Hull, Isadora Laura

Birth Name Hull, Isadora Laura
Gender female
Age at Death 80 years, 10 months, 8 days

Narrative

Springfield, Mass., Nov. 9--(Associated Press)--Mrs. Isadora L. Murray, an early woman physician and former wife of William Henry Harrison Murray, better known as "Adirondacks Murray," died here this morning. She was graduated from the New York Medical College and studied homeopathic medicine at Dresden, Germany, and Vienna. For more than twenty years she practiced at New Haven, Conn.

Her former husband was a noted author of Adirondack tales and in the sixties and seventies was a minister at Boston. Mrs. Murray will be buried Wednesday at Madison, Conn.

Source: Historical Newspaper: Birth, Marriage & Death, Hartford, CT, Nov 10, 1925
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Isadora went to New York when the couple parted then Vienna to study medicine, specifically surgery. She became the first American to be a licenced surgeon in Europe. Will began traveling around the states, England, and Europe, giving lectures on camping and the Adirondacks. The couple officially divorced in 1886.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1845 Ohio, USA    
Death 9 November 1925 Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA    
Burial   West Cmtry., Madison, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA    
Census 1850 Portland, Erie Co., Ohio, USA    
Census 1860 Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Hull, SheldenApril 18091 October 1900
Mother Booth, Nancy J18121880
    Sister     Hull, Charlotte J January 1834 1927
         Hull, Isadora Laura 1845 9 November 1925
    Sister     Hull, Ida E about 1856 1942

Families

Family of Murray, William Henry Harrison and Hull, Isadora Laura
Married Husband Murray, William Henry Harrison ( * 26 April 1840 + 3 March 1904 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Divorce     Y  
Marriage 8 August 1862 New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA    
Divorce 1888 USA    
  Narrative

Connecticut, Marriages
Name: William H. Murray
Spouse's Name: Isadora L. Hull
Event Date: 08 Aug 1862
Event Place: New Haven, Connecticut
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01561-4
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
GS Film number: 3294
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Oct 3, 1885, The Oswego Palladiun, Oswego, NY:
Mrs. Adirondack Murray
NEW HAVEN, Conn., October 1. - The petitioner in a suit for divorce, soon to be brought in the superior court in this city, will be Isadora L. Murray, wife of the Rev. "Adirondack" Murray, who is at the present time a resident of Montreal, Canada. Mrs. Murray asks for an absolute decree of divorce on the grounds of desertion. The petition sets forth that she married William H.H. Murray August 8, 1862, and that he deserted her July 1, 1880. The Rev. Mr. Murray, it is understood, is perfectly willing his wife should take her decree without any opposition on his part. Mrs. Murray has practiced medicine in this city for about four years, and has built up quite an extensive and lucrative practice.

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