Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Smythe, Henry G. |
Genealogy ID |
75905 |
Born |
1807 |
Birthplace |
Canada |
Deceased |
11 NOV 1879 |
Deceased where |
Mansfield, Tioga PA |
Cemetery |
Prospect Cemetery |
Father |
Thomas J. Smythe |
Reference |
Obit |
Notes |
Dr. H. G. SMYTHE [SRGP 75905] Dr. H. G. Smythe, of Mansfield, died at his residence in that borough last Tuesday morning about one o'clock. This event was unexpected, as he had been out for a long drive the day before, and his health was thought to be improving, although for the past year he had visibly failed. In a brief sketch of his life, the Advertiser says that the deceased was one of the earliest resident physicians in Mansfield, and his old gray horse and red leggings are among the earliest recollections of many of the citizens who are now middle-aged men. He came to Mansfield from Canada in his early manhood, about 1837, built up an extensive practice, and during the years when scarlet fever prevailed throughout the valley, it is said that he was scarcely out of his saddle. The arduous labors of those days told with disastrous effect upon his vigorous constitution, and for many years he was crippled with paralysis, rheumatism, and other kindred disorders, which impaired his usefulness, but did not quench his indomitable spirit. About 1849 he and his brother Terence, or "Toronto" as he was familiarly called, built and operated for some time, the grist-mill, now known as the Mansfield mill, and operated by Mr. B. Schrader. About 1855 he removed to Covington and afterwards to Blossburg, where he practiced a number of years, returning to Mansfield, some eight or 10 years ago, and has since resided there. (Tuesday, November 18, 1879, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.) [Prospect Cemetery] |
