BIO: Christian R. SCHELLER, M.D., Shady Grove, 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 291
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CHRISTIAN R. SCHELLER, M. D.
1861-1926

  C. R. Scheller was born on a farm in the Cearfoss district in 1861, a son of 
Daniel and Margaret (Rowland) Scheller, and grew to manhood near Leitersburg.  
He was educated in the common schools and at the Hagerstown High School and 
attended Juniata College.  After leaving college, he was a teacher for a time 
and then began the study of medicine with Dr. D. F. Royer at Shady Grove, Pa., 
and was graduated M. D. in 1882 from Jefferson Medical College.

  Dr. Scheller located at once at Shady Grove and practiced medicine here for 
about one year, when he removed to Hagerstown, Md., and followed the profession 
in that town until his death March 6, 1926.  He served several times as Health 
Officer of Washington County, Md., and always took an active part in Republican 
politics.