[p. 1003] whose thirty-four years of continuous medical practice at New Castle entitles him to the honorable position he holds as one of the standard-bearers of medical science in this city, has been closely identified with much that has contributed to the making of New Castle a city of health, vigor, culture and importance. Dr. Linville was born March 9, 1854, near Independence, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Jeremiah P. and Martha J. (Montgomery) Linville.
Jeremiah P. Linville was born in Pennsylvania and was a son of Joseph Linville, both of whom followed agriculture. For some twenty years prior to his demise the father of Dr. Linville lived a life of retired ease at New Castle, where he died in his seventy-fifth year. He married Martha J. Montgomery, and they had one son.
Montgomery Linville enjoyed excellent educational advantages through boyhood and youth. He completed a full collegiate course at Bethany, W. Va., after which he entered Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, where he was graduated in the class of 1873 when but nineteen years of age. He has been in the active practice of his profession ever since and, with the exception of five and one-half months, has been identified with New Castle. He is a valued member of the Lawrence Medical Society. Dr. Linville has kept in close touch with all advancement made in medical science, has taken an active part in promoting medical and sanitary knowledge and his connection with the State Association of Physicians and Surgeons and the National Association of Railway Surgeons testify to the eminence he has attained in his profession.
Dr. Linville was married (first) in 1873 to Miss Della Chapman, who died in 1875. He subsequently contracted a second marriage. Dr. Linville is a prominent Mason and is a member of Mahoning Lodge No. 243, F. & A. M.; Delta Chapter No. 170, R. A. M., and New Castle Commandery.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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