Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1894 — A TOMBSTONE EULOGY. [ARTICLE]

A TOMBSTONE EULOGY.

A Pious Pennsylvania Man and the Fathet of an Enormous Family. In the old Pine Creek graveyard at Jersey Shore is a grave marked by i time-stained slab bearing the follow Ing unique inscription, says a Rou lette (Pa.) correspondent of the Nev York Sun: »...-. : James MuMubbay. : : Boru in Ireland, June 11, 1764. ; : Emigrated to America in 1700. Was : : converted to God in 1820 and united : : with the M. E. Church. The hue- l : band of three wives, the father of 22 : : children (18 living), the grandfather : : of 82 and great-grandfather of 38, : : who died in Jersey Shore, April 11, ; : 1863, in great peace ana triumph, : : being 64 years a resident of the : : county where he exchanged earth : : for heaven. ; One of the twenty-two children of James McMurray was the late Rev. Jacob McMurray, who at eight years of age Astounded the people of his locality by his precocious power in discussing religious subjects and questions involving nice theological points, and of whom his mother prophesied: “He will become a great preacher and die in the Lord’s harness.” He did become a distinguished and powerful preacher, and in 1885 fulfilled his mother’s prophecy by dying while officiating at communion service in the church. He was the author of the famous local option act, which passed the legislature and disturbed Pennsylvania politics so greatly some years ago.