Brief Life History of James Madison
When James Madison Murray was born on 2 October 1859, in Tunnel Hill, Whitfield, Georgia, United States, his father, John Newton Murray, was 50 and his mother, Elizabeth or Betsey Benton Huffaker, was 33. He married Cora Foster before 1883, in United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Summerville, Chattooga, Georgia, United States in 1891. He died on 7 February 1905, in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (11)
- James M Murray in household of John N Murray, "United States Census, 1870"
- J. M. Murray, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- James M. Murray in entry for Bessie M. Taylor, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
Spouse and Children
1859–1905 Male
1860–1952 Female
Children (2)
1893–1963 Female
1894–1957 Male
Parents and Siblings
1810–1880 Male
1826–1889 Female
Siblings (3)
1859–1905 Male
1863–1870 Female
1873–1962 Female
World Events (8)
1861
Age 2
1863
Age 4
1872 · The First National Park
Age 13
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Moray in northeastern Scotland, which derives from Celtic mori- ‘sea’ + treb- ‘settlement’. The founder of the Scottish house of Murray was a Fleming named Freskin who was granted Strathbrock in West Lothian and Duffus in Moray by David I. The family took its name from the region in the late 12th century.
Irish and Scottish: shortened form of McMurray .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muireadhaigh ‘descendant of Muireadhach’ a personal name meaning ‘mariner’. Occasionally it may be a shortened form of McMurray .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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