Thanks to the wonderful old obituaries in the Crittenden Press a lot of history and family information was shared and now makes a good source of family genealogy information. Here is one on a prominent Crittenden County citizen and physician.
Dr. John Robert Perry
1833 - 1930
Dr. John Robert Perry was truly a Crittenden County, physician.
He was born on a farm twelve miles northwest of Marion, February 23,
1883. His grandfather, a pioneer Methodist minister, had come into
this area as a circuit rider, having served in various sections in
Kentucky but chiefly in Crittenden County, where he reared his family
and spent his last years.
Dr. Perry grew up on his home farm, attended the
local schools, graduated from the grade and high school of Marion,
and in the fall of 1903 entered the medical department of the
University of Louisville. He received his M. D. degree June 30,
1907. He returned to his native county and practiced for a short
time at Ford's Ferry and Tribune before opening his office in the
county seat of Marion.
Realizing the need for better medical facilities
for mother and babies, Dr. Perry took special training in this field,
but he returned to Marion to live and practice among his many friends
in his home community. Returning to Marion he set up his practice in
the William Fowler Building on West Carlisle Street.
For many years Dr. Perry was the attending
physician for the County Farm; he was a member of the County and
State Medical Associations, Kiwanis Club, Bigham Lodge, and Marion
Methodist Church. He also served on the city council in Marion.
In 1907 at Louisville, he married Miss Beulah
Franklin, also a native of Crittenden County and member of one of
Crittenden County's oldest families.
For thirty-two years Dr. Perry devoted his talents
to the people of Crittenden County. After attending to his patients
all day, he died with a heart attack at his home September 26, 1939.
He was only 56 years old but was regarded with the highest esteem
paid the older successful practitioner.
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