Walter S. Mountain acquired his early education at the common and high schools of his native town. He assisted in carrying on the home farm until October 8, 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Eighty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Captain J. B. Treadwell and Colonel J. B. Howell. He participated in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, and Malvern Hill, and was discharged as a Corporal January 25, 1863. Re-enlisting on January 25, 1864, as Sergeant in Company L, Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, under Captain J. B. Bisman and Colonel Roberts, and being made Lieutenant of his company one month later, he was present at the battle of Chapin Farm. While stationed at Fortress Monroe he frequently met Jefferson Davis, who was confined there after his capture. He was discharged as a Lieutenant on November 9, 1865. Upon his return from the South he began his medical studies under the direction of Dr. H. Brubaker, of Somerset, with whom he remained two years; and then, entering the Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery, he was graduated in 1870. Since 1871 Dr. Mountain has been engaged in the practice of his profession at Confluence, making a specialty of surgery; and he opened the first drug store in this township, which is now carried on under the firm name of W. S. Mountain & Son. He is a member of the County and State Medical Associations, the Baltimore and Ohio National Association of Railroad Surgeons, and the Tri-State Medical Association, comprising the States of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. He is Surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and is now United States Pension Examiner for Somerset County. He has served as School Director and upon the Borough Council. He was appointed Postmaster in 1889, serving for years, and was also Post-office Inspector. (From Biographical Review, Vol. XXXII, Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania. Boston, Biographical Review Publishing Company: 1899, pp 184-185.)
He died from influenza.
He died from influenza.
Walter S. Mountain acquired his early education at the common and high schools of his native town. He assisted in carrying on the home farm until October 8, 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Eighty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Captain J. B. Treadwell and Colonel J. B. Howell. He participated in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, and Malvern Hill, and was discharged as a Corporal January 25, 1863. Re-enlisting on January 25, 1864, as Sergeant in Company L, Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, under Captain J. B. Bisman and Colonel Roberts, and being made Lieutenant of his company one month later, he was present at the battle of Chapin Farm. While stationed at Fortress Monroe he frequently met Jefferson Davis, who was confined there after his capture. He was discharged as a Lieutenant on November 9, 1865. Upon his return from the South he began his medical studies under the direction of Dr. H. Brubaker, of Somerset, with whom he remained two years; and then, entering the Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery, he was graduated in 1870. Since 1871 Dr. Mountain has been engaged in the practice of his profession at Confluence, making a specialty of surgery; and he opened the first drug store in this township, which is now carried on under the firm name of W. S. Mountain & Son. He is a member of the County and State Medical Associations, the Baltimore and Ohio National Association of Railroad Surgeons, and the Tri-State Medical Association, comprising the States of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. He is Surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and is now United States Pension Examiner for Somerset County. He has served as School Director and upon the Borough Council. He was appointed Postmaster in 1889, serving for years, and was also Post-office Inspector. (From Biographical Review, Vol. XXXII, Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania. Boston, Biographical Review Publishing Company: 1899, pp 184-185.)
He died from influenza.
He died from influenza.
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