The Hanover Herald
Hanover, York County, PA
Saturday, Jan. 22, 1887
All info courtesy of Kathleen Groll #46799079
Sudden Death of Dr. Alleman
Not for a long has the community been so terribly startles as when on Friday evening last, it was announced that Dr. Horace Alleman had been found dead. The news was doubted by everybody, various rumors were at once in circulation; but the sad truth was soon too manifest. A young lad, in the employ of the Doctor accidentally saw his master sitting in the water closet at the family residence on Baltimore Street, and addressing him, received no answer. Looking closer, the lad saw the Doctor was blue in the face, and fearing he was dead gave the alarm. Dr. Snively, opportunely riding by, was summoned in at once, but found Dr. Alleman cold in death. It was about 4:20 P.M., when the body was discovered, and it was evident that he had been dead at least half an hour. The body, with the assistance of neighbors who had already arrived, was tenderly carried to the house, where Mrs. Alleman and her daughters were half distracted at the terrible affliction and almost unable to realize the awful fact that the husband and father was no more.
Dr. Alleman was with friends up town that afternoon, in his usual good spirits and apparently in good health, and was joking about being his own successor in the office of Chief Burgess. On his return home, about 3 o'clock, he complained of an oppressive feeling in his stomach, and took a small dose of ether to relieve it. Then he went out into the yard, this being the last time he was seen alive.
An inquest was held Friday evening, by Justice C.W. Forney, the following gentlemen composing the jury: Rev. George Scholl, D.D., N.B. Carver, William Bosdenhamer, George D. Gitt, E.A. Trimmer and G. Milton Bair. After hearing testimony as to the finding of the body and of physicians as to the cause of death, the jury returned a verdict that there were "no marks of violence about his body," and that he "died after the visitation of God in a natural way, from apoplexy, and not otherwise."
Dr. Alleman was born in Lancaster County, Jan. 18th, 1824, a son of John Alleman, who removed to that section from Dauphin County. There the Allemans were one of the early families and very prominent people.--They were of German descent. Dr. Alleman was educated at Emanus Institute, at Middletown, Dauphin County, and at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg. In 1846 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Nathaniel Watson in Lancaster County, and after the prescribed course of study, graduated at the Pennsylvania Medical College in Philadelphia, in 1848. He established himself in practice at Elizabethtown, and moved thence after some years to Safe Harbor. In 1859 he removed to Hanover, where his brother, Rev. M.J. Alleman, had been for several years pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. In this place, he rapidly built up a large practice, which he faithfully attended until his death. Dr. Alleman was married in 1847 to Miss Rebecca B. Winnemore, of Lancaster County, who with six children, survive to mourn his sudden calling away. His children are, John H., cashier of the First National Bank, Horace, a medical student in attendance at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, Miss Aggie L., one of the most popular teachers in our borough public schools, Mrs. John F. Rohrbaugh, of Helena, Montana, Mrs. Edward F. Wentz, of this place, and Miss Rebecca, at home with her mother. He was a devoted husband and an affectionate and indulgent father.
Dr. Alleman was elected Chief Burgess last spring by a flattering majority; he had previously served the community as a School Director, Secretary of the School Board, member of the Board of Managers of Mount Olivet Cemetery, and in other honorable and trustworthy capacities. He was honored by his fellow physicians with the position of President of the County Medical Society in 1885. He was Surgeon of the Pennsylvania R.R. Co. here for several consecutive years to the time of his death.
Besides being a thoroughly cultured physician both in precept and practice, Dr. Alleman possessed an excellent general education. He was an exceedingly well balanced man, well informed on nearly all subjects. He kept himself fully abreast of the times in medical science and in general literature by habits of constant reading and study. His opinions were held in high esteem by his professional brethren and constantly was he called in consultation in serious cases. He was affable in conversation, social in disposition, and could make himself agreeable in any society. he was an ardent Republican in politics, yet so tolerant of the opinions of others that among Democrats were found a large proportion of his clientage and many of his most devoted personal friends. Jovial, genial and good-natured, he had a good word and a joke for everybody. Yet withal, on proper occasions serious, and ever conscientious, he was welcome in the sickroom, and at the bedside of the dying, smoothed the pathway to the grave, and ministered consolation to the afflicted. -- The vacancy made among our reliable and well-thinking citizens by his death will be hard to fill, and in the ranks of our physicians a void will long exist. The shock
of his sudden taking-off was startling to every one, and subsequent and cooler consideration only intensified the sorrow of all our people at the loss of so eminent a physician, so estimable a neighbor, so staunch a friend, so good a citizen, so noble a man.
The funeral took place on Monday, at 1 P.M. The banks and business places were closed from 1 to 3 o'clock, in respect to the dead. The services were held at the late residence of the deceased, which was crowded by the relatives and friends, while the street, notwithstanding the weather was rainy and cold and a raw air was blowing, was filled on both sides for some distance, with those unable to gain admittance to the house. Numbers of persons were present from surrounding county, showing how widely the deceased was known and how generally he was esteemed. Rev. Dr. Scholl, pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, of which deceased was a member, officiated at the services, and delivered an eloquent and impressive discourse from words "Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." The services over, the casket was placed on the pavement, and long files of friends passed to take their last look at the body. The pall bearers were, Drs. A.J. Snively, L.M. Lochmen, Jacob Hay, J.W. Kerr, S.J. Souse and W.S. Roland. The funeral then moved to Mount Olivet Cemetery, where remains were consigned to the earth. The cortege was a large one, the Town Council, York County Medical Society, the physicians of Hanover and vicinity, and the Hanover Fire Co., in full uniform, accompanying the remains to the grave, besides a long line of carriages, containing the relatives and immediate friends.
Hanover, York County, PA
Saturday, Jan. 22, 1887
All info courtesy of Kathleen Groll #46799079
Sudden Death of Dr. Alleman
Not for a long has the community been so terribly startles as when on Friday evening last, it was announced that Dr. Horace Alleman had been found dead. The news was doubted by everybody, various rumors were at once in circulation; but the sad truth was soon too manifest. A young lad, in the employ of the Doctor accidentally saw his master sitting in the water closet at the family residence on Baltimore Street, and addressing him, received no answer. Looking closer, the lad saw the Doctor was blue in the face, and fearing he was dead gave the alarm. Dr. Snively, opportunely riding by, was summoned in at once, but found Dr. Alleman cold in death. It was about 4:20 P.M., when the body was discovered, and it was evident that he had been dead at least half an hour. The body, with the assistance of neighbors who had already arrived, was tenderly carried to the house, where Mrs. Alleman and her daughters were half distracted at the terrible affliction and almost unable to realize the awful fact that the husband and father was no more.
Dr. Alleman was with friends up town that afternoon, in his usual good spirits and apparently in good health, and was joking about being his own successor in the office of Chief Burgess. On his return home, about 3 o'clock, he complained of an oppressive feeling in his stomach, and took a small dose of ether to relieve it. Then he went out into the yard, this being the last time he was seen alive.
An inquest was held Friday evening, by Justice C.W. Forney, the following gentlemen composing the jury: Rev. George Scholl, D.D., N.B. Carver, William Bosdenhamer, George D. Gitt, E.A. Trimmer and G. Milton Bair. After hearing testimony as to the finding of the body and of physicians as to the cause of death, the jury returned a verdict that there were "no marks of violence about his body," and that he "died after the visitation of God in a natural way, from apoplexy, and not otherwise."
Dr. Alleman was born in Lancaster County, Jan. 18th, 1824, a son of John Alleman, who removed to that section from Dauphin County. There the Allemans were one of the early families and very prominent people.--They were of German descent. Dr. Alleman was educated at Emanus Institute, at Middletown, Dauphin County, and at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg. In 1846 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Nathaniel Watson in Lancaster County, and after the prescribed course of study, graduated at the Pennsylvania Medical College in Philadelphia, in 1848. He established himself in practice at Elizabethtown, and moved thence after some years to Safe Harbor. In 1859 he removed to Hanover, where his brother, Rev. M.J. Alleman, had been for several years pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. In this place, he rapidly built up a large practice, which he faithfully attended until his death. Dr. Alleman was married in 1847 to Miss Rebecca B. Winnemore, of Lancaster County, who with six children, survive to mourn his sudden calling away. His children are, John H., cashier of the First National Bank, Horace, a medical student in attendance at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, Miss Aggie L., one of the most popular teachers in our borough public schools, Mrs. John F. Rohrbaugh, of Helena, Montana, Mrs. Edward F. Wentz, of this place, and Miss Rebecca, at home with her mother. He was a devoted husband and an affectionate and indulgent father.
Dr. Alleman was elected Chief Burgess last spring by a flattering majority; he had previously served the community as a School Director, Secretary of the School Board, member of the Board of Managers of Mount Olivet Cemetery, and in other honorable and trustworthy capacities. He was honored by his fellow physicians with the position of President of the County Medical Society in 1885. He was Surgeon of the Pennsylvania R.R. Co. here for several consecutive years to the time of his death.
Besides being a thoroughly cultured physician both in precept and practice, Dr. Alleman possessed an excellent general education. He was an exceedingly well balanced man, well informed on nearly all subjects. He kept himself fully abreast of the times in medical science and in general literature by habits of constant reading and study. His opinions were held in high esteem by his professional brethren and constantly was he called in consultation in serious cases. He was affable in conversation, social in disposition, and could make himself agreeable in any society. he was an ardent Republican in politics, yet so tolerant of the opinions of others that among Democrats were found a large proportion of his clientage and many of his most devoted personal friends. Jovial, genial and good-natured, he had a good word and a joke for everybody. Yet withal, on proper occasions serious, and ever conscientious, he was welcome in the sickroom, and at the bedside of the dying, smoothed the pathway to the grave, and ministered consolation to the afflicted. -- The vacancy made among our reliable and well-thinking citizens by his death will be hard to fill, and in the ranks of our physicians a void will long exist. The shock
of his sudden taking-off was startling to every one, and subsequent and cooler consideration only intensified the sorrow of all our people at the loss of so eminent a physician, so estimable a neighbor, so staunch a friend, so good a citizen, so noble a man.
The funeral took place on Monday, at 1 P.M. The banks and business places were closed from 1 to 3 o'clock, in respect to the dead. The services were held at the late residence of the deceased, which was crowded by the relatives and friends, while the street, notwithstanding the weather was rainy and cold and a raw air was blowing, was filled on both sides for some distance, with those unable to gain admittance to the house. Numbers of persons were present from surrounding county, showing how widely the deceased was known and how generally he was esteemed. Rev. Dr. Scholl, pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, of which deceased was a member, officiated at the services, and delivered an eloquent and impressive discourse from words "Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." The services over, the casket was placed on the pavement, and long files of friends passed to take their last look at the body. The pall bearers were, Drs. A.J. Snively, L.M. Lochmen, Jacob Hay, J.W. Kerr, S.J. Souse and W.S. Roland. The funeral then moved to Mount Olivet Cemetery, where remains were consigned to the earth. The cortege was a large one, the Town Council, York County Medical Society, the physicians of Hanover and vicinity, and the Hanover Fire Co., in full uniform, accompanying the remains to the grave, besides a long line of carriages, containing the relatives and immediate friends.
The Hanover Herald
Hanover, York County, PA
Saturday, Jan. 22, 1887
All info courtesy of Kathleen Groll #46799079
Sudden Death of Dr. Alleman
Not for a long has the community been so terribly startles as when on Friday evening last, it was announced that Dr. Horace Alleman had been found dead. The news was doubted by everybody, various rumors were at once in circulation; but the sad truth was soon too manifest. A young lad, in the employ of the Doctor accidentally saw his master sitting in the water closet at the family residence on Baltimore Street, and addressing him, received no answer. Looking closer, the lad saw the Doctor was blue in the face, and fearing he was dead gave the alarm. Dr. Snively, opportunely riding by, was summoned in at once, but found Dr. Alleman cold in death. It was about 4:20 P.M., when the body was discovered, and it was evident that he had been dead at least half an hour. The body, with the assistance of neighbors who had already arrived, was tenderly carried to the house, where Mrs. Alleman and her daughters were half distracted at the terrible affliction and almost unable to realize the awful fact that the husband and father was no more.
Dr. Alleman was with friends up town that afternoon, in his usual good spirits and apparently in good health, and was joking about being his own successor in the office of Chief Burgess. On his return home, about 3 o'clock, he complained of an oppressive feeling in his stomach, and took a small dose of ether to relieve it. Then he went out into the yard, this being the last time he was seen alive.
An inquest was held Friday evening, by Justice C.W. Forney, the following gentlemen composing the jury: Rev. George Scholl, D.D., N.B. Carver, William Bosdenhamer, George D. Gitt, E.A. Trimmer and G. Milton Bair. After hearing testimony as to the finding of the body and of physicians as to the cause of death, the jury returned a verdict that there were "no marks of violence about his body," and that he "died after the visitation of God in a natural way, from apoplexy, and not otherwise."
Dr. Alleman was born in Lancaster County, Jan. 18th, 1824, a son of John Alleman, who removed to that section from Dauphin County. There the Allemans were one of the early families and very prominent people.--They were of German descent. Dr. Alleman was educated at Emanus Institute, at Middletown, Dauphin County, and at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg. In 1846 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Nathaniel Watson in Lancaster County, and after the prescribed course of study, graduated at the Pennsylvania Medical College in Philadelphia, in 1848. He established himself in practice at Elizabethtown, and moved thence after some years to Safe Harbor. In 1859 he removed to Hanover, where his brother, Rev. M.J. Alleman, had been for several years pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. In this place, he rapidly built up a large practice, which he faithfully attended until his death. Dr. Alleman was married in 1847 to Miss Rebecca B. Winnemore, of Lancaster County, who with six children, survive to mourn his sudden calling away. His children are, John H., cashier of the First National Bank, Horace, a medical student in attendance at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, Miss Aggie L., one of the most popular teachers in our borough public schools, Mrs. John F. Rohrbaugh, of Helena, Montana, Mrs. Edward F. Wentz, of this place, and Miss Rebecca, at home with her mother. He was a devoted husband and an affectionate and indulgent father.
Dr. Alleman was elected Chief Burgess last spring by a flattering majority; he had previously served the community as a School Director, Secretary of the School Board, member of the Board of Managers of Mount Olivet Cemetery, and in other honorable and trustworthy capacities. He was honored by his fellow physicians with the position of President of the County Medical Society in 1885. He was Surgeon of the Pennsylvania R.R. Co. here for several consecutive years to the time of his death.
Besides being a thoroughly cultured physician both in precept and practice, Dr. Alleman possessed an excellent general education. He was an exceedingly well balanced man, well informed on nearly all subjects. He kept himself fully abreast of the times in medical science and in general literature by habits of constant reading and study. His opinions were held in high esteem by his professional brethren and constantly was he called in consultation in serious cases. He was affable in conversation, social in disposition, and could make himself agreeable in any society. he was an ardent Republican in politics, yet so tolerant of the opinions of others that among Democrats were found a large proportion of his clientage and many of his most devoted personal friends. Jovial, genial and good-natured, he had a good word and a joke for everybody. Yet withal, on proper occasions serious, and ever conscientious, he was welcome in the sickroom, and at the bedside of the dying, smoothed the pathway to the grave, and ministered consolation to the afflicted. -- The vacancy made among our reliable and well-thinking citizens by his death will be hard to fill, and in the ranks of our physicians a void will long exist. The shock
of his sudden taking-off was startling to every one, and subsequent and cooler consideration only intensified the sorrow of all our people at the loss of so eminent a physician, so estimable a neighbor, so staunch a friend, so good a citizen, so noble a man.
The funeral took place on Monday, at 1 P.M. The banks and business places were closed from 1 to 3 o'clock, in respect to the dead. The services were held at the late residence of the deceased, which was crowded by the relatives and friends, while the street, notwithstanding the weather was rainy and cold and a raw air was blowing, was filled on both sides for some distance, with those unable to gain admittance to the house. Numbers of persons were present from surrounding county, showing how widely the deceased was known and how generally he was esteemed. Rev. Dr. Scholl, pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, of which deceased was a member, officiated at the services, and delivered an eloquent and impressive discourse from words "Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." The services over, the casket was placed on the pavement, and long files of friends passed to take their last look at the body. The pall bearers were, Drs. A.J. Snively, L.M. Lochmen, Jacob Hay, J.W. Kerr, S.J. Souse and W.S. Roland. The funeral then moved to Mount Olivet Cemetery, where remains were consigned to the earth. The cortege was a large one, the Town Council, York County Medical Society, the physicians of Hanover and vicinity, and the Hanover Fire Co., in full uniform, accompanying the remains to the grave, besides a long line of carriages, containing the relatives and immediate friends.
Hanover, York County, PA
Saturday, Jan. 22, 1887
All info courtesy of Kathleen Groll #46799079
Sudden Death of Dr. Alleman
Not for a long has the community been so terribly startles as when on Friday evening last, it was announced that Dr. Horace Alleman had been found dead. The news was doubted by everybody, various rumors were at once in circulation; but the sad truth was soon too manifest. A young lad, in the employ of the Doctor accidentally saw his master sitting in the water closet at the family residence on Baltimore Street, and addressing him, received no answer. Looking closer, the lad saw the Doctor was blue in the face, and fearing he was dead gave the alarm. Dr. Snively, opportunely riding by, was summoned in at once, but found Dr. Alleman cold in death. It was about 4:20 P.M., when the body was discovered, and it was evident that he had been dead at least half an hour. The body, with the assistance of neighbors who had already arrived, was tenderly carried to the house, where Mrs. Alleman and her daughters were half distracted at the terrible affliction and almost unable to realize the awful fact that the husband and father was no more.
Dr. Alleman was with friends up town that afternoon, in his usual good spirits and apparently in good health, and was joking about being his own successor in the office of Chief Burgess. On his return home, about 3 o'clock, he complained of an oppressive feeling in his stomach, and took a small dose of ether to relieve it. Then he went out into the yard, this being the last time he was seen alive.
An inquest was held Friday evening, by Justice C.W. Forney, the following gentlemen composing the jury: Rev. George Scholl, D.D., N.B. Carver, William Bosdenhamer, George D. Gitt, E.A. Trimmer and G. Milton Bair. After hearing testimony as to the finding of the body and of physicians as to the cause of death, the jury returned a verdict that there were "no marks of violence about his body," and that he "died after the visitation of God in a natural way, from apoplexy, and not otherwise."
Dr. Alleman was born in Lancaster County, Jan. 18th, 1824, a son of John Alleman, who removed to that section from Dauphin County. There the Allemans were one of the early families and very prominent people.--They were of German descent. Dr. Alleman was educated at Emanus Institute, at Middletown, Dauphin County, and at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg. In 1846 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Nathaniel Watson in Lancaster County, and after the prescribed course of study, graduated at the Pennsylvania Medical College in Philadelphia, in 1848. He established himself in practice at Elizabethtown, and moved thence after some years to Safe Harbor. In 1859 he removed to Hanover, where his brother, Rev. M.J. Alleman, had been for several years pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. In this place, he rapidly built up a large practice, which he faithfully attended until his death. Dr. Alleman was married in 1847 to Miss Rebecca B. Winnemore, of Lancaster County, who with six children, survive to mourn his sudden calling away. His children are, John H., cashier of the First National Bank, Horace, a medical student in attendance at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, Miss Aggie L., one of the most popular teachers in our borough public schools, Mrs. John F. Rohrbaugh, of Helena, Montana, Mrs. Edward F. Wentz, of this place, and Miss Rebecca, at home with her mother. He was a devoted husband and an affectionate and indulgent father.
Dr. Alleman was elected Chief Burgess last spring by a flattering majority; he had previously served the community as a School Director, Secretary of the School Board, member of the Board of Managers of Mount Olivet Cemetery, and in other honorable and trustworthy capacities. He was honored by his fellow physicians with the position of President of the County Medical Society in 1885. He was Surgeon of the Pennsylvania R.R. Co. here for several consecutive years to the time of his death.
Besides being a thoroughly cultured physician both in precept and practice, Dr. Alleman possessed an excellent general education. He was an exceedingly well balanced man, well informed on nearly all subjects. He kept himself fully abreast of the times in medical science and in general literature by habits of constant reading and study. His opinions were held in high esteem by his professional brethren and constantly was he called in consultation in serious cases. He was affable in conversation, social in disposition, and could make himself agreeable in any society. he was an ardent Republican in politics, yet so tolerant of the opinions of others that among Democrats were found a large proportion of his clientage and many of his most devoted personal friends. Jovial, genial and good-natured, he had a good word and a joke for everybody. Yet withal, on proper occasions serious, and ever conscientious, he was welcome in the sickroom, and at the bedside of the dying, smoothed the pathway to the grave, and ministered consolation to the afflicted. -- The vacancy made among our reliable and well-thinking citizens by his death will be hard to fill, and in the ranks of our physicians a void will long exist. The shock
of his sudden taking-off was startling to every one, and subsequent and cooler consideration only intensified the sorrow of all our people at the loss of so eminent a physician, so estimable a neighbor, so staunch a friend, so good a citizen, so noble a man.
The funeral took place on Monday, at 1 P.M. The banks and business places were closed from 1 to 3 o'clock, in respect to the dead. The services were held at the late residence of the deceased, which was crowded by the relatives and friends, while the street, notwithstanding the weather was rainy and cold and a raw air was blowing, was filled on both sides for some distance, with those unable to gain admittance to the house. Numbers of persons were present from surrounding county, showing how widely the deceased was known and how generally he was esteemed. Rev. Dr. Scholl, pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, of which deceased was a member, officiated at the services, and delivered an eloquent and impressive discourse from words "Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." The services over, the casket was placed on the pavement, and long files of friends passed to take their last look at the body. The pall bearers were, Drs. A.J. Snively, L.M. Lochmen, Jacob Hay, J.W. Kerr, S.J. Souse and W.S. Roland. The funeral then moved to Mount Olivet Cemetery, where remains were consigned to the earth. The cortege was a large one, the Town Council, York County Medical Society, the physicians of Hanover and vicinity, and the Hanover Fire Co., in full uniform, accompanying the remains to the grave, besides a long line of carriages, containing the relatives and immediate friends.
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John H. Alleman
1848–1898
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Margaret E. Alleman
1851–1858
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Silvanus Alleman
1852–1853
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Agnes Isabell Alleman
1853–1935
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Mary C. Alleman
1854–1877
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Jane Winnemore "Jennie" Alleman Rohrbaugh
1857–1924
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Rebecca B Alleman
1858–1904
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Louisa Alma Alleman Wentz
1861–1914
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Dr Horace Monroe Alleman
1863–1928
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Anna Cornelia Alleman
1865–1866
