James
Monroe
Murray
Born in Bond county, Illinois
Ancestors 
Son of Jordan Murray
and Minerva (Goodson) Murray
Brother of
William Murray, Wilson B Murray, Mary Elizabeth (Murray) Nolan, Nancy Almira (Murray) Foster, Henry Clay Murray, Jordan Warner Murray and John Quincy Murray
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 87
in Pope, Fayette, Illinois
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Aug 2016
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Biography
This profile is part of the Murray Name Study.
James was born in 1840. He was the son of Jordan Murray and Minerva Goodson.
He was living with his parents and siblings in Bond county, Illinois in 1850.[1] In 1860, he was living with his widowed mother and his siblings in Bond county.[2]
He married Mrs. Illinois (Akeman) Wadkins in 1863. They were in Bond county in 1870 with her two children from her previous marriage (listed as Murray on that census).
He married Bailey Sandifer in 1873 in Bond county.[3]
He married Elizabeth "Bell" Crowder on 22 Jul 1887 in Fayette county, Illinois. They had three sons.
They were in Fayette county, Illinois in 1900 and 1910.[4][5]
He passed away in 1927 in Pope, Fayette, Illinois.[6]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85J-MS8 : 9 November 2014), James Murray in household of Gordon Murray, Bond county, Bond, Illinois, United States; citing family 993, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4V-BV7 : 30 December 2015), Jams Murray in entry for Minerva Murray, 1860.
- ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2RH-Z2J : 3 March 2016), James M Murray and Bailey Sandifer, 1873; citing Bond, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,317,522.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS7B-M9C : 6 March 2015), James Murray, Pope Township, Fayette, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 4B, family 84, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,300.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKDM-CVG : 29 October 2015), Jas M Murray, Pope, Fayette, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 65, sheet 13A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,300.
- ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3XD-XGM : 27 December 2014), James Monroe Murray, 14 Aug 1927; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,614,258.
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