The Murray Family Of Somerset County, PA

The James Murray Family Genealogy

James Murray who was born on June 11, 1829 in Addison Township. James Murray lived most of his life in Addison Township until he married Lydia Beal of Pocohontas Village, Greenville Township in 07 September 1851. Lydia was the daughter of Owen Beal and Elizabeth Klingaman. They were members of the Hostetler Dunker Church and are buried as a family in the Hostetler Church cemetery in Pocohontas, PA.

James and Lydia Beal Murray were married until Lydia's untimely death on February 02, 1888. Lydia Beal was born 02 May 1832 in Pocohontas Village, Greenville Township, Somerset, PA. Lydia was the eldest of eleven children of Owen and Elizabeth Klingaman Beal. James and Lydia had thirteen children, many of whom lived to adulthood.