John Alexander McMurray and Sophia E. "Sophie" Young
Husband John Alexander McMurray 1 2
AKA: [Unk] McMurrah,3 John Alexander McMurry 4 Born: 14 Feb 1849 - Hegarty Crossroads, Beccaria Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 5 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: John McMurray (1808-1878) 2 6 Mother: Jane Alexander (1809-1873) 7 8 9
Marriage: 1869 10
Wife Sophia E. "Sophie" Young 4 11 12
Born: - Ferguson Twp, Clearfield Co, PA Christened: Died: Aft 1911 Buried:
Father: Albert Young (Abt 1809-1881) 13 14 Mother: Mary Wagoner (Abt 1812-Aft 1898) 3 14
Children
1 F Mary J. McMurray 4 15 16
Born: 1 Jul 1871 15 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: S. Blair Echard ( - ) 15 16
2 M John A. McMurray 4 15 16
Born: 5 Oct 1872 15 Christened: Died: Buried:
3 M William C. McMurray 4 15 16
Born: 9 Mar 1874 15 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Lizzie Warshing ( - ) 15 Marr: 1894 15
4 F Emma May McMurray 4 15 16
Born: 1 Mar 1876 15 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John McLaughlin ( - ) 17
5 F Margaret Matilda McMurray 15 17
Born: 20 Jan 1878 15 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Paul Lindenburg ( - ) 16
6 M George Russell McMurray 15 17
AKA: G. R. McMurrey 18 Born: 5 Apr 1880 - Bigler Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 15 17 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Hannah Beyer ( - ) 16 Marr: 1907 16
7 F Anna Bertha McMurray 15 16
Born: 27 Nov 1882 15 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Forsythe ( - ) 16
8 F Sarah Delilah "Sadie" McMurray 15 16
Born: 8 Feb 1884 15 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Cloyd Moss ( - ) 16
9 M Cleveland McMurray 15
Born: 3 Apr 1886 15 Christened: Died: 25 Jun 1889 15 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
10 F Pearl Eliza McMurray 15 16
Born: 6 Jun 1888 15 Christened: Died: Buried:
11 M Earl S. McMurray 15
Born: 6 Aug 1891 15 Christened: Died: Oct 1891 15 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
12 F Ruth Aletha McMurray 15 16
Born: 23 Jan 1893 15 Christened: Died: Buried:
13 M Orvis McMurray 16
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1911 Buried:
14 M Sylvester McMurray 16
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1911 Buried:
General Notes: Husband - John Alexander McMurray
He received a common-school education in Knox township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. He married and they resided on a farm near Beulah.
In 1871 he purchased 160 acres of land in Bigler township, Clearfield County, known as the Joseph Hegarty homestead. This was partially improved, with about forty acres cleared. Mr. McMurray then cleared sixty acres, and, in 1881, he sold the sixty acres with the old improvements, retaining the portion of the estate which lay nearest the borough of Ramey. He made many improvements thereon, building a barn and a large two-story residence. In 1891 he engaged in mercantile business in Bigler township, but sold out three years later.
He and his wife were members of the Baptist Church. Politically he was always identified with the Democratic party.
He was a resident of Beulah and Bigler Township, where he once was a farmer and lumberman. He remained quite active and became janitor of the public school building there.
1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 875, 931, 1642.
2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 355, 450.
3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 971.
4 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 177.
5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 875, 1642.
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.
7 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 176.
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, 924.
9 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 450.
10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 875.
11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 875, 1643.
12 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 355, 692.
13 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 971, 1643.
14 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 692.
15 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1643.
16 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 356.
17 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 355.
18
Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 458.
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