Mary Hutton McMurrray 1801-1896
Mary Hutton was born November 6, 1801 in Warrington, Pennsylvania to Simon and Mary Underwood Hutton.
In 1820, John McMurray went to work for Simon Hutton in Warrington as a farmhand. The Hutton’s were Quakers. Mary married John McMurray on August 18, 1821, at Warrington by a magistrate. Mary was censured for marrying outside the church. After their first two children were born, the family moved to Hogestown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Here their two children died. Their third child, a son, was born there also, but died six days later.
In 1826, John was on the tax records of Silver Springs Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, as a tailor and had no property.
In 1827, Mary was admitted to membership in the Silver Springs Presbyterian Church, in Pennsylvania. Their fourth child, a daughter, was christened at that church. Four more children were born there.
In 1830, the family moved to Ohio, but moved back and forth across the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania for the next few years. They built a home, and seemed to have prospered. John worked at farming, while his wife ran a hotel, a wayside inn or tavern as they called it.
It is not known when or where the family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or when they left Ohio. Their son, James, was baptized in Beaver County, Pennsylvania in March 1844. The parents joined the church, sold their possessions in Ohio and arrived in Nauvoo just at the time the bodies of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were brought to Nauvoo from Carthage, where they were martyred. They lay in state in the Nauvoo Mansion House, viewed by a constant throng of people who filed in and out of the mansion rooms. James took care of the family’s household goods while John and Mary went to see the bodies of the martyred church leaders.
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In 1820, John McMurray went to work for Simon Hutton in Warrington as a farmhand. The Hutton’s were Quakers. Mary married John McMurray on August 18, 1821, at Warrington by a magistrate. Mary was censured for marrying outside the church. After their first two children were born, the family moved to Hogestown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Here their two children died. Their third child, a son, was born there also, but died six days later.
In 1826, John was on the tax records of Silver Springs Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, as a tailor and had no property.
In 1827, Mary was admitted to membership in the Silver Springs Presbyterian Church, in Pennsylvania. Their fourth child, a daughter, was christened at that church. Four more children were born there.
In 1830, the family moved to Ohio, but moved back and forth across the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania for the next few years. They built a home, and seemed to have prospered. John worked at farming, while his wife ran a hotel, a wayside inn or tavern as they called it.
It is not known when or where the family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or when they left Ohio. Their son, James, was baptized in Beaver County, Pennsylvania in March 1844. The parents joined the church, sold their possessions in Ohio and arrived in Nauvoo just at the time the bodies of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were brought to Nauvoo from Carthage, where they were martyred. They lay in state in the Nauvoo Mansion House, viewed by a constant throng of people who filed in and out of the mansion rooms. James took care of the family’s household goods while John and Mary went to see the bodies of the martyred church leaders.
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