Surnames: BARR, SIDES, JOHNSON, HOUSEKEEPER; KING. McSPARRAN, McCOULLOUGH B. F. SIDES, M. D., was born Sept. 26, 1822, in Bart Township, this county, a son of John and Sarah (BARR) Sides, of Lancaster county. John Sides was a son of Peter Sides , of German ancestry, who was one of the oldest settlers of this county. The children born to John Sides were: Abraham, who for thirty years was an efficient engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad; Barbara, who married Dr. Samuel A. Johnson; Elizabeth, who married P. W. Housekeeper, of Drumore township; Peter H., colonel of a regiment during the Civil war, who married and lived in Philadelphia; and our subject, Dr. B. F. Sides.Reared in the home of his Grandmother BARR, B. F. Sides received careful early training, and was kept at study in the private schools of Lancaster county, and was later placed at the New London, Mt. Joy, and Strasburg schools. Deciding upon a medical career, he then entered upon the study of the science under the careful instruction of Drs. Alexander and Patrick Cassidy, who were the l! eading physicians of the county, at that period. For three years he benefited by their instruction, entering then the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, from which   institution have graduated many of the distinguished practitioners of the county. In the spring of 1846, Dr. Sides was graduated, and with zeal entered upon the practice of his noble calling, in the county of his birth, settling among the good people of Drumore township, where for over fifty-five years he has been and is still in active practice.On March 2, 1854, Dr. Sides was married to Miss Elenora E. King, a daughter of John and Isabella McSparran King, of Drumore township. To Dr. and Mrs. Sides three children were born, these being: Janet, who died in Infancy; Sallie B., who passed away in young womanhood; and Isabella S., born Dec. 11, 1854, who married the late Sanders McSparran, and resides in Philadelphia (she has two daughters, Sallie B. and Amelia).Mrs. Sides was born March 28, 1830, her origin b! eing Scotch-Irish, and her family one of the leading ones of Lancaster county. The family is not a numerous one, her only sister being Mrs. Janet S. McCullough, widow of Sanders McCullough, of Oxford, Chester Co, Pennsylvania.Dr. Sides joined Washington Lodge F. & A. M. No. 156, at Chestnut Level, which later was moved to Drumore Center, and still later to Quarryville, where it is now located. His political convictions have made him a stanch Democrat, but his life has been too filled with work in his profession to permit him to accept any political office, no matter how flattering the offer. Dr. Sides is a truly representative man, one of the class whose lives reflect honor on good old Lancaster county.Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pa. (1903), vol. ?, p. 83. -- Susan Y. ClawsonDayton, Indiana [email protected]@hotmail.com __________________________________________________________________McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network.Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today!http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now!http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455