1925 Biography - James Morray
Captain James B. Morray was born in Hardin County near Rosiclair 1821, he came to this county some time before the Civil War and settled in Simpson Township. He raised a troop of Cavalry in his neighborhood which became Company B of the Sixth Cavalry and was made its captain. He served as an officer in this troop until February 1864, when he was honorably discharged. He married Izzarilda Wyatt 1842, they had children Amanda (2) married Frank Lawrence, they had Rilda (3), Looney (3), Eliza (3), Joseph (3). She married second John Thomas and had Alma (3); Nancy (2) married Levi Lay, they had Elizabeth (3), Mary (3), Robert (3), Sherman (3), and William (3); Joseph B. (2) married Gussie Hailey, children Minnie (3), Gussie (3). Minnie (3) married George (see Mathis), Gussie (3) married Mr. Willis of Harrisburg; Joseph B. (2) married second Ola Whittenberg, children Ralph (3) who married Halloween (see Parker) and Ulala (3); Joseph B. (2) married third Damie Fort, children Frank (3), Floyd (3), Joseph (3), Mark (3). Robert (2) married Mary Whitehead, children Lula (3), Effie (3), John B. (3), Claud (3), Bessie (3), Wm. (3). Sarah (2) married John C. Ross, children Martha (3), Ernest (3), Elizabeth (3), Robert (3), J. B. (3), J. R. (3), Laue (3). Jane (2) married Marsh Howell, children Joseph A. (3), Rilda (3), Minnie (3), Dora (3), Robert (3), Bertha (3), Charles (3), Mary (3). Celinda (2) married John M. Grissom, children Olga (3), Rilla (3), J. B. (3), Jennie (3), Myrtle (3), Lutta (3), Roy (3). Olga (3) married William Bradley, children Eulalia (4), Wyoma (4); Rilla (3) married Alonzo Watters; J. B. (3) married Nora Bradley, children Sibyl (4), Paul (4), Ned (4), Eunice (4), John (4), Genevia (4), Quinton (4); Jennie (3) married Harry Murrie, children Marvin (4), Victor (4), Golda (4); Myrtie (3) married Elza Whitmer and has Harry DeWayne (4); Lutta (3) married William Westman and has Grissom (4), Juanita (4), Wyoma (4), Roberta (4). James (2) married Theodocia Frizzell, they had Thomas (3), Gussie (3), Eva (3), John (3), Clara (3), Celinda (3), Blain (3). James (2) married second May ___, children Earl (3), Celia (3), Julia (3), Eunice (3), Myra (3). Martha (2) married Frank Johnson, children William (3), Charles (3).
Extracted 08 Feb 2017 by Norma Hass from 1925 A History of Johnson County, Illinois, by Mrs. P. T. Chapman, pages 408-409.
