I am putting this on -line before I delete it. > Subject: JONATHAN ELMER > Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 9:14 PM > > > > > Dr.Jonathan Ellmer was the son of Daniel Elmer second: was born 1745 and > died in 1817. He was one of the first graduates of the Medical Department > of the University of Pennsylvania, receiving the degree of M.B. ( Bachelor > of Medicine) in 1768 and of M.D. in 1771. In 1772 he was elected a member > of the American Philosophical Society, of which Dr. Franklin was the > President, and was considered the equal in medical knnowledge of any > physician in the United States. > His health being infirm, he turned his attention more to politics, and was > much more in office until the change of parties in 1800. With all the > family he was an ardent Whig, and entered earnestly into the measures of > opposition to the encroachments of the British Government on the rights of > the people of America. > > Although not a military man, he took a commission as commander of a > company of militia, and was active in organizing measures of defence. He > was one of the Committee of Vigilance, which, in fact was for some time the > governing power of the county; and in 1776 was a member of the Provincial > Congress, and a member of the committee which framed the first constitution > of the State. During most of the time the war lasted he was a member of > Congress, and afterward one of the first Senators. For many years he ws > presiding judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the county, and was in > fact, a well read lawyer. He became an elder of the Presbyterian Church in > Bridgeton. His decendants in the city are still numerous and highly > repectable. > > Dr. Jonathan Elmer commenced practice in 1768. He was probably the first > regularly educated > physician in the county. He built, in 1772 a dwelling on the site of > Charles E. Elmers's house; but being of feeble health and not able to > endure the long horseback journeys to which a physician was then exposed, > he turned his attention to political life, received the appoint of sheriff > and was a member of Congress and afterward of the State. > > In 1783 and for a few succeeding years he was in full practice in > Bridgeton and the neighborhood; but soon became engaged in public life, > and was afterwards only consulted in special cases and as a surgeon. > > ELMER'S HISTORY of CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEW JERSEY page 64-65 > > Mart > mararm@phoenixat.com > > > > > > > > > >