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

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

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

References

  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.
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