Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Murray, Frank Augustus 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Murray, Frank Augustus, proprietor of the Brookside Farm of 330 acres, 
situated in Mazon Township, has exemplified in his agricultural operations and 
his life that nothing is impossible to the man who is willing to work hard and 
devote himself to his business in hand.  On his property Mr. Murray is 
carrying on general farming and the raising of registered Polled Durham 
cattle. Mr. Murray was born July 10, 1864, and has spent his life, more or 
less, in agricultural pursuits although during the winter months, for some 
years, he taught school, and thus rendered valuable service to his community. 
In addition to raising registered cattle, Mr. Murray buys and sells them quite 
extensively, and is a heavy exhibitor of his stock and advertises in all the 
stock journals.

On May 3, 1888, Mr. Murray married Genevieve McKeen, born on the farm now 
owned by Mr. Murray, a daughter of I. H. and Louisa (Hupp) McKeen, who are now 
living retired at Morris, Ill. Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Murray was also a 
school teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Murray have three children: Lyle G., Arden O. and 
Geraldine Grace, all at home. Mr. Murray belongs to the Congregational Church, 
and gives it a generous support.

As chairman of the committee that organized the Grundy County Fair, in 1906, 
Mr. Murray has always been interested and is now general superintendent of the 
association. In addition to his other interests, Mr. Murray is treasurer of 
the Mazon Mutual County Fire Insurance Company, as well as one of its 
directors.  This company was organized in 1888, and is in a flourishing 
condition. He is also secretary of the Farmers Elevator Company, and a 
director of the First National Bank of Mazon. For some years he has been on 
the board of education of the Township High School and is now serving it as 
clerk, his experiences as a teacher proving of great benefit to his fellow 
members.  He is a member of the Masonic lodge, the Modern Woodmen, the 
Fraternal Reserves and the Eastern Star. Mrs. Murray belongs to the Eastern 
Star, and the Royal Neighbors, and is president of the Woman’s Study Club of 
Mazon, Ill. Enterprising, energetic and capable, Mr. Murray succeeds in what 
he undertakes and is today one of the most representative men of his township, 
as well as of the county at large.

page 871

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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