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Joseph Pancoast (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, physician, professor, and entrepreneur)

b. 1805-11-23 d. 1882-03-07

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, physician, professor, and entrepreneur. Burlington, New Jersey native. Married to Rebecca Pancoast. Father of William H. Pancoast, Albert Pancoast, and Bessie Pancoast. Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1828. Member of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Entered into practice and teaching in Philadelphia. Physician at the Philadelphia Hospital from 1834 to 1845. Professor at Jefferson Medical College from 1838 to 1874. Attending surgeon at the Philadelphia Hospital from 1854 to 1864. Founding member of the Hardwick Oil Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1864.

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Bibliography

Richard J. Dunglison, M.D. and Frank Woodbury, M.D., eds. The College and Clinical Record: A Monthly Medical Journal, vol. 3, April 15, 1882 (Philadelphia: Jefferson Medical College, 1882), 81-82 ; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Ward 8, District 22, p. 193; U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Western District, Minutes, p. 189; Find A Grave, "Dr. Joseph Pancoast (1805-1882)," Memorial #86695796, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86695796&ref=acom (accessed May 10, 2017).

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Pancoast, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203667 (November 12, 2026).

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