PHEBE BROOKS,
physician and surgeon, was born in Crawford County, Penn. She received
her primary education in the district public schools, afterward
attending and graduating at the State Normal School at Edinboro, Penn.
She taught for several years, devoting her spare moments to the study
of medicine. In 1876 she entered the medical department of the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and graduated in June, 1878. She
afterward spent one year at the New England Hospital for women and
children, Boston, Mass. In December, 1879, Dr. Brooks opened an office
in Sharon, and has since built up a good practice. She belongs to the
Presbyterian Church, and is one of the well-known physicians of the
[Sharon] borough.
Source: History of Mercer County, 1888, page 709
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