MURRAY, John Heber (1)

1868 - 1895  (26 years)

• Name	MURRAY, John Heber (1)
  Born	24 Jun 1868	Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
  Gender	Male
  Biography	John Heber Murray received his early education in the public schools of Milton after which he attended the private schools of Prof. Schneider and Prof. Joseph C. Rhodes. In 1884 he entered the preparatory department and in 1885 the collegiate department of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penna., from which he graduated on his twenty-first birthday, June 24, 1889. In the same year (1889) he entered the sophomore class of Stevens Institute of Technology at Hoboken, New Jersey, from which he graduated in 1892, receiving the degree of mechanical engineer. In the same year (1892) Dickinson College conferred on him the degree in course of A.M.
  Census (desc)	1870	Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
  Census (desc)	1880	Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
  Obituary	From The People, June 27, 1895: Death of John Heber Murray. Hundreds of The People's readers throughout the state and country who are personally acquainted with Mr. S. W. Murray, the well-known car manufacturer of Milton, and thousands who know him as an earnest Prohibitionist and generous-hearted Christian and philanthropist, will learn with regret of the death of his only son, John Heber Murray, which occurred on the 18th inst., of tubercular consumption. The deceased was a young man of great promise. He was a manly man, his magnificent physique bore evidence that dissipation and excess were unknown, and his daily life showed his purity of heart and thought. He was a loyal friend and a magnanimous adversary. Liberally educated, broadened by refined and elevating associations, he would have adorned any position in life he might have been called to fill. His taking off in early manhood was one of those unfathomable mysteries of the Creator whose wisdom we dare not question.
  Obituary	From the Evening Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa., June 18, 1895 : A well-known citizen passes away at the age of twenty-six years. John Heber Murray, whose illness has been previously noted from time to time, died at his home on South West street, at seven o'clock this morning. The deceased was the son of S. W. Murray, of Milton, Pa., and was a native of that place. He took a five years' course in Dickinson preparatory and college and graduated in 1889. In college he was very prominent and popular and took a leading part in athletic exercises. Mr. Murray took a three years' course in mechanical engineering at the Stevens' Institute from which he graduated in 1892. He was then appointed to a position in the engineers office of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, and he took up his residence in New Haven. After remaining there about a year his health broke down and he found that rest was necessary. He removed to Carlisle and took up his residence on South West street. To the surprise of all, consumption developed and its course was rapid. Mr. Murray was a cultured gentleman, greatly admired by all, of fine physique and apparently good health, he has been cut down in in his prime and his death is as sad as it was unexpected. His many years residence here made him virtually a son of Carlisle and as such he was admired and loved.
  _UID	260D2D311258834AA53143CD8B137B470E22
  Died	18 Jun 1895	Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States   [4]
  	Cause: of tuberculosis
  Buried	Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
  	Address: Milton Cemetery
  Person ID	I203	Milton Families
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	MURRAY, Samuel Wilson,   b. 16 Oct 1829, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 15 Jun 1909, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	MECKLY, Sarah Matilda,   b. 28 Feb 1836, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 29 Sep 1921, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Married	17 Dec 1866	Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
  Family ID	F64	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BOSLER, Margaret,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	23 Dec 1890
  Children	+ 1. MURRAY, Samuel Wilson,   b. 17 Oct 1893, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F1857	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S103] Murray-Wilson 1900, Page 86. [S103] Murray-Wilson 1900, Page 163. [S103] Murray-Wilson 1900, Page 161. [S4] Gravestone.