BIO: William N. FERGUSON, 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 355
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WILLIAM N. FERGUSON
1855-1929

  W. N. Ferguson was born August 31, 1855, at Dry Run, a son of James and Mary 
Ann (Doyle) Ferguson.  After his graduation from Mercersburg College, he began 
the study of medicine, graduating M. D., 1879, from the University of 
Pennsylvania.  Dr. Ferguson served as intern in the House of Correction, 
Philadelphia, Pa., for one year and then located in general practice in 
Philadelphia, Pa., and so continued until his death January 9, 1929.  Dr. 
Ferguson was a member of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, the Medical 
Club of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Scotch Irish Society.  He was a 
Presbyterian by birth and a Democrat in politics.

  He married 1882 Miss Annie Kitchener of Philadelphia.