Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Pages 57-58
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DR. ABRAHAM SENSENY
1761 – 1844
Abraham Senseny was born in New Holland, Lancaster Co., Penna., and came from
there to Chambersburg in 1781, where he practiced medicine continuously from
this date to the time of his death in 1844.
He was the second physician to locate in Chambersburg and for two years was the
only physician in the town. Dr. Senseny was highly esteemed in the community
for his ability as a physician and his exemplary character. He was a member of
the Mennonite Church, a society which maintains that practical piety is the
essence of pure religion. He married a daughter of Frederick Huber, who was
born at Paltz, Germany, and was a volunteer in the Revolutionary War and died
during the war in a hospital in Philadelphia. His wife visited him during his
last hours and contracted the same fever and died also.
Dr. Senseny's education was principally in German and Latin, he having studied
medicine with an uncle in Philadelphia, who had been graduated in the Old
Country. This was, in those days, the usual mode of admission into the
fraternity of physicians.
Dr. Senseny was the first physician to the Almshouse in 1808. He died suddenly
of apoplexy in 1844, after sixty-three years of active practice in Chambersburg
and vicinity. His remains lie in Zion Reformed Churchyard.
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Pages 57-58
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DR. ABRAHAM SENSENY
1761 – 1844
Abraham Senseny was born in New Holland, Lancaster Co., Penna., and came from
there to Chambersburg in 1781, where he practiced medicine continuously from
this date to the time of his death in 1844.
He was the second physician to locate in Chambersburg and for two years was the
only physician in the town. Dr. Senseny was highly esteemed in the community
for his ability as a physician and his exemplary character. He was a member of
the Mennonite Church, a society which maintains that practical piety is the
essence of pure religion. He married a daughter of Frederick Huber, who was
born at Paltz, Germany, and was a volunteer in the Revolutionary War and died
during the war in a hospital in Philadelphia. His wife visited him during his
last hours and contracted the same fever and died also.
Dr. Senseny's education was principally in German and Latin, he having studied
medicine with an uncle in Philadelphia, who had been graduated in the Old
Country. This was, in those days, the usual mode of admission into the
fraternity of physicians.
Dr. Senseny was the first physician to the Almshouse in 1808. He died suddenly
of apoplexy in 1844, after sixty-three years of active practice in Chambersburg
and vicinity. His remains lie in Zion Reformed Churchyard.
Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Pages 57-58
_______________________________________________
DR. ABRAHAM SENSENY
1761 – 1844
Abraham Senseny was born in New Holland, Lancaster Co., Penna., and came from
there to Chambersburg in 1781, where he practiced medicine continuously from
this date to the time of his death in 1844.
He was the second physician to locate in Chambersburg and for two years was the
only physician in the town. Dr. Senseny was highly esteemed in the community
for his ability as a physician and his exemplary character. He was a member of
the Mennonite Church, a society which maintains that practical piety is the
essence of pure religion. He married a daughter of Frederick Huber, who was
born at Paltz, Germany, and was a volunteer in the Revolutionary War and died
during the war in a hospital in Philadelphia. His wife visited him during his
last hours and contracted the same fever and died also.
Dr. Senseny's education was principally in German and Latin, he having studied
medicine with an uncle in Philadelphia, who had been graduated in the Old
Country. This was, in those days, the usual mode of admission into the
fraternity of physicians.
Dr. Senseny was the first physician to the Almshouse in 1808. He died suddenly
of apoplexy in 1844, after sixty-three years of active practice in Chambersburg
and vicinity. His remains lie in Zion Reformed Churchyard.
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Pages 57-58
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DR. ABRAHAM SENSENY
1761 – 1844
Abraham Senseny was born in New Holland, Lancaster Co., Penna., and came from
there to Chambersburg in 1781, where he practiced medicine continuously from
this date to the time of his death in 1844.
He was the second physician to locate in Chambersburg and for two years was the
only physician in the town. Dr. Senseny was highly esteemed in the community
for his ability as a physician and his exemplary character. He was a member of
the Mennonite Church, a society which maintains that practical piety is the
essence of pure religion. He married a daughter of Frederick Huber, who was
born at Paltz, Germany, and was a volunteer in the Revolutionary War and died
during the war in a hospital in Philadelphia. His wife visited him during his
last hours and contracted the same fever and died also.
Dr. Senseny's education was principally in German and Latin, he having studied
medicine with an uncle in Philadelphia, who had been graduated in the Old
Country. This was, in those days, the usual mode of admission into the
fraternity of physicians.
Dr. Senseny was the first physician to the Almshouse in 1808. He died suddenly
of apoplexy in 1844, after sixty-three years of active practice in Chambersburg
and vicinity. His remains lie in Zion Reformed Churchyard.
Inscription
"Farewell aged Father
Peace to thy ashes
Thy toils and troubles are ended;
Thy home is now where sickness,
Sorrow, pain and death are felt
and feared no more."
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