BIO: John J. Koser, Cumberland Count, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                               CHAPTER XL.

                        BOROUGH OF SHIPPENSBURG. 

444  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  JOHN J. KOSER, M. D., Shippensburg, was born in Franklin County, 
Penn., June 5, 1857, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Wingert) Koser, 
natives of Pennsylvania, former of French and German and the latter of 
German descent.  Originally the Kosers descended from the Huguenots.  
Jacob Koser is a retired farmer and now resides in Shippensburg, this 
county.  Of his two children our subject is the eldest.  The Doctor was 
reared on the farm, and attended the common and State normal schools.  
His medical education was obtained in the University of Pennsylvania, 
where he graduated with the degree of M. D., in 1881, and the same year 
he commenced the practice of his chosen profession in Shippensburg, 
this county, and has met with more than average success.  Dr. Koser is 
a member of Cumberland County Medical Society, also of the State 
Medical Association, and is greatly attached to his profession.