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Vol. II Perry Francis Powers, Lewis Publishing Co., - 1912 [715-716] DR. FRANK C. WITTER is among the younger representatives of the medical fraternity of Petoskey, Michigan, but his years seem no bar to his progress and prominent position in connection with his chosen calling. During the two years which mark the period of his residence in this place he has gained high favor among a large and lucrative patronage. He is a practitioner of equipment equal to that of the best and he has been a devoted student of his profession since youth. His broad knowledge of his science and sympathetic manner have given him rank among the most skillful and popular physicians and surgeons in the city. A native of the fine old Wolverine state of the Union, DR. WITTER was born at Lawrence, Van Buren county, Michigan, the date of his nativity being the 26th of January, 1879. He is a son of FRANK and MARY (PENDILL) WITTER, the former of whom was born in the state of New York and the latter of whom claims Michigan as the place of her birth. The father was born in Michigan in 1847 and for a number of years he was most success- fully engaged in the dry-goods business at Lawrence, where his death occurred on the 3rd of March, 1879. The mother of the Doctor is still living and she maintains her home at Lawrence, having reached the venerable age of fifty-eight years. DR. WITTER lost his father when he was a child of but six weeks of age and thus he was reared principally by his mother. In the public schools of Lawrence he received his preliminary educational training, having been graduated in the high school of that place. Subsequently he was matri- culated as a student in the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in the medical department of which excellent institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1906. For two years thereafter he was engaged in teaching pathology in his alma mater and for a time he was also demonstrator of obstetrics and first assistant in the clinic in obstetrics and gyne- cology. He located at Petoskey, Michigan, on the 10th of September, 1909, and here he initiated the active practice of his profession. With the passage of time he has gained recognition as one of the best physicians and surgeons in Emmet county and he now controls a splendid practice at Petoskey and in the territory normally tributary thereto. In connection with the work of his chosen vocation he is affiliated with the Petoskey Medical Society, the Michigan State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He is also a valued and appreciative member of the Phi Rho Sigma College fraternity and in the time-honored Masonic order he is connected with the local lodge of the York Rite branch of the time-honored Masonic order. In the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks he is a member of Petoskey Lodge, No. 269. In politics he gives a stalwart allegiance to the principles and policies propounded by the Republican party and while he has never had aught of ambition or desire for political office of any description he is ever on the alert and enthusiastically in sympathy with all projects advanced for the good of the general welfare. At Lapeer, Michigan, on the 14th of February, 1907, DR. WITTER was united in marriage to MISS LENA L. ARMSTRONG, whose birth occurred at Lapeer, Michigan, and who is a daughter of JOSEPH ARMSTRONG, a representative citi- zen and business man at Lapeer. DR. and MRS. WITTER have one son, JOSEPH ARMSTRONG WITTER, whose natal day is the 19th of June, 1909. DR. WITTER and his wife are popular in the best social activities of Petoskey, where their attractive and comfortable home is recognized as a center of most refined hospitality. ================================================================================ If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ================================================================================