BIO: Dr. William Rippey STEWART, Strasburg, 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 333-334
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DR. WILLIAM RIPPEY STEWART
1802-1867

  William Rippey Stewart was born in 1802 near Shippensburg, the son of Dr. 
Alexander and Jane (Rippey) Stewart.  He studied medicine and began the practice 
of the profession at Upper Strasburg.  In 1827 he removed to York Springs, Adams 
County, where he successfully practiced medicine until the time of his death in 
1867.

  Dr. Stewart married in 1827, Diana McKinney, a daughter of David and Eleanor 
(Quigley) McKinney.  David McKinney was a Justice of the Peace and owned and 
conducted the "Upper Hotel" in Strasburg for many years.