Dr. John Steel Anderson, M.D.

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Husband Dr. John Steel Anderson, M.D. ¹

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           Born: 1 May 1886 - Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: E. H. Anderson (      -Aft 1918) 1
         Mother: Malinda Steel (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. John Steel Anderson, M.D.

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He was born near the village of Pleasant Unity in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. His early education was obtained at the local public schools and he then entered the high school at Latrobe, where he prepared for college. Having graduated from this institution, he matriculated at the Washington and Jefferson College at Washington, Pennsylvania, and still later studied at the medical department of the University of Pittsburgh in that city. He graduated with the class of 1913 and the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He supplemented his theoretical knowledge gained at this institution with practical experience, spending the following two years as interne in the Passavant Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Westmoreland Hospital of Greensburg, and upon the close of his association with the latter institution he began active practice in the latter city. He was a member of the Westmoreland County Medical Society, and in addition to his private practice was a member of the staff of the Westmoreland Hospital at Greensburg.
He was a member of Greensburg Lodge, No. 518, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Urania Chapter, No. 192, Royal Arch Masons; Olivet Council, No. 13, Royal and Select Masters; Kedron Commandery, No. 18, Knights Templar; Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and Pennsylvania Consistory, Sovereign Princes of the Royal Secret. He was also a member of the Greensburg Country Club and the Phi Beta Pi college fraternity. His religious belief affiliated him with the Presbyterian church and he attended the First Church of that denomination in Greensburg.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 339.