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Dr Emil Custer

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Birth	:	12 Jun 1820 Frankfurt am Main, Stadtkreis Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Death	:	18 May 1896 Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial	:	Valley Cemetery, Manchester, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.9849300, -71.4606500
Plot	:	819-8
Description	:	THE PORTRAIT TO THE RIGHT IS FROM THE MANCHESTER HISTORIC SOCIETY, IT WAS PAINTED BY HIS SON EDWARD L CUSTER, WHO WAS A WELL RENOWNED PAINTER OF HIS TIME From Google Books on line. Dr. Custer practiced medicine for nearly half a century in Manchester, NH and died the oldest physician in the city. He was born in Franfurt, Germany June 12 1820. His father was a native of Switzerland. his mother of Germany. His parents removed to Altstatten. Canton St, Gallen Switzerland, when he was four years old There he received his primary education he attended the... Read More	THE PORTRAIT TO THE RIGHT IS FROM THE MANCHESTER HISTORIC SOCIETY, IT WAS PAINTED BY HIS SON EDWARD L CUSTER, WHO WAS A WELL RENOWNED PAINTER OF HIS TIME From Google Books on line. Dr. Custer practiced medicine for nearly half a century in Manchester, NH and died the oldest physician in the city. He was born in Franfurt, Germany June 12 1820. His father was a native of Switzerland. his mother of Germany. His parents removed to Altstatten. Canton St, Gallen Switzerland, when he was four years old There he received his primary education he attended the Latin School and Gymnasium of Aarau and St Fallen and spent several years at the Universities of Zurich, Freiburge, Wurzburge and Munich. After completing his studies he married Mrs. Nannette Tollman- Spann, a lady of fine presence and amiable disposition, an accomplished pianist, descended from a family of rank and importance in Swiss history. In the fall of 1846, Dr. Custer and his family came to America and after a short stay in Syracuse NH, settled in Manchester, NH when the city of was in its infancy. Dr Custer possessed a fine classical education and high literary attainments with a refined poetic mind, he slowly built up an extensive practice in the City and surrounding country. He was the most popular, a man of strictest integrity, full of conscientious and his love for and in his fellowmen beloved and respected by all who know him. He combined the skill with which he tended to the sick and afflicted, with a cheerful personality which brought sunshine to many a discouraged soul, and delighted heavy hearts by his unlimited fund of wit and humor, He was a generous and genial man, whose word was as good as his bond and in his professional attendance he had no difference between rich or poor. He was progressive in his ideas. Although a thoroughly educated allopathic physician he investigated the system of homeopathy, and finding it superior to the old school, he became a firm believer and practiced it to the end of his life. He said jokingly, that his conscience would not allow him to practice allopathy, after he knew there was a better way of treatment. In this he achieved success and his advice and skill were sought my many in the City and surrounding country. He was a systematic in all his work, neglecting nothing, and although he had a very large practice, he found time for sociability, and was a welcome guest wherever he went. Dr Custer was a most modest and unassuming man, only his most intimate friends had a insight to his rich and fertile mind. To all others he was the able and genial physician. He was fond of children. His own two having died in infancy, he adopted his wife's children and was a most indulgent parent to them. His wife's death occurred several years before his own demise, and which ended a most useful life. May 18, 1896. He kept his bright, cheery disposition through out a long and trying illness, till he gave in to the inevitable.

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Dr Emil Custer's memorial is located at: Valley Cemetery, Manchester, Hillsborough County, USA.
When did Dr Emil Custer death?
Dr Emil Custer death on 18 May 1896 in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
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Latitude: 42.9849300
Longitude: -71.4606500

Family Members:

Spouse

Nannette Tollman Custer

(1813 - 1889)

Children

Edward L Custer

(1837 - 1881)

Ann I Custer

(1837 - 1913)

Frank Carl Custer

(1839 - 1859)

Carolina “Lina” Custer Christophe

(1843 - 1919)

Harry Emil Custer

(1852 - 1854)

Bertha Emily Custer

(1853 - 1854)

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