BIO: Samuel Henderson McELROY, M.D., Scotland, 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 259-260
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SAMUEL HENDERSON McELROY, M. D.
1839-1898

  S. H. McElroy was born June 21, 1839, at Scotland on what is usually known as 
the Dice farm, now owned by M. K. Burgner.  His grandfather McElroy had come 
from Bucks County and settled on this land prior to 1800.  He was a son of 
Samuel and Abigail (Blythe) McElroy and as a young man attended the Chambersburg 
Academy for a time and then entered Spangler's Drug Store, Chambersburg.  While 
thus engaged he began the study of medicine with Dr. J. C. Richards.

  Early in the Civil War he enlisted as a private and was assigned to dispensary 
work, serving in various hospitals in the East.  He attended lectures at the 
Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, and was graduated M. D. in 
1865 from this institution.

  Dr. McElroy located at once at Mott Haven, New York, and for thirty-three 
years was a successful physician and a respected citizen of this town.  He was a 
Mason and a very active member of the G. A. R.

  His death occurred January 5, 1898, and is noted in the minutes of the Medical 
Society.