BIO: John Edward KLINE, M.D., Chambersburg, 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 103-104
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JOHN EDWARD KLINE, M. D.

1856 - 1890

  Dr. Kline was born in 1856 in South Main Street, Chambersburg, Pa., in a house 
that stood on the site of the present Thaddeus Stevens School building.  He 
received his preliminary education in the schools of his native town and then 
began the study of medicine, taking his degree M. D. in 1882 from Jefferson 
Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.

  The same year he located in Chambersburg and practiced medicine here 
continuously until his death in February, 1890, aged thirty-four years.  His 
wife was Miss Martha  J. Addams of Chambersburg.  They were members of the 
Catholic Church.

  Dr. Kline was never a member of the Medical Society.