Dr. Reuben E. Breiner and Sarah Ann Mossman

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Husband Dr. Reuben E. Breiner ¹

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           Born: 13 Apr 1808 - Maccungie Twp, Lehigh Co, PA 2
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           Died: 25 Aug 1870 - Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN 2
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         Father: George Breiner (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Maria Spiegal (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 10 Jun 1841 2

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Wife Sarah Ann Mossman ^{3 4}

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           Born: 5 Dec 1824 5
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           Died: 1 Jun 1861 or 1862 2 5
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         Father: Robert Gillis Mossman (1795-1847) 4 6
         Mother: Margaret "Peggy" Christy (      -1865) 4 7

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Children

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1 F Maggie M. R. E. Breiner ⁸

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           Born:  - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA
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         Spouse: Edwin T. Beatty (1849-      ) 9
           Marr: 1 Sep 1875 8

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2 F Susan J. P. Breiner ¹⁰

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         Spouse: William H. Findley (1850-      ) 11
           Marr: 31 Oct 1877 10

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Reuben E. Breiner

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He located in Greenville, PA, in the spring of 1835, and soon after formed a partnership with Dr. H. D. La. Cossitt, who had then been practicing in that town for ten years. At an early age he had begun the study of medicine under Dr. Peter Martin, of Maccungie, PA. He attended lectures in 1828-31 at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and in 1831 commenced practice in Maccungie, whence he came to Greenville, where he devoted the rest of his life to the duties of his profession. Soon after locating in Mercer County Dr. Breiner graduated at Willoughby Medical Institute, of Lake Erie, now Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, which added to his previous knowledge of medical science. He always kept well up with the progress in medicine, and won and retained one of the largest practices in this section of the State. Dr. Breiner was one of the pioneer medical practitioners of Mercer County, and the fact that he practiced medicine successfully in one community from 1835 up to 1868 is abundant proof of his ability and worth. Owing to declining health he ceased regular practice about two years prior to his death, which occurred at Minneapolis, MN, whither he had gone the previous May, with the hope of recuperating his shattered constitution. Coming of English and German ancestry, he possessed many of the rugged, sterling characteristics of those races. Positive in opinion, of strong likes and the opposite, he was, nevertheless, of a courteous and affable disposition. He was, however, deeply wedded to his profession, and devoted all of his indefatigable energy to the duties which his calling imposed. He practiced for miles in every direction, and was well liked and respected, both by the profession and the people at large. A writer in one of the local papers paid Dr. Breiner the following tribute at the time of his death: “Few men have endured more hardships, few have discharged the difficult and toilsome duties of the medical profession so unceasingly and so long. Both his co-laborers and his patients will testify to the promptness and fidelity, the energy and watchfulness, with which he performed his professional duties.” [HMC 1888, 276]

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 276, 790, 819.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 276.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 276, 819.

4 Bertha Mossman Kaler, Concerning the Family of Mossman (Self-published, ~1912(?)), Pg 35.

5 Bertha Mossman Kaler, Concerning the Family of Mossman (Self-published, ~1912(?)), Pg 36.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 819.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1145.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 775.

9 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 775, 819.

10 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 790.

11 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 789.