Graduated from Murphysboro Township High School with the Class of 1904. He then entered the University of Illinois where he graduated with the M.D. degree in 1910.
Ray Essick was a physician in Murphysboro, Jackson Co., Illinois and married Nelle Margaret, "Mimi", McLaughlin, in Abt 1908, the daughter of William Harold McLaughlin and his wife, Mary Dezonia.
Ray and Nellie had 3 children, the 1st of whom was a son, Wesley William Essick, who was born and died in March 1910; second was a son, Raymond Brooke Essick, Jr.; and third, a daughter, Mary Ellen Essick.
Graduated from Murphysboro Township High School with the Class of 1904. He then entered the University of Illinois where he graduated with the M.D. degree in 1910.
Ray Essick was a physician in Murphysboro, Jackson Co., Illinois and married Nelle Margaret, "Mimi", McLaughlin, in Abt 1908, the daughter of William Harold McLaughlin and his wife, Mary Dezonia.
Ray and Nellie had 3 children, the 1st of whom was a son, Wesley William Essick, who was born and died in March 1910; second was a son, Raymond Brooke Essick, Jr.; and third, a daughter, Mary Ellen Essick.
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Note: Headstone absent. Confirmed burial at Saint Andrews Catholic Cemetery by Crawshaw Mortuary on 02 Jun 2011.