Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1911 — WALLACE HURRAY SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG SICKNESS. [ARTICLE]

WALLACE HURRAY SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG SICKNESS.

A gen Citizen Dies at Home of Daughter in Rensselaer—An Old Jasper County Resident.

Wallace Murray, 83 years of age, an old and highly esteemed resident of Jasper county, died at the home of his daughter on Front street in Rensselaer Thursday evening at 6:30 o’clock. Deceased had spent many winters in Oklahoma with his daughter, Mrs. Samuel W. English and his son, Charles Murray and in company with his wife went there last fall. Mrs. Murray was taken sick soon after their arrival .there and died on Nov. 29th. The body was brought here for burial and Mr. Murray made the trip through with the corpse. He has been in feeble health for several years and the trip, proved too much for his strength and his failing has been constant since that time. He failed rapidly for the past two weeks. Deceased <was one of ten children and was the last of the family to pass away. He was born in Ohio Feb. 4, 1828, and when 8 years of age came to Monon with his parents. His mother was a daughter of Simon Kenton, the noted pioneer and Indian fighter, and the hardly frontier stock was prominent in him. He worked for his cousin, the older Parkison, who was also a grandson of Simon Kenton, and most of his life was spent in Barkley township. He was married in 1854 and five children born to the union survive, namely Harry and Will Murray, and Mrs. Frank Donnelly, of Rensselaer. Mrs. S. W. English, of Canada, and Chas. Murray, of Texas. Charley had been here for about two weeks but had left for his home last Monday. Mrs. English was at the bedside of her father when the final summons came.

Mr. Murray was a soldier in the civil was, having served in the 18th Indiana regiment and his funeral will be attended by many old soldiers. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Barkley M. E. church and will be conducted by Rev. J. C. Parrett, of the Rensselaer Presbyterian church. Burial will be made in the Barkley cemetery.