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Doctors Of Three Counties Met

Did you know? On November 1, 1825, physicians from Huntingdon, Mifflin and Centre counties met at the house of Alexander Ennis, then in Barree township, to consider organizing a medical society.

The meeting lasted two days. On the second day they organized the Union Medical Society, with Dr. John Henderson as president. Its constitution gave its object as the promotion and dissemination of medical and philosophical information, friendly feelings among medical men, and "the suppression of quackery."

The society met again at Lewistown in November 1826 and at Huntingdon in November 1827, where Dr. Ezra Doty of Mifflintown was elected president. Jordan's 1913 history says that Huntingdon meeting was the last record of its transactions.

Checked and confirmed. CONFIRMED 2026-10-30 against the sources listed: every factual sentence was tied to a verbatim passage and a script confirmed each passage is in its source. Where sources disagreed on a number, the number was left out.

Sources

  1. John W. Jordan, ed., History of the Juniata Valley and Its People, vol. 1 (1913)
  2. J. Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (1883)

Checked 2026-10-30 · County histories and primary sources, read in full

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Greenwood Furnace, Church, East of McAlevy's Fort on State Route 305, McAlevys FortGreenwood Furnace, Church, East of McAlevy's Fort on State Route 305, McAlevys FortLibrary of Congress · pa2915
Greenwood Furnace, Ironmaster's Mansion, East of McAlevy's Fort on State Route 305, McAlevys FortGreenwood Furnace, Ironmaster's Mansion, East of McAlevy's Fort on State Route 305, McAlevys FortLibrary of Congress · pa2913
Greenwood Furnace, Stack No. 2, East of McAlevy's Fort on State Route 305, McAlevys FortGreenwood Furnace, Stack No. 2, East of McAlevy's Fort on State Route 305, McAlevys FortLibrary of Congress · pa2912
A Greenwood Furnace stack, which Myer Souders labels Stack No. 2A Greenwood Furnace stack, which Myer Souders labels Stack No. 2Shared by Myer Souders
Greenwood Furnace, East of McAlevy's Fort on State Route 305, McAlevys FortGreenwood Furnace, East of McAlevy's Fort on State Route 305, McAlevys FortLibrary of Congress · pa2910
Stone Creek Valley Volunteer Fire Department Station 19 on Route 26 in Huntingdon County, PennsylvaniaStone Creek Valley Volunteer Fire Department Station 19 on Route 26 in Huntingdon County, PennsylvaniaPhotograph by the Wikimedia Commons contributor Smallbones, 2016-09-02. Released under CC0, a public domain dedication · Stone Creek Valley Vol Fire Dept No 13.jpg

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