Physician: born in Reading, Pa., March 28, 1844. He was educated in the public schools, and the Reading Classical Academy, and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as M.D. in 1866. He married Emma Keppleman of Reading, eldest daughter of John Keppleman, an iron founder. He served in the Civil War as a private in Company E, 128th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers: Company C, 42d Pennsylvania Militia, and was wounded in the battle of Chancellorsville; went to Europe soon after the opening of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, and was appointed a surgeon in the Prussian Army. For his skill as a surgeon received the decoration of the Golden Cross, and was made a member of the Order of the Crown. Dr. Ermentrout returned to Reading, Pa., at the close of the war, and has since practised medicine in his native city. He was physician to the county almshouse, and served for a number of years on the medical staff of St. Joseph's Hospital. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and was commander of Keim Post of Reading for four years. He is a brother of Judge Ermentrout, of the Courts of Berks County, and of the late Congressman Ermentrout. Address: Reading, Pa.
John W. Leonard. Who's Who in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, 2nd ed. New York: L.R. Hamersly & Co., 1908, p. 241.
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