George MURRAY

                   RUTTENBER AND CLARK  --  HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY --  1881
George Murray was born at Inverness, Scotland,and while a young man came to America as a soldier in the British arm.  He resided at Reading, PA. but formany years prior to his decease was a redsident of Orange County, where he died.  His wife was a Miss Snyder, who bore him eight sons and one daughter, of whom William was born in Orange County in 1773.  William Murray was a farmer in the town of Wallkill, an active and influential citizen of the county, and one of the deacons in the Baptist Church where he resided.

William was politically a Democrat, and by that party in the state was honored as one of the Presidential electors to cast his vote for James K. Polk. He died in 1849.  His wife, Mary Ann, a sister of Stacey Beakes, died in 1845, aged 72 years.