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Henry R. McMurray

Storage Warehouse Business

Centurion, 1853–1850s

Full Name Henry Rutgers McMurray

Born 12 February 1827 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 19 April 1904 in Sheffield, Massachusetts

Buried Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

Proposed by Moses Maynard

Elected 2 April 1853 at age twenty-six

Archivist’s Note: Birthdate calculated from his reported age at death of 77 years, 2 months, and 7 days; he likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1855 and 1857.