Bradway Sharp

GEDCOM Note

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Born in Hayleyville, Ezra went to school until the age of sixteen. He was in algebra class and was arguing with the teacher about the solution to a math problem. Ezra was so sure that hew was right that he picked up his books and left school, taught himself at home and eventually went to medical school. Worked in foundry in Bridgeton at 18 and then read medicine with Dr. Enoch Fithian in Greenwich, NJ. Went to Maryland Medical School, returned to Greenwich to take over practice of Dr. Fithian. (Dr. Fithian lived to over 100 years of age and was much beloved by the people of Greenwich. There is an exhibit in his honor in the Historical Society of Greenwich.) He then moved to Roadstown and purchased an old inn where they lived. For two years he practiced medicine in Roadstown, then moved to 504 Broadway, Camden, NJ. later Mullica Hill farm