From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 408.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


LEON N. REEFER

Leon N. Reefer, V.M.D., was born in Meadville, Penn., July 24, 1867, 
the son of Morris H. and Jeanette Reefer.  The father is a prominent 
and wealthy merchant of Meadville, Penn.  Dr. Reefer received his 
preliminary education in the excellent public schools of his native 
town, and afterward entered the Allegheny college.  In 1885 he became 
a student in the University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated 
therefrom in June, 1888.  Dr. Reefer took the highest honors of his 
class, and all through his course was the recipient of the chief 
honors.  Among the many articles which he has contributed to the 
medical journals may be mentioned one on "Media Union," which was 
published in the COMPARATIVE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND VETERINARY 
SURGERY.  This article attracted wide-spread notice from horsemen all 
over this country, and was copied in the London, England, LANCET.  
Dr. Reefer came to Wheeling in October, 1888 and although a young 
man, has come to be recognized as preeminent among those practicing 
in this locality.  He was united in Marriage to Miss Jessie Brinton, 
of Wheeling, November 27, 1889.  Dr. Reefer has medical charge of all 
the horses used in the several city departments, and also of most of 
the blooded stock owned in Wheeling and vicinity.  In his short 
residence in this city he has not only made a success in his 
profession, but has also made a host of friends, and is regarded as a 
very prominent young man.   


(Linda Fluharty)