Simon Peter Earnest, M.D. and Lizzie K. Earnest

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Husband Simon Peter Earnest, M.D. ¹

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           Born: 26 Oct 1865 - Delmont, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Simon Peter Earnest (1834-1880) 2
         Mother: Mary Klingenschmith (      -Abt 1869) 2

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       Marriage: 1891 2

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Wife Lizzie K. Earnest ²

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         Father: Albert Earnest (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 M Clarence R. Earnest ²

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2 F Helen Elizabeth Earnest ²

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General Notes: Husband - Simon Peter Earnest, M.D.

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He was born in Delmont, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and he made his native town the scene of his professional activities. He attended for the elementary portion of his education the local public schools, and later was a student at the Delmont Academy. After completing his studies in this institution, he himself taught school for two terms in the public institution of Salem township and later for two winters in the schools of Delmont borough. He had decided in the meantime upon a professional career, and with this end in view entered the College of Surgery at Cincinnati, where he remained for one year. He then entered the University of Pittsburgh, and continued his studies in the medical department of that institution, from which he was graduated with the class of 1890. Returning immediately to his native Delmont, he opened an office and hung up his shingle there. His practice grew constantly until he became one of the best known physicians and dentists in the entire region. For Dr. Earnest had also been granted the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery by the same institution in which he took his Doctor of Medicine and combined the two lines of practice very successfully. He was a member of the Westmoreland County Medical Society and the State Medical Association, and served as deputy to the State Inspector in the efforts of that official to stamp out epidemics of typhoid in the region. He also held the position of examiner of the schools of the township and borough and saw considerable service on the school board. He was a staunch supporter of the principles and policies of the Democratic party and voted that ticket. In his religious belief Dr. Earnest was a member of the Lutheran church and attended the church of that denomination at Delmont, in which his parents were extremely active during their lives.

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General Notes: Wife - Lizzie K. Earnest

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She, like her husband, was a descendant of "Indian Eve."

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 236.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 237.