BIO: Katherine M. CRAWFORD, M.D., Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Denise Phillips Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/franklin/ _______________________________________________ Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.; Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 111 _______________________________________________ KATHERINE M. CRAWFORD, M. D. 1856 - 1903 Katherine M. Crawford was born August 28, 1856, in Guilford Township, the daughter of Frederick B. and Maria (Markley) Crawford. She read medicine with Dr. Benjamin Bowman in Chambersburg, Pa., and received her degree M. D., 1882, from Hahneman Medical College, Chicago, Ill. Dr. Crawford practiced medicine in Chambersburg from 1882 until 1901. During this time she was for fifteen years in partnership with Dr. Julia T. Hill. In 1901 Dr. Crawford removed to York, Pa., and died there in 1903. She was never a member of the Medical Society.