. Jefferson County, Pennsylvania : her pioneers and people, 1800-1915. uestions of vital import, are character-istics which have distinguished the race forcenturies. Mr. McMurray was but two years old whenbrought by his parents to Jefferson county. Hewas born June 12, 1838, in Ligonier Valley,Westmoreland Co., Pa., near the village ofFairfield, son of Archibald and ElizabethSarah (Pryor) McMurray. On the fathersside his ancestors were Scotch. On his moth-ers side they were English or Welsh. Shewas a native of Huntingdon county, Pa. Oncoming to Jefferson county the family settledon a farm in Pi
. Jefferson County, Pennsylvania : her pioneers and people, 1800-1915. uestions of vital import, are character-istics which have distinguished the race forcenturies. Mr. McMurray was but two years old whenbrought by his parents to Jefferson county. Hewas born June 12, 1838, in Ligonier Valley,Westmoreland Co., Pa., near the village ofFairfield, son of Archibald and ElizabethSarah (Pryor) McMurray. On the fathersside his ancestors were Scotch. On his moth-ers side they were English or Welsh. Shewas a native of Huntingdon county, Pa. Oncoming to Jefferson county the family settledon a farm in Pinecreek township, near thepresent village of Emerickville. There themother died when John was ten years old. in1848, from which time forward he made hishome almost continuously among father died in 1870. In his youth Mr. McMurray experienced theusual educational disadvantages of residencein an unsettled region. Up to the time hewas sixteen years old his total period of at-tendance at school amounted to but fifteenmonths. However, he attended Brookville.
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