Bio of Murray, Rev. Patrick B. (b.1823) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Murray, Rev. Patrick B., Catholic priest of the Highland church, was born
in Ireland in 1823. He received a good primary education in Ireland and
emigrated to America in 1844. He afterward attended several prominent
educational institutions both in the United States and Canada. His first
mission was at Mackinaw, Michigan about the year 1855. While stationed
here he learned to speak the Indian dialect. Soon after the Morman
settlement on Beaver island was broken up he took charge of a Catholic
mission on the island and became familiar with the true history of the
famous King Strang and the Mormon church at that point. He has also
presided over the Sheboygan, Michigan, church, and more recently was
pastor of the Kalamazoo Catholic society, in the same state. Owing to ill
health, requiring a change of climate, he came to Highland in the spring
of 1883.