Robert McMurray Sr. and Sophia Heywood were married in Edinburg, Scotland and later located at Wigton, a suburb of Carlisle, England. Here they conducted a general store and lived in a house located on the banks of the river Eden.
In time they resolved to seek a home in the United States. Robert McMurray Sr., together with the eldest son, Robert Jr., went in advance for a year or two to see if the family could do better in America. Mrs. McMurray then sold their real estate and chattels and, with eight children, left for Liverpool to sail to America.
While in Liverpool awaiting the departure of the sailing vessel, two of the children became afflicted with smallpox and died. During the twelve week voyage, two of the remaining children took sick, died and were buried at sea.
Upon landing in America Robert McMurray Sr., had placed Robert Jr., in school in New York City. The family later moved to Philadelphia, then located in Newport, Kentucky and then Dayton, Ohio.
In 1840 Robert McMurray Jr. married Mary Hurst. Their son, William James McMurray, was born near Newport, Kentucky on October 17, 1849. His father died when he was an infant.
The McMurrays had an only daughter, Sophia, who became the wife of Andrew Jackson Morey and was the mother of six children, one of which was William Morey.
[McMurray's "History of Auglaize County"–1923]
In time they resolved to seek a home in the United States. Robert McMurray Sr., together with the eldest son, Robert Jr., went in advance for a year or two to see if the family could do better in America. Mrs. McMurray then sold their real estate and chattels and, with eight children, left for Liverpool to sail to America.
While in Liverpool awaiting the departure of the sailing vessel, two of the children became afflicted with smallpox and died. During the twelve week voyage, two of the remaining children took sick, died and were buried at sea.
Upon landing in America Robert McMurray Sr., had placed Robert Jr., in school in New York City. The family later moved to Philadelphia, then located in Newport, Kentucky and then Dayton, Ohio.
In 1840 Robert McMurray Jr. married Mary Hurst. Their son, William James McMurray, was born near Newport, Kentucky on October 17, 1849. His father died when he was an infant.
The McMurrays had an only daughter, Sophia, who became the wife of Andrew Jackson Morey and was the mother of six children, one of which was William Morey.
[McMurray's "History of Auglaize County"–1923]
Robert McMurray Sr. and Sophia Heywood were married in Edinburg, Scotland and later located at Wigton, a suburb of Carlisle, England. Here they conducted a general store and lived in a house located on the banks of the river Eden.
In time they resolved to seek a home in the United States. Robert McMurray Sr., together with the eldest son, Robert Jr., went in advance for a year or two to see if the family could do better in America. Mrs. McMurray then sold their real estate and chattels and, with eight children, left for Liverpool to sail to America.
While in Liverpool awaiting the departure of the sailing vessel, two of the children became afflicted with smallpox and died. During the twelve week voyage, two of the remaining children took sick, died and were buried at sea.
Upon landing in America Robert McMurray Sr., had placed Robert Jr., in school in New York City. The family later moved to Philadelphia, then located in Newport, Kentucky and then Dayton, Ohio.
In 1840 Robert McMurray Jr. married Mary Hurst. Their son, William James McMurray, was born near Newport, Kentucky on October 17, 1849. His father died when he was an infant.
The McMurrays had an only daughter, Sophia, who became the wife of Andrew Jackson Morey and was the mother of six children, one of which was William Morey.
[McMurray's "History of Auglaize County"–1923]
In time they resolved to seek a home in the United States. Robert McMurray Sr., together with the eldest son, Robert Jr., went in advance for a year or two to see if the family could do better in America. Mrs. McMurray then sold their real estate and chattels and, with eight children, left for Liverpool to sail to America.
While in Liverpool awaiting the departure of the sailing vessel, two of the children became afflicted with smallpox and died. During the twelve week voyage, two of the remaining children took sick, died and were buried at sea.
Upon landing in America Robert McMurray Sr., had placed Robert Jr., in school in New York City. The family later moved to Philadelphia, then located in Newport, Kentucky and then Dayton, Ohio.
In 1840 Robert McMurray Jr. married Mary Hurst. Their son, William James McMurray, was born near Newport, Kentucky on October 17, 1849. His father died when he was an infant.
The McMurrays had an only daughter, Sophia, who became the wife of Andrew Jackson Morey and was the mother of six children, one of which was William Morey.
[McMurray's "History of Auglaize County"–1923]
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