James W. McMurray b.1839 son of Robert & Zada (Finch) McMurray
Not my family line, just sharing.
The following Biographical sketch was copied from the book "HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY COUNTIES OF WHITE AND PULASKI, INDIANA. Historical and Biographical. Illustrated. Chicago; F.A. Battey & Co., Publishers. 1883.
page 685, Salem Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.
"JAMES W. McMURRAY, the eldest of five children, was born in Greene County, New York, November 7, 1839. His parents, ROBERT and ZEDA (FINCH) McMURRAY, were born in Ireland and New York State, respectively. In 1850, the family moved to Grundy County, Illinois, where JAMES W. attended school and assisted on the home farm until called to arms. August 13, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Seventy-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was in about seventeen hard fought battles, such as Jackson, Vicksburg, Nashville, Franklin, Missionary Ridge, Mobile and others. February 14, 1864, he was taken ill, and was confined to the hospital at Vicksburg until discharge, June 10, 1865. On his return, he purchased one hundred acres in Grundy, and began stock-raising and farming. While there, he was elected Township Trustee and Township Treasurer, and to other offices of less importance. He married, December 31, 1866, ISADORA O., daughter of LYMAN M. and BETSEY (CRANDALL) CLARK, and to his union were born five children - FANNIE M., October 19, 1867; CHARLES M., September 21, 1868; LUCILLA H., October 31, 1869; BYRON C., June 11, 1871; EUGENE R., July 4, 1874. In 1876, MR. McMURRAY came to this township, and now owns 200 acres of as well-improved land as can be found in the county. He and wife and daughter FANNIE are members of the Christian Church, of which, also, he is an elder. In politics, he is a Republican, and he is a member of the G.A.R."