Frederick McMurray, p. 1302

FREDERICK McMURRAY is descended from natives of the Emerald Isle, whence so many of our most industrious and patriotic citizens trace their lineage. His father, James McMurray, was born March 13, 1796 in Ireland, and when but a small boy came with his parents to Pennsylvania, being reared to manhood upon a pioneer farm. He was married, in 1830, in Washington county, Penn., to Catherine Whitley, who was born December 22, 1804, and they had children as follows: John (now living in Kentucky), born May 20, 1831; Frederick, born in 1832; Dorothy (wife of David Bebout, a farmer of Cecil township, this county), born April 17, 1834; Esther (unmarried, is keeping house for her brother Frederick), born February 17, 1836; Nancy (married to David C. Dunlap, a farmer of North Strabane township), born October 15, 1837; Catherine (wife of Samuel Rankin, a resident of South Strabane township), born August 13, 1839; Mary J. (Mrs. Albert Stimpson, a farmer of West Finley township, this county), born May 20, 1841; Belle (wife of Demas Leyda, a farmer of Washington county, Ohio), born May 27, 1842; James (living in Kansas City, Mo.), born March 6, 1844; and Lizzie (married to John Hawkins, a farmer of Greene countv, Penn.), born December 5, 1846. The father was a prominent farmer of Somerset township, and an active worker in the United Presbyterian Church of Pigeon Creek, but cared little for politics. He died April 15, 1875, having been preceded December 26, 1867, by his wife.

Frederick McMurray owns and resides upon the home farm, consisting of 109 acres, which was purchased in 1847 by his father. He is a practical and progressive farmer, and in politics affiliates with the Prohibition party. Mr. McMurray has never married.

Text taken from page 1302 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed February 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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