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- M. R. PRITCHARD, physician and surgeon, Harrison Valley, was born in Westfield, Tioga Co., Penn., March 4, 1852, a son of Morris and Sarah (HAVEN) PRITCHARD. His paternal grandfather was Lyman PRITCHARD, and his maternal grandfather was Royal HAVEN, pioneers of Tioga county, and of Bradford county, Penn., respectively. Dr. PRITCHARD was reared in his native town, where he received a public-school education.
In 1877 he began the study of medicine with Dr. A.L. BOTTUM, of Westfield. He took a course of lectures at Detroit Medical College, Detroit, Mich., in 1878 to 79, was graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., in 1880, and immediately located at Harrison Valley, where he has since been in active practice, and built up a lucrative business. In 1882 he went into partnership with his brother-in-law, W.E. GILBERT, in a drug store, still continuing his practice. This proved to be too hard work, and in 1887 he sold the drug business to his partner. Dr. PRITCHARD is emphatically a self-made man.
Much of his early life was spent in the employ of Dodge & Co., at Williamsport, to obtain means to pursue his studies. Feeling the need of a higher standard in the profession, the Doctor took a course of instruction at the New York Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital in the winter of 1888-89. He has been twice married. His first wife was Carrie DOUGLASS, of Hector, Potter county, and his present wife is Nettie, daughter of Allison EVANS, of Lawrenceville, Penn., and they had one daughter, Vera, who died November 5, 1889, of typhoid fever. Dr. PRITCHARD is a member of the Potter County Medical Society, and of the I.O.O.F. Politically he is a Republican
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Biographies from Harrison Township, Potter Co., PA
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