Husband Dr. Joseph A. Landis, M.D. 1 2
Born: 26 Jun 1805 - Montgomery Co, PA 1
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Died: 20 Nov 1886 - Hollidaysburg, Blair Co, PA 2
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Father: Henry Landis ( -Abt 1860) 1
Mother: Rebecca Cumming (Abt 1788-1880) 1
Marriage: Oct 1831 3
Wife Maria Letitia Holcombe 2
AKA: Maria L. Holcomb 3
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Died: 27 Aug 1891 2
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Father: Jacob Holcomb ( - ) 3
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1 M Augustus S. Landis 3 4 5
Born: 4 Jun 1834 - Pennington, Mercer Co, NJ 2
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Spouse: Eleanor Porter (1843- ) 4 5
Marr: 23 Nov 1865 2
2 M David C. Landis 3
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Joseph A. Landis, M.D.
He received an academic education in the schools of Philadelphia and Baltimore, and in 1825 began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Nathaniel Potter, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the University of Maryland. In the spring of 1828, Dr. Landis graduated at that institution, and sought as his first field the village of Pennington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. There he remained from 1829 to 1836, when he was persuaded by his uncle, David Cumming, then a resident of Alexandria, Louisianna, to make a location at the latter place, which being regarded as an unhealthy locality, offered of course ripe advantages to the physician. A year's experience there had satisfied him that he could do well there, and in 1837 he journeyed to Philadelphia for the purpose of removing his family to his new Southern home. His family and relations, however, protested against making a home of sickly Alexandria, and as a consequence the doctor resolved to sacrifice his lucrative practice there and seek fresh pastures. It happened about then that Dr. Bramball, one of the old physicians of Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania, was about to retire by reason of failing health, and he besought Dr. Landis to come on and take his practice. To this proposal the latter assented, and the year 1837 saw him domiciled in Hollidaysburg as one of the village doctors. From 1837 until 1868, Dr. Landis continued to practice in Hollidaysburg and the surrounding country, and for many years rode a circuit that reached twelve miles in almost any direction from Hollidaysburg. In 1868 he removed to Philadelphia, but after practicing there six years returned to Hollidaysburg in 1874.
Dr. Landis was one of the seven founders of the Blair County Medical Society, and retained his membership until his removal to Philadelphia in 1868. From 1868 to 1874 he was a member of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, and beginning in 1874 was a member of the Blair County Medical Society, of which body he served as president, as well as other official capacities. He was frequently chosen a delegate to the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and the National Medical Association, on one occasion representing the State Society in the latter body. He served three or more terms as physician to the county prison. During 1861, after the first battle of Bull Run, he was a volunteer surgeon at the Mount Pleasant Hospital, Washington, D. C. Dr. Landis was one of the county poor directors at the time of the erection of the county alms-house, and for a space of five years was the almshouse physician. In 1857 he was prominent in the organization of the Hollidaysburg Gas Company, and for several years was the company's president.
He and his wife had five children, two sons and three daughters.