General Notes

CLINTON HERALD
Saturday June 9, 1917

J. H. Mewherter
Dr. John Harrison Mewherter, aged 70 years, died at 11:45 o'clock this morning at the home of his son, Samuel Mewherter, 764 Camanche avenue, where he had made his home for the past three years. His illness was serious only  for the past three weeks.
The deceased was born June 2, 1837, in New Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. After finishing his schooling in that city he began the study of medicine under Dr. Miller of the same place. This continued for two years and then went to the Cleveland, Ohio, Medical college, where he graduated in 1859. In the same year he was married to Miss Lucy Eleanor Nowel. He practiced his profession in the east for a few years, but in 1865 went west to live. He made his home for a short time in Port Byron, Ill., and then, hearing that a large number of his friends had settled in and near Elvira, he also moved to that place. Here he built up an extensive practice and became known as one of the best physicians in the country. He was called in consultation in a great many of the most critical cases, and his judgment was usually accepted and found correct.
His wife died in 1889, leaving eight children, two of whom have passed away, Those surviving are Samuel Mewherter and Mrs. Thomas Mulligan, of Clinton. John Mewherter, of Tipton, and Frank and Beamer Mewherter, of Eveleth, Minn.
A few years after the death of his first wife he married Mrs. Ida Hardy, of Low Moor. To this union were born five children, of whom four are living. They are Mrs. Henry Vining and Harry and Lyle Mewherter, of Clinton, and Mrs. John Day, of Akron, Ohio.
When he began to feel the infirmities of old age, Dr. Mewherter retired, spending the rest of his days with his children.
Funeral services will be held at the home of his son, Samuel Mewherter, 764 Camanche avenue, at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon with Carl Mead, of the Bible Students, officiating. Burial will be made in Springdale cemetery.