Sketch of the Murdock Family, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** James Murdock was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, but came to America prior to the Revolutionary War, and took an active part on the American side in that war. In one of the battles in which he was engaged he received a severe wound in his heel, and died from its effects two years afterward. He had seven children: Nancy, Grizey, Mary, James, Alexander, John and George. Nancy married James Clay, who settled in St. Charles County. Alexander settled in St. Charles County in 1806, and married Mary Zumwalt. John married Lucy Grider, and settled in St. Charles County. George married Catharine Kennedy. James married Lydia Bell, and settled in Missouri in 1808. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================