BIO: Thomas Henry GILLAND, M.D., Greencastle, 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 231
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THOMAS HENRY GILLAND, M. D.

  T. H. Gilland was born in 1884 in Greencastle, the only son of Dr. John C. and 
Martha M. (Snyder) Gilland.  He was educated at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., 
graduating Ph. B. in 1907.  He then read medicine with his father and after the 
usual course was graduated M. D. in 1911 from Johns Hopkins University, 
Baltimore, Md.

  After serving an Internship in Jefferson Surgical Hospital, Roanoke, Va., Dr. 
Gilland located in 1913 in Greencastle where he has been since in active 
practice.  In 1918 he enlisted in the Medical Service, U. S. N. A., and was 
discharged December, 1918.  Dr. Gilland served as 1st Lieutenant in Medical 
Officers Training Camp, Chickamauga Park, Ga.  Dr. Gilland has been a member of 
the Medical Society since 1917.

  Dr. Gilland married October 17, 1917, Daisy B. Dailey.  He is a member of the 
Presbyterian Church.