Marshall Ashby Purse

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Marshall Ashby Purse
Born1867
Died1938 (aged 70 or 71)
Resting placeChrist Church Episcopal Cemetery, St. Simons, Georgia, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPhysician
SpouseJosephine (–1938; his death)

Marshall Ashby Purse (1867–1938) was a 19th- and 20th-century American physician. He was eminent in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]

Life and career[edit]

Purse was born in 1867 in Savannah, Georgia, to Daniel Gugel Purse Sr. and Laura Ashby,[2] one of their seven children.[3]

He graduated from Emory University in Atlanta in 1890 and from Columbia College in New York in 1892.[4][5]

He married Josephine Earnest.[6]

In 1896, he succeeded Dr. Harris as professor of chemistry at Southern Medical College in Atlanta.[7]

Death[edit]

Purse died in 1938, aged 70 or 71. He is interred in Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, St. Simons, Georgia.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Caduceus of Kappa Sigma, Volume 21. 1906. p. 760.
  2. ^ Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. State Historical Association. 1906. p. 136.
  3. ^ "Capt. D.G. Purse, of Savannah, Ends His Life with a Pistol". The Brunswick News. 1908-08-07. p. 1.
  4. ^ Officers and Graduates of Columbia College. Columbia University. 1894. p. 264.
  5. ^ American Medical Directory, Volume 7. 1921. p. 351.
  6. ^ Avary, Myrta Lockett (1913). Joel Chandler Harris and His Home: A Sketch. Appeal Publishing Company.
  7. ^ Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 27. American Medical Association. September 19, 1896. p. 670.