JOHN A. McKEAN, M. D., a physician of Washington, Washington county, of which he is a native, was born July 14, 1846, in the borough of Washington, a son of Thomas and Fannie J. (Snodgrass) McKean, of whom special mention will be found elsewhere. Dr. McKean is, to a great extent, a self-made man, having learned the trade of tobacconist in his early years, and at which he continued to work during his spare time while attending college and also while pursuing his professional studies. His education was received at the public schools of the place, and Washington and Jefferson College. In 1867 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Thomas McKennan; then during the winter of 1868-69 he attended lectures at the University of Ann Arbor, Mich., and, in the winter of 1869-70, lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, graduating in the spring of 1870. In the fall of that year he moved to Independence, a village in the western part of Washington county, where he commenced the practice of his profession, and here continued until June, 1871, when he returned to Washington, and has ever since been in successful practice in the borough and surrounding country. In October, 1876, Dr. McKean was united in marriage with Jennie B., daughter of Capt. John C. McCoy, now residing in Allegheny county. Three children came of this union, viz.: Fannie S. and John C., both at home with their father, and Harry M., who died at the age of nine years. The mother of these children was called from earth in 1882, and in 1886 Dr. McKean married Mrs. Sarah J. Zedeker, widow of B. B. Zedeker, formerly of South Strabane township; she had one daughter by her first husband. The Doctor is a member of and elder in the Third Presbyterian Church of Washington. In his political preferences he is a Republican, and serves as a member of the school board of South Strabane township. His home in South Strabane township is situated on East Maiden street, with his office at No. 162 South Main street. Dr. McKean has made a fair success of his chosen profession. For four years he was the physician attending the County Farm and the Jail.

Text taken from page 843 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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