BIO: Edmund G. McGOVRAN, M.D., Louden, 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 328
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EDMUND G. McGOVRAN, M. D.
1797-1869

  E. G. McGovran was born in 1797 at Martinsburg, W. Va., the only son of 
Phillip and Nancy (Farrelly) McGovran.  He studied medicine with Dr. Bosely at 
Frederick, Md., and was a graduate of a medical school in Philadelphia.

  Dr. McGovran began the practice of medicine at Loudon about 1818.  He removed 
to Mercersburg in 1821 or about that time, and practiced medicine there for a 
number of years.  He then removed to Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, and after 
a time to Fairmount, Va.  He came to Chambersburg in 1865 and practiced here 
until his death in 1869.

  Dr. McGovran was a member of the first Medical Society in 1825, living in 
Mercersburg at that time.

  He married in 1825 Matilda Martin of Mercersburg.  He belonged to the Masonic 
order and was a Democrat in politics.

  Dr. Wm. M. McGovran was a son.