Husband George Murray 1 2 3 4
Born: 17 Mar 1762 - near Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1 2 5
Christened:
Died: 6 May 1855 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1 5 6
Buried: - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
Father: William Murray ( -Bef 1774) 2
Mother: Susanna Sly ( -Bef 1774) 2
Marriage: 27 Jun 1804 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 7
Wife Mary "Polly" [2] Denny 1 3 4 7
Born: 5 Mar 1778 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1 5 7 8
Christened:
Died: 10 Apr 1845 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1 5 6
Buried: - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
Father: William Denny (1737-Abt 1800) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Mother: Agnes Parker (1741-Aft 1800) 9 11 12 13 14 15 16
Children
1 F Priscilla Boyd Murray 6 17
Born: 8 Jul 1805 17
Christened:
Died: 28 Oct 1877 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 17
Buried:
Spouse: Andrew Comfort (1800-1845) 17
2 M William Murray 6 17
Born: 5 Aug 1807 17
Christened:
Died: in infancy
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 M William Boyd Murray 2 17
Born: 4 Sep 1808 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 2 17
Christened:
Died: 7 Feb 1890 18
Buried: - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
Spouse: Margaret Parker Fleming (1809-1886) 17 18
Marr: 9 Jan 1834 18
4 M Charles Gregg Murray 6 17
Born: 14 Oct 1810 17
Christened:
Died: 31 Mar 1891 17
Buried:
Spouse: Margaret Blair (1819- ) 17
5 M George Murray 6
Born: 27 Dec 1812 17
Christened:
Died: 8 Dec 1884 17
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth Baker (1818-1866) 17
6 M Rev. Joseph Alexander Murray, D.D. 1 17 19
Born: 2 Oct 1815 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1 17 20
Christened:
Died: 27 Nov 1889 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 21 22
Buried:
Spouse: Ann Hays Blair (1819-1875) 17 22 23
Marr: 25 Apr 1843 22 23 24
Spouse: Lydia Steele Foster (1836-Aft 1889) 17 22 23
Marr: 2 Oct 1879 23 25
7 F Nancy Denny Murray 6 17
Born: 28 Sep 1817 17
Christened:
Died: 26 Aug 1818 17
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - George Murray
He was said to have been the first white child born west of the Allegheny mountains.
Early left an orphan, he lived with his mother's parents on their farm in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. At about twelve years of age, he came to Carlisle, assisting in driving cattle over the mountains, with Joseph Spear, trader and commissary. He was placed in the care of James Pollock, Thomas Alexander and George Stevenson, all prominent and leading men of Cumberland County, by whom he was apprenticed to Simon Boyd, blacksmith, of Carlisle. In the Revolution Simon Boyd was an officer in the Second Battalion of Associators of Cumberland county. George Murray afterward became the partner of Mr. Boyd, and was considered "a model artisan of the kind." For years an extensive and a successful business was carried on by these two men in the art of Vulcan. Upon the death of Mr. Boyd, Oct. 6, 1816, Mr. Murray succeeded him in the business, prospering in it, and acquiring considerable property. In those early days blacksmithing was a lucrative business. There were no railroads then between the Eastern cities and the West. Pittsburgh at that time was the "far West." Traveling was done on horseback-later by stage coach-while trading was carried on by pack horse, and by the Conestoga wagon-the latter a huge wagon covered with white canvas and drawn by six or eight horses, bearing merchandise to and from the West. At different points on the journey these teams were halted for rest, and to be fed, and to be shod. Carlisle was one of their stopping places. The blacksmith shop of Boyd & Murray was located on West High street, near West street. Opposite the shop was the tavern, the headquarters of the teamsters. As many as thirty teams at one time might have been seen drawn up on both sides of the street, near the blacksmith shop, waiting their turn to be shod-the teamsters seated along the sidewalk eating their lunch of bread, pork and molasses.
Notes: Marriage
They were married June 21. [PGSIG, 590; HCC 1886, 388]