Dr. J. Hiram Ringer, M.D. and Fannie F. Foster

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Husband Dr. J. Hiram Ringer, M.D. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 7 Oct 1853 or 1855 - Salem, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Isaac Ringer (1821-1904) 1 4 5
         Mother: Catharine Ann "Katy" Berlin (      -1906) 4 6

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       Marriage: 7 Oct 1891 7

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Wife Fannie F. Foster ^{3 7}

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         Father: Robert Foster (      -      ) 3 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Shields (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Foster Berlin Ringer ^{3 7}

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Eleanor Ringer ^{3 7}

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3 F Florence Ringer ^{3 7}

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4 M Robert Bovard Ringer ^{3 7}

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. J. Hiram Ringer, M.D.

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He was educated in the public and select schools of Salem and at Edinboro State Normal school, of Erie County, Pennsylvania, after which he engaged successfully for six terms in the pedagogical ranks. In 1881 he was elected auditor of Westmoreland County on the democratic ticket and served for three years. In 1882 he went into the Pullman service and got leave of absence for three months to attend the audit. The next year the company would not excuse him and he resigned, but after the audit was completed was re-instated. Having commenced to read medicine with Dr. U. M. Snyder of Delmont while yet teaching school, he in 1885 quit the Pullman service and continued his medical studies. In 1886 he entered West Penn medical college at Pittsburg and between sessions read with Dr. L. R. Metzgar, then at Delmont. Graduating March 22, 1888, Dr. Ringer located at Delmont where he practiced his profession with excellent success and much encouragement until January, 1890, when he left Delmont and went into the employ of the Westmoreland Coal Company as physician and surgeon. Dr. Ringer stood high in medical college, was elected vice-president of the class of '88, and the same year was chosen vice-president of the Alumni Association. He was an unassuming gentleman, but for intelligence, courtesy, integrity and honor stood high in the estimation of all who knew him. He was a member of Carmel Lodge, No. 542, I. O. O. F.; Delmont Council, No. 58, Jr. O. U. A. M., and Delmont Grange, No. 859, Patrons of Husbandry.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 408.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 115.

3 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 119.

4 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 611.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 113, 506.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 113.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 116.