Martin Luther

---

---

Husband Martin Luther ¹

---

           Born: 16 Mar 1826 - New Holland, Lancaster Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Dr. John Luther (      -1828) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Diller (      -      ) 3

---

---

---

Wife

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

Children

---

---

General Notes: Husband - Martin Luther

---

He was educated in the best academies of West Chester and of Berks County, Pennsylvania, and subsequently studied under a private instructor. He began the study of medicine in the office of his brother, Diller, in New Holland, entered the Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia, and was graduated from that institution in the spring of 1848, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For two years succeeding his graduation he practiced with his brother. In 1850 he came to Reading, and soon after his location there became one of the leading physicians of the city. He served as physician to the Berks County Almshouse from 1853 to 1855, and the two succeeding years was physician to the county prison. In 1862 he was appointed surgeon in charge of the United States Army Hospital at Reading, and remained in that position until the hospital was discontinued. In the same year he was appointed surgeon to the State, in making the necessary examination of those who had been drafted into the military service. In 1864 he served as a surgeon to the board of enrollment of the Eighth Congressional District, and remained in that position until the close of the war. He took a prominent part in establishing the Reading Dispensary in 1868. He was an influential member of the Berks County Medical Society, was several years its president, and a number of times its representative delegate to the meetings of the State and National Medical Associations. Dr. Luther was a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. He had a very extensive practice in the city of Reading, and was a surgeon of excellent ability.
He was an influential member of the Masonic fraternity.

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

2 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 608.

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