BIO: Charles D. McMURRAY, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 449 & 450.
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  CHARLES D. McMURRAY, who is one of the representative business men of Jordan 
Township, Clearfield County, Pa., where he owns a valuable farm of 180 acres 
and has large lumber interests at other points, was born May 15, 1856, in Knox 
Township, Clearfield County, Pa.
  John McMurray, who was the father of Charles D. McMurray, was a farmer all 
his life and was a highly respected man, a leading member of the Methodist 
Episcopal church.  He was a Democrat and was a man well qualified for public 
office.  He married Jane Alexander Hegarty, and both are now deceased, the 
burial of the father having been at New Washington, Pa., and that of the mother 
at Hegarty's Cross Roads.  To them were born the following children:  John 
Alexander, Robert Taylor, Catherine Jane, and Charles D.  Catherine Jane is the 
wife of James D. Wiley.
  Charles D. McMurray attended the district schools and afterward went to work 
in the woods but later embarked in a mercantile business at Ansonville, to 
which he came in 1883, and continued for twenty-seven years.  He then resumed 
lumbering and at the present time is thus interested in Beccaria Township and 
also in Cambria County.
  Mr. McMurray was married first in 1880, to Miss Malissa Shoff, a daughter of 
Samuel P. and Ruth (Ames) Shoff.  She died in September, 1881, and her burial 
was at Hegarty's Cross Roads.  They had two children; Ferman and Mertie Ann, 
both of whom are deceased.  Mr. McMurray was married second, October 5, 1886, 
to Mary Lavinia McKeehen, a daughter of James and Mary Jane McKeehen, and they 
have had four children:  Georgia Jane, who was born September 5, 1890; Ruth E., 
who was born May 8, 1893; Maud, born November 23, 1896, who is deceased; and 
Dorcas L., who was born February 16, 1910.  Mr. and Mrs. McMurray attend the 
Methodist Episcopal church at Ansonville.  He is a Democrat in his political 
sentiments and has frequently served in public office, for six years being 
township treasurer, for five years auditor, and also township clerk and school 
director.  He is a member of Curwensville Lodge, F. & A. M., and of the Odd 
Fellows at Ansonville, and belongs also to the Encampment at Glen Hope.