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Register Of Births Of Dr. Isaac Pearson, Kevin L. Greenholt
Register Of Births Of Dr. Isaac Pearson, Kevin L. Greenholt
Adams County History
Born June 6, 1824 in Huntington Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, Isaac William Wierman Worley Pearson was the son of Isaac and Mary (Wierman) Pearson. By the time he was fourteen years old both of his parents had passed away. In 1848 he began the study of medicine under the tutelage of Dr. Hiram C. Metcalfe of York Springs, Adams County. He completed his medical education at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia during the winter of 1849 – 1850.
He returned to Adams County in 1850 and when the federal census was taken on September 25, 1850, the now Dr. Pearson …