History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 665-666, Farmers' Township
Peter P. Murray; P. O., Ipava; was born in Hancock Co., W. Va.,
March 24, 1838, the son of Hiram Murray, a fruit-grower of Louisville,
Ky. Mr. Murray came to this county in 1856; has been a brick-maker and
now is the proprietor of the Shady Dell Brick and Tile Factory,
Farmer's tp., run by steam power. It will succeed as long as Mr. Murray
has it under his control. Mr. M. was married Oct. 9, 1859 to Mary E.
Holmes, by whom he had 2 children, both deceased. He has an adopted
child, Hugh P. Murray.
