BIO: Andrew H. HEATHERINGTON, 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 212
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ANDREW H. HEATHERINGTON, M. D.
1778-1835

  Andrew H. Heatherington was born in 1778 in Greencastle, Pa., a son of John 
and Ruth (Smith) Heatherington.  John Heatherington was born in London, England.  
The mother, Ruth Smith, was a daughter of Col. Abraham Smith.

  Dr. Heatherington was a student with Dr. John McClellan in Greencastle and 
began the practice of medicine about 1800 or shortly thereafter.  In 1803-04 and 
-05 he was assisting Dr. McClellan in some of his many surgical operations.  
There is no record of his attendance at Medical College, but inasmuch as his 
name appears followed by M. D. it is probable he was a graduate of the 
University of Pennsylvania.

  Dr. Heatherington was Vice-President of the first Medical Society in 1825 and 
one of the organizers of the Society.  He was regarded as a good physician and 
was in continuous practice in Greencastle and vicinity until the time of his 
death in 1835.

  Dr. Heatherington was a Presbyterian by faith and was twice married.  The 
first wife, Jane Patton, had no children.  His second wife was Ruhamma Sterret 
and had two sons.  One of these sons, John Heatherington, studied medicine with 
his father and entered Jefferson Medical College in the same class with Abraham 
H. Senseny of Chambersburg.  He abandoned the study of medicine before 
completing the course.  He afterward resided in Virginia.  Some of the 
descendants of John Heatherington still reside in the vicinity of Winchester, 
Va.