Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Hertig, Dr. Joseph S. November 28, 1834 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

     Joseph S Hertig, dentist, was born in Fayette County, 
Penna, November 28, 1834, and is a son of John G Hertig and 
Elizabeth Showalter Hertig. His mother, who was of German 
extraction, was born in Fayette County. His father was a 
native of France, and a farmer and school teacher by 
occupation. Dr Hertig, the eldest of eleven children, was 
reared on his father's farm, attending the district school. 
He spent his early life as a teacher, having taught five 
terms in Fayette County, Ohio, and subsequently in this 
county. In 1858 he commenced the study of dentistry at 
Smithfield, Penna, and began practicing in 1868 in New 
Holland, Ohio. He subsequently located at Delphos, Allen 
County, Ohio. Returning to Fayette County in 1862, he 
remained for four years then came to Waynesburg, where his 
skill and gentlemanly demeanor soon won for him a large and 
lucrative practice among the influential families of the 
town and vicinity. The Doctor is thoroughly posted in all 
the details of his profession, and devotes his time 
diligently to study.
  
      He was married in Fayette County in 1864 to Miss Nancy 
Scott, daughter of William Scott. Their children are: Horace 
Hertig and Owen Hertig, the latter a graduate of Waynesburg 
College, and at present a student in the Dental College of 
Philadelphia, Penna. Dr Hertig is a prominent member of the 
Odontological Society of Western Pennsylvania.

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