Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Dr. John Walker Croft, M.D. and Carrie G. Brandt




Husband Dr. John Walker Croft, M.D. 1

           Born: 6 Nov 1874 - Franklin Co, PA 2
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         Father: George W. Croft (1844-      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah Jane Walker (Abt 1853-1899) 1


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Wife Carrie G. Brandt 3

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         Father: Levi C. Brandt (1845-      ) 3
         Mother: Emma Seitz (      -      ) 4




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General Notes: Husband - Dr. John Walker Croft, M.D.


He was born north of St. Thomas, about one and one-half miles, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was reared on his father's farm, and given the advantages of a common school education. He then taught school for a year, when he began reading medicine with Dr. F. W. Skinner of Chambersburg. After studying thus for a year, he entered Jefferson Medical College in 1895, from which he was graduated in 1899. The summer of the same year he located in Waynesboro, and began the practice of his profession. Dr. Croft was a member of Franklin County Medical Society, of which he was vice president in 1901; Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Elks and the Royal Arcanum. He was examiner for Hartford Life Insurance Company, the American Relief Association Co. and the Pacific Mutual of California. Religiously he was a member of the Lutheran Church.

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Sources


1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 246, 604.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 604.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 574, 605.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 605.


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