Individual Details

Alvin Packer Stauffer Doctor

(27 Dec 1856 - 3 Aug 1948)

Alvin Stauffer taught school from 1875 to 1882. In 1882, he began studying medicine, and he graduated from the Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1885. For a few years, Alvin practiced medicine in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, before opening his office in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1887.

Alvin Stauffer was appointed to the Washington County Board of Education on 14 March1914 by Governor P. L. Goldsborough. He belonged to Saint John's Lutheran Church.

Events

Birth27 Dec 1856Goodville, Lancaster, PA
Marriage11 Nov 1891Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" Hoffman
Death3 Aug 1948Hagerstown, Washington, MD
BurialRose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Washington, MD

Families

SpouseElizabeth M. "Lizzie" Hoffman (1866 - 1957)
ChildRalph Stanley Stauffer Doctor (1893 - 1990)
ChildHelen Josephine Stauffer (1894 - 1982)
ChildAlvin Packer Stauffer (1900 - )
FatherIsaac W. Stauffer (1817 - 1901)
MotherEveline Kurtz (1822 - 1881)
SiblingLucinda Stauffer ( - 1906)
SiblingBarton Stauffer ( - )
SiblingElizabeth Stauffer ( - )
SiblingLydia Stauffer ( - 1906)
SiblingJacob Stauffer ( - )
SiblingAmanda Stauffer ( - )
SiblingSusanna S. Stauffer ( - 1906)
SiblingNewton Stauffer ( - 1906)
SiblingEmma Stauffer ( - 1906)

Endnotes

1. Williams, Thomas. History of Washington County, Maryland: From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time, Including a History of Hagerstown (Hagerstown. 1906), page 943.

2. Long, Agnes Young:, Genealogy of Wolfgang Newcomer and his Descendants, Volume 2, Chapter IX: Descendants of Sallie Newcomer, daughter of Henry and Barbara (Garver) Newcomer. (Probably completed in the early 1950s) (Washington County Historical Society, 135 West Washington Street, Hagerstown, Maryland 21740. histsoc@earthlink.net (301-797-8782) http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdwchs/) .

3. Long, Agnes Young:, Genealogy of Wolfgang Newcomer and his Descendants, Volume 2, Chapter IX: Descendants of Sallie Newcomer, daughter of Henry and Barbara (Garver) Newcomer. (Probably completed in the early 1950s) (Washington County Historical Society, 135 West Washington Street, Hagerstown, Maryland 21740. histsoc@earthlink.net (301-797-8782) http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdwchs/) .