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David Sewall OLIPHANT

[N2451]

18 JAN 1816 - 13 NOV 1903

  • OCCUPATION: Physician
  • BIRTH: 18 JAN 1816, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
  • DEATH: 13 NOV 1903, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • REFERENCE: 42528
Family 1 : Charlotte Eleanor COBBS
  • MARRIAGE: 17 DEC 1837, Bedford, Virginia, USA [N2452]
  1.  Mary E. OLIPHANT
  2.  Lucy OLIPHANT
Family 2 : Miranda HALL
  • MARRIAGE: 22 APR 1847
  1.  Jenny OLIPHANT

[N2451] Amherst College
Biographical Record of the Graduates and Non-Graduates
Centennial Edition 1821-1921

(Edited for clarity).
464. *Oliphant, David Sewall. Son of Rev. David and Mary (Pierson), born Keene, New Hampshire, June 18, 1816.

Education: M. A., A. C., 1839; M. D., Homoeopathic Medical College, St. Louis, Mo., 1860.
Prepared Phillips Academy, Andover. Taught in Virginia and other southern states many years; studied Homoeopathic Medical College, St.Louis, Missouri; practised New Orleans, Louisiana 1850-53; Toronto,Canada, 1863-1903. Died Toronto, Canada, November 13, 1903.

Married (1st) December 24, 1837, Eleanor C., daughter of Edmund Cobbs, Bedford County Virginia, who died April 29, 1843; (2nd) April 22,1847, Miranda, daughter of J. C. Hall, Warsaw, N. Y. 10 ch. Brother Robert W. (Amherst College 1845).

[N2452] The bond for this marriage was posted Dec 15, 1837, and stated the bride was the daughter of Edmund Cobbs. Her brother John C. Cobbs was the surety for the marriage. The ceremony was performed by Nicholas H. Cobbs.