James Walker Mehard, M.D.

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Husband James Walker Mehard, M.D. ¹

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           Born: 17 Apr 1848 - Allegheny City, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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           Died: 25 Sep 1883 1
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         Father: Dr. Samuel S. Mehard (1822-Bef 1888) 2 3 4
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General Notes: Husband - James Walker Mehard, M.D.

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In 1853 he came with his father's family to Mercer, Pennsylvania. He attended the Mercer public schools until 1865, when he entered Westminster College, from which institution he graduated in 1869. He began the study of medicine under the direction of his father, and was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1872. He entered upon the practice of his profession with his father, and continued to practice medicine until the time of his death. He left a wife and three children. The Mercer Republican of September 27, 1883, contained the following in referring to his death. "Thoroughly trained, keen of perception, sound in judgment, fertile in resource, bold in action, he knew the course to follow and had confidence to follow it. Success attended him in all his operations, and to-day, though only thirty-five, he leaves vacant the presidential chairs of board of pension and medical association of the county. High strung, at times almost imperious, he had a sensitive nature and a warm heart. He had his faults; who has not? But he had virtues that made him tenderly beloved by those who learned to know him, and abilities that snatched his memory from oblivion. In this short and incomplete career he has wrought a work that will live after him. It shows the design of a master mind, and, half done, the ruin speaks eloquently of man's soaring ambition and the vanity of human aims. Neither in remembrance nor spirit will he be buried." "For now he lives in fame though not in life."

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 686.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 685.

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 705.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 43.