Name:   Dr. Samuel Elsworth Ambrose

Born:   June 23, 1864, East Franklin Twp., Armstrong Co. PA

Died:   January 4, 1935, Rural Valley

Date of Service:   January 7, 1935 at the Rural Valley Presbyterian church

Funeral Home:   Not listed

Clergy:   Rev. S.D. Regester, Rev. J.R. Mohr and Rev. A.E. Driggers

Cemetery:   Rural Valley Cemetery

Family Members Mentioned:   Deceased: parents J. Ritner and Margaret (Dougherty) Ambrose. Survivors: wife Charlotte (Pettigrew) Ambrose, a daughter of Dr. John M. Pettigrew; sister Mrs. G.L. Stewart of Rural Valley; brothers Benjamin F. Ambrose "who is employed in the Armstrong County Court House" and James G. Ambrose of New Kensington; sister-in-law Minnie M. Pettigrew, at home; nieces Frances and Margaret Ambrose, at home.

Other Information Mentioned:   Lived in Rural Valley; the family moved there when he was "several years of age." Attended school in Rural Valley; also attended Glade Run Academy in Dayton, Edinboro Normal School, and Grove City College. Taught school in and around Rural Valley, then attended Baltimore Medical College from 1895-1898. Physician in Rural Valley for many years. Member of Armstrong County Medical Society, Pennsylvania Medical Society, American Medical Society, Blue Lodge, F. & A.M., Order of Foresters and the Rural Valley Presbyterian Church.

Comments:   None

Obituary's Donor:   Estate of Maxine E. Stewart