Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . ex-ford, Ireland. He learned the carpenters trade andworked at it in the old country for some years. Hemarried there Margaret Scott, who was also born inEnniscorthy. They came to America in 1832 withtheir family and settled in Worcester, Massachu-setts. He followed his trade and was a carpenterand builder of some note. He built in Worcestercounty a number of churches. He was the firstsuperintendent of St. Johns (Roman Catholic) Sun-day sc
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . ex-ford, Ireland. He learned the carpenters trade andworked at it in the old country for some years. Hemarried there Margaret Scott, who was also born inEnniscorthy. They came to America in 1832 withtheir family and settled in Worcester, Massachu-setts. He followed his trade and was a carpenterand builder of some note. He built in Worcestercounty a number of churches. He was the firstsuperintendent of St. Johns (Roman Catholic) Sun-day school and first sexton of St. Johns sang in the first choir. Before the church wasbuilt, services were held in his house on Templestreet. Mrs. Murray was a member of the first Al-tar Society of St. Johns Church. Their childrenwere: John Francis, Mary, George Benedict, HarryJ., T. Edward, who was a lawyer. (II) John Francis Murray, son of Henry Mur-ray (i), was born in Enniscorthy, Ireland, was but a year and a half old when his parentscame to this country and settled in Worcester. Heattended the public schools in Worcester and grad- I. WORCESTER COUNTY iiatcd from Worcester high school and Holy CrossCollege. He was a member of the volunteer liredepartment in the early days of the city. He be-came captain of police when Charles B. Pratt wascity marshal. He was a painter by trade. He wasinterested in music, inheriting his vocal gifts fromhis father. He was a member of the original ChoralUnion, and was for many years the director of the<hoir in St. Johns Church. He was of Church and the superintendent of the ceme-tery of that parish. He was interested in publicmatters and served the city on the school board forseveral years. He married Julia M. OBrien, who survives died October 2, 1892, aged sixty-one years. Thechildren of John Francis and Julia M. (OBrien)Murray were: I. Henry, born 1854, died 1854. Edward, born October 30, 1857
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