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Dr Christopher Patterson Calhoun
9 Jul 1842 – 18 May 1902
| Birth | 9 Jul 1842 |
| Death | 18 May 1902 |
| Cemetery | Mount Union Christian Church Cemetery Mench , Bedford County , Pennsylvania , USA |
| Added by | Melissa Rice on 10 Sep 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74082516 |
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Bedford, PA: Bedford Gazette, issue of Friday, 23 May 1902, p. 1, col. 1 THE DEATH RECORD, Among Those Who Have Answered the Final Summons Are Two PROMINENT PHYSICIANS Dr. C.P. Calhoun died at his home in Altoona at two o'clock Sunday morning after an illness of nearly two years. His sickness dates from September, 1900, when he was stricken with paralysis. Since then he sustained several additional strokes, from each of which he recovered sufficiently to be about until but a week before his death. Christopher Patterson Calhoun was born near Clearville, in Monroe township, this county, on July 9, 1842, and was a son of John C. Calhoun. He was educated in the public schools and the Allegheny seminary at Rainsburg and read medicine with the late Dr. B.F. Harry, of Bedford. In 1866-7 he attended lectures at the Albany, N.Y., Medical college and was graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in March, 1873. He began the practice of his profession at Arlington, O., and later practiced at New Baltimore, Centreville, Bedford and Altoona, Pa. He came to this place in 1881 and remained here until 1898, when he removed to Altoona. Dr. Calhoun fought for the preservation of the Union in the civil war. He enlisted as a corporal in Company F, 138th regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, and was promoted to third sergeant, to orderly sergeant and on February 22, 1865, to first lieutenant. He was mustered out with his company at the close of the struggle. Dr. Calhoun was elected to the house of representatives from Bedford county, on the Republican ticket, in 1885 and re-elected in 1887. While in the legislature he was an ardent advocate of an increased appropriation for the public schools and was always deeply interested in the welfare of those 'bulwarks of the nation.' At various times he served as school director and always took an active interest in the welfare of the community in which he lived. On June 12, 1867, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary C. Bortz, daughter of George Bortz, of Cumberland Valley. His wife, his step-mother and the following children survive him: George A. Calhoun, of Bedford; Mrs. John J. Burns, of Altoona, and John C. Calhoun, at home. Three sisters also survive him, namely, Mrs. Emily Kegg, of near Everett, Mrs. Jennie Baker, of Everett, and Mrs. John Redinger, of Chaneysville. Dr. Calhoun was a member of the Lutheran church; he belonged to the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Post No. 468, Grand Army of the Republic. Funeral services were held at his home Monday evening. The body was taken to Mench on Tuesday and interred in the Mt. Union graveyard near that place, the services being in charge of Masons from Everett, Bedford and Altoona. Mr. and Mrs. A. Huntingdon and Prof. J.A. Cessna, of Altoona, accompanied Dr. Calhoun's family to Mench. Dr. Calhoun was a competent, careful and conscientious physician. Many a time has he promptly responded to the call for medical aid when he himself was very ill. He was a generous man and a good citizen. _______________________________________
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- Lucinda Calhoun Redinger 1846–1919
- Emily Calhoun Kegg 1850–1930
- Mary Calhoun 1855–1883
- Jennie Calhoun Baker 1862–1946
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- George Allen Calhoun 1869–1934 FaG
- Ethel May Calhoun Burns 1872–1956 FaG
- John Cornel Calhoun 1880–1945 FaG
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