BIO: John McKEE, M.D., Mont Alto, 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 272
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JOHN McKEE, M. D.

  John McKee was born several miles south of Waynesboro, Pa., near the Antietam 
Junction.  He was a son of John and Catherine McKee.

  John McKee the father was a school teacher for many years and both he and his 
wife were consistent members of the Presbyterian Church in Waynesboro, and very 
strict in the observance of the Sabbath.  The son John McKee was educated by his 
aunt, Miss Mary McKee, who resided in Waynesboro, Pa.  John McKee read medicine 
with Dr. James Brotherton, Jr., and was graduated M. D. from Jefferson Medical 
College, Philadelphia, Pa.

  He located at once in Funkstown now Mont Alto, where he continued in practice 
until his death at a comparatively early age, leaving a widow and two daughters 
aged about five and three years.