Biographical Sketch of J. P. McCann, M. D., Johnson County, Missouri, 
Warrensburg Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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J. P. McCann, M. D., a successful physician and surgeon of Warrensburg,
Missouri, was born in 1880 in Russellville, Missouri, a son of James 
and Mariah (Fowler) McCann, the former, a pioneer of Missouri, a native
of Kentucky, who came to this state in boyhood and the latter, a daugh-
ter of James Fowler.  James McCann engaged in farming and stock raising
upon coming to this section of the country and has become widely known
and prosperous.  Dr. J. P. McCann attended school in Warrensburg, Mo.
He was a student at the Warrensburg State Normal School, of which inst-
itution he is a graduate.  After completing the course in the Normal
School, he matriculated in the American Medical College, St. Louis, Mo.,
graduating in the class of 1902.  He then began the practice of his
profession at Lamonte, Missouri and remained there until 1914, when he
went to New York for further study, taking a post graduate course in
the medical college, specializing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose,
and throat.  Prior to this, Dr. McCann had done research and post grad-
uate work in the medical college at Chicago, Illinois in 1904.  In 1915
he located in Warrensburg in the Montgomery building.  Dr. McCann has
one of the most completely equipped offices of his profession in the
city.  He has all the new and improved devices and surgical instruments
needed for any emergency, including an x-ray apparatus, a gas and oxy-
gen machine, and a special suction pump, which is used to keep the 
blood out of the throad during operations in that part of the body. 
Dr. McCann is an eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist, but at present
is engaged in general practice as well.  He has been in great demand
since opening his office and has an extensive practice, often making
calls many miles from the city.  In 1901, Dr. J. P. McCann was united
in marriage with Mary I. Harris and to them were born two children:
Kenneth and Margaret.  Mrs. McCann died and in 1912 Dr. McCann was
united in marriage with Mary Purnell, the daughter of T. A. Purnell, of
Greenridge, Missouri.  Both Dr. and Mrs. McCann are members of the
Methodist church and he is a valued member of the Johnson County Medi-
cal Society.  In addition to his residence in Warrensburg, Dr. J. P.
McCann is the owner of a splendid stock farm near Lamonte.  Politically
he is affiliated with the Democratic party and he is a member of the
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

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