BIO: Samuel Gamble COONS, M.D., Dry Run, 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 359
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SAMUEL GAMBLE COONS, M. D.

  S. G. Coons was born in 1872 in Path Valley, a son of John M. and Mary A. 
(Doyle) Coons.  He was educated in the common and select schools of Path Valley.  
He entered Jefferson Medical College and was graduated M. D., 1894, from this 
institution.

  Dr. Coons located at Concord, this county, in 1894, one year later he removed 
to Center County, where he remained in active practice until 1916, when he 
located at Dry Run and since has been continuously in active work in this 
village and vicinity.

  He was a member of the Center County Medical Society from 1897 to 1916 and 
since 1916 has been a member of the Medical Society of Franklin County.

  Dr. Coons is a Presbyterian by faith, and always active and interested in 
matters pertaining to the welfare of his native valley.  He has been for some 
years a director of the Path Valley State Bank.