WILLIAM H. FOCHT, M. S., M. D., New Riegel, was born in Lehigh County, Penn., January 18, 1858. His parents, James F. and Polly A. Focht, were also natives of Pennsylvania, where they were married and remained until November 10, 1870, when they moved to Seneca County, Ohio, where they have since resided. They are the parents of three children: William H., James D. and Charles E. Our subject, who is the eldest, pursued a scientific course of study at Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, graduating June 17, 1880. He then read medicine with Dr. A. B. Hovey (now deceased), and, March 1, 1883, graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Baltimore, Md, and located March 9, same year, at New Riegel, this county, where he has since been following his profession, having now the best practice of any physician in Big Spring Township. On the 21st of June, 1883, the trustees of Heidelberg College conferred upon him the degree of Master of Science.


Trancribed by Bonnie Walsh.
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1886
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part IV, p.718
BIG SPRING TOWNSHIP