GEORGE W. MURRAY, attorney-at-law, was born at Covington, Miami county, Ohio, July 7, 1839. David Murray, his father, was a farmer, residing near Dayton. George was educated in the city, and taught school four years before beginning the pursuit of law. He read law in the office of General Moses B. Walker, in Dayton, in 1859 and 1860; was admitted in June, 1861, and commenced practice in that city. Was several years a member of the City Council while there. In 1874 Mr. Murray moved to Springfield, Illinois, and has since been an active member of the Sangamon County Bar. In April 1881, he entered into co-partnership with Noah H. Turner, which relation still exists. At the age of twenty-one, in October, 1860, he married Miss Emma Neisbert, of Dayton, Ohio.