A Biography of John Murchison

John Murchison was born August 11, 1793 in Lochalsh Parish in the county of Ross, Scotland, came to Savannah in 1820, and became a naturalized citizen of the United States December 1829. On March 22, 1836 he married Mary Ann Summers Purse in the Lutheran Church of Ascension, and they had two children, Mary Ellen and James Wallace, ho died at an early age of scarlet fever. To his family Murchison as a devoted husband and father. He also ran a grocery store on Market Square and became a successful business­ man. In later years he was a stockholder to the Central Rail­road of Georgia, the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, and the Augusta and Savannah railroad. He was a member of the St. Andrew\u27s Society, the Union Society, the Union and States Rights Party, a lifelong member of the Independent Presbyterian Church, and at one time a director for the Merchants\u27 and Flanters\u27 Bank. In 1851 he built a house on Lot 30, Pulaski Ward which is still standing at 114-116 West Jones Street. He died in Savannah August 30, 1869 of tuber­culosis after having retired several years earlier. He was sur­vived by his wife Mary Ann, his daughter Mary Ellen and her hus­band Cornelius D. Rogers, and their children(Mary Ellen\u27s and Cornelius\u27s) from whose lines may be traced living descendants of John Murchison.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/1176/thumbnail.jp

The Gray Bird Sings: The Extraordinary Life of Betty Kwan Chinn

“Touched by childhood tragedy, Betty Chinn brings hope to those who have fallen on hard times. Left homeless as a child in China, Chinn became mute. When she came to America, she found both her voice and her mission: aiding those without shelter on our own shores. ” -Barack Obama, awarding Betty the Presidential Citizens Medal She’s the humanitarian compared to Mother Teresa, hailed as the “Hong Kong Angel,” and beloved by her community in Humboldt County. She miraculously survived the most vile brutalities to become a beacon for humanity and an inspiration for all. Meet Betty Kwan Chinn.https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/monographs/1026/thumbnail.jp