William I. Murray Biography


	This biography appears on page 1892 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	WILLIAM I. MURRAY, of Hanson county, is a native of the Empire 
state of the Union, having been born in Erie county, New York. He was 
reared on the homestead farm and received a common-school education, 
and he continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits in his 
native state until 1880, when he came to what is now the state of South 
Dakota and took up a homestead claim in Hanson county, where he has 
ever since resided, now having a valuable and attractive landed estate, 
the major portion of which is under a high state of cultivation, 
yielding large returns for the labors contributed. Mr. Murray also 
raises an excellent grade of cattle and other live stock, and his 
efforts have been directed with such discrimination and good judgment 
that he has been very successful in both departments of his farming 
enterprise. He is the oldest member of the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen in the state, having affiliated with this fraternity in 1876, 
and is also a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Grand 
Army of the Republic. From his retaining membership in the Grand Army 
it will be understood that he was one of the brave "boys in blue" who 
aided in the preservation of the Union. He enlisted as a member of the 
Seventy-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and with which he saw much 
active and arduous service, having participated in many important 
battles and in the Atlanta campaign, while he was three times wounded 
in action.

	Mr. Murray was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Plunket, and she 
passed away, being survived by two children. Mr. Murray consummated a 
second union, by which he has become the father of four children.