BIO: Eli James ZOOK, M.D., Fannettsburg, 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 363
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ELI JAMES ZOOK, M. D.

  E. J. Zook was born in Mifflin County in 1841, the son of David M. and Rebecca 
(Byler) Zook.  He attended the National Normal Institute in Ohio and was 
graduated in 1874 from this school.  He then studied medicine and after a course 
at a Philadelphia Medical School he was graduated M. D. in 1878.

  Dr. Zook, after graduation, began the practice of medicine in Mifflin County 
and then for a brief time was in practice at Orrstown, this county, before 
locating in 1881 at Fannettsburg as the successor of Dr. John S. Flickinger.  In 
1888 Dr. Zook removed to Newville, Cumberland County, where he was in practice 
until his death.  He was a member of the Medical Society in 1887.

  He married in 1880, Rebecca J. Huey of Mifflin County.