BIO: Theodore PETERS, B.S., 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 159
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THEODORE PETERS, B. S., M. D.

  Theodore Peters was born at Walden, N. Y., in 1889, a son of Dr. J. B. and 
Adaline (Lewis) Peters.

  He received his education in the public schools and at Hamilton College, 
Clinton, N. Y., graduating B. S., 1911.  He attended the full medical course at 
the University of Pennsylvania graduating M. D., 1915, from this school.  Dr. 
Peters then served an Internship in the Germantown Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., 
and located 1917 in Chambersburg for the practice of his profession.  He is a 
member of the Medical Society and of the Staff of the Chambersburg Hospital.  
For the last several years he has held the position of Medical Inspector of the 
Borough Schools.

  Dr. Peters served in the Medical Corps, U. S. N. A., from August 17, 1917, to 
January 8, 1919.  His first assignment was to Field Hospital No. 22, as First 
Lieutenant.  May 17, 1918, he was made Captain, M. C. U. S. A., and was 
Commanding Officer of Corps Hospital No. 107, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.

  Dr. Peters is a member of Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, and a Republican 
in politics.  June 17, 1917, he married Miss Miriam L. Lenhardt, of Norristown, 
Pa.