Per Romance and Dim Trails by Katherine Christian (Mrs. J. W.) Douthitt, published 1938, page 153.
William Conn McMurry, one of the Clay County (Texas) cowmen of the early days . . . He was the youngest child of Thomas and Pauline McMurry, who left Decatur County, Tennessee in 1859 for Texas. He is a brother of the late Robert H. McMurry of Clay County. He came to Clay County in 1879 and immediately began work as a cowboy, working at one time or another on nearly all of the famous ranches of Clay County. In the late 1880's he began working for the famous Matador Ranch in Texas, which at that time covered five or six counties in Western Texas and contained well over a million acres of land. He continued with this outfit, which was owned by a syndicate of English and Scotch capitalists, until about the year 1904, at which time he removed to the State of South Dakota and entered the ranching business for himself, buying a ranch near Eagle Butte, in that state. . . . he removed to Norman, Oklahoma, in 1932.
In 1918 Mr. McMurry was married to Mrs. Russell of South Dakota, who died in 1924. In 1932 he married Mrs. Ella Wood Forbes of Norman, Oklahoma, who was herself a pioneer citizen of Clay County, having spent her early years in the Willow Springs community in Clay County. Mrs. Forbes had been a citizen of Norman, Oklahoma, for many years prior to her marriage to Mr. McMurry, and is a large property owner there.
Mr. McMurry still retains his South Dakota Ranch properties and still makes yearly trips to the state to look after them. Though he is nearing his 80th milestone in life, he still rides a horse almost every day and continues as always the old time western ways. He is a yearly visitor to the Clay County Pioneers' Association and enjoys meeting with all the pioneers he knew in the earlier days of Clay County. He is a conspicuous figure at each reunion and is always a center of interest to all those who know of his exploits as a cowby and who are interested in the colorful figures who have made the west what it is today.
William Conn McMurry, one of the Clay County (Texas) cowmen of the early days . . . He was the youngest child of Thomas and Pauline McMurry, who left Decatur County, Tennessee in 1859 for Texas. He is a brother of the late Robert H. McMurry of Clay County. He came to Clay County in 1879 and immediately began work as a cowboy, working at one time or another on nearly all of the famous ranches of Clay County. In the late 1880's he began working for the famous Matador Ranch in Texas, which at that time covered five or six counties in Western Texas and contained well over a million acres of land. He continued with this outfit, which was owned by a syndicate of English and Scotch capitalists, until about the year 1904, at which time he removed to the State of South Dakota and entered the ranching business for himself, buying a ranch near Eagle Butte, in that state. . . . he removed to Norman, Oklahoma, in 1932.
In 1918 Mr. McMurry was married to Mrs. Russell of South Dakota, who died in 1924. In 1932 he married Mrs. Ella Wood Forbes of Norman, Oklahoma, who was herself a pioneer citizen of Clay County, having spent her early years in the Willow Springs community in Clay County. Mrs. Forbes had been a citizen of Norman, Oklahoma, for many years prior to her marriage to Mr. McMurry, and is a large property owner there.
Mr. McMurry still retains his South Dakota Ranch properties and still makes yearly trips to the state to look after them. Though he is nearing his 80th milestone in life, he still rides a horse almost every day and continues as always the old time western ways. He is a yearly visitor to the Clay County Pioneers' Association and enjoys meeting with all the pioneers he knew in the earlier days of Clay County. He is a conspicuous figure at each reunion and is always a center of interest to all those who know of his exploits as a cowby and who are interested in the colorful figures who have made the west what it is today.
Per Romance and Dim Trails by Katherine Christian (Mrs. J. W.) Douthitt, published 1938, page 153.
William Conn McMurry, one of the Clay County (Texas) cowmen of the early days . . . He was the youngest child of Thomas and Pauline McMurry, who left Decatur County, Tennessee in 1859 for Texas. He is a brother of the late Robert H. McMurry of Clay County. He came to Clay County in 1879 and immediately began work as a cowboy, working at one time or another on nearly all of the famous ranches of Clay County. In the late 1880's he began working for the famous Matador Ranch in Texas, which at that time covered five or six counties in Western Texas and contained well over a million acres of land. He continued with this outfit, which was owned by a syndicate of English and Scotch capitalists, until about the year 1904, at which time he removed to the State of South Dakota and entered the ranching business for himself, buying a ranch near Eagle Butte, in that state. . . . he removed to Norman, Oklahoma, in 1932.
In 1918 Mr. McMurry was married to Mrs. Russell of South Dakota, who died in 1924. In 1932 he married Mrs. Ella Wood Forbes of Norman, Oklahoma, who was herself a pioneer citizen of Clay County, having spent her early years in the Willow Springs community in Clay County. Mrs. Forbes had been a citizen of Norman, Oklahoma, for many years prior to her marriage to Mr. McMurry, and is a large property owner there.
Mr. McMurry still retains his South Dakota Ranch properties and still makes yearly trips to the state to look after them. Though he is nearing his 80th milestone in life, he still rides a horse almost every day and continues as always the old time western ways. He is a yearly visitor to the Clay County Pioneers' Association and enjoys meeting with all the pioneers he knew in the earlier days of Clay County. He is a conspicuous figure at each reunion and is always a center of interest to all those who know of his exploits as a cowby and who are interested in the colorful figures who have made the west what it is today.
William Conn McMurry, one of the Clay County (Texas) cowmen of the early days . . . He was the youngest child of Thomas and Pauline McMurry, who left Decatur County, Tennessee in 1859 for Texas. He is a brother of the late Robert H. McMurry of Clay County. He came to Clay County in 1879 and immediately began work as a cowboy, working at one time or another on nearly all of the famous ranches of Clay County. In the late 1880's he began working for the famous Matador Ranch in Texas, which at that time covered five or six counties in Western Texas and contained well over a million acres of land. He continued with this outfit, which was owned by a syndicate of English and Scotch capitalists, until about the year 1904, at which time he removed to the State of South Dakota and entered the ranching business for himself, buying a ranch near Eagle Butte, in that state. . . . he removed to Norman, Oklahoma, in 1932.
In 1918 Mr. McMurry was married to Mrs. Russell of South Dakota, who died in 1924. In 1932 he married Mrs. Ella Wood Forbes of Norman, Oklahoma, who was herself a pioneer citizen of Clay County, having spent her early years in the Willow Springs community in Clay County. Mrs. Forbes had been a citizen of Norman, Oklahoma, for many years prior to her marriage to Mr. McMurry, and is a large property owner there.
Mr. McMurry still retains his South Dakota Ranch properties and still makes yearly trips to the state to look after them. Though he is nearing his 80th milestone in life, he still rides a horse almost every day and continues as always the old time western ways. He is a yearly visitor to the Clay County Pioneers' Association and enjoys meeting with all the pioneers he knew in the earlier days of Clay County. He is a conspicuous figure at each reunion and is always a center of interest to all those who know of his exploits as a cowby and who are interested in the colorful figures who have made the west what it is today.
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