BIO: Percy Daniel HOOVER, M.S., 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 197
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PERCY DANIEL HOOVER, M. S., M. D.

  Percy D. Hoover was born 1872 in Waynesboro, Pa., a son of Daniel and 
Catherine (Newcomer) Hoover.  He attended the public schools of Waynesboro and 
then entered Pennsylvania (now Gettysburg) College, graduating B. S. 1895, and 
receiving an M. S., 1898, from this institution.

 He studied medicine with Dr. I. N. Snively, Waynesboro, and after the usual 
course was graduated M. D., 1899, from the University of Pennsylvania.

  Dr. Hoover located at once in Waynesboro, Pa., and ever since has been in 
active general practice in his native town.  He has been a member of the Medical 
Society since 1902 and its president in 1909, and is a member of the Waynesboro 
Hospital Staff.  Dr. Hoover is identified with a number of business interests.  
He is Vice-president of the First National Bank and Trust of Waynesboro, a 
director of the Landis Tool Company and its Company Physician.  He is a member 
and present Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Gettysburg College, formerly 
Pennsylvania College.  He belongs to the Lutheran Church of Waynesboro and is a 
member of its official board.

  Dr. Hoover married in 1908, Helen Louise Besore, of Waynesboro.