BIO: Joseph L. SNIVELY, 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 293
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JOSEPH L. SNIVELY, M. D.
1851-1909

  Dr. Snively was born in 1851 near Shady Grove, the son of Samuel B. and Maria 
(Tritle) Snively.  The Snively family were among the very first settlers in 
Antrim Township.

  Dr. Snively was educated at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., 
from which institution he was graduated in 1874.  He then began the study of 
medicine with Dr. A. H. Senseny in Chambersburg and received his degree M. D. in 
1877 from Jefferson Medical College.

  Dr. Snively first located in Virginia where he was in practice one year and 
then returned to his home, in 1879, near Shady Grove and was in continuous 
successful practice here until the time of his death in 1909.

  Dr. Snively never married.  He was admitted to the Medical Society in 1894 and 
was President in 1901.