Marion County KyArchives Biographies.....Healy, John unknown - unknown
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Author: Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, 3rd edition, 1886

DR. JOHN HEALY was born in Galway, Ireland, and a son of James and Winifred
(O'Brian) Healy, to whom three sons and three daughters were born. The
Doctor came to the United States in November, 1853, and landed in
Philadelphia where he had two brothers living, who had preceded him about
four years. The Doctor had commenced the study of medicine while in Ireland;
while employed as salesman by his brother, he continued the study in his
leisure moments. In 1855 he migrated to Washington County, Ky., where he
finished his studies, returned to Philadelphia, and graduated from Jefferson
Medical College in the spring of 1858, after which he located at Chicago,
Ky. In 1862 he located where he now resides, in Raywick, where he has
successfully practiced his profession ever since. He was a strong Union man
during the war, and acted as local surgeon, and has been examining surgeon
since the war. The Doctor owns several houses and lots in Raywick. August 6,
1878, he married Julia G., a daughter of Dr. John J. And Felecia
(Jesse) Barry. Dr. Barry was the leading physician of New Haven, Ky., and
was post surgeon for a time during the war. He was also a writer for
scientific and medical journals and is the author of "Medico Christian
Embryology," and a "Life of Christopher Columbus;" was one of the most
intellectual and best informed men of his county, and was highly respected.
He was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1808, and died at New Haven, Ky., in
1880. His wife, a daughter of Rev. Samuel Jesse, of Shelby County, Ky., who
was a Baptist minister, was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., and married
Catherine George, of Maryland. He was one of the first pioneers of Kentucky.
Dr. Healy and wife are consistent members of the Catholic Church, and in
politics he is Democratic. Mrs. Julia Barry Healy inherits her father's
taste for literature. She contributes to various publications in the United
States and in Canada. For several years prior to her marriage she edited the
Orphans' Garland, the official organ of the diocese of Louisville. She is
also a clever musician and linguist.


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