Dr. Arthur E. Whitaker and Lillian Irvine Gelbach

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Husband Dr. Arthur E. Whitaker ¹

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           Born: 27 Jan 1888 - Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA 1
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         Father: Harry Whitaker (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Orcelia Ferner (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 12 Dec 1923 1

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Wife Lillian Irvine Gelbach ²

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         Father: William Henry Gelbach (1854-1927) 2 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Irvine (      -Aft 1927) 1 5

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Arthur E. Whitaker

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He received his early education in the public schools of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, and took up the study of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, from which he received his degree in 1912. He served as interne in the Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, and after 1913 was located at Zelienople, where he carried on a general practice. He was also local surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and a member of the staff of the Ellwood City General Hospital.
During World War I Doctor Whittaker volunteered for service and served with the Medical Corps of the Seventh Infantry at Camp Lee, Virginia.
He was a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and he belonged to the Masonic Lodge, Elks Lodge, Rotary Club. American Legion, and Phi Beta Pi fraternity. He was identified with the Butler County Medical Society, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association.

1 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1009.

2 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1131.

3 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1008, 1150.

4 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 896.

5 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1100, 1131.