Barton County, Missouri Biographies-James McMURTRY

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Pages 920, 921

James McMurtry, of the general notion store of McMurtry & Coffin, of 
Lamar, Mo., was born in Ireland on the 12th of April, 1853, being the
ninth of eleven children (eight sons and three daughters) born to Thomas
and Martha (Richey) McMurtry, the former having been born in Ireland, and
the latter in Canada.  Mr. McMurtry went to Canada when a young man, and
engaged in the grocery business, marrying while there Miss Richey.  
Sometime after his marriage he returned to Ireland with his family to 
look after some property, and in 1859 emigrated to the United States, 
and settled in Randolph County, Ill., where he engaged in farming.  He 
and wife belonged to the Presbyterian Church; and he was a Republican.  
He died in his eightieth year, but his wife is still living, and resides
with her son James in Lamar, being sixty-five years of age.  James 
McMurtry received a common school education, and in 1882 came to Barton
County, Mo., and was engaged in farming three yeas, after which he spent
the same length of time clerking for A. G. Cessford.  From that time 
until 1889 he was in the grocery business with William Earp, and has 
since been occupied in his present business, and is doing well.  
February 6, 1883, he was married to Pirenia Shelton, a native of 
Illinois, by whom he has three children: Elmer A., Ella M. and Artie.  
He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church; and he is a Democrat
in his political views.

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