BIO: Washington HARBAUGH, M.D., Waynesboro, 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 166
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WASHINGTON HARBAUGH, M. D.

  Washington Harbaugh was born at Midvale, this county, the son of George and 
Anna (Snyder) Harbaugh, and was a brother of the Rev. Dr. Henry Harbaugh, the 
noted theologian.

  Dr. Harbaugh studied medicine in Philadelphia and was graduated M. D. about 
1845.  He began the practice of medicine in Waynesboro in 1845 and after two 
years removed to Bedford.  His health failing, he went from Bedford to Florida  
in which state he died July 31, 1852, from Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

  His wife, who before marriage was Miss Boteler, died shortly before her 
husband.