The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-03-26
MASONIC DEPARTMENT.
Conducted by J. L Power, Grand Secretary
DR. JOHN Y. MURRY,
Past Grand Master of Masons in
Mississippi.

We find in the Masonic Newspaper. of New
York, an excellent engraved likeness of thi
eminent Mississippian, accompanied with ,
biographical sketch, which we take pleasur,
IN transferring to these columns DR.. Murry
has long been one OF the strong pillars o.
Masonry in this State. After many years Of
faithful service to the Craft, he was elevated
to the highest stations, and in retiring from
power left the abiding impression that he had
| honored the positions which he had been
called to fill. We thank the Masonic News
paper for its enterprise in presenting for the
| study and emulation of our youth the lives
OF such men as DR.. John Y hurry:
The subject OF this sketch was born in Nc
Marry county, Tennessee, May the 9th, 1929
His grandfather, William hurry. landed
IN North Carolina, when but a lad Of twelve
years. He was of Scotch-Irish lineage.
ABEL VANCE MURRY, the father of John
1oung, was born in North Carolina, in 1890
HIS mothers maiden name was Vance. which
name he preserved in his own He was mar
risl - Gii.~ HI~-~lr-i.. 49,, 80. I044, a.,
Wllks county, Georgia, whence he emigrated
to hurry county, Tennessee. Like his an
cest0rs, as TAR their avOcations are known
he was farmer. He served in the United
States Army as a volunteer through two cam
paigns. The adventures incident to frontier
life had quite fascination for him, conse-
quently he made frequent moves in a westerly
direction, and finally died in Arkansas, en- route
to the Lone Star State" in 1919
In the year 1887, John Young Murrv enter
ed school (the first ever taught in the town of
Ripley, Tippah county, Mississippi, where he
now resides. From 1880 to 1916 he was on
farm only five miles from Ripley, where he
played COX driver" 1t must be remembered
in those ante railroad days, cotton was hauled
in wagons eighty miles to market, and all
dry goods and groceries were transported the
same way.
Meantime John snatched few opportuni-
ties and went TO school, in what are denomi- |
mated " old teldp or log cabin schools, "
which comprises the full measure of his edu- |
cational facilities. In the year 1916, he en-
tered the drug store of DR.. J. b. Ellis, in Rip
ley, Mississippi in the double capacity of |
clerk and medical student. Attended course |
OF medical lectures in Louisville, KY, on /
borrowed funds, session 1889, and located
in the town, where he learned the English al
phabet, and entered upon the practice of his |
chosen profession March LIST, 1S49 Married |
Emily Virginia, daughter of l.. S. Holcombe,
of Ripley, the same year His wife died in
1869, leaving four children in his care He
was compelled, for want of MEANS to practice
an undergraduate until 1915, when he grad
nated IN Jefferson Medical College, Philadel-
phi, Pa.
Jno. Y Murry was elected County Treasu-
rer of Tippah county, in 184l Reelected in
1885, and was elected Sheriff of the same
county, as the nominee of the Democratic par
y, in the famous KnowNothing race in Mis-
'ippi, in the year 1855, in which capacity he
served until 1859.
In October, 1860 he was again married, to
Nary E., the daughter of Rev. Charles p Mil
er, of Ripley, and the fruit of this marriage,
las six children
Up to this time he had accumulated nice
ortune, all which, however, like the wings of
he morning" flew away during the five years
If terrible war which followed
Brother hurry was made a NJ. Mason in
Ripley Lodge, No. AZ in the State of MISSISSIPPI
ii, in 1867, and received the Chapter and
;ouncil degrees in the same town the follow
ng year. Was elected w Master, December.
sos, in which position he continued for five
ears. Entered the Grand Lodge in 1869, and j.,
eb $zf deputy & Ss and as SGagt e. A f
l. NJ. of Grand Council nd" Vas IL -, ~ C
rom 1871 until 1875. s. G.. Warden in 1873,
nd was Grand Master of Masons in Mississip- &
i, 1861
Brother hurry is regarded a first class Ritu-
st and a good teacher of masonry, and being !
good parliamentarian, presides with much
race and dignity. AT present he is w. NJ.
f Ripley Lodge, and member of standing s
aw committees, in both Grand Lodge and
irand Chapter.