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Robert Graham Ralston
ROBERT GRAHAM RALSTON, M.D., a physician and surgeon of Cowansville, Pa.,
was born Jan. 22, 1830 in South Buffalo township, Armstrong county, son of
James and Jane (Graham) Ralston.James Ralston and his wife were both natives of Ireland, and coming to the
United States at an early day settled in Westmoreland county, Pa., where they
farmed. After the Civil war the father moved to Slate Lick, Armstrong Co.,
Pa., bringing with him his five surviving and unmarried children, three of
whom now survive: Mrs. James Hunter, Mrs. Isabell Juck and Dr. Robert G.
Ralston. The father of these children died on the last day of the year 1876,
and the mother passed away ten years before. Both were consistent members of
the Presbyterian Church of which he was an elder. In politics he was a
Democrat. At one time he served as captain of militia.Dr. Ralston attended public school until eighteen years old, when he
entered Elder’s Ridge Academy. Following this he took his degree of A.B. from
Jefferson College, being graduted therefrom in 1855. He then read medicine for
three years, and entering Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, took a
three terms’ course. Being then qualified, he began the
practice of his profession at Cowansville, where he has continued fifty-one
years. He is one of the oldest practitioners in Armstrong county, and in spite
of his years has a large and lucrative practice, in the western part of East
Franklin township, which he built up many years ago, and has since continued
to hold.On Jan. 19, 1865, Dr. Ralston was married to Martha J. Templeton, of
Clintonville, Ill. The following children have been born of this marriage;
Nancy Bell, Mrs. J. Ambrose; Nettie May; Jennie; Mrytle, Mrs. N.J. Leslie;
Ina, Mrs. O.V. Davidson; Virginia; Dr. Wiliam James, of Slate Lick; John T.;
Robert S. Few men in Armstrong county are as universally respected as Dr.
Ralston, who hold the friendship of all with whom he has come in contact,
whether professionally or in a social way.Source Pages 414-415 Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present , J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 1998 by Rodney G Rosborough for the Armstrong County
Beers Project
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