G. H. P. CHRISTMAN, M. D., a leading homeopathic physician in the county, with residence in Washington, is a native of the Keystone State, having been born in Upper Uwehlan township, Chester county, February 12, 1859. His ancestors on the mother's side came to this country from Maxton Parish, in Scotland, and settled in Chester county some two hundred years ago, his great-great-grandfather, George Maxton, having been the keeper of the once famous hostelry known as the "yellow Springs" Inn, at one time a fashionable health resort, at which place he had the honor of entertaining George Washington. Our subject's ancestors on the father's side came to this country from Schleswig-Holstein (then a province of Prussia), landing at Philadelphia September 15, 1730; they also settled in Chester county, and became a prominent family in the affairs of the county. William Davis Christman, father of Dr. Christman, a native of Chester county, served with distinction in the Union army. He married Zilpha A. Maxton, of the same place, and they became the parents of three children, viz.: Cora (who died in young womanhood), G. H. P. and Frederick B., the latter at this time (1893) being engaged in business in Chicago. The subject of this sketch passed his boyhood and youth principally in West Chester, Chester county, receiving his education in the common schools and graduating at the high school (being the only male member of his class); he also received private instruction from Prof. Franklin Taylor, late superintendent of the schools of Philadelphia. In 1877 he commenced the study of medicine in West Chester under Dr. Joseph E. Jones, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania; then entered the Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, graduating with honors march 10, 1881, and afterward attended lectures in New York. At Baltimore, Md., and at Wilmington, Del, he was assistant to well-known physicians of those places. He practiced medicine in Philadelphia for a time, and came to Washington, Penn., in 1890, where he has since been engaged in a lucrative practice which is rapidly expanding. Politically the Doctor is a straight Republican, and while a resident of West Chester was especially active in the interests of his party. The Doctor is unmarried and resides with his parents.

Text taken from page 391 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed June 1997 by Kathy Petty of Evansville, IN as part of the Beers Project. Published June 1997 on the Washington County, PA pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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