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raortheuarato t3 bing nig] strei St saygTHIS QUINCY DAAD JT, MURRAYIS NO MORE.He Bled Yesterday Morning Aftera Lin2erInsr Sickness—Was a Faithful Officer of theSoldiers’ Home—Remains Taken to% *Virginia, III., for Interment.Adjutant William Murray, of the Soldiers’ and Bailors’ Home in this city has answered the last roll call.After several weeks of dying by inches Mr. Murray departed this life yesterday morning at 9 o’clock at liis -late home' on Locust street, between Eighth and Ninth. The deceased had been unconscious for several days aiuibeforeT death. 'For; weeks unable an^thinghis stomach. He j wa^ giveu the of modioal * care and nursing and lie exhibited,a wonderful _;amounfc: of vitality despite his bxtreiiie 'weakness., Mr. Murry was 60 years old. He va| born In Virginia, Cass county, Illinois, ’ and for. a number of- years was'em~ ployed in ^general store.^afc: Virginia. When the civil war broke out the deceased enlisted in Company ,K, Thirty-third Illinois infantry, August 2f, 1S61, and was.mustered out October 11, 1864, as sergeant of his cpmpany. He was a member of Gen, Hovey’s regiment, • called the Normal regiment. Gen.' Hovey at the time of the breaking out of the war, was . the first prinicpal of the university of Illinois. Mr. Murray’s record while in the service of his country, was that of a true and faitli-^ful soldier. '''When the Soldiers’ Home was opened in this city in 1S3? Mr. Murray, came to the institution when Gen. Lipplneott. was superintendent and it was while the general was superintendent that Murray was the quartermaster in the* institution. He held other positions oftrust in the institution until the ad*►ministration of Mr. Fogg, when he was placed in charge of the books of the institution, a position which he held continuously excepting the last fifteen months of Kirkwood’s administration. On the first of May last he was further rewarded by being appointed adjutant of the Home,'a position which be was only permitted' to fill for a very brief spell, when he was taken siek^ which, sickness has resulted in death. For a number of years he was secretary of the board of trustees and rendered the*s Mboard invaluable service; There is no . question in saying that Willliam Murray was, up to his last illness, the. best-posted man on the affairs of the Home that was ever in that insiitu-tion. He was correct in his transactions for the institution and his books, which were always open to the public, were models of accuracy. He was a good, safe man for the institution, such a man who is not picked up every day for a public.office^The. deceased leaves, besides a; widow, two sons, 'aqjJ two daughters. The daughters are Miss Mabel and. Anna,and the'sons Edwin and Roscoe.. it , Mr. Murray’s services were not con-, fined to the Home entirely, for he was secretary of John Wood Post, this eifcy,~ for some time. * . -* -n, *•» *The .remains were' this morning at 10:30 o’clock conveyed to the Soldiers’ Home depotr where, at 12:45 o’clock this afternoon, they were put on the east-bound “Q,” train and taken to the old homo of the deceased in Virginia, Cass county, Illinois, for interment.The old comrades have lost, a good friend and the city a good citizen.
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Quincy Journal
Quincy, Illinois, US
Mon, Jul 01, 1901
Page 8
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