John Murray
Birth Date
On 1814 June 20 (Born)
Death Date
On 1880 November 15 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1814 June 20
Mother
Elizabeth Elliot
Father
Andrew Murray
Date Details
Occurred On 1814 June 20
Married
Sarah Elizabeth Bates
1833 October 28 (Age 19)
Baptized
1844 August 1 (Age 30)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1851 (Age 36)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Location Served
Eastern States
Date Details
Started On 1851
Arrived in Field
End Date Not Found
Traveled in
John Tidwell Company (1852)
1852 June 4 – September 23 (Age 38)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Jeremiah Hatch Murray (Age 8)
Sarah Elizabeth Bates (Age 41)
John Bates Murray (Age 16)
Richard Murray (Age 13)
Elizabeth Murray (Age 11)
Date Details
Started On 1852 June 4
Joined Company
Ended Between 1852 September 10 – 23
Company Arrived
Married
Mary Gale
1857 September 6 (Age 43)
Died in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
1880 November 15 (Age 66)
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John Murray (1814 - 1880) Profile
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Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Iowa, Pottawattamie County.
1850 United States Census.
1860 United States Census
1860 United States Census.
1870 United States Census
1870 United States Census.
1880 United States Census
1880 United States Census.
Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index
Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 17 October 1851, Page 2.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 25 July 1851, Page 1.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"5th Company of 50 report", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, (14 September 1852).
Charles Sansom autobiography, 1907
Charles Sansom autobiography, 1907, Page 12-80.
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Council Point Emigrating Company journal, 1851 November-1852 September
Council Point Emigrating Company journal, 1851 November-1852 September.
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Deseret News
"5th Company", Deseret News, (18 September 1852), Page 2.
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Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (1913), Page 1052.
George K. Bowering journal
George K. Bowering journal, July.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1852: Page 27.
Public Works accounts books index: by Ronald G. Watt
Public Works accounts books index: by Ronald G. Watt. 1997. Page 81.