altar. And in the spring of 1871 settled in New Cumberland, where he commenced the practice of his profession and has continued ever since. He is the father of three children living -- two girls and one boy. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.