Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....MURRAY, General David Rodman September 22, 1919
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Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., September 24, 1919
OBITUARY
GEN. D. R. MURRAY DIES IN TOLEDO

Remains Will Be Brought To Cloverport For
Interment Wednesday Aftetrnoon

Col. David R. MURRAY, former Adjutant General of Kentucky, and once one of the 
most prominent attorneys in the state, died Monday at the home of his son, David 
MURRAY, Jr., in Toledo, Ohio.  Paralysis was the cause.
     Col. MURRAY was 72 years old.  He won his rank of Colonel in the Civil War.  
After the war he settled in Hardinsburg, and practiced law there, and in 
Cloverport for years.  He was a Democrat.
He is survived by:
his son, David R. MURRAY, Jr.
two daughters:
Mrs. F. D. FERRY of Louisville, Ky
Miss Mildred MURRAY of Washington
     Col. MURRAY for some years an attorney of the L.H. & St.L. Railroad.  In 1900 
he was appointed Adjutant General of Kentucky by Governor BECKHAM, and held that 
position four years.
     He was a brother of Logan MURRAY, formerly a banker of Louisville, and now 
connected with New York.  Also the late Gen. Eli MURRAY, once U.S. Marshall of 
Kentucky, and the late John Allen MURRAY of Cloverport.  He was a brother-in-law 
of Mrs. Adele HAMBLETON, who died Saturday.
     The funeral party of Gen. Murray will reach Cloverport Wednesday morning on 
the 10:45 o'clock train.  The funeral service will be held that afternoon at 2 
o'clock from the Presbyterian Church, followed by the interment in the Murray 
grave yard.

(NOTE:  so, was he a general or a colonel?)

Additional Comments:
#0256 Old Murray Cemetery, located at Cloverport, Ky., in Breckinridge County.
Closed to burials.    Cemetery established approximately 1818.

MURRAY, General/Colonel David Rodman  13 Mch 1847 -- 22 Sep 1919
husband of #1- Annie E. FISHER
married 28 Nov 1867 Breckinridge County, Ky (date of license)
husband of #2- Mary Irene MOORMAN 
married 18 Dec 1902 Breckinridge County, Ky
son of Colonel David Rodman MURRAY & his 3rd wife, Anna Maria ALLEN CRITTENDEN
have his obituary
he has a single tombstone

MURRAY, Annie E.  04 Oct 1847 -- 22 Jul 1901
1st wife of General/Colonel David Rodman MURRAY
daughter of Barnett FISHER & Amanda ________.
she has a single tombstone   "w/o David R."
Dana Brown & Peggy Russell

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