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From: stephen thomas <>
Subject: Re: Arthur Preston Murray
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 10:40:17 -0800
References: <3C450A34.7030902@bainbridge.net>


did you william go back to a farm in roscommon 1900-1905

don scott wrote:

> Your request for a James Murray: I have great-uncle James B. Murray,
> born 1852, third son of James Murray (Dublin) and Frances Hunt (Co.
> Rosscommon), emigrated to US in 1869; went first to Philadelphia, Pa.,
> Father James and sons John J., Christopher L, and James B. worked as
> stone cutters in Philadelphia for one year. Then Frances and younger
> seven children came in 1860. The family settled in Bellaire, Ohio, and
> worked Ohio valley as stonemasons. They founded a quarry in W.Va. near
> Morgantown called "Murrayville." I have photos of signs. My grandfather
> was James B.'s younger brother, William Murray, born 1860, died 1947. I
> am Patricia Murray Scott, born in Wheeling, 1936. I have a long list of
> family names from 1848 to 1947 and little else. I know my grandfather is
> buried in Wheeling in the Catholic cemetery.
>
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