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<span class=prefix>Dr</span> James Wright Markoe

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Dr James Wright Markoe

Birth
New York, USA
Death
18 Apr 1920 (aged 57)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA Add to Map
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He was shot with a handgun by Thomas W. Simpkin, inside St. George's Episcopal Church, on Stuyvesant Square. He died shortly after in a hospital. J.P. Morgan, Jr. narrowly escaped assassination.

Markoe was J.P. Morgan, Sr.'s physician, and one of his closest friends.

On April 21, 1920, Markoe was placed in a receiving vault in the cemetery until his family returned. He was buried on April 28, 1920.

Articles on his funeral & burial: "New York Times", April 22, 1920 - Page 8 / April 28, 1920 - Page 11.

He married Annette Butler Wetmore on November 22, 1894.
He was shot with a handgun by Thomas W. Simpkin, inside St. George's Episcopal Church, on Stuyvesant Square. He died shortly after in a hospital. J.P. Morgan, Jr. narrowly escaped assassination.

Markoe was J.P. Morgan, Sr.'s physician, and one of his closest friends.

On April 21, 1920, Markoe was placed in a receiving vault in the cemetery until his family returned. He was buried on April 28, 1920.

Articles on his funeral & burial: "New York Times", April 22, 1920 - Page 8 / April 28, 1920 - Page 11.

He married Annette Butler Wetmore on November 22, 1894.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41431191/james_wright-markoe: accessed ), memorial page for Dr James Wright Markoe (19 Jul 1862–18 Apr 1920), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41431191, citing Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA; Maintained by NWO (contributor 46583762).