Benjamin Joseph Wiestling, M.D. and Matilda Eveline Ross

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Husband Benjamin Joseph Wiestling, M.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 16 Sep 1805 - Middle Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: Samuel Christopher Wiestling (1760-1823) 4 5
         Mother: Anna Maria Bucher (      -      ) 6

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       Marriage: 23 Jun 1831 2 3

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Wife Matilda Eveline Ross ³

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         Father: Andrew Ross (      -      ) 7 8
         Mother: Hannah Templin (      -      ) 7 8

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Children

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1 F [Unk] Wiestling

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         Spouse: Andrew Dinsmore Mitchell (1824-1882) 9

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Joseph Wiestling, M.D.

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He was educated in the public schools of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, whither his father removed in 1811, and also in the old Harrisburg Academy. He began the study of medicine with his father, and subsequently continued under the instructions of his elder brothers, Drs. Samuel C. and Joshua M. He attended lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating from the medical department of that institution in March, 1827. He located at Middletown, Pennsylvania, where for over a period of fifty years he was in the practice of his profession.

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General Notes: Wife - Matilda Eveline Ross

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from Georgetown, D.C.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 549, 603.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 362.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 603.

4 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 547.

5 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 895.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 549.

7 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 531, 603.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 231.

9 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 521.