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Herman Murray

Birth:  

Family Information: Son of Mack Herman "Jack" and Sarah (Brown) Murray.

Brother of Sybil Murray.

Paternal grandparents were Emma and A.M. Murray while his maternal grandparents were Hattie and Ed Brown.

Nephew of Rufus, Charley and Opal Murray and Willie Brown.

Description:  

Pre-Colony History:  

Home in Colony:  

Job in Colony:  

Other Info: In February 1936 he and his mother left the colony on a Sunday for an unannounced destination. They returned on Thursday of the same week.

In September 1936 he, assisted by his "daddy Jack" on the guitar and comb, "tapped" for the audience at one of the theater shows. He was "about two feet high" but "kept quite good time, and did "acrobatics" in the most approved fashion."  

Post-Colony History:  

Death:  

Sources: "Llano Colonist": February 22, 1936, September 26, 1936  

 

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