Breckinridge County KyArchives News.....THE MURRAY FAMILY OF CLOVERPORT, KENTUCKY February 6, 1884
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Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky.,February 6. 1884 February 6, 1884
To Editor Breckinridge News:
Rome, Indiana, January 27. --- Having had a dispute here in regard to Col. 
MURRAY'S family, you will please publish in your next issue of "The News" how 
often Col. MURRAY was married, how many children he had, and their names and ages 
respectively, and oblige.      Signed by: M. F. WEDDING

     Col. (David Rodman) MURRAY was married three times.  His first wife was Sarah 
ALEXANDER, of Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky.  By her he had one child.  The 
mother and child died about the same time, and were buried in one grave at 
Hardinsburg.  Among his papers, after his death, was found this touching allusion 
to the dead pair:
"I buried her, with her babe upon her bosom in the graveyard at Hardinsburg, and 
above her have laid a stone with an inscription, trusting that the beholder may 
drop a tear upon her grave".

     His second wife was Eliza HOUSTON, a daughter of the late Joseph and Margaret 
HOUSTON of Hardinsburg, and niece of the late Jos. ALLEN.  By her he had the 
following children:
MARGARET MURRAY, afterwards Mrs. Dr. SCOTT, died in 1877.
JANE MURRAY, now the wife of Mr. James L. FAIRLEIGH, of Brandenburg (Meade County, 
Kentucky), aged between 50 and 60.
MARY E. MURRAY, now the wife of the Hon. F. C. (Franklin C.) JOHNSON, of New 
Albany, (Floyd County), Indiana, aged about 50.
CHARLES J. MURRAY, died in 1853
JOSEPHINE MURRAY, died in childhood

     His third wife was Mrs. Anna Maria CRITTENDEN, (widow of Henry CRITTENDEN, 
brother of the late Hon. John J. CRITTENDEN) of Shelby County.  By her he had:
DAVID R. MURRAY, who died at six years of age, and was the first born.
JOHN ALLEN MURRAY, aged 43
ELI H. MURRAY, aged 41
LOGAN C. MURRAY, aged 38
DAVID R. MURRAY, the last born, aged 35.

To her first husband, Mrs. MURRAY bore several children, among them:
THOMAS T. CRITTENDEN, the present Governor of Missouri
HENRY and EDWARD S. CRITTENDEN, who died and were buried here.
WILL L. CRITTENDEN, who was murdered by the Spaniards in 1851 during the Lopez 
Insurrection in Cuba, in which he was a gallant participant.
JOHN ALLEN CRITTENDEN, who is a resident of Frankfort.

Of her children by Col. MURRAY:
JOHN ALLEN MURRAY has served his state in the legislature and on the criminal 
court bench, and is distinguished for his legal abilities.
ELI H. MURRAY was a brigadier-general in the Union Army during the War of the 
Rebellion, and is the present Governor of the Territory of Utah.
DAVID R. MURRAY, has served in the state senate, and is a lawyer of acknowledged 
ability.

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