BIO: Lindsay Pitts O'NEAL, M.D., Cumberland County, PA

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    >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
    Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 62-63
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    LINDSAY PITTS O'NEAL, M.D., a prominent and successful physician of
  Mechanicsburg, was born Oct. 11, 1838, on his father's plantation in Essex
  county, Va., a son of Albert G. and Anna (Wearing) O'Neal, both of whom were
  born in Essex county.
    Thomas O'Neal, the grandfather of Dr. O'Neal, was born in Dublin, Ireland,
  where he became a merchant with business standing until his sympathy with the
  rebellion against England made it advisable for him to leave his native land.
  He emigrated to Virginia, and there, in Essex county, married Elizabeth
  Pitts, who was of English ancestry. To this union were born two sons and
  three daughters, namely: Albert G., Johnson, Elizabeth, Mary and. Emeline.
    Albert G. O'Neal became a large planter in Essex county, but during the
  Civil war lost his possessions. He served as a captain in the War of 1812. In
  1831 he married Anna Wearing, and two sons were born to them, viz: Thomas J.
  and Dr. Lindsay P.
    Dr. O'Neal was but sixteen years old when he left home to make a career for
  himself. At Baltimore, Md., he engaged in clerking, in grocery and in drug
  stores, remaining there until 1858, when he began the study of medicine,
  supporting himself by running a stitching machine in his brother's boot and
  shoe factory. In the fall of 1860 he entered York Academy, and in the spring
  of the following year, he entered the Washington University of Medicine and
  Surgery. In the fall of 1861, he entered the medical department of the United
  States Army. It was not until the fall of 1864 that he returned to the
  Washington University of Medicine and Surgery, Baltimore, where he studied
  and attended lectures and clinics, until March, 1865, graduating with degree
  of M. D. He located in York county that spring. There he practiced his
  profession until 1870, when he settled at Mechanicsburg, where he has met
  with the most flattering success. 
    On Nov. 26, 1868, Dr. O'Neal was united in marriage with Margaretta W.
  Eckels, born near Mechanicsburg, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Cooper) Eckels.

    CUMBERLAND COUNTY.  63

    Mrs. O'Neal is a valued member of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. O'Neal is
  professionally connected with the National Medical Association of
  Pennsylvania, and is a charter member of the Eclectic Association of the
  State. He has served four terms on the Medical Examining board of
  Pennsylvania through the administrations of Govs. Robert E. Pattison, Daniel
  Hastings, William Stone and Samuel Pennypacker, and was reappointed for the
  fifth term in 1904. For many years he has been an influential member of the
  Democratic party in Cumberland county. In his profession he ranks very high,
  being regarded as an expert in his successful treatment of smallpox, and up
  to this time (1904) has never had a death from this dread disease. He keeps
  thoroughly abreast of the times, and is well acquainted with all modern
  methods and discoveries. Personally, he is a man of high character and enjoys
  universal esteem. He is an example of the self-made man owing but little to
  any fortunate circumstances of birth, kindred or friends, having bravely
  carved out his own fortune.