BIO: Thomas Johnston McLANAHAN, 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 89-90 
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THOMAS JOHNSTON McLANAHAN, M.D.

1844 – 1915

Dr. McLanahan was born in 1844 in Chambersburg, Pa.  He was a son of John H. and 
Sidney E. (McClellan) McLanahan, and a grandson of Dr. John McClellan of 
Greencastle.  He received his education at the Chambersburg Academy and then 
read medicine with Dr. J. C. Richards, Chambersburg, taking his degree M.D. 1863 
from the Jefferson Medical College.

He at once entered the Army as Acting Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army, and served 
through the war.  He then returned to Chambersburg in 1865 and was in active and 
successful practice in his native town until his death in 1915.

Dr. McLanahan was an active member of the Medical Society.  He signed the call 
in 1868 for the reorganization of the Society and always took a lively interest 
in its affairs.  He was President of the Society in 1878 and its Treasurer 1909-
1914.  He was a member of the original Hospital Staff.

Dr. McLanahan had large private interests and was the owner of much valuable 
property in the town.  He was a director of the National Bank and held many 
other responsible positions in his long and active business career.

He was a Republican in politics and a member of the Central Presbyterian Church.  
He married 1870 Rebekah A. Austin of Chambersburg, Pa.