Murray - Charles T - CW - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Once again has the angel of death visited another home and taken from it its fairest jewel. When death visits a home and claims for its own the last remaining son and brother of a widowed mother and two loving sisters, there is a sadness which can only be assuaged by the many loving remembrances of the deceased, whose character through life can furnish far better than anything else those memories so precious to the bereaved ones.

Charles T. Murray, known by his friends as Tom, was called to rest Sunday morning, March 9, 1902. He was twenty three years of age and was the loving and devoted son of Mrs. Mary Murray, who resides at 705 Binford Street. Tom was of a jovial disposition, having many friends in Crawfordsville and making friends wherever he went. He will be sadly missed by his friends and comrades as well as by his loved ones. But we will not wish him back to this world of care and pain where he suffered so intensely. During his sickness and suffering he talked of his Savior and of “going home,” and while unconscious to all things else, Tom remembered his mother.

Since the county fair in September Tom had been in Indianapolis but returned to Crawfordsville in November, when on Thanksgiving Day he was taken ill with hasty consumption from which he never recovered. There were many loving traits of character in this young man’s life, of which was his being ready to offer his services and life as a sacrifice for his country. He was a member of Company M, 158th Indiana volunteers, and served in the Chickamauga campaign. His comrades of Company M had charge of the funeral services, the firing squad firing a parting salute over the grave. He was buried at Oak Hill. - s