John McMurray and Dorcas Runner

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Husband John McMurray ^{1 2}

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            AKA: John McMurry 3
           Born: 27 Mar 1808 - on the Atlantic Ocean 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1878 - Ansonville, Clearfield Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - New Washington, Clearfield Co, PA

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         Father: James McMurray (1764-      ) 1
         Mother: Unknown (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1830 1

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   Other Spouse: Jane Alexander (1809-1873) 2 5 6 - 1848 1

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Wife Dorcas Runner ¹

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            AKA: [Unk] Rumer 7
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Jun 1845 1
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Jacob R. McMurray ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef Dec 1845
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Martha McMurray ⁸

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1892
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Mahaffey (      -      ) 7

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General Notes: Husband - John McMurray

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He was born on the Atlantic Ocean, and grew to manhood at the family's new home in Pennsylvania. He married and three years later located at New Washington, Clearfield County. For some years he resided at Hegarty's Cross Roads, but later purchased a partially-improved farm of 160 acres in Knox township, known as the Wiley property. He added many improvements, clearing about sixty acres of it, and followed farming there during his active life, with the exception of a few years when he was engaged in mercantile business in Ansonville. His wife died at the farm in 1874, and two years afterward he sold the place and made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Wiley, at Ansonville, where he breathed his last in 1878.

He was a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a Democrat in politics.

He was a native of Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, and came to Clearfield County in 1845, locating in New Washington.

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General Notes: Wife - Dorcas Runner

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from Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co, PA

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 874.

2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 450.

3 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 177.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 875.

5 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 176.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 874, 924.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1642.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 874, 1642.