Husband Dr. James B. Amberson, M.D. 1 2
Born: 14 May 1845 - Waynesboro, Franklin Co, PA 1 3
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Father: William Smith Amberson (1816-Bef 1888) 3 4 5
Mother: Rosanna Burns ( - ) 1 3
Marriage: 1 Dec 1873 1 6
Wife Mary K. Good 1 7
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Father: David M. Good (1813-1885) 8 9
Mother: Mary M. Dietrich ( -Aft 1905) 9
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1 F Mary Eva Amberson 1 6
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2 M William Smith Amberson 1 6
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3 M Gurney Good Amberson 1 6
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4 F Ruth Deitrich Amberson 1 6
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5 M James Burns Amberson 6
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6 F Catherine Good Amberson 6
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7 F Jean Downey Amberson 6
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. James B. Amberson, M.D.
He was reared in Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he attended the public and private schools and the academy. The year 1860-61 was spent at Mercersburg Academy, then under the care of Rev. Loose, and in 1861 he entered Westminster College, New Wilmington, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, an irregular sophomore, and graduated at that college at its commencement, in 1865. He entered the office of Drs. Benjamin Frantz and I. N. Snively, then partners, as a student of medicine the same summer, and in the autumn of 1865 entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated from there in March, 1868. He commenced to practice his profession in Waynesboro, in 1868. In 1869 and until 1876 he carried on a drug business in connection with his profession. In the spring of 1877, and until the spring of 1880, he engaged in the practice of his profession exclusively in Walnut Bottom, Cumberland County. By this time Waynesboro had begun to increase very rapidly, and in the spring of 1880 the Doctor returned to Waynesboro. After two years, in 1882, he went into partnership with Dr. A. H. Strickler, who was then in impaired health, and they practiced together until 1887. After 1887 Dr. Amberson practiced alone, meeting with success, and became one of the recognized leaders in the profession in Franklin County. He was a member of the Waynesboro Academy of Medicine, of which he was one of the organizers and of which he was secretary for several years and later president. He was first vice-president of the Franklin County Medical Society, and was a member of the State Medical Society. The Doctor's professional skill and gentlemanly demeanor procured for him a number of the affluent and influential families in Waynesboro and surrounding country.
He and his wife were consistent members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he was a Republican, and served as city auditor of Waynesboro.