BIO: David Miller SHOEMAKER, M.D., Waynesboro, 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 199
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DAVID MILLER SHOEMAKER, M. D.

  D. M. Shoemaker was born in 1873 in Hagerstown, Md., a son of D. B. and Sarah 
(Miller) Shoemaker.  Dr. Shoemaker is a graduate of Pulte Medical College, 
Cincinnati, Ohio, class of 1905.

  He registered in Waynesboro in 1909 and since has been in the active practice 
of medicine in this town.  He has been a member of the Medical Society since 
1914 and is a member of the staff of the Waynesboro Hospital.

  In April, 1918, Dr. Shoemaker was commissioned 1st Lieutenant in the Medical 
Corps, U. S. A., and was honorably discharged in July, 1919.  His service was at 
the Army Medical School, Washington, D. C., and at Camp Lee, Va.  He was 
promoted to be a Captain in September, 1918.