Here is some McMurry info from the Monroe County, MO list. Leslie Kohler - List Administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: <jbarklag@mail.win.org> To: <MOMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 7:41 PM Subject: [MOMONROE] Re: 1930's McMurray Hospital-Paris City, Mo. > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/246.2 > > Message Board Post: > > Listed as buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Paris, MO are the following: Marvin C. McMurry, M. D. 1869 - 1950; Agnes A. McMurry 1869 - 1949. (found at web site www.paris.org) > > There is a street named McMurry in Paris, MO. I was told it was named for Dr. McMurry. > > The hospital was located at 201 Birket Street. > > My mother's brother had appendicitis at age 10. He was taken from his home near Stoutsville, MO by train to Paris to the McMurry Hospital where surgery was preformed. His appendix had already ruptured and he died of peritonitis on March 31, 1926. It was in the days before penicillin. > > Notice the difference in spellings.