Jackson-Linn County IA Archives Obituaries.....Murray, Charles Lee October 23, 1887
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Bellevue Herald, Nov. 10, 1887
Bellevue Herald, Bellevue, Iowa, November 10, 1887.

Charles Lee Murray, was born at Lancaster, Perry County, Pennsylvania, July 4,
1840, and died at Marion, Iowa, October 23, 1887.

The subject of this sketch spent his youth and early manhood in his native
state. He responded to his country’s call and served in the army during the
latter part of the war, receiving disabilities from which he was a sufferer even
to the close of life. He was a member of Iuka Post No. 131, Grand Army of the
Republic, Bellevue, Iowa.

At the close of the war he resumed his legal studies and was soon after admitted
to the bar. He practiced law for several years in Bloomfield and Philadelphia.
In 1868 he made a trip through the west with the hope of restoring his health
and in 1872 he became a permanent resident of Marion, Iowa. He has always
regarded Bellevue as his home, though much of his time has been spent elsewhere.
 He was united in marriage to Miss Emma McElhenny, on New Year’s eve of 1873. He
returned to Marion this summer and engaged in the real estate business,
displaying a good deal of vigor.  Though he has long been a great sufferer, few
realized how frail he was and the announcement of his death on Sabbath morning
was the first intimation that many had that he had ever been sick. He was a man
of fine literary taste, courteous and social in his disposition, and made fast
friends among those who knew him most intimately.

A wife, mother, two sisters, and four brothers survive him.-Marion Register


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