BIO: Dr. John SLOAN, 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 66 
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DR. JOHN SLOAN

1760 – 1831

Dr. Sloan was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1760, and was a licentiate of 
the Dublin College of Surgeons.  He arrived in Philadelphia in the beginning of 
the year 1799 and practiced the profession in that city until November, 1803, 
when he removed to Chambersburg.  Dr. Sloan was physician to the Almshouse 1809-
1814 and was Treasurer of the County 1824 and 1825.  At the time of his death he 
was owner and publisher of the Franklin Republican, a paper that later was 
merged with the Franklin Repository.

Dr. Sloan was a member of the Medical Society and died in 1831 in Chambersburg.