DR.
DAVID J. WASHABAUGH, of Grove City, one of the leading physicians
and surgeons of Mercer county, was born on a farm in Fayette county,
Pennsylvania, October 30, 1845. His parents were David and Sarah (Huey)
Washabaugh. The Washabaugh family is of German origin and the Hueys are
of Irish extraction. When Dr. David J. was but seven years of age, his
parents went to Mercer county, and settled in Jackson township. Three
years later, young Washabaugh began the battle of life, leaving home at
that time and working for others, and under difficulties not
encountered by many boys of today, he finally succeeded in securing a
good education. In the month of June, 1863, he enlisted in Company F,
Fifty-Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, and served in the Union cause for
three months. After his return from the army, he worked and attended
school alternately. He worked in the oil fields until he began
teaching, which profession he followed three years. In 1871, he entered
the drug business, at Grove City, selling out the same in 1873. He then
took up his long cherished ambition of studying medicine, and was
graduated in 1876, from Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, Ohio. He
then began practice at Anandall, Butler county, Pennsylvania, where he
continued in the profession until 1892. In the autumn of that year, he
located at Grove City, where he has ever since practiced. Dr.
Washabaugh is a member of the County, State and other medical
societies. In politics. he is a supporter of the Democratic party. In
1890, he was honored with the nomination for member of the legislature
from Butler county, as he also was in 1898, from Mercer county. Though
unsuccessful at the elections, he made creditable races in each county
and acquitted himself in the campaign in a manly manner.
He is
connected with the order of Odd Fellows and is advanced to the
Encampment. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and in
church affiliations is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. The
Doctor was married in 1875, to Sarah J. Braham, by whom he had six
children—five living and one deceased.
Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, 1909, Vol. I, page 513
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