Dr. John Luther and Eve Hisser

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Husband Dr. John Luther ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1 Apr 1755 or 1756 - Freuhlingen, Germany 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Jan 1811 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1 2
         Buried:  - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: Christian Luther (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Christiana Kelp (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Eve Hisser ²

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           Born: 1766 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Aug 1804 2
         Buried:  - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

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Children

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1 F Catharine Luther ^{2 3}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Jan 1854 3
         Buried:  - Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA

         Spouse: Dr. John King (      -Bef 1830) 3 4

         Spouse: Judge William Line (1785-1868) 5 6
           Marr: 12 Oct 1830 3

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2 M Dr. Cornelius Luther ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried:  - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

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3 M Dr. Martin Luther ²

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           Born: Abt 1784
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Apr 1829 2
         Buried:  - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

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4 M Dr. John Luther ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1828 - New Holland, Lancaster Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Diller (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. John Luther

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In his youth he came to America, and with either his parents or friends located in Virginia. He studied medicine, and married in that state, coming to Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1785, the year it was laid out, purchasing a lot later occupied by the Harrisburg National Bank and the house adjoining, the latter of which he erected. Here he at once began his profession, which proved a successful one. He was chosen, at the tirst election held under the charter given the borough, one of the burgesses, and subsequently served as a member of the Town Council, of which body he was at one time president.
From the "Reminiscences of an Octogenarian," we have this description of Dr. Luther: "He was a man somewhat resembling the Great Reformer, Martin Luther, if I dare judge from the printed representation I have seen of the latter. He was of medium height and proportionably stout. He was a very pleasant man, and agreeably received when he entered company. He carried a snuff box and made frequent use of its contents. He wore black cloth coat, vest and breeches, with buckles on his shoes. He was popular as a physician and esteemed highly for his skill. He wore his hair in a cue, as was common in the early days of Harrisburg, but wherever he went there was healing in the creak of his shoes. When he felt your pulse, told you to put out your tongue, and smelled the ivory on the top of his cane, you might be sure he was hunting for a fever, or something direful, that might require a dose of calomel and jalap . . . Dr. Luther was of a jovial disposition, and it was said, as was the custom of those days when anti-fogmatics was necessary to keep off fever and agne, that he 'didn't object to his patients taking a little tanzy bitters in the morning.' His practice was extensive.
The Oracle of the 30th thus speaks of him:
"For many years Dr. Luther was a useful, humane, and fortunate practitioner in the science of physic and surgery in this borough. The many first-rate virtues which adorned the character of the deceased, had endeared him to as many friends as few can boast. Very few are exempt from the envious shaft of malice, but if he had any enemies we know them not. Many, whose pecuniary situations were straitened, will long deplore the loss of a benevolent friend. His remains were deposited on Tuesday last with Masonic honors, to which fraternity he was a distinguished and valuable member, attended by as large a concourse of neighbors as has ever been witnessed an a similar occasion in this borough."

"The Doctor had a gray horse that he highly prized and provided for in his will, directing that he should 'do no work, be shod and fed.' I recollect the horse well and saw him after the Doctor's death, roving over the Capitol Hill, before it was built upon, and was an open common. The doctor had ridden the gray one evening into Cumberlend county, and on returning after night, being too late for the ferry, undertook to ford the river, but lost his way, got into deep water and paddled about until daylight, when he found himself approaching a send bar. He was so grateful to the horse, that he would not part with him."

1 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 607.

2 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 270.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 173.

4 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 271.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 204.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 171.