William C. Murry Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: William C. Murry: was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, December 16, 1809. He was brought to now Hancock County, West Virginia, by his father, William Murry, in about 1818. He married Emily Abraham, of Steubenville, Ohio. He purchased his father's property, including farm and grist and saw mills, where they settled, and are living at present. Their union resulted in four children -- two sons and two daughters. Both of the sons died in the late war, or the war of 1861. William A. Murry died at Richmond, Virginia, a prisoner. John R. Murry took sick while in camp, was brought home, and died in a few days after his arrival.