Background
FERGUSON, Jo Marvin was born on November 5, 1877 in S. Carrollton, Kentucky, United States. Son of Andrew and Mary Ellen (McCown) Ferguson.
FERGUSON, Jo Marvin was born on November 5, 1877 in S. Carrollton, Kentucky, United States. Son of Andrew and Mary Ellen (McCown) Ferguson.
High School; University of Kentucky., Doctor of Medicine, 1902.
Appointed Second Assistant Physician, W. State Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Hopkinsville, Kentucky., by Governor. James Cripps Beckham, 1902. 1 Assistant Physician, Assistant Superintendent, 1904.
Resigned, 1909; health officer, Central City, Kentucky., and Muhlenburg Company, 1910-1918. Elected chmn., Muhlenburg Company, Democrat comm., 1912-1916. Commander Captain, World War, 1918.
Served, Induction Board as NeuroPsychiatrist, Joseph E. Johnson camp, 1919. Transferred to N. P. hospital, Plattsburg, New York. Honorably discharged, 1919.
Elected Democrat State Executive Committeeman, 3 Congressional District, 1920-1924. Appointed P. A. Surgeon, United States Public Health Service, 1921. Served United States Veterans’ Hospital., Gulfport, Mississippi, 1922.
Promoted Surgeon, N.S. Public Health Service, and Executive Officer, 1922. Medical Officer in Charge, 1923-1929.
Methodist Church.
Member: American Neuro-Psychiatric Association. Kentucky. State Medical Society. American Legion; Military Surgeons, World War.
Disabled American Veterans. Masons; Knight Templar. Shrine. Club: Gulfport Rotary (past president).
Spouse Willie Cain, April 16, 1914, Central City, Kentucky.