McKOIN, Bunnie M., M. D., Arkansas, then Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 543.  Edited by Alc‚e
Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

McKoin, Bunnie McEwin, M. D., of Mer Rouge, La., is a son of John Bailiff and
Jessie (Chapman) McKoin, and was born Feb. 14, 1886, in Berlin, Ark.  The
father was also born in that place Sept. 20, 1864, and was a farmer in that
state.  In 1890 he moved to Jones, La., where he followed the mercantile
business for 10 years, after which he became a cotton seed buyer with
headquarters at Jones, an occupation he follows at this time.  Jessie Chapman
was born in Georgia, moved to Hamburg, Ark., married Mr. McKoin and bore him 5
children, only two now living:  B. M. McKoin, the subject of this sketch, and
John Atlas, a telegraph operator at Collinston.  B. M. McKoin spent the first
4 years of his life in Arkansas, and then came with his parents to Jones, La.,
where he attended public school for 8 years.  He went to Ferrell, Ark., as
clerk 1 year, and returned to Jones in the same calling another year.  Then in
1900 he went to Monroe, La., and followed the drug business for 5 years, after
which he spent 2 years in the Atlanta college of pharmacy at Atlanta, Ga.,
where he graduated in 1907 with the degree of Ph. G.  Succeeding this, he
followed the drug business for 8 months in Winnfield and 14 months in Mer
Rouge.  At the end of that time he went to the University of Louisville and
took an academic and medical course at the same time.  From there he went to
the medical department of Tulane university in 1909 and graduated May 29,
1912, with the degree of M. D. and was licensed by the state board to
practice.  He began at Jones in June, 1912, moved to Mer Rouge in Jan., 1914,
where he is building up a large and valuable clientele.  Dr. McKoin is a
member of the Masonic order, of the Elks, and of the Baptist church.  Nov. 27,
1912, he was married to Miss Enid D., daughter of Joseph Wimberly, and niece
of Will and James Wimberly, merchants of Mer Rouge.  They have 1 daughter, Joe
Mary.  Dr. McKoin's maternal grandfather was a soldier in the ranks, his
paternal grandfather was a physician, and his uncle John McKoin was captain in
the Confederate army.