Dr. Eugene N. Wilhelm, one of Raubsville’s well known citizens,
was born June 3, 1854, in the city where he now resides. He is a
son of John H. and Susanna (Unangst) Wilhelm, the former a
native of Northampton County, and for many years a practitioner
of Raubsville, where his death occurred in 1886. The boyhood and
youthful years of our subject were somewhat uneventfully passed
in the city of his birth, in the common schools of which he was
for some time a student, thereby laying the foundations for the
knowledge he afterward acquired by self-culture.
Beginning in life, our subject was for some years an
assistant to his father, but since the death of the latter he
has practiced alone. He has made a specialty of the treatment of
chronic disease, for which he has his own special remedies,
thought often introducing into his practice the magnetic
treatment, in which he has met with success. In his diagnosis of
cases he is keen in perception and accurate in analysis, and
through energy, perseverance and sound judgment has gained
success in his practice.
As a helpmate on life’s journey, Dr. Wilhelm selected Miss
Regetta Purdy, daughter of John B. Purdy, lat of Easton, PA.,
but now deceased. There have been born unto this union ten
children, of whom nine are now living. They are Mary R., Arthur
F., Jacob C., Howard, Mabel, Maud, Elizabeth, Agnes and
Susanna. Ethel died in childhood.
The political belief of Dr. Wilhelm has led him into
affiliation with the Democratic party, the principles of which
receive his earnest and faithful allegiance. In religious
matters he is a Lutheran, and holds membership with St. Paul’s
Church of Raubsville, to which his family also belongs. In his
social connections he is identified with the Masonic fraternity,
belonging to Prosperity Lodge No. 567, F. & A. M., at
Riegelsville. He is a charter member of Unity Order No. 1,
Knights of Humanity, at Raubsville, with which organization he
has been prominently connected since its establishment. At
present he is serving as its Commander. He is a man of pleasant,
genial disposition, who has the esteem and confidence of the
community.