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This picture of Benjamin Jackson Murrie appeared in the Southern Illinoisan on June 28,
1970. It was one of several pictures and a story that told about the Murrie family and the
annual Murrie family reunion. B. J. was one of the first in our family to organize and
record our family history. He started the Murrie cemetery fund and was also responsible
for starting the Murrie reunions which are held annually at the Concord Presbyterian
church the first Sunday in July. B. J. wrote several newsletters that were distributed to
family members. Benjamin Murrie’s line was: Charles Murrie, Thomas Murrie,
Washington Jackson Murrie, and Otto Murrie. The picture shows B. J. Murrie with a peg
leg once used by our Johnson county ancestor Thomas Murrie who came to Johnson
County in the late 1830s. According to the news story Thomas Murrie lost part of one leg
to an infection. “The leg was used by an uncle” after the death of Thomas Murrie. This
uncle may actually have been B.J. Murrie’s great uncle William Mount (2nd husband of
Elizabeth Murrie) who also used a wooden leg.
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