Domer G. Smith, M.D. and Emma Heckman

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Husband Domer G. Smith, M.D. ¹

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           Born: 12 Aug 1866 - near Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA 2
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         Father: Joseph Smith (1826-Aft 1898) 1 3
         Mother: Wilhelmena Schmeltzer (1826-      ) 2

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       Marriage: 11 Feb 1891 2

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Wife Emma Heckman ²

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         Father: William Heckman (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Nancy Rupp (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Domer G. Smith, M.D.

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He obtained his education in Penn Hall and Spring Mills Academies, entering the latter institution at the age of thirteen. He displayed superior mental capacity, and was always in advance of his class. At the age of eighteen he was qualified to teach school, and was thus employed in Gregg township, walking four miles every morning and evening to the school. In 1885-6 he taught the Texas school in Millheim, and during this time began reading medicine, and continued the study of the higher branches, reciting Latin and physics every Saturday to Prof. Hosterman. In the spring of 1887 he passed an examination before the medical examining board of Centre County, and spent the summer in study in the office of Dr. F. H. Van Valzah, of Spring Mills, and in the fall of 1887 entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, where he was graduated in the class of 1890. In the spring of that year he came to Freeburg, and began a practice. He was a close student of medical works, and kept thoroughly abreast with the times in all the improvements of his profession. He developed a large and lucrative patronage.
He was a member of the Odd Fellows Society at Freeburg, the Snyder County Medical Society, and the Northumberland County Medical Society. He was examining surgeon at Freeburg for United States pensions, and in 1894, when only twenty-eight years of age, he was the Democratic candidate of the 18th Pennsylvania District for Congress, an honor which came to him entirely unsolicited. He belonged to the Lutheran Church, his wife to the Reformed Church, and they were recognized leaders in society circles.
He was the instigator and founder of the telephone enterprise in that county, and it was only through his unyielding efforts that this enterprise came to the area, and a company was formed of which he was a very active member.

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General Notes: Wife - Emma Heckman

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from Potter Twp, Centre Co, PA

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1083.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1084.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 299.