Dr. Bodo Otto Association

Historic Sites Associated With Dr. Bodo Otto

New Jersey

Emanuel Lutheran Church & Cemetery	Cohansey - Aldine Rd.(Salem County Rte# 635)Friesburg, Alloway Twp., Salem County, New Jersey	Plaque at cemetery Emanuel Lutheran Church, Friesburg, NJ Text: Catherina Daehncken Otto (1710-1765) wife of Dr. Bodo Otto, Sr.famous Dr./Surgeon of theAmerican Revolution, who served at Valley Forge Maria Elizabeth Otto 1737-1768) daughter of Dr. Bodo Otto, Sr.and wife of Marcus Carman (1731-1785) Marked by Dr. Bodo Otto Association June 16, 1991
Bodo Otto Jr. house	County Road 551 (Kings Highway) Mickelton, New Jersey	State of NJ plaque on home Bodo Otto, Jr. House
Trinity Episcopal "Old Swedes" Church	1208 Kings Highway PO Box 31 Swedesboro, New Jersey	Grave of Bodo Otto Jr.
Old Barracks Museum	Barrack Street Trenton, New Jersey	Military hospital set up by Dr. Otto. Congress ordered him to Trenton on Feb. 17, 1777, to establish a military hospital for the treatment of smallpox. He remained there until September 1777. The hospital was in use from 1777 to 1781. Old Barracks Museum Site Old Barracks Museum History of Barracks Military hospital set up by Dr. Bodo Otto.

Pennsylvania

Historic Yellow Springs
Ruins of Washington Hall 1685 Art School Road
Chester Springs, Pennsylvania Plaque at hospital ruins:
Dr. Bodo Otto, Sr.1711-1787
Washington Hall
Am. Rev. Hospital
Yellow Springs
Marked June 2, 1988
Plaque at hospital
Historic Yellow Springs

Germantown & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Office & Apothecary

Provincial Conference
June 1776 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Provincial Conference

German Society of Pennsylvania 611 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Established 1764. It is the oldest German-American charitable and cultural organization. Among the founders is Dr. Bodo Otto.
German Society

Trinity Lutheran Church & Cemetery 527 Washington St.
Reading, Pennsylvania Inscription on tombstone:
Dr. Bodo Otto delegate to the Provincial Congress June 18, 1776. Senior surgeon with his two sons during the Revolution. Had charge of the Valley Forge encampment.
(See Berks Co. history) Died 1787. Aged 79 years [1]
Heraldry Societies markers on tombstone memorializing Dr. Bodo Otto
Tiffany windows in the church placed in honor of Dr. Bodo Otto by his descendants.
History of Trinity Church

Site of the home of Dr. Bodo Otto 525 Penn St.
Penn Sq.
Reading, Pennsylvania Historic Marker Dedicated February 16, 1951
Text:
Site of the home of Dr. Bodo Otto, Military Surgeon in Continental Army, 1775-82. Served as Surgeon-in-Chief at Valley Forge, 1777-78; Physician and Surgeon of the Continental Hospitals. Died 1787
Marker

Washington Memorial Chapel Route 23
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Plaque:
To the glory of God and in the honor of the patriotic spirit of our ancestor Dr. Bodo Otto, and his three sons, who served their adopted country at Washington Hall, a hospital in Yellow Springs, Pennsylvania, attached to the Valley Forge encampment of General George Washington in the winter of 1777-78 during the Revolutionary War.
Dr. Bodo Otto, Sr. (1711-1787)
Dr. Frederick Christopher Otto (1743-1795)
Dr. Bodo Otto, Jr., (1748-1782)
Dr. John Augustus Otto (1751-1836)
Dedicated, on this day of our Lord, Sunday, June 25, 2006, in loving memory and tribute, by their descendants
The Dr. Bodo Otto Family Association
Washington Memorial Chapel

Berks County Historical Society 940 Centre Ave.
Reading, Pennsylvania Portrait and medical instruments
Berks County Historical Society

[1] Our record show he was born in 1711 and died in 1787 which would make him 76 years old not 79 as is on the tombstone.

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Historic Yellow Springs Ruins of Washington Hall	1685 Art School Road Chester Springs, Pennsylvania	Plaque at hospital ruins: Dr. Bodo Otto, Sr.1711-1787 Washington Hall Am. Rev. Hospital Yellow Springs Marked June 2, 1988 Plaque at hospital Historic Yellow Springs
	Germantown & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Office & Apothecary
Provincial Conference June 1776	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Provincial Conference
German Society of Pennsylvania	611 Spring Garden Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Established 1764. It is the oldest German-American charitable and cultural organization. Among the founders is Dr. Bodo Otto. German Society
Trinity Lutheran Church & Cemetery	527 Washington St. Reading, Pennsylvania	Inscription on tombstone: Dr. Bodo Otto delegate to the Provincial Congress June 18, 1776. Senior surgeon with his two sons during the Revolution. Had charge of the Valley Forge encampment. (See Berks Co. history) Died 1787. Aged 79 years [1] Heraldry Societies markers on tombstone memorializing Dr. Bodo Otto Tiffany windows in the church placed in honor of Dr. Bodo Otto by his descendants. History of Trinity Church
Site of the home of Dr. Bodo Otto	525 Penn St. Penn Sq. Reading, Pennsylvania	Historic Marker Dedicated February 16, 1951 Text: Site of the home of Dr. Bodo Otto, Military Surgeon in Continental Army, 1775-82. Served as Surgeon-in-Chief at Valley Forge, 1777-78; Physician and Surgeon of the Continental Hospitals. Died 1787 Marker
Washington Memorial Chapel	Route 23 Valley Forge, Pennsylvania	Plaque: To the glory of God and in the honor of the patriotic spirit of our ancestor Dr. Bodo Otto, and his three sons, who served their adopted country at Washington Hall, a hospital in Yellow Springs, Pennsylvania, attached to the Valley Forge encampment of General George Washington in the winter of 1777-78 during the Revolutionary War. Dr. Bodo Otto, Sr. (1711-1787) Dr. Frederick Christopher Otto (1743-1795) Dr. Bodo Otto, Jr., (1748-1782) Dr. John Augustus Otto (1751-1836) Dedicated, on this day of our Lord, Sunday, June 25, 2006, in loving memory and tribute, by their descendants The Dr. Bodo Otto Family Association Washington Memorial Chapel
Berks County Historical Society	940 Centre Ave. Reading, Pennsylvania	Portrait and medical instruments Berks County Historical Society