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Veterans Residing In Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1840-1930, Kevin L. Greenholt
Veterans Residing In Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1840-1930, Kevin L. Greenholt
Adams County History
The federal decennial census provides a wide-ranging set of data for analysis. The census forms for each ten-year cycle from 1790 until 1930 have been released to the public for access. The tabulations of 1840, 1910, and 1930 contain data relating to the military service of those interviewed by the census enumerator. Compiled here is a list of veterans, listed by Adams County township, who served in the American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, or other military actions from 1840 through 1930.
Statistical Analysis Of Dr. Elderdice's Ledger, Sheryl Hollis Snyder
Statistical Analysis Of Dr. Elderdice's Ledger, Sheryl Hollis Snyder
Adams County History
It is doubtful that obstetricians today could take the time to keep meticulous records of each obstetric case of their career, but Dr. Robert B. Elderdice did just that. Inside the front cover of his ledger he wrote "attended my 1st case at age of 21." His ten - column register listed case number, age, name (birth mother), number of labor, date, sex, PPn, fee, remarks, and pay in the doctor's consistently-legible handwriting. (For an illustration of Dr. Elderdice's handwriting, see the vaccination certificate in Appendix 1.) [excerpt]
A "Typical Country Doctor": Robert B. Elderdice, Mcknightstown, Kevin L. Greenholt
A "Typical Country Doctor": Robert B. Elderdice, Mcknightstown, Kevin L. Greenholt
Adams County History
The drive home from the Cashtown area home of the Kuhn family was cold and dark, but the twenty-one-year-old medical student was exhilarated. It was after four o'clock on a Monday morning, December 16, 1867. He had just assisted Mrs. Abner (Rebecca) Kuhn deliver her third child, a 14-pound son, the first of over one thousand such deliveries during his medical career. Arriving back at his lodging in the McKnightstown area, he would make the first entry in his obstetrical journal. This neat, detailed journal would eventually hold the record of 1026 cases, most involving families in the Franklin township …