Iowa Old Press
Marion Register
Marion, Linn County, Iowa
November 10, 1887
Charles Lee Murray, was born at Lancaster, Perry
County, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1840, and died at Marion, Iowa,
October 23, 1887.
The subject of this sketch spent his youth and early manhood in
his native state. He responded to his country’s call and
served in the army during the latter part of the war, receiving
disabilities from which he was a sufferer even to the close of
life. He was a member of Luka Post No. 131, Grand Army of the
Republic, Bellevue, Iowa.
At the close of the war he resumed his legal studies and was soon
after admitted to the bar. He practiced law for several years in
Bloomfield and Philadelphia. In 1868 he made a trip through the
west with the hope of restoring his health and in 1872 he became
a permanent resident of Marion, Iowa. He has always regarded
Bellevue as his home, though much of his time has been spent
elsewhere. He was united in marriage to Miss Emma McElhenny, on
New Year’s eve of 1873. He returned to Marion this summer
and engaged in the real estate business, displaying a good deal
of vigor. Though he has long been a great sufferer, few realized
how frail he was and the announcement of his death on Sabbath
morning was the first intimation that many had that he had ever
been sick. He was a man of fine literary taste, courteous and
social in his disposition, and made fast friends among those who
knew him most intimately. A wife, mother, two sisters, and four
brothers survive him.
[transcribed by K.W., August 2009]