Dr. Charles Card Selden, M.D., Ph.D. and Gertrude W. Thwing

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Husband Dr. Charles Card Selden, M.D., Ph.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Feb 1861 - Mayside, Erie Co, PA 2
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         Father: Samuel Selden (1821-1882) 1 3
         Mother: Caroline M. Perkins (      -      ) 1 3

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       Marriage: 1895 2

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Wife Gertrude W. Thwing ²

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         Father: Rev. E. P. Thwing, D.D. (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 M Samuel Selden ⁴

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           Born:  - China
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2 M John Kerr Selden ⁴

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           Born:  - China
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3 F Mary Selden ⁴

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           Born:  - China
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Charles Card Selden, M.D., Ph.D.

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After attending the public schools in Erie, Pennsylvania, he continued his education at Harvard University for two years and the Universities of Germany for three years. Returning to America he spent several months at his home and then entered the employ of the New York Tartar Company of Brooklyn, as an expert chemist. After several years in that work, he undertook the study of medicine and surgery at the Long Island Medical College, where he graduated as Doctor of Medicine.
In 1895 he married and two years later, in the summer of 1897, Dr. and Mrs. Selden moved to Canton, China. Dr. Selden was for a number of years, the head of the John Kerr Refuge, the first, and the only, institution for the care of the insane patients in the Empire of China. The work under Dr. Selden's supervision grew from year to year, until there were two hundred or more patients constantly cared for. The Refuge was sustained entirely by private subscription, Dr. Selden giving his services free. While thus engaged in the work for the Chinese, Dr. and Mrs. Selden were still mindful of the need of aid in their own and other lands, and contributed largely of their means for the support of schools and missions.

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 950.

2 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 479.

3 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 478.

4 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 480.