Brief Life History of Wilton F.
Wilton F. McMurray was born on 18 November 1860, in Virginia, United States. He married Etta E Eldridge about 1885. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Miles Township, Pawnee, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Antelope Election Precinct, Kimball, Nebraska, United States in 1930. He died on 23 January 1939, at the age of 78, and was buried in Kimball Cemetery, Kimball, Kimball, Nebraska, United States.
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- W F McMurray, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- Wilton F. McMurray, "Find A Grave Index"
- Wm McMurrey in entry for John Charles Van Deubark, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Irish (northern) and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Muireadhaigh or Mac Muireadhaich, a patronymic from the personal name Muireadhach ‘seafarer’ (see Murdoch ). Compare McCurry 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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