Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.III, p.117

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HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 117

Dental Society. Alpha Chapter of Psi Omega dental fraternity. He also is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Johnstown.
    On the 7th day of February, 1890, Dr. Owen Morgan married Mamie Pugh, a daughter of Charles W. and Catherine (Custer) Pugh of Stoyestown, Pennsylvania. Mr. Pugh is a foreman in the Franklin plant of the Cambria Steel Company, and is an ex-burgess of Stoyestown. He now makes his home with Dr. Morgan's family. Three children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Morgan: William S. Morgan, died in infancy: Margaret L. Morgan, born, December 10, 189? 1892; Richard P. Morgan, born March 10, 1901.

    ALBON SYLVESTER FICHTNER, M. D., of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, a general practitioner of medicine and surgery, specialist in general and ophthalmic surgery, gynecology and diseases of the throat and chest, has been closely identified with the professional life of that city nearly twenty years, and with the profession of medicine for nearly twenty-five years, ever since he came to the degree at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, in 1882. But Dr. Fiehtner is a physician both by acquirement and native endowment. His father and grandfather were medical practitioners, and each in his time was a leading physician in the region where the scene of his professional life was laid.
    Dr. Daniel Fichtner, grandfather of Dr. Fichtner, of Johnstown, was of German birth and ancestry, a son of Martin Fichtner, who emigrated from Germany and was the American ancestor of this branch of the family in Pennsylvania. He settled in Lancaster county, in the eastern part of the state, and by early occupation in business life was a blacksmith. He died in 1845.
    In Martin Fichtner's family were three sons who attained to positions of prominence in public and professional life. One of these sons was the late Judge Joseph Fichtner, who died at Newry, Pennsylvania, about 1883. He was educated for the Lutheran ministry and preached several years before he entered the profession of law. As a lawyer he rose in the ranks of the profession to the office of associate judge of Blair county, and at the time of his death was receiver of a large iron company of that county. Jonathan Fichtner, another son of Martin, was prominent in public and social life, and served several years in the Pennsylvania legislature.
    Daniel Fichtner, the other of the three sons referred to, was well known in medical circles in Somerset county for more than fifty years, and also was known throughout all that region as a faithful minister of the Evangelical Church from about 1839 until his death in 1884. During the latter part of his life he practiced medicine in Preston county, West Virginia.
    Dr. Daniel Fichtner, married Rebecca Ferner, daughter of John Ferrier and sister of Rudolph Ferner, the latter of whom is now living in Somerset county. The children of this marriage were Benjamin Abbott Fiehtner, Susan Catherine Fiehtner (Mrs. Browning), and Martin Luther Fichtner.
    Benjamin Abbott Fichtner, the eldest of these children, was born near the town of Somerset, Pennsylvania, January 31, 1836. He took up the study of medicine under the direction of his father, and completed his earlier professional education at Richmond Medical College, from which he was graduated with the degree of M.D. He began practice in 1857 and continued it until his death, in the fall of 1901. In

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	117
Dental Society. Alpha Chapter of Psi Omega dental fraternity. He also is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Johnstown. On the 7th day of February, 1890, Dr. Owen Morgan married Mamie Pugh, a daughter of Charles W. and Catherine (Custer) Pugh of Stoyestown, Pennsylvania. Mr. Pugh is a foreman in the Franklin plant of the Cambria Steel Company, and is an ex-burgess of Stoyestown. He now makes his home with Dr. Morgan's family. Three children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Morgan: William S. Morgan, died in infancy: Margaret L. Morgan, born, December 10, 189? 1892; Richard P. Morgan, born March 10, 1901. ALBON SYLVESTER FICHTNER, M. D., of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, a general practitioner of medicine and surgery, specialist in general and ophthalmic surgery, gynecology and diseases of the throat and chest, has been closely identified with the professional life of that city nearly twenty years, and with the profession of medicine for nearly twenty-five years, ever since he came to the degree at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, in 1882. But Dr. Fiehtner is a physician both by acquirement and native endowment. His father and grandfather were medical practitioners, and each in his time was a leading physician in the region where the scene of his professional life was laid. Dr. Daniel Fichtner, grandfather of Dr. Fichtner, of Johnstown, was of German birth and ancestry, a son of Martin Fichtner, who emigrated from Germany and was the American ancestor of this branch of the family in Pennsylvania. He settled in Lancaster county, in the eastern part of the state, and by early occupation in business life was a blacksmith. He died in 1845. In Martin Fichtner's family were three sons who attained to positions of prominence in public and professional life. One of these sons was the late Judge Joseph Fichtner, who died at Newry, Pennsylvania, about 1883. He was educated for the Lutheran ministry and preached several years before he entered the profession of law. As a lawyer he rose in the ranks of the profession to the office of associate judge of Blair county, and at the time of his death was receiver of a large iron company of that county. Jonathan Fichtner, another son of Martin, was prominent in public and social life, and served several years in the Pennsylvania legislature. Daniel Fichtner, the other of the three sons referred to, was well known in medical circles in Somerset county for more than fifty years, and also was known throughout all that region as a faithful minister of the Evangelical Church from about 1839 until his death in 1884. During the latter part of his life he practiced medicine in Preston county, West Virginia. Dr. Daniel Fichtner, married Rebecca Ferner, daughter of John Ferrier and sister of Rudolph Ferner, the latter of whom is now living in Somerset county. The children of this marriage were Benjamin Abbott Fiehtner, Susan Catherine Fiehtner (Mrs. Browning), and Martin Luther Fichtner. Benjamin Abbott Fichtner, the eldest of these children, was born near the town of Somerset, Pennsylvania, January 31, 1836. He took up the study of medicine under the direction of his father, and completed his earlier professional education at Richmond Medical College, from which he was graduated with the degree of M.D. He began practice in 1857 and continued it until his death, in the fall of 1901. In