Dr. Joseph C. Stahlman, M.D. and Mary Elizabeth McElhoes

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Husband Dr. Joseph C. Stahlman, M.D. ¹

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           Born: 20 Sep 1858 - Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: Solomon Stahlman (1832-1899) 1
         Mother: Catherine Keck (1836-1930) 1 2

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       Marriage: 15 Mar 1882 3

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Wife Mary Elizabeth McElhoes ³

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         Father: Irad McElhoes (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Martha Warnick (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Merna Stahlman ³

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         Spouse: J. C. Painter (      -      ) 3

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2 F Calla L. Stahlman ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Joseph C. Stahlman, M.D.

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After attending the Clarion County, Pennsylvania, public schools, he went to Rimersburg Academy, Reed Institute and Duff's Business College in Pittsburgh. Then, determining to become a doctor, he entered the Western Reserve Medical College at Cleveland and graduated in 1887 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. During his period of study, he advanced himself by teaching school for seven years in Clarion County districts. Dr. Stahlman's first practice was in Richardsville, Jefferson County, where he established himself in 1887 and where he remained until 1899. That year, having meanwhile taken postgraduate work at the Philadelphia Polyclinic Hospital, Dr. Stahlman moved to Vandergrift, where he then engaged in general practice. A member of the American Medical Association and the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, Dr. Stahlman was also a member of several Masonic bodies, among them being Kiskiminetas Lodge, No. 617, Free and Accepted Masons, of Vandergrift, Pittsburgh Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite and Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Pittsburgh. A member of the Presbyterian Church, Dr. Stahlman served as a member of the Jefferson County School Board. He was keenly interested in photography as a hobby.

1 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 376.

2 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP xxviii.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 377.