BIO: Lewis Hiram SEATON, 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 157
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LEWIS HIRAM SEATON

  L. H. Seaton was born in 1885 at McClellandtown, Pa., the son of Lewis M. and 
Julia (Stacey) Seaton.  He obtained his education in the public schools and at 
the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio.  After teaching for four years he 
entered the Medical Department of the University of Pittsburgh and was graduated 
M. D. in 1910 from this school.  The following year he served as Interne in the 
Uniontown Hospital.  From July, 1911, to December, 1916, he was located at Grays 
Landing, Fayette County, Pa.  On the latter date he removed to Chambersburg and 
has since been in active practice here.

  Dr. Seaton was President of the Fayette County Medical Society in 1916, 
transferred to Medical Society of Franklin County in 1917 and is now a member.  
He is a member of the Hospital Staff and pays special attention to general 
surgery.  At present he is a member of the Board of Health.  Dr. Seaton entered 
Medical Service of the Army and was assigned to duty with the British Forces and 
was first sent, September, 1917, to Queen Mary's Hospital, Whalley, England.  In 
December, 1917 he was transferred to Leeds University for special work in 
surgery.  In January, 1918, he was transferred to Officers Training Camp, Black 
Pool, England, and in March, 1918, was assigned to duty with B. E. F. and sent 
to 87th Field Ambulance, 29th Division at Ypres.  In May, 1918, he was assigned 
to 64th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, replacing Captain Clair U. S. M. C. of 
Philadelphia, Pa., who had been killed in action.  Captain Seaton was awarded 
the British Military Cross for Meritorious Service during the summer and fall 
warfare of 1918.

  In March, 1919, he was recalled to the A. E. F. at Camp St. Aignon, France, 
and was discharged at Camp Dix on June 5, 1919.

  He was married in 1911 to Charlotte M. Bietsch, R. N., of Chambersburg.