Dr. Winters D. Hamaker and Lizzie G. Townsend

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Husband Dr. Winters D. Hamaker ¹

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           Born: 21 Sep 1859 - Schellsburg, Bedford Co, PA 1
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         Father: A. P. Hamaker (1831-1875) 1
         Mother: Sarah J. McVicker (1837-Aft 1899) 1

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       Marriage: 1887 2

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Wife Lizzie G. Townsend ²

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           Born: 12 May 1861 2
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         Father: Rev. Daniel W. Townsend, D.D. (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth M. Kier (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Charles Townsend Hamaker ²

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           Born: 19 Aug 1888 2
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2 M Edward McVicker Hamaker ²

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           Born: 9 Jun 1890 2
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3 M [Unk] Hamaker

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4 F [Unk] Hamaker

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Winters D. Hamaker

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He was born at Schellsburg, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where he spent his youth. At the time of his father's death, he was just fifteen years of age, and for two years subsequently he assisted in the management of the business left by his father and prepared for college at a private school in his native town. At the age of seventeen he entered the last term of the freshman class of Washington and Jefferson College, at Washington, Pennsylvania, graduating in the class of 1880. In 1883 this college gave him the degree of Master of Arts. Having read medicine for a year, he entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, in 1881 and graduated in 1884, fifth in a class of one hundred and five. On competitive examination he was elected resident physician to two hospitals in Philadelphia,\emdash the Presbyterian and the University,\emdash where he served for nearly two years. On the completion of his terms in these hospitals he was offered the position of resident physician in the Orthopedic Hospital, Philadelphia, and was also offered a lucrative position as surgeon in the relief department of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Both of these positions he declined.
In 1886 Dr. Hamaker settled in Meadville, Pennsylvania, where he at once secured a large practice, both medical and surgical. After coming to that city he was one of the surgeons of the Meadville Hospital, where he performed most of his operations, which included many cases of amputation,\emdash hernia, ovarian tumors, hysterotomy, cystotomy, stone, nephrotomy, appendicitis, trephining, colotomy and operations for gallstones. He was a member of the Crawford County Medical Society, of which he was president; of the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania; of the American Medical Association and of the Pathological Society of Philadelphia. For several years he was a member of the State Society's Committee on Increase of Membership and Clinical Teaching. In 1895 he was appointed a member of the Board of Medical Examiners of Pennsylvania by Governor Daniel H. Hastings, was reappointed in 1896 for a three-year term, and in 1899 he was reappointed by Governor William A. Stone for a three-year term.

1 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 693.

2 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 694.

3 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 696.