BIO: John J. COFFMAN, M.D., Scotland, Franklin County, PA

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Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 262-263
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JOHN J. COFFMAN, M. D.
1851-1922

  J. J. Coffman, M. D., was born near Sharpsburg, Md., November 23, 1851, the 
son of David and Caroline (Hammond) Coffman.  After receiving a public school 
education he attended the Shippensburg State Normal School and for five years 
taught in the rural schools of Washington County, Md.

  He began the study of medicine under a Sharpsburg physician, and in 1877 he 
entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md.

  In 1881 he entered the Medical Department of Dartmouth College, N. H., and was 
graduated M. D. in 1882.  He located at Boyds, Md., and three years later 
removed to Scotland, Pa., where he continued to follow his profession until the 
time of his death, October 4, 1922.

  Dr. Coffman was admitted to the Medical Society of Franklin County in 1891, 
and was president in 1896.  He served the Society as Secretary from 1900 until 
the time of his death and was a most efficient officer.  He was an active 
promoter of the Cumberland Valley Medical Association and its Secretary from its 
organization in 1903 to the time of his death.

  For several years Dr. Coffman was an Associate Editor of the Charlotte Medical 
Journal of Charlotte, N. C., and wrote editorials and papers for this and other 
medical journals.

  As Secretary of the County Society he originated and published for a number of 
years the Call and Roster the official organ of the Society's transactions and 
programs.  This was one of the pioneer publications among the County Medical 
Societies of the State.

  May 14, 1890, Dr. Coffman married Sallie E. Burns, daughter of the late S. R. 
Burns of Scotland, Pa.

  He was a member of the Central Presbyterian Church of Chambersburg and took an 
active interest in the work of the church.