Tom Murdock, doctor

Title

Subject

People; Work/Business

Description

This is a collection of newspaper clippings about Dr. Tom Murdock. According to Florence historian Lee Freeman: "Dr. Thomas H. Murdock (1871-1893) was a son of Lawson Murdock and Rebecca Rapier, herself a daughter of John H. Rapier, Sr. and his second wife Lucretia McAlister, thus a nephew of his mother's half-brother US Representative (R) James T. Rapier (1838-1883). Thomas Murdock graduated from Nashville Medical College before attending the Chicago Medical College. By July of 1892, Murdock had a successful practice in Chicago. He died in February of 1893, of consumption, at his mother’s home in the black suburb of Canaan in the SW part of Florence, at the young age of 23."

Source

Florence Herald (1, 2)
Florence Times (3)

Publisher

Florence Herald (1, 2)
Florence Times (3)

Date

1892-07-21 (1)
1892-12-01 (2)
1893-02-11 (3)

Contributor

Lee Freeman

Rights

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Format

JPG

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

Practicing_in_Chicago.jpg (1)
Brought_Home_Sick.jpg (2)
Well_Known_Colored_Man_Dead.jpg (3)

Original Format

Newspaper

Files

Collection

People

Citation

“Tom Murdock, doctor,” Shoals Black History, accessed May 14, 2024, https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/525.