JAMES GABBEY TEMPLETON born Nov. 10, 1833
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Biographical Review Volume XXIV
Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Pittsburgh and the Vicinity Pa
Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company 1897
Pg. 35
JAMES GABBEY TEMPLETON, A.M., D.D.S., Dean of the Pittsburgh Dental College, was born November 10, 1833, in the township of Independence, Washington County, son of ALEXANDER and MARGARET N. (GABBEY) TEMPLETON.He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, being fifth in descent from ALEXANDER TEMPLETON, who, born near Perth, Scotland, settled in Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland.ALEXANDER TEMPLETON marriedMISS CRAWFORD; and their son JOSEPH, DR. TEMPLETON'S great-grandfather, immigrated to his country, settling in Lancaster County, Pa.JOSEPH'S son JOHN, who located in Cross Creek Township, Washington County, married ANN TEMPLETON, of Northumberland County, Pa.
ALEXANDER TEMPLETON, a sonof JOHN and the father of DR. TEMPLETON, was born in Cross Creek Township, June 7, 1806, and was educated in the common schools of his native town.He devoted the most of his active life to farming and sheep-raising, and was ranked among the well-to-do citizens of Cross Creek.His wife was a daughter of JAMES GABBEY, of Antietam, Md.Both members of the United Presbyterian Church.Their children were: JOHN, who died age 13 years; JAMES G., the subject of this sketch; THOMAS B., who died in the Mount Pleasant Hospital, Washington, D.C., in 1864, and is buried in Arlington Cemetery; JANE ANN, the wife of DAVID BROWN LEE, of Washington County; HUGH A., also deceased; ESTHER M., the wife of JOHN SCOTT, of Washington County; MARY EMILY, of whom there is no special record; and ALEXANDER BROWN, who died when 18 months old.
JAMES GABBEY TEMPLETON attended Cross Creek Academy and Westminster College.During seven years of his student life he taught school, reading medicine in the vacation time.He subsequently studied dentistry in the office of Dr. Sill, now of New York City, and practiced for eight years in New Castle, Pa., in the meantime attending lectures.In 1869, after a course of study at Jefferson Medical College, he entered the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, from which he graduated in 1870.He remained in New Castle until December, 1872, when he opened an office in Pittsburgh, where he has (pg. 36) now been in practice for a quarter of a century.He is connected with several important professional organizations.A member of the Northern Ohio Dental Association, he has been honored with election to the office of vice-president.He was a member of the Lake Erie Dental Association, and was vice-president and president of the Pennsylvania State Dental Society, of which he is still a member. He was active in organizing the Odontological Society of Western Pennsylvania, and filled the president's chair for some time; and he is a member of the American Dental Association.
DR. TEMPLETON was married June 3, 1863, to LAURA JANE, daughter of RUSSELL VAN ORSDEL, of Allegheny.She died March 12, 1896, leaving three children.These are: ANNA M., the wife of ROBERT S. SMITH, of Pittsburgh; NANNIE BELLE, the wife of WALTER M. LINDSAY, attorney of Pittsburgh; and MARY ETTA.MRS. TEMPLETON was a member of the United Presbyterian Church of this city, in which the Doctor has been Ruling Elder for twenty years, and for a long time the superintendent of the Sabbath-school.