Husband Dr. Rosswell Rothrock 1
Born: 14 Oct 1831 1
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Died: 1 Mar 1897 1
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Father: Dr Isaac Rothrock (1798-1872) 1
Mother: Susan Swenk ( -1852) 1
Marriage: 4 Aug 1853 - New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA 2
Wife Catherine Mohney 2 3
Born: 25 Apr 1835 2
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Died: Aft 1898
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Father: Frederick Mohney (1801-Abt 1870) 3
Mother: Ann Maria Kaster ( -Bef 1898) 3
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1 M Marand Rothrock 2
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2 M James B. Rothrock 2
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3 F Clara Rothrock 2
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Spouse: Edward Knapp ( - ) 2
4 F Mary E. Rothrock 2
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Spouse: Charles Decker ( - ) 2
5 M Dr. D. Rosswell Rothrock 1
AKA: Dr. R. D. Rothwell 4
Born: 28 Dec 1861 - New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA 5
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Spouse: Ella Walter (1863- ) 6
Marr: 16 Jun 1885 - Centreville, Snyder Co, PA 7
General Notes: Husband - Dr. Rosswell Rothrock
He was born in Adamsburg, Pennsylvania, and was reared there, his school privileges being such as were common in those days. However, he taught a few terms of a public school in the vicinity of Adamsburg, reading medicine and teaching, etc., until he entered Jefferson Medical College, where he graduated in 1851, when barely twenty years old. He remained in active practice from the time of his graduation until his death-a period of nearly forty-six years-and at that time he was the oldest practitioner in Snyder County. He first located at Adamsburg, but from 1853 to 1855 he practiced at Millville, Clarion County. He then went to Beavertown, Snyder County, and in 1860 he removed to New Bethlehem, Clarion County. On August 29, 1861, he became the surgeon of Company C, 78th P. V. I., and went to the seat of war. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Chickamauga, and with eleven others of the regiment marched across Lookout Mountain to Ringgold, where they were placed on board a train. Their destination proved to be Richmond, Virginia, where they spent one month in Libby Prison. At the end of that time the Doctor and 125 others were marched off in the night and placed on Belle Isle or "Devil's Den," where he remained until February 22, 1862. Their next change came again at night, they being taken, this time, to the Pemberton buildings, where they were put on board a train and sent to Andersonville, Georgia. There they found thirty-five thousand other prisoners, and they were obliged to endure all the horrors of the place until September 5, 1862, when the Doctor was sent along with a body of two thousand fellow prisoners to Savannah. Six weeks later he had orders from the Rebel authorities to gather up all the men who could stand transportation and board a train. They had no idea what this command meant, and their destination was equally a mystery; but after a week's ride, interspersed with numerous delays, they reached Millen, Georgia, where a new stockade had been built. Not long afterward the welcome news came that ten thousand prisoners would be exchanged, and the Doctor was one of the first six hundred to be sent north, the journey being made by way of Annapolis, Maryland. He rejoined his family, then residing in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and on November 27, 1864, he was honorably discharged from service. In 1866 he located at Bannerville, Snyder County, and in the spring of 1879 he established himself in practice at Middleburg, for the purpose of educating his children, as there were better schools, etc., at that place, but in 1884 he located permanently at McClure, Pennsylvania, where he practiced until his final sickness interrupted his work. His intuitive sagacity, sharpened by long experience, placed him in the foremost ranks of his profession. To all his patients he was the same, flying with alacrity to every call, attending upon the poor and humble as zealously as upon the rich and powerful, and on the stranger as readily as upon the neighbor. Often he discharged the duties of a nurse as well as those of a physician, being wholly regardless of his own interests and even of his own health, such was his zeal to serve and save others.
As a citizen he was held in the highest esteem. While he was never a politician, he was an ardent supporter of the Republican party. In religious work he was prominent as a member of Christ Church (Evangelical) at McClure, for some years previous to his death. He was a member of Capt. M. Smith Post No. 355, G. A. R., and of McClure Lodge No. 770, I. O. O. F., in which he was Right Supporter to the Vice Grand in 1896. At his own request the G. A. R. took charge of his funeral (which occurred at McClure), assisted by the I. O. O. F. He had been especially active in the work of this Post, having served one year as commander of same and ten years as surgeon.