BIO: John MONTGOMERY, 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 83-84 
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JOHN MONTGOMERY, M.D.

1835 – 1911

John Montgomery was born 1835 in Brandywine Manor, Chester County, Pa., the son 
of James and Margaret (Wagenseller) Montgomery.  The father, James Montgomery, 
who was born in Chester County, Pa., in 1808, was the son of James Montgomery, 
the immigrant who was born in County Antrim, Ireland.

Dr. Montgomery received his preliminary education at Lititz Academy and at 
Chambersburg Academy.  He then served three years apprenticeship in the drug 
business.  At the end of the three years he decided to study medicine and 
entered the office of Dr. J. C. Richards, Chambersburg, Pa.  He received his 
degree M.D. in 1858 from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.

Dr. Montgomery began at once the practice of medicine in Chambersburg.  In 1864 
he became a partner with his preceptor, Dr. Richards, and so continued until the 
latter's death in 1872.

Dr. Montgomery became a prominent and successful practitioner and continued 
active in the work until 1904, when, because of failing health and advancing 
years, he retired and made his home in Florida with his son, Dr. James H. 
Montgomery, where he died in 1911.  He was a Charter Member of the Medical 
Society in 1869, Secretary of the Society 1877 to 1883 and twice its President 
1876 and 1895.

In 1892 Dr. Montgomery read before the Medical Society a paper "History of the 
Medical Society, with Sketches of Some Early Practitioners," and in 1902 a 
valuable paper on Dr. Hugh Mercer, the first medical practitioner to locate in 
Franklin County.  Dr. Montgomery was a Democrat in Politics and a member of the 
Masonic Fraternity.

His wife, whom he married in 1862, was Catherine Ann Brough, born 1840, died 
1899, a daughter of Peter Brough, a prominent business man of Chambersburg.

Two sons of Dr. Montgomery entered the medical profession, Dr. Peter Brough 
Montgomery and Dr. James H. Montgomery.