Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Murray, Augustus O ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com May 13, 2006, 7:23 pm Author: History of Grundy County, 1914 Murray, Augustus O., whose associations with Mazon Township were of an important nature, was born in Oswego County, N. Y., February 9, 1832, a son of Jonathan C. Murray, one of the pioneers of Grundy County. The latter met his death by drowning in June, 1844. Augustus O. Murray married on October 18, 1852, Lydia A. Isham, and they had the following children: Louis R., Ella I., Hettie P., Frank A., Gertie E., Eva W. and Maud May. Not only was he a heavy landowner in Mazon Township, but he was interested in the grain and lumber trade at the village of Mazon. For years he took an active part in temperance movements, and was an influence for moral uplift in his community. page 871 Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Publishers; 1914 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/murray926nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb