Maxwell Murray
Maxwell Murray, farmer, P.O. Cross Roads, was born in Pennsylvania February 3, 1805, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Gallagher) Murray, natives of Ireland. They emigrated to the United States, and in 1812 came to Ohio, locating in Ross County, where the mother died. The family afterward lived in Frankfort five years, but finally settled near Chillicothe. The family consisted of five children, three of whom survive, viz.: John, born in 1807, and living in Franklin County; Martha, wife of Peter Ullery, and Maxwell. The latter remained at home until six years of age, when his mother died, and he was "put out" among the neighbors. In 1828, he married Jane T. (Armstrong) Gibson, daughter of Judge Armstrong, and widow of Crayton Gibson. By her he had six children — Armstrong, Alexander, William (deceased), Mary J. (deceased), Josephine and Robert B. Mrs. Murray died April 22, 1863, and on December 13, 1864, Mr. Murray married Elizabeth Leach, daughter of Benjamin and Sally (Bostwick) Leach, he a native of Virginia, and she of Vermont. This union was blest with four children, viz.: Lydia Belle, Ella F., J. Clark and an infant, deceased. mr. Murray commenced life with little or no means, but by hard work he accumulated a handsome property, which he generously divided among his children, giving them the start in life that he had to make for himself.
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]