when was william h.murray born
William Henry Davis Murray was born in the town of Toadsuck, Texas (renamed Collinsville in the 1880s), on November 21, 1869. He was born to Uriah Dow Thomas Murray, a farmer, and Bertha Elizabeth Jones. His mother died when he was two years old and, after his father remarried, the family moved to Montague, Texas. At the age of twelve, Murray left home.