Murray, John Young
physician, surgeon, legislator, was born May 6, 1829, in McNairy county, Tenn. He has filled the principal offices of his town, county and state; has held, among other posi- the principal offices of his town, county tions, that of county treasurer, sheriff, and served with distinction as a member tions, that of county treasurer, sheriff, of the Mississippi state legislature. Since practice of his profession, and has at- 1849 he has been actively engaged in the tained prominence as one of the leading physicians of the south. He has been president of the Mississippi State Medical association; president of the Tri-State Medical association, which includes the states of Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. He has been grand master and grand high priest of Masons of Mississippi; and is well known throughout the state as a man of scholarly attainments and integrity.