Dr. James Newell McCullough Bemis and Dora S. Chapman
Husband Dr. James Newell McCullough Bemis 1 2 3
Born: 20 Jun 1845 - Hopewell Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 3 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Dr. Erastus Bemis, M.D. (1817/1817-1866) 2 4 5 Mother: Ruth McCullough (1819-1901) 2 3 4
Marriage: 7 Sep or 20 Sep 1876 3 4 6
Other Spouse: Jennie Belle Brownlee (1856- ) 1 3 6 - 25 Sep 1884 - Hopewell Twp, Washington Co, PA 3 4
Wife Dora S. Chapman 3 4 6
AKA: Dorothy Chapman 7 Born: Abt 1851 Christened: Died: 7 Jul 1877 3 4 Buried:
Father: Alexander C. Chapman (1823- ) 8 Mother: Julia A. Chapman (1826-1874) 9
Children
General Notes: Husband - Dr. James Newell McCullough Bemis
He received his elementary training in the common schools, which was supplemented with a course at Washington and Jefferson College. He then entered Ann Arbor Medical College, Michigan, remaining one year, after which he took a course at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, graduating in 1870. Coming immediately to West Middletown, Pennsylvania, he located there and beginning in 1878 was associated in medical practice with his brother.
1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 574, 1081.
2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 761.
3 Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper, The Bemis History and Genealogy (San Francisco, CA: The Stanley-Taylor Co, 1900), Pg 16.
4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 574.
5 Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper, The Bemis History and Genealogy (San Francisco, CA: The Stanley-Taylor Co, 1900), Pg 15.
6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 762.
7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1264.
8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 574, 998, 1263.
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Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 998, 1264.
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