DR. JOSEPH RANKIN SWARTZLANDER

   DR. JOSEPH RANKIN SWARTZLANDER, Forest Grove, Buckingham township, Bucks county, son of Dr. Frank and Susan (BRYAN) SWARTZLANDER, was born in Doylestown, August 23, 1875.  He acquired his education at the public and private schools of Doylestown, studied medicine under his father, and in 1893 entered Jefferson Medical College, graduating in class of 1897.   He served as resident physician in the Jersey City Hospital for eighteen months, and in the summer of 1899 located at Forest Grove and began the practice of medicine.  With inherited ability and careful training and experience, he started well equipped in his chosen profession and has met with merited success.  He is still single.

 Text taken from page 190 of:

Davis, William W. H., A.M., History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania [New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905] Volume III

Transcribed MARCH 2001 by GRACE T. BURTON of PA as part of the Bucks Co., Early Family Project,

Published March 2001 on the Bucks county, Pa., USGenWeb