Dr. James J. Greenhoe, best known as J. J. Greenhoe, was a son of Jacob Greenhoe, and his wife, Elizabeth Aurand. He was a brother of Charles O. Greenhoe (a banker), Rev. Samuel F. Greenhoe (a Lutheran minister) and Annie Catherine (nee Greenhoe) Dreese.
James became the first husband of Minnie Kepler when they were wed November 4, 1883 by Rev. A. H. Spangler. James and Minnie had no children, and he was not part of our family for long, as he passed young, and after less than 10 years of marriage. Two years after James' death, Minnie became the bride of my great grandpa Daniel H. Romberger.
"History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical memoirs" includes a list of all Dauphin County physicians who were required by a new 1881 law to register with the county prothonotary. J. J. Greenhoe is listed among them, shown as a beginning practice (at least within the county) in 1887, having a practice in Williamstown, and a graduate of Baltimore Medical College.
There is not a great deal of information easily available on J. J. Greenhoe, so lucky for us all that my relatives saved information relating to him and his passing. He was a respected and beloved doctor. His death left many to mourn him, and robbed the borough of Williamstown, PA of its most popular physician.
The clippings about James Greenhoe were kept by family, but owing their being taken from a larger page, it is not possible at this time to say what publication put them out. While some of today's rules of capitalization are not apparent here, they are transcribed as written.
One reads as follows:
"Last Tuesday our town was shocked to hear the sudden death of Dr. Greenhoe. Last Sunday he attended to his sick patients, but in the afternoon he had to lay down, and grew worse steadily until Tuesday evening about 5 o'clock when he expired. The service was held in the house on Thursday, and Friday morning he was taken to his old home at Beavertown, Snyder county for burial. Dr. Greenhoe has the largest practice of any doctor in town, and had lots of friends and will be missed by a great many. He was 35 years of age, and leaves a wife to mourn his loss. Heart disease was the cause of his sudden death."
Another account:
"In Memory of Dr. J. J. Greenhoe.
Dr. J.J. Greenhoe was born in Beavertown, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, October 14, 1856. Was consecrated to God in holy baptism in infancy by his christian parents. In covenant with God he was reared under the influences of a christian home and the Sunday school. At an early age he was received into full membership of the Evangelical Lutheran church, of Adamsburg, Pa., under the faithful teaching of Rev. W. R. Wiland by the rite of confirmation.
When a young man, he prepared himself to read medicine by teaching and going to school. Having acquired the needed preparation, he read medicine under Dr. A. M. Smith, Adamsburg, and graduated from the Baltimore university in 1882. After an experience of four years, he moved to Williamstown, Pa., where he built up for himself a large and permanent practice. His labors were attended with marked success. He won the confidence and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. He was ever ready and prompt whenever called, whether by night or by day. He manifested the deepest interest in his sick ones. They were his constant thought and care. He was the friend of the poor.
But no matter how promising and useful we are in this world, when the Master says "It is enough" we must lay our work down. Some men finish their work sooner than others, because they work harder. Thus it was with the deceased. He crowded a long life of usefulness into less than a decade. Time is not measured by the number of years a man lives here below, but by the manner and way in which these years are improved. Some men live longer in ten years than others in twenty or fifty, for the simple reason that they accomplish more. Happy that man or woman who can look back upon life with the sweet consciousness of having lived to some purpose.
To the people of Williamstown generally and to his most intimate friends the doctor's death was sudden and unexpected. But to the doctor, it was not unlooked for. He fully understood the nature of his disease and was fully aware of the near approach of death. He frequently said to his most intimate friends that his end of life was near, and expressed his preparedness for death and the future, but his friends, not knowing of his disease, thought he was only jesting. They now see otherwise and take comfort from the many expressions that fell from his lips during the few weeks that preceded his death, and feel what is their loss is his gain.
After the funeral services here, attended by a large concourse of people, the remains were taken to Adamsburg, where his beloved parents and many of his relatives reside. There the last sad rite was performed over his mortal remains. In the presence of a large assemblage of relatives and friends his body was consigned to the tomb to await "the resurrection and the life."
(more to come)
Wagonseller's book on Snyder County burials lists his date of death as May 26 and burial in the Adamsburg Cemetery (new). Additional info may be culled from the faraway newspaper the Philadelphia Inquirer, which nonetheless published an obituary for him on June 2, 1891, wherein it stated:
"Dr. J. J. GREENHOE died very suddenly of valvular disease of the heart, aged 35 years, at his home in Tower City."
Dr. Greenhoe's death was also reported in "History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book" as "May 26, 1891, Dr. James Greenhoe, aged 34 years, 7 months and 11 days."
The Harrisburg Telegraph reported on May 30, 1891 that "Dr. J. J. Greenhoe, of Williamstown, was buried yesterday."
From Directory of Deceased American Physicians
Greenhoe, J. J. Death date : Dec 31, 1929
Death date note : This is an approximation of the individual's death date.
Type of practice : Allopath
Medical school(s) : Baltimore Medical College, Baltimore, 1882, (G).
On a far different note, the United States Congressional Serial Set published 1892, covering patents issued the previous year, 1891, states that James J. Greenhoe and Thomas A. Phillips of Williamstown, Pa were granted a patent on March 3 for a permutation lock. While not now considered a difficult lock to outsmart, back then it must have been considered the height of safety. Theirs was among 15 patents granted for permutation locks that year. Interestingly, while Dr. Greenhoe was clearly in medicine, his partner in this venture, Mr. Phillips, is listed on the 1900 Williamstown census as a coal miner, making one reflect on how gents back then seemed a bit more broadly talented than the specialists of today.
James became the first husband of Minnie Kepler when they were wed November 4, 1883 by Rev. A. H. Spangler. James and Minnie had no children, and he was not part of our family for long, as he passed young, and after less than 10 years of marriage. Two years after James' death, Minnie became the bride of my great grandpa Daniel H. Romberger.
"History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical memoirs" includes a list of all Dauphin County physicians who were required by a new 1881 law to register with the county prothonotary. J. J. Greenhoe is listed among them, shown as a beginning practice (at least within the county) in 1887, having a practice in Williamstown, and a graduate of Baltimore Medical College.
There is not a great deal of information easily available on J. J. Greenhoe, so lucky for us all that my relatives saved information relating to him and his passing. He was a respected and beloved doctor. His death left many to mourn him, and robbed the borough of Williamstown, PA of its most popular physician.
The clippings about James Greenhoe were kept by family, but owing their being taken from a larger page, it is not possible at this time to say what publication put them out. While some of today's rules of capitalization are not apparent here, they are transcribed as written.
One reads as follows:
"Last Tuesday our town was shocked to hear the sudden death of Dr. Greenhoe. Last Sunday he attended to his sick patients, but in the afternoon he had to lay down, and grew worse steadily until Tuesday evening about 5 o'clock when he expired. The service was held in the house on Thursday, and Friday morning he was taken to his old home at Beavertown, Snyder county for burial. Dr. Greenhoe has the largest practice of any doctor in town, and had lots of friends and will be missed by a great many. He was 35 years of age, and leaves a wife to mourn his loss. Heart disease was the cause of his sudden death."
Another account:
"In Memory of Dr. J. J. Greenhoe.
Dr. J.J. Greenhoe was born in Beavertown, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, October 14, 1856. Was consecrated to God in holy baptism in infancy by his christian parents. In covenant with God he was reared under the influences of a christian home and the Sunday school. At an early age he was received into full membership of the Evangelical Lutheran church, of Adamsburg, Pa., under the faithful teaching of Rev. W. R. Wiland by the rite of confirmation.
When a young man, he prepared himself to read medicine by teaching and going to school. Having acquired the needed preparation, he read medicine under Dr. A. M. Smith, Adamsburg, and graduated from the Baltimore university in 1882. After an experience of four years, he moved to Williamstown, Pa., where he built up for himself a large and permanent practice. His labors were attended with marked success. He won the confidence and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. He was ever ready and prompt whenever called, whether by night or by day. He manifested the deepest interest in his sick ones. They were his constant thought and care. He was the friend of the poor.
But no matter how promising and useful we are in this world, when the Master says "It is enough" we must lay our work down. Some men finish their work sooner than others, because they work harder. Thus it was with the deceased. He crowded a long life of usefulness into less than a decade. Time is not measured by the number of years a man lives here below, but by the manner and way in which these years are improved. Some men live longer in ten years than others in twenty or fifty, for the simple reason that they accomplish more. Happy that man or woman who can look back upon life with the sweet consciousness of having lived to some purpose.
To the people of Williamstown generally and to his most intimate friends the doctor's death was sudden and unexpected. But to the doctor, it was not unlooked for. He fully understood the nature of his disease and was fully aware of the near approach of death. He frequently said to his most intimate friends that his end of life was near, and expressed his preparedness for death and the future, but his friends, not knowing of his disease, thought he was only jesting. They now see otherwise and take comfort from the many expressions that fell from his lips during the few weeks that preceded his death, and feel what is their loss is his gain.
After the funeral services here, attended by a large concourse of people, the remains were taken to Adamsburg, where his beloved parents and many of his relatives reside. There the last sad rite was performed over his mortal remains. In the presence of a large assemblage of relatives and friends his body was consigned to the tomb to await "the resurrection and the life."
(more to come)
Wagonseller's book on Snyder County burials lists his date of death as May 26 and burial in the Adamsburg Cemetery (new). Additional info may be culled from the faraway newspaper the Philadelphia Inquirer, which nonetheless published an obituary for him on June 2, 1891, wherein it stated:
"Dr. J. J. GREENHOE died very suddenly of valvular disease of the heart, aged 35 years, at his home in Tower City."
Dr. Greenhoe's death was also reported in "History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book" as "May 26, 1891, Dr. James Greenhoe, aged 34 years, 7 months and 11 days."
The Harrisburg Telegraph reported on May 30, 1891 that "Dr. J. J. Greenhoe, of Williamstown, was buried yesterday."
From Directory of Deceased American Physicians
Greenhoe, J. J. Death date : Dec 31, 1929
Death date note : This is an approximation of the individual's death date.
Type of practice : Allopath
Medical school(s) : Baltimore Medical College, Baltimore, 1882, (G).
On a far different note, the United States Congressional Serial Set published 1892, covering patents issued the previous year, 1891, states that James J. Greenhoe and Thomas A. Phillips of Williamstown, Pa were granted a patent on March 3 for a permutation lock. While not now considered a difficult lock to outsmart, back then it must have been considered the height of safety. Theirs was among 15 patents granted for permutation locks that year. Interestingly, while Dr. Greenhoe was clearly in medicine, his partner in this venture, Mr. Phillips, is listed on the 1900 Williamstown census as a coal miner, making one reflect on how gents back then seemed a bit more broadly talented than the specialists of today.
Dr. James J. Greenhoe, best known as J. J. Greenhoe, was a son of Jacob Greenhoe, and his wife, Elizabeth Aurand. He was a brother of Charles O. Greenhoe (a banker), Rev. Samuel F. Greenhoe (a Lutheran minister) and Annie Catherine (nee Greenhoe) Dreese.
James became the first husband of Minnie Kepler when they were wed November 4, 1883 by Rev. A. H. Spangler. James and Minnie had no children, and he was not part of our family for long, as he passed young, and after less than 10 years of marriage. Two years after James' death, Minnie became the bride of my great grandpa Daniel H. Romberger.
"History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical memoirs" includes a list of all Dauphin County physicians who were required by a new 1881 law to register with the county prothonotary. J. J. Greenhoe is listed among them, shown as a beginning practice (at least within the county) in 1887, having a practice in Williamstown, and a graduate of Baltimore Medical College.
There is not a great deal of information easily available on J. J. Greenhoe, so lucky for us all that my relatives saved information relating to him and his passing. He was a respected and beloved doctor. His death left many to mourn him, and robbed the borough of Williamstown, PA of its most popular physician.
The clippings about James Greenhoe were kept by family, but owing their being taken from a larger page, it is not possible at this time to say what publication put them out. While some of today's rules of capitalization are not apparent here, they are transcribed as written.
One reads as follows:
"Last Tuesday our town was shocked to hear the sudden death of Dr. Greenhoe. Last Sunday he attended to his sick patients, but in the afternoon he had to lay down, and grew worse steadily until Tuesday evening about 5 o'clock when he expired. The service was held in the house on Thursday, and Friday morning he was taken to his old home at Beavertown, Snyder county for burial. Dr. Greenhoe has the largest practice of any doctor in town, and had lots of friends and will be missed by a great many. He was 35 years of age, and leaves a wife to mourn his loss. Heart disease was the cause of his sudden death."
Another account:
"In Memory of Dr. J. J. Greenhoe.
Dr. J.J. Greenhoe was born in Beavertown, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, October 14, 1856. Was consecrated to God in holy baptism in infancy by his christian parents. In covenant with God he was reared under the influences of a christian home and the Sunday school. At an early age he was received into full membership of the Evangelical Lutheran church, of Adamsburg, Pa., under the faithful teaching of Rev. W. R. Wiland by the rite of confirmation.
When a young man, he prepared himself to read medicine by teaching and going to school. Having acquired the needed preparation, he read medicine under Dr. A. M. Smith, Adamsburg, and graduated from the Baltimore university in 1882. After an experience of four years, he moved to Williamstown, Pa., where he built up for himself a large and permanent practice. His labors were attended with marked success. He won the confidence and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. He was ever ready and prompt whenever called, whether by night or by day. He manifested the deepest interest in his sick ones. They were his constant thought and care. He was the friend of the poor.
But no matter how promising and useful we are in this world, when the Master says "It is enough" we must lay our work down. Some men finish their work sooner than others, because they work harder. Thus it was with the deceased. He crowded a long life of usefulness into less than a decade. Time is not measured by the number of years a man lives here below, but by the manner and way in which these years are improved. Some men live longer in ten years than others in twenty or fifty, for the simple reason that they accomplish more. Happy that man or woman who can look back upon life with the sweet consciousness of having lived to some purpose.
To the people of Williamstown generally and to his most intimate friends the doctor's death was sudden and unexpected. But to the doctor, it was not unlooked for. He fully understood the nature of his disease and was fully aware of the near approach of death. He frequently said to his most intimate friends that his end of life was near, and expressed his preparedness for death and the future, but his friends, not knowing of his disease, thought he was only jesting. They now see otherwise and take comfort from the many expressions that fell from his lips during the few weeks that preceded his death, and feel what is their loss is his gain.
After the funeral services here, attended by a large concourse of people, the remains were taken to Adamsburg, where his beloved parents and many of his relatives reside. There the last sad rite was performed over his mortal remains. In the presence of a large assemblage of relatives and friends his body was consigned to the tomb to await "the resurrection and the life."
(more to come)
Wagonseller's book on Snyder County burials lists his date of death as May 26 and burial in the Adamsburg Cemetery (new). Additional info may be culled from the faraway newspaper the Philadelphia Inquirer, which nonetheless published an obituary for him on June 2, 1891, wherein it stated:
"Dr. J. J. GREENHOE died very suddenly of valvular disease of the heart, aged 35 years, at his home in Tower City."
Dr. Greenhoe's death was also reported in "History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book" as "May 26, 1891, Dr. James Greenhoe, aged 34 years, 7 months and 11 days."
The Harrisburg Telegraph reported on May 30, 1891 that "Dr. J. J. Greenhoe, of Williamstown, was buried yesterday."
From Directory of Deceased American Physicians
Greenhoe, J. J. Death date : Dec 31, 1929
Death date note : This is an approximation of the individual's death date.
Type of practice : Allopath
Medical school(s) : Baltimore Medical College, Baltimore, 1882, (G).
On a far different note, the United States Congressional Serial Set published 1892, covering patents issued the previous year, 1891, states that James J. Greenhoe and Thomas A. Phillips of Williamstown, Pa were granted a patent on March 3 for a permutation lock. While not now considered a difficult lock to outsmart, back then it must have been considered the height of safety. Theirs was among 15 patents granted for permutation locks that year. Interestingly, while Dr. Greenhoe was clearly in medicine, his partner in this venture, Mr. Phillips, is listed on the 1900 Williamstown census as a coal miner, making one reflect on how gents back then seemed a bit more broadly talented than the specialists of today.
James became the first husband of Minnie Kepler when they were wed November 4, 1883 by Rev. A. H. Spangler. James and Minnie had no children, and he was not part of our family for long, as he passed young, and after less than 10 years of marriage. Two years after James' death, Minnie became the bride of my great grandpa Daniel H. Romberger.
"History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical memoirs" includes a list of all Dauphin County physicians who were required by a new 1881 law to register with the county prothonotary. J. J. Greenhoe is listed among them, shown as a beginning practice (at least within the county) in 1887, having a practice in Williamstown, and a graduate of Baltimore Medical College.
There is not a great deal of information easily available on J. J. Greenhoe, so lucky for us all that my relatives saved information relating to him and his passing. He was a respected and beloved doctor. His death left many to mourn him, and robbed the borough of Williamstown, PA of its most popular physician.
The clippings about James Greenhoe were kept by family, but owing their being taken from a larger page, it is not possible at this time to say what publication put them out. While some of today's rules of capitalization are not apparent here, they are transcribed as written.
One reads as follows:
"Last Tuesday our town was shocked to hear the sudden death of Dr. Greenhoe. Last Sunday he attended to his sick patients, but in the afternoon he had to lay down, and grew worse steadily until Tuesday evening about 5 o'clock when he expired. The service was held in the house on Thursday, and Friday morning he was taken to his old home at Beavertown, Snyder county for burial. Dr. Greenhoe has the largest practice of any doctor in town, and had lots of friends and will be missed by a great many. He was 35 years of age, and leaves a wife to mourn his loss. Heart disease was the cause of his sudden death."
Another account:
"In Memory of Dr. J. J. Greenhoe.
Dr. J.J. Greenhoe was born in Beavertown, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, October 14, 1856. Was consecrated to God in holy baptism in infancy by his christian parents. In covenant with God he was reared under the influences of a christian home and the Sunday school. At an early age he was received into full membership of the Evangelical Lutheran church, of Adamsburg, Pa., under the faithful teaching of Rev. W. R. Wiland by the rite of confirmation.
When a young man, he prepared himself to read medicine by teaching and going to school. Having acquired the needed preparation, he read medicine under Dr. A. M. Smith, Adamsburg, and graduated from the Baltimore university in 1882. After an experience of four years, he moved to Williamstown, Pa., where he built up for himself a large and permanent practice. His labors were attended with marked success. He won the confidence and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. He was ever ready and prompt whenever called, whether by night or by day. He manifested the deepest interest in his sick ones. They were his constant thought and care. He was the friend of the poor.
But no matter how promising and useful we are in this world, when the Master says "It is enough" we must lay our work down. Some men finish their work sooner than others, because they work harder. Thus it was with the deceased. He crowded a long life of usefulness into less than a decade. Time is not measured by the number of years a man lives here below, but by the manner and way in which these years are improved. Some men live longer in ten years than others in twenty or fifty, for the simple reason that they accomplish more. Happy that man or woman who can look back upon life with the sweet consciousness of having lived to some purpose.
To the people of Williamstown generally and to his most intimate friends the doctor's death was sudden and unexpected. But to the doctor, it was not unlooked for. He fully understood the nature of his disease and was fully aware of the near approach of death. He frequently said to his most intimate friends that his end of life was near, and expressed his preparedness for death and the future, but his friends, not knowing of his disease, thought he was only jesting. They now see otherwise and take comfort from the many expressions that fell from his lips during the few weeks that preceded his death, and feel what is their loss is his gain.
After the funeral services here, attended by a large concourse of people, the remains were taken to Adamsburg, where his beloved parents and many of his relatives reside. There the last sad rite was performed over his mortal remains. In the presence of a large assemblage of relatives and friends his body was consigned to the tomb to await "the resurrection and the life."
(more to come)
Wagonseller's book on Snyder County burials lists his date of death as May 26 and burial in the Adamsburg Cemetery (new). Additional info may be culled from the faraway newspaper the Philadelphia Inquirer, which nonetheless published an obituary for him on June 2, 1891, wherein it stated:
"Dr. J. J. GREENHOE died very suddenly of valvular disease of the heart, aged 35 years, at his home in Tower City."
Dr. Greenhoe's death was also reported in "History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book" as "May 26, 1891, Dr. James Greenhoe, aged 34 years, 7 months and 11 days."
The Harrisburg Telegraph reported on May 30, 1891 that "Dr. J. J. Greenhoe, of Williamstown, was buried yesterday."
From Directory of Deceased American Physicians
Greenhoe, J. J. Death date : Dec 31, 1929
Death date note : This is an approximation of the individual's death date.
Type of practice : Allopath
Medical school(s) : Baltimore Medical College, Baltimore, 1882, (G).
On a far different note, the United States Congressional Serial Set published 1892, covering patents issued the previous year, 1891, states that James J. Greenhoe and Thomas A. Phillips of Williamstown, Pa were granted a patent on March 3 for a permutation lock. While not now considered a difficult lock to outsmart, back then it must have been considered the height of safety. Theirs was among 15 patents granted for permutation locks that year. Interestingly, while Dr. Greenhoe was clearly in medicine, his partner in this venture, Mr. Phillips, is listed on the 1900 Williamstown census as a coal miner, making one reflect on how gents back then seemed a bit more broadly talented than the specialists of today.
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