CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: PENDLETON MURRAH- Smith County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

PENDLETON MURRAH.

Pendleton Murrah, of Marshall, was born in South Car­olina.  In early 
life he removed to Alabama, and then to Harrison county, Texas, 
locating in Marshall, where he made a distinguished reputation as 
lawyer and orator.  In 1857 he was elected to represent his county in 
the legislature, and during successive terms in this position so 
distinguished him­self that in 1863 he was elected Governor of Texas by
a large vote. His administration covered a trying period in the 
history of the state, for although Texas was the great source of 
supplies for all the Confederate armies the product's of the farmers 
were so heavily levied upon that a living for any of them was scarely 
more than possible. A large part of the ammunition and other needed 
articles of war. was also man­ufactured in Texas, principally in the 
mills in Huntsville pen­itentiary and at Austin.  Gov. Murrah was 
devoted to the Confederate cause and greatly aided its fortunes. He 
died III July 1865.