BIO: G. R. 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 355-356.
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  G. R. McMURRAY, owner and proprietor of a meat market at Beulah, Clearfield 
County, Pa., was born in Bigler Township, Clearfield County, April 5, 1880, 
and is a son of J. A. and Sophia (Young) McMurray, and a grandson of John 
McMurray.
  The parents of Mr. McMurray are well known residents of Beulah and Bigler 
Township, where the father formerly was a farmer and lumberman.  He is still 
Quite active and is janitor of the public school building at this place.  He 
married Sophia Young and the following children were born to them:  Mary, who 
is the wife of S. B. Echard; John; William; Emma, who is the wife of John 
McLaughlin; Margaret, who is the wife of Paul Lindenburg; Bertha, who is the 
wife of John Forsythe; Sadie, who is the wife of Cloyd Moss; Pearl, Ruth, 
Orvis, and Sylvester, deceased.
  G. R. McMurray attended the common schools and then followed farming until 
in September, 1910, when he went into the butchering business at Beulah, 
having purchased his stand in the previous month.  He is an excellent 
business man and is prospering.
  In 1907 Mr. McMurray was married to Miss Hannah Beyer, who is a daughter of 
John and Emma E. (Ross) Beyer, and a sister of Lewis W. Beyer, who is a 
merchant and postmaster at Smoke Run.  Mr. and Mrs. McMurray live at Smoke 
Run, where Mrs. McMurray owns a fine residence.  They have had one son, 
George, who was born May 5, 1910, and died in the following August.  They 
attended the Methodist Episcopal church.  He is a Democrat in his political 
views but takes no active part, being much more interested in developing his 
business.