Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-05-12
N. j., THURSDAY. MAY H. 1892

oAoI1 OA' anu AIb. I1hDuubOn mdllIcy )
r. M. Recap and family, Miller Recap,
this city; Frank Sparks. Millville
Joel f. Sheppard and daughters, of
Braintree, Mass; VIM. Jones and
| wife, Collector Lewis II. Dowdney and
wife, this city; George Howell, Ches-
ter, Pa; Harry Buler. Greenwich
b. +. Harding and family, this city;
Hon. John Glaspell, Greenwich; Mr..
and Mrs. Joel Fithian, this city; Rich
ard L. Howell and family, MiIlville;
George Williams and family, Camden
Chas. Williame, Jr. and family, Cam
den; Robt. f. Sheppard, Camden;
Enos Glaspell and wife, this city; John
Wheaton and family, Greenwich; Ed
win GlaspelI, Greenwich; DR.. John
Ware, Chicago; Robert and Charles
Clifton, Phila.; F. B. Wood, Phila.
E. L. Matlack, Hopewell; Rev. III. Fl.
Beadle, DR.. Henry Elmer, DR.. e. A..
Jorden, Capt. VIM. Brunyate, this
city; Charles Williams, Sr., and family,
Camden; George Dare, Salem; Sam'.
Lawrence and family, Greenwich; John
Fithian, Seeley; VIM. Ogden. Stoe
Creek; W. H. H. Elwell and family
this city; Chas. F. Dare, Ed. M. Fifth
Ian and family, Howard Fithian and
family, John G. Sheldoa, E. Sheppard
Wallen, this city; Robert Ware and
family, Roadstown; R. Fl. Dare this
city.
Perhaps the geneology directly fol-
lowing, may prove less interesting than
the chronicle of the Doctors useful
life, but upon this occasion it would be
objectionable to neglect to refer to
the ancestry of this prominent man.
DR.. Enoch Fithian comes from old
English stock. The early records of
the Fithian family speak of William
Fithian, who died In East Hampton,
L. l., between the years 1878 and 1889,
He had sons Enoch and Samuel, and
two daughters. Samuel, the great
great grandfather of the doctor, re-
moved to Fairfield, Cumberland Co.,
where some of the members of his fam
lily remained. He married Priscilla
Burnet, of Southampton, L. l., and
had children,-Jo Josiah, Samuel,
Esther, Matthias, and William. Josiah
was. born May 6, 1885, removed to
Greenwich in 1905. and married Sarah
Dennis, Nov. 2, 1706. His death oc-
cured April B. 1741, and that. of his
wife, June 90, 1889. Their children
were John, born in 1909; jeremiah, in
1713; Samuel, in 1715; Hannah, in 17ls;
Esther, in 1921; Joseph, in 1924; Sarah,
in 1926; and Josiah, in 1928. Samuel,
of this number, the grandfather of DR..
FithiaD, was born Oct. 10, 1715. in
Greenwich, and married Phebe, ,daugh-
ter of Ephraim Seeley, of Bridgeton,
on the Sd of September, 1741. Their
children were Hannah, born in 1742,
(Mrs. Nathan Leake); Rachel, born in
1744 (Mrs. Daniel Clark; Amy, born in
1746 (Mrs. Joseph Moore); Joel in 174S;
Mary, in 1862 (Mrs. Joshua Brick; };
Sarah, in 1854 (Mrs. Thomas Brown;
Ruth, in 1756 (Mrs. David Bowen);
seeley, in 1858; end Samuel, in 1861.
Joel of this number, father of DIR.
Fithian, was born Sept. 80, 174S, and
married, March 4, 17S0, Rachel, daugh-
ter of Jonathan and Anna Holmes.
He was both a farmer and merchant
in Greenwich, and represented his
district in the State Legislature. Their
only child was Josiah, born Sept. 80,
1776. By a second marriage with
Elizabeth. daughter of Rev. Charles
Beatty, he had children,-Charles
Beatty, born Dec. IS, 1882; Samuel,
born Feb 26, 1885; Phillip, whose birth
occurred Jan. "a, 1857; Erkuries. born
Aug. II, 1889; and Enoch, the only sur.
vivor. Mr.. Fithian, died Nov. 9. 1891,
and his wife, Aug. 6, 1926. Their son,
DR.. Enoch Fithian was born May 10,
1792.
Early in life, DIR. Fithian did what al
boys did, attended school, and worked
about his home and native town. He had
| attained his majority before he settled
upon profession, when he began the
study of medicine at Roadstown, un.
der the direction of his brother DIR.
Erkurias Fithian, who resided at
Swedesboro, and in 1914, one year af-
terward, attended his first course ol
lectures in the University of Pennsyl'
vania. In the spring of 1916. he re-
ceived instructions from DR.. William
B. Ewing. of Greenwich, and the same
year continued his course of lectures
at the University.
The following year, the Doctor be-
came full fledged physician and be-
gan the practice of medicine in Roads
town, and in the Spring of 1917 entered
into partnership with DIR. Ewing, oi
Greenwich, and this business relation
was continued until 1924, when DR.
Ewing retired. In 1S49, DIR. Edward