Born in Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Israel A. Reynolds
and Sarah (Whitney) Reynolds
Sister of
Sarah Ann (Reynolds) Iddings, Ann (Reynolds) Gower, Elizabeth (Reynolds) Like, William Reynolds, Mary (Reynolds) Hicklin, John Walter Reynolds, Benjamin M. Reynolds, Margery Tucker (Reynolds) Lucas, Martha G. (Reynolds) Harris, Edward Reynolds, Nancy M. Reynolds, Israel Reynolds [half], Daniel Reynolds [half] and Emma Bell (Reynolds) Thompson [half]
Wife of
Samuel Carey Longshore
— married
about 1856 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 81
in National City, San Diego, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Oct 2021
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Biography
Rebecca was born about 1836. She was the daughter of Israel Reynolds and Sarah Whitney. She passed away about 1918. Rebecca was one of the first female Doctors to graduate (1861) from Penn Medical University She married her husband, Samuel Carey Longshore in 1856. She was also one of the first and only women who treated American Indians (Pawnee tribe). She traveled and lectured about her expertise abroad which was not common for women in that time. She and her husband, Samuel Carey Longshore had no children.
Sources
- Leveraus Family Tree, Ancestry.com
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101814841/rebecca-h-longshore: accessed 28 April 2023), memorial page for Rebecca H Reynolds Longshore (22 Dec 1836–17 Apr 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101814841, citing La Vista Memorial Park, National City, San Diego County, California, USA; Maintained by AA (contributor 47991892).
- 1850 USA Federal Census Spring Township, Centre County, PA.
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