Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Dr. Myers Worman Horner, M.D. and Pearl Elvira Smith




Husband Dr. Myers Worman Horner, M.D. 1 2

           Born: 27 Dec 1870 - Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Isaac Horner (1838-Aft 1890) 1 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Myers (1836-      ) 1 2 3


       Marriage: 31 Oct 1901 4



Wife Pearl Elvira Smith 4

           Born: 22 Feb 1872 - Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 4
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         Father: William H. Smith (      -      ) 4
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Children
1 F Sarah Smith Horner 4

           Born: 15 Dec 1904 4
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Myers Worman Horner, M.D.


He was reared to farm life, educated in the public schools, Mount Pleasant Institute, and Central State Normal school, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1890. The following three years he was engaged in the vocation of teaching, the first year in the district school of Mount Pleasant township, and the two succeeding years as vice-principal of Mount Pleasant schools. He then began the study of medicine in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and graduated therefrom in 1896. The first three months after his graduation he practiced his profession in the city of Philadelphia, attending to the practice of Dr. Johnston. He then returned to his native place, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, where he established for himself an enviable reputation and gained a large and remunerative practice. He was a member of the United States pension examining board located at Scottdale, Westmoreland County, and was a member of the surgical staff of Mount Pleasant Hospital. Dr. Horner was a member of the Westmoreland County Medical Society, of which he was president; Pennsylvania State Medical Society, American Medical Association, the Association of the United States Pension Examining Surgeons. He was president of the board of health of Mount Pleasant. He was affiliated with Marion Lodge, No. 562 Free and Accepted Masons, Scottdale; Moss Rose Lodge, No. 350, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 868, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Protected Home Circle, American Order of United Workmen, of Mount Pleasant, and the Pike Run Country Club. He was a member of the board of education, and a member of Mount Pleasant fire department.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 468.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 144.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 300.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 145.


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