City: Memphis
MOSS, John T., physician and surgeon; born Union City, Tenn., Nov. 4, 1879; Scotch-English descent; son of William G. and Amanda M. (ROSS) MOSS; father’s occupation planter, furniture mfgr. and pharmacist; paternal grandparents W. H. and Sallie (GIDDINS) MOSS; educated Union City Training School, graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., June 12, 1907; reared on farm near Union City, Tenn.; entered the drug business at Union City, Tenn., in 1899; in 1903 entered medical department of Vanderbilt University; in 1905-1906 attended Tulane University, New Orleans, La.; after graduation he served internship in the City Hospital of Knoxville, Tenn.; also received a degree in pharmacy from Tulane University of La.; moved to Memphis, Tenn., in 1908, and became instructor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, teaching nervous and mental diseases, was also placed in charge of the clinic for treatment of nervous diseases in 1910 and was appointed on City Hospital staff; married Anne Maude PALMER, April 14, 1910, member I.O.O.F.; Independent Democrat; member of Madison Heights Methodist Episcopal church, Memphis, Tenn.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
