DR.
ERNEST FRANK NELSON, a
good representative of the younger generation of practicing physicians and
surgeons, residing at Grove City, was born on a farm in Springfield
township. Mercer county, Pennsylvania, September 3. 1869, a son of John
S. and Elizabeth (Wadsworth) Nelson. The father was born and reared
on the farm where he has long resided, in Springfield township. In the
parents’ family seven children were reared and attended the country
schools. Dr. Ernest F. attended the Grove
City College two years, after which he attended the Pennsylvania State
Normal School at Slippery Rock, from which most excellent educational
institution he graduated in 1894. He left home at the age of fourteen
years, since which time he has made his own way in life. For seven years
he taught school in Mercer, Allegheny and Butler counties. He taught and
attended various schools, thus properly preparing himself for entering the
profession which seemed best suited to his tastes. He read medicine under Dr.
George K. McAdoo, of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, as his preceptor.
He also attended the Medico-Chirurgical College, graduating in 1899. He
then practiced at Dempsytown, Venango county, Pennsylvania, for five
years, after which he took a post-graduate course at the Philadelphia
Polyclinic and then located permanently at Grove City in April, 1905.
The Doctor is a
worthy member of the County, State and American Medical Societies and
Association. In fraternal connections, he is an Odd Fellow, thirty-second
degree Mason and a Shriner. He is an acceptable member of the United
Presbyterian church. He was married July 16, 1895, to Illula
Samilda Christley.
Twentieth
Century History of Mercer County,
1909, Vol. I, page 512 |