BIO: Dr. Jesse MAGAW, Mercersburg, 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 238-239
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DR. JESSE MAGAW
1794-1823

  Jesse Magaw was born in Mercersburg, a son of Dr. William Magaw.  He was 
educated at Marshall College, Mercersburg, and for a time was instructor in his 
Alma Mater.  He read medicine with his father and began the practice in 
Mercersburg about 1809 or 1810.

  Dr. Magaw with Dr. John Boggs of Greencastle were Assistant Surgeons in 1814 
in Colonel John Findlay's Regiment, Dr. John McClellan of Greencastle being 
Chief Surgeon.  Dr. Magaw was a schoolmate of James Buchanan, later President of 
the United States, and married his sister, Marie, who was the widow of Samuel 
Johnston.  Dr. Magaw died September 29, 1823, and was buried in a graveyard east 
of the town of Mercersburg.  In time this graveyard became neglected and in 1922 
his ashes and the marker on his grave were removed and placed in Spring Grove 
Cemetery near Lemaster, this county.