Dr. James A. Hahn was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1804. He studied medicine with Professor Gibson, Professor of Surgery in the Pennsylvania Medical College at Philadelphia, and graduated there in 1824. He was resident physician in Blockley College Hospital. He located in this County in 1826, first in Fayette, then Canoga, afterward Bearytown, and subsequently in Waterloo. After a successful career of about eighteen years, he moved to Marshall, Michigan, locating there in 1844, where he was twice elected to the office of Mayor. In the fall of 1854 he moved to Chicago, where he practiced his profession, and also served six years as Alderman, two years as City Physician, and was President of the Chicago Board of Health at the time of his death, which occurred October 25, 1875.
Source: History of Seneca Co., New York With Illustrations Desriptive of its Scenery, Palatial Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks and Important Manufactories, from Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability, Philadelphia: Everts, Ensign & Everts, 1876, p. 79.
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