McMURTRY, Joseph A. - Putnam

JOSEPH A. McMURTRY, farmer, section 16, Franklin Township, was born in Barren County, Kentucky, June 1, 1838, son of Samuel B. and Louisa {Perkins} McMurtry, the former a native of the same place and now deceased; the latter is living in Parkersburg, Montgomery County, this State, and is sixty-eight years of age. Joseph passed his early live on a farm, and was educated at Mt. Vernon, Kentucky. He came to this county in 1859, where he worked by the month for two and a half years in Franklin Township. November 21, 1861, he was married to Miss Nancy Howard, daughter of William and Susanna {Rogers} Howard, both of whom are deceased. To this union have been born ten children -- Ella, Gladys {deceased}, Susannah, George, Harvey, Robert, Mary, Eva, Orian and Donald, twins. Gladys was nineteen years old at the time of her decease. Mr. McMurtry served as assessor four years, and as assistant assessor one year. He owns seventy acres of good land, all obtained by his own industry and economy, and his time is devoted to farming and stock-raising. When he arrived in Franklin Township in 1859 he had just 10 cents.