[p. 708] a prominent practitioner of medicine at Mahoningtown, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, maintains an office at No. 208 North Liberty Street and enjoys a large and remunerative practice. Dr. Urey was born in Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1872, and comes of a prominent old family of that county. He is a son of Peter and Esther (Canon) Urey, both of whom are living and reside on the old home farm in Mercer County.
Dr. Urey was reared on the old home farm, and received his preliminary educational training in the common schools of that district, supplemented by a three-year course in McElwain Institute at New Lebanon, Pa. He later attended Slippery Rock Normal School, after which he was engaged as instructor four years in the district schools of Mill Creek Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and one year at Chewton, Wayne Township, in Lawrence County. In 1894 he entered the drug business in Wampum and continued in that line of employment at various points in Northwestern Pennsylvania, becoming a licensed pharmacist. In September, 1896, he began attending lectures in the Medical Department of Western University of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburg, and in 1900 was graduated, with the degree of M.D. During the following year he engaged in hospital work in Shenango Valley Hospital, at New Castle, and on June 1, 1901, embarked in practice at Wampum, Pa., where he continued with success until his removal to Mahoningtown. He had engaged in the drug business at Wampum in partnership with his brother-in-law, D. C. Williams, the business being conducted under the management of the latter, but in the name of Dr. Urey. He sold out to his partner in 1906. His practice had become such as to induce him to seek a large field of operation, and on May 6th of that year he removed to Mahoningtown, where he has since continued with flattering success.
Dr. Urey was united in marriage with Miss Maud Williams, a daughter of John C. Williams, of Emlenton, Pa. He is a member of the Lawrence County Medical Association, the State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. Fraternally, he is a prominent member of Lodge No. 69, B.P.O.E., and the Knights of Pythias.
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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