Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . the first physician in Connellsville and thenorthern section of Fayette county, settling there some time pre-vious to 1787. Dr. Benjamin Stevens settled on a farm in NorthUnion township, Fayette county, in 1789. and died, full of honor,in 1813. Among his students were Drs. Benjamin Dorsey,Daniel Sturgeon, Dr. Wilson, and Dr. Wright. Daniel Sturgeonwas a graduate of Jefiferson College and succeeded to the practiceof Dr. Stevens. His son. Dr. William H. Sturgeon, afterwardspracticed in Uniontown. Dr. Henry Chapese was a physicianand dru
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . the first physician in Connellsville and thenorthern section of Fayette county, settling there some time pre-vious to 1787. Dr. Benjamin Stevens settled on a farm in NorthUnion township, Fayette county, in 1789. and died, full of honor,in 1813. Among his students were Drs. Benjamin Dorsey,Daniel Sturgeon, Dr. Wilson, and Dr. Wright. Daniel Sturgeonwas a graduate of Jefiferson College and succeeded to the practiceof Dr. Stevens. His son. Dr. William H. Sturgeon, afterwardspracticed in Uniontown. Dr. Henry Chapese was a physicianand druggist, the two occupations being frequently combined inearly times, and practiced in Uniontown from 1790 to 1800. Headvertised a new recruit of Patent and other medicines, and asnake bite remedy, 15 drops of which, externally and internally,is an immediate cure. Dr. Young w^as another early physician of Fayette county, andalso kept a stock of drugs for the public. Dr. Jesse Pennel prac-ticed for a period in Bridgeport, Fayette county, but died in 1819 156. ^vpw ^^3
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