BIO: Dr. John McDOWELL, Mercersburg, Franklin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Denise Phillips Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/franklin/ _______________________________________________ Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.; Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 239 _______________________________________________ DR. JOHN McDOWELL 1793-1878 Dr. McDowell was a son of Dr. Andrew McDowell and was born in 1793 in Chambersburg. He studied medicine with his father in Chambersburg and began the practice of medicine at Danville, Pa. He remained in Danville a short time, and then removed to Mercersburg, where he was in practice for nearly fifty years. His wife was Margaret Montgomery.