Enterprise-Record Newspaper
July 19 1973
Mrs. W.G. Murchison
Mrs. Lydia Taynton Murchison died last Sunday evening, July 8, 1973, at Elgin, Illinois.
Mrs. Murchison was preceded in death by her husband, William Gaither Murchison, Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired, who died on his farm near Pino in 1951.
Mrs. Murchison would have been 92 years old in August of this year. She is survived by a daughter, Mary M. Johnson of Phoenix, Arizona and three sons, Dr. John T. Murchison of Arlington, Texas, Kenneth of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and William G. of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, with whom she made her home in recent years.
Mrs. Murchison was born Lydia Julia Taynton on Aug. 14, 1881 in England and moved as an infant with her family to Winnipeg, Canada. One of her younger sisters was the first white child born in one of the Canadian areas where th family lived and the local Indians would often appear wanting to see this baby. When she was 16 years old, the family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, and around the turn of the century she went to Skagway, Alaska, where she was secretary to a Canadian attorney who handled many legal affairs for gold prospectors. She met and married her husband in Skagway and followed him about the world in his career as an Army Officer until his retirement in 1937. At that time they returned to his place of birth on his Davie County farm where she continued to make her home until 1958.
Mrs. Murchison was buried with her husband at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. and funeral services were held in the Chapel at the cemetery Friday, July 13th, 1973.
July 19 1973
Mrs. W.G. Murchison
Mrs. Lydia Taynton Murchison died last Sunday evening, July 8, 1973, at Elgin, Illinois.
Mrs. Murchison was preceded in death by her husband, William Gaither Murchison, Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired, who died on his farm near Pino in 1951.
Mrs. Murchison would have been 92 years old in August of this year. She is survived by a daughter, Mary M. Johnson of Phoenix, Arizona and three sons, Dr. John T. Murchison of Arlington, Texas, Kenneth of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and William G. of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, with whom she made her home in recent years.
Mrs. Murchison was born Lydia Julia Taynton on Aug. 14, 1881 in England and moved as an infant with her family to Winnipeg, Canada. One of her younger sisters was the first white child born in one of the Canadian areas where th family lived and the local Indians would often appear wanting to see this baby. When she was 16 years old, the family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, and around the turn of the century she went to Skagway, Alaska, where she was secretary to a Canadian attorney who handled many legal affairs for gold prospectors. She met and married her husband in Skagway and followed him about the world in his career as an Army Officer until his retirement in 1937. At that time they returned to his place of birth on his Davie County farm where she continued to make her home until 1958.
Mrs. Murchison was buried with her husband at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. and funeral services were held in the Chapel at the cemetery Friday, July 13th, 1973.
Enterprise-Record Newspaper
July 19 1973
Mrs. W.G. Murchison
Mrs. Lydia Taynton Murchison died last Sunday evening, July 8, 1973, at Elgin, Illinois.
Mrs. Murchison was preceded in death by her husband, William Gaither Murchison, Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired, who died on his farm near Pino in 1951.
Mrs. Murchison would have been 92 years old in August of this year. She is survived by a daughter, Mary M. Johnson of Phoenix, Arizona and three sons, Dr. John T. Murchison of Arlington, Texas, Kenneth of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and William G. of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, with whom she made her home in recent years.
Mrs. Murchison was born Lydia Julia Taynton on Aug. 14, 1881 in England and moved as an infant with her family to Winnipeg, Canada. One of her younger sisters was the first white child born in one of the Canadian areas where th family lived and the local Indians would often appear wanting to see this baby. When she was 16 years old, the family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, and around the turn of the century she went to Skagway, Alaska, where she was secretary to a Canadian attorney who handled many legal affairs for gold prospectors. She met and married her husband in Skagway and followed him about the world in his career as an Army Officer until his retirement in 1937. At that time they returned to his place of birth on his Davie County farm where she continued to make her home until 1958.
Mrs. Murchison was buried with her husband at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. and funeral services were held in the Chapel at the cemetery Friday, July 13th, 1973.
July 19 1973
Mrs. W.G. Murchison
Mrs. Lydia Taynton Murchison died last Sunday evening, July 8, 1973, at Elgin, Illinois.
Mrs. Murchison was preceded in death by her husband, William Gaither Murchison, Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired, who died on his farm near Pino in 1951.
Mrs. Murchison would have been 92 years old in August of this year. She is survived by a daughter, Mary M. Johnson of Phoenix, Arizona and three sons, Dr. John T. Murchison of Arlington, Texas, Kenneth of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and William G. of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, with whom she made her home in recent years.
Mrs. Murchison was born Lydia Julia Taynton on Aug. 14, 1881 in England and moved as an infant with her family to Winnipeg, Canada. One of her younger sisters was the first white child born in one of the Canadian areas where th family lived and the local Indians would often appear wanting to see this baby. When she was 16 years old, the family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, and around the turn of the century she went to Skagway, Alaska, where she was secretary to a Canadian attorney who handled many legal affairs for gold prospectors. She met and married her husband in Skagway and followed him about the world in his career as an Army Officer until his retirement in 1937. At that time they returned to his place of birth on his Davie County farm where she continued to make her home until 1958.
Mrs. Murchison was buried with her husband at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. and funeral services were held in the Chapel at the cemetery Friday, July 13th, 1973.
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