J. S. MURRAY
J. S. Murray, of the firm of J. S. Murray & Co., proprietors of elevator No. 1, on the west side of the track of the Harlan branch of the C. R. I. & P. Ry.; was born in Canada in 1837; came to the U. S. in 1875, located at Avoca, Ia., and engaged in the grain business; was proprietor of the Avoca elevator. He came to Harlan in 1878, built the elevator, and engaged in his present business. He has a branch business at Defiance, on a branch of the C. M. & St. P. Ry., which is conducted by Miles & Miles. The Avoca business was conducted by P. F. Murray until Sept., 1880, when he came to Harlan, and became a member of the above firm. They also handle Des Moines and Oskaloosa hard and soft coal.
Transcribed February, 2018 by Cheryl Siebrass from: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth, published in Sioux City, IA.: Western Publishing Company, 1882, pg. 422.
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