Dr. William H. Sturgeon and Emily Violette Dawson

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Husband Dr. William H. Sturgeon ^{1 2}

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           Born: 24 Jan 1826 - Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA 1
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         Father: Hon. Daniel Sturgeon (1789-1878) 3
         Mother: Nancy Gregg (1792-1836) 3

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       Marriage: 1853 4

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Wife Emily Violette Dawson ^{2 4}

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         Father: Judge John Dawson (1788-1875) 5 6
         Mother: Ann Gregg Baily (1799-1859) 2

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1 M John D. Sturgeon ⁴

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2 M Daniel Sturgeon ⁴

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3 F Mary E. Sturgeon ⁴

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4 F Katharine B. Sturgeon ⁴

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5 F Ellen B. Sturgeon ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. William H. Sturgeon

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He was brought up in his native town, attending Madison College, and afterwards entered and graduated from Jefferson College in 1847. He read medicine with Dr. Alex. Hamilton Campbell, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and attended lectures at Jefferson Medical College in 1848, and 1849. From 1849 to 1853 he practiced medicine in Uniontown, but in the latter year he accepted a clerkship in the United States mint, which position he held until 1861, when he retired with the democratic party.
In 1861 he returned to Uniontown and resumed the practice of medicine, which had engaged all his spare moments while in the mint. From 1861 to 1889 he built up a large and lucrative practice.
Dr. Sturgeon was a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, was a member of the Fayette County Medical Society and Pennsylvania State Medical Society. He was enrolled in the National Medical Society, and held membership in the International Medical Society of the world. Dr. Sturgeon met with the last named medical society at a session, in 1887, held in Washington, D. C. In 1886 he was appointed member of the State Board of Lunacy.

1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 228.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 596.

3 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 229.

4 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 230.

5 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 674.

6 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 158.