Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Murray, Kay Hiram ************************************************ 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, 7:24 pm Author: History of Grundy County, 1914 Murray, Kay Hiram, The legal profession has some sound exponents in Grundy County, these men being well versed in their calling and connected with some of the important litigation of the State. One of the men who still in the very prime of young manhood, has already built up a valuable patronage, is Kay Hiram Murray of Morris, an attorney of worth, widely and favorably known not only all over Grundy County, but in the outside territory as well. He was born in Mazon Township, April 20, 1884, a son of Lewis Ross and Catherine (Riggall) Murray, both of Mazon Township. The paternal grandparents, Augustus Owen and Lydia (Isham) Murray, were very early settlers of Mazon Township, the former being a general merchant of Mazon, and the latter deceased. Kay Hiram Murray was the only child of his father’s first marriage, and remained at home until he was eighteen years old, when he entered the university at Bloomington, Ill., and later attended the law school of the same place. After being graduated from the latter institution in 1907, he perfected himself in his profession, and in 1908 with a Mr. Hayes, opened a law office at Morris. In August, 1906, Mr. Murray was united in marriage with C. Lucille Crews, born at Abington, Ill., a daughter of Richard and Florence (Skelly) Crews, natives of England and McLean County, Ill., respectively. Mr. Crews, now deceased, was a Presiding Elder of the Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Murray are the parents of the following children: Louis Crews and Mary Frances Crews. Mrs. Murray is a consistent member of the Methodist Church. Politically Mr. Murray is a Republican, and was on his party’s ticket for State’s Attorney in the fall of 1913. His fraternal affiliations are with the Mazon Lodge No. 826, A. F. & A. M., while socially he belongs to the Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Phi, college organizations. A young man of boundless ambition, carefully trained in his profession, he is steadily advancing and is destined to become one of the leaders in his part of the State. pages 871-872 Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Publishers; 1914 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/murray928nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb