History of Newville, (Cumberland County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Biographies:

Edward Swoyer Breidenbaugh, chemist, was born in Newville, Cumberland county, Pa., Jan. 13, 1849. He was graduated at Pennsylvania college in 1868, and after studying chemistry for two years at the Sheffield scientific school, teaching that branch in the school during his second year, he was professor of natural sciences at Carthage college, Illinois, for a year, and in 1874 became professor of mineralogy and chemistry in Pennsylvania college. He published an "Analysis of Connecticut Tobacco Ash" (1872); "The Minerals of Tilley Foster Mine" (1873; "Fermentation and Germ Theory" (1877); "Concerning Certain Misconceptions in Considering the Relations between Science and Religion" (1880); "The Nitrogenous Element of Plant Food" (1880) and "Mineralogy of the Farm" (1881); "Pennsylvania College Book" (1882); "Syllabus of Lecture on Geology."

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Clement Alexander Finley, surgeon, was born in Newville, Cumberland county, Pa., May 11, 1797; son of Major Samuel and Mary (Brown) Finley, and grandson of John and Martha (Berkley) Finley. He was graduated from Washington college in 1815 and attended the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, subsequently, in 1834, receiving the degree of M.D. from the latter institution. He became surgeon's mate, 1st U.S. infantry, Aug. 10, 1818; assistant surgeon, June 1, 1821, and surgeon, with the rank of major, July 13, 1832. He served actively as medical director in the Black Hawk war in Wisconsin and Illinois, 1832; the Seminole war in Florida, 1836-42; and the Mexican war, 1846-47; and was also for several years on the frontier. In 1835 he accompanied Gen. Henry Dodge on his exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains. On May 15, 1861, he was promoted surgeon-general, U.S.A., and on April 14, 1862, was retired front active service off his own application. He was brevetted brigadier-general, March 13, 1865, and was retired in 1876 with the full retired pay of a brigadier-general. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 8, 1879.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor