BIO: Thomas M. KENNEDY, M.D., New Franklin, 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 297-298
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THOMAS M. KENNEDY, M. D.
1841-1893

  Thomas M. Kennedy was born in Illinois in 1841, the son of James Kennedy who 
was born in Ireland and when quite young was brought to America, the family 
settling in Franklin County.  Dr. Kennedy served as Hospital Steward for three 
years during the Civil War, and then read medicine with Dr. John Newcomer at 
Quincy, Pa.  After the usual course he was graduated M. D. in 1866 from Bellevue 
Hospital Medical College, New York City.

  Dr. Kennedy located at once at New Franklin and after seven or eight years 
successful practice in the New Franklin neighborhood, he removed to Greencastle, 
where he resided and practiced medicine until his death in 1893.  He was a 
member of the Medical Society in 1870 and was Vice President in 1872.