“Mr. Murray obtained his early education in the public schools of Newton, Cambridge and Boston, Mass., and, when he reached his majority, chose journalism as his profession. He was a close observer, a ready writer and possessed a style direct and attractive. The seven volumes of the JOURNAL edited by him bear eloquent testimony to his literary ability. For a while he contributed educational, literary and historical articles to the _Boston Pilot_ and enjoyed the coöperation and friendship of its then editor, John Boyle O’Reilly; later he became a member of the staff of the _Boston Globe_, where he remained several years. Ben Palmer was editor of the _Globe_ at that time, and the _Globe_ office was one of the best schools of journalism in the country. With a well-regulated mind and a strong constitution, Mr. Murray worked hard and the training there obtained well fitted him for the life work he had undertaken and the filling of important positions to which he was later called. “After leaving the _Globe_, Mr. Murray became court reporter for the _Boston Daily Star_, then editor of the _Roxbury Advocate_, and afterwards editor of the _Daily Advertiser_, a morning paper at Shelton, Conn. He next became night editor of the _Morning News_, of Bridgeport, Conn., but soon returned to day work and became editor of the _Daily Record_ at Meriden, Conn., where he remained until called to the editorial chair of the _Evening and Sunday Telegram_ at Providence, R. I. After five years in this position, he became editor of the _Lawrence Daily Sun_, and four years later took charge of the _Evening Call_ at Woonsocket. “He had long taken a deep interest in historical studies, particularly in relation to the events and epochs of persons of Irish extraction, and his lectures and writings showed not only his devotion to his subjects, but a wide range of learning and research as well as a high order of literary ability. In addition to his invaluable work for this Society he was the author of many historical works, some of which are as follows: “The Libraries of Boston: Public, Semi-Public and Probate. (Boston, 1882.) “The Old Schoolmasters of Boston. (Boston, 1884.) “The Mason Name in New England History. (Boston, 1884.) “The Thayer Name in America. (Boston, 1884.) “The Irish Element in Connecticut. (Bridgeport, Ct., 1888.) “From Dawn to Revolution. (Boston, 1889.) “Thirty Historic American Families of Irish Extraction. (Boston, 1889.) “Reminiscences of Life Along Narragansett’s Shores. (Providence, R. I., 1890.) “Rambles in Rhode Island’s South County. (Providence, 1891.) “Some Early Irish Members of the Society of Friends in Rhode Island. (Providence, 1894.) “The Dorrance Purchase—An Irish Leaf from Rhode Island History. (Boston, 1895.)