John Roy Musick (1849-1901) - Find a Grave Memorial

John Roy Musick

Birth

28 Feb 1849

Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA

Death

14 Apr 1901 (aged 52)

Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA

Burial

Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery

Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, USA Add to Map

Plot

B - 18

Memorial ID

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NOTE: I used the birthdate listed in "The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans", c 1904.

Married Augusta P. Roszelle on June 13, 1876. (Source: Dictionary listed above. On the city's cemetery record, she is listed as Gussie Rozelle Musick.)

He died in the "Iler Grand Hotel" from the effects of internal injuries he received while lifting debris off victims of the Kirksville Cyclone of May 27, 1899. (Photocopy - "Kirksville Democrat" newspaper - April 19, 1901 - "DEATH OF JOHN R. MUSICK")

Famous author, known for his prolific output of "Dime Novels".

Among his other books are:
- "The War with Spain", 1898
- "Hawaii: Our New Possessions", 1898

Inscription

Born in St. Louis County, Missouri on February 28, 1849, the son of Ephraim and Mary Musick. While a small boy, his family moved to Adair County, Missouri where he received his education in rural schools.[1] After graduating the First District Normal School (now known as Truman State University) in Kirksville, Missouri in 1874, he spent the next two years as a rural school teacher while concurrently studying law. He passed the Missouri Bar in 1876 and became a practicing attorney. By 1882, however, he gave up his law career to devote full-time to literature.[2] Mr. Musick was also very active in Republican Party politics from his college days onward. It was his involvement in the successful 1896 presidential campaign of William McKinley that earned him the nomination to the post of Consul to Siam (present-day Thailand). He declined the honor, choosing to continue his writing career.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Musick