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DANIEL C. MALONE, M. D., the oldest and one of the most successful physicians residing in South Bethlehem, has a large practice in his neighborhood and vicinity, and is well known as an able, intelligent citizen, one worthy of confidence and esteem. He is a native of this state, having been born in Easton, the date of his birth being January 27, 1845.

The father of our subject, John C. Malone, was born in Ireland, and when a boy emigrated to the United States with his parents, who immediately located in the above place. He was given an excellent education, and taught school first in New Jersey, and later in the above city. Subsequently he did contract work on the railroad and canal, and on abandoning this occupation removed to New Jersey, and engaged in farming in Warren County. He departed this life in 1875, when on a visit in Trenton, N. J. The mother of our subject, who prior to her marriage was Miss Magdalene Smalley, was born in Warren County, N. J., and died in South Bethlehem in 1876. Daniel C. was the youngest in the parental family of eight children, only three of whom are living at the present time. His brother William during the late war served in a New Jersey regiment, and was Quartermaster-Sergeant of his company. He is now deceased, having departed this life in New Jersey.

The original of this sketch attended first the common and later the high school in Easton, after which he went to Philipsburg and became a student in the LeniLenate Institute. From there, in 1863, he went to Washington, D. C., where he was clerk in a branch of the Surgeon-General’s office until the close of the war. While there he decided to follow a professional life, and in 1865 returned to Easton and began the study of medicine under the tutelage of Dr. C. C. Field. The following year he entered the medical department of the Pennsylvania University, from which he was graduated with high honors in 1868.

When ready to establish himself in the practice of his profession, our subject came to South Bethlehem and bought out the business of Dr. Hittle. He located on Third Street, where he has resided ever since, and, as stated above, he enjoys the honor of being the oldest physician in the city. Since locating here the Doctor has taken a special course in the University Hospital of Pennsylvania. He is a skillful surgeon, and has built up an extended and largely increasing practice, and won the regard of the general public. In religious affairs he is a member of the Church of the Holy Infancy, and in politics is a believer in Democratic principles. He has never married.