Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Wesley Wolfe, M.D. and Ada Byron Swindell




Husband William Wesley Wolfe, M.D. 1

            AKA: Dr. Wesley W. Wolff 2
           Born: 16 Jan 1851 - Allegheny (later Bethel) Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: Noah Calhoun Wolff (1818-1896) 3
         Mother: Mary Patterson (1818/1822-1902) 1 3 4


       Marriage: 14 Jun 1899 2 5



Wife Ada Byron Swindell 2 5

           Born: 
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           Died: 14 Jun 1905 2
         Buried: 


         Father: William Swindell (      -      ) 5
         Mother: 




Children
1 M William Edward Wolff 2

            AKA: William E. Wolfe 5
           Born: 22 May 1900 5
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           Died: 
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2 F Elinor Wolff 2

           Born: 
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           Died: Abt 1908
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M Harold S. Wolfe 5

           Born: 8 Sep 1903 5
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           Died: 
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General Notes: Husband - William Wesley Wolfe, M.D.


He acquired his primary education in the common schools of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, after which he taught school for ten years in Armstrong and Clarion counties. During his last years in the school-room, he devoted a part of his time to the study of medicine, and, in 1878, entered the Cleveland homoeopathic hospital college, Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated in February, 1880, receiving the degrees of M. D. and F. H. S. He at once began the practice of his chosen profession at Freeport, Pennsylvania, where he soon acquired an extensive practice, but decided to locate in Allegheny in 1884. He was a member of both the state and county homoeopathic societies, and was a member of Ionic lodge, No. 525, F. and A. M., of Allegheny; of Allegheny chapter, No. 217, and of Pittsburgh consistory and Allegheny council. He was a Shriner; a member of Darling council, No. 888, Royal Arcanum; Triumph circle, No. 101, Protected Home Circle; Guiding Star conclave, No. 273, Improved Order of Heptasophs; Guiosuta lodge, Order of Iroquois; Allegheny lodge, Order of Americus; Allegheny lodge, No. 339, B. P. O. Elks; Allegheny senate; Knights of Ancient Essenic Order; Order of the Golden Rod, and council of Jr. O. U. A. M. Dr. Wolfe was examining physician for all of the above-named orders except the F. and A. M., the Elks and the Essenics. He also served as school director for the tenth ward.


General Notes: Wife - Ada Byron Swindell

from Allegheny, Allegheny Co, PA

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Sources


1 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 191.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 888.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 887.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 217.

5 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 192.


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