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Isaac, James, & Luke McMurry, IN, 1890

Livonia Darnall, IN, 1880

James McMurry, Indiana Pioneer 1880

Men of Blount, Cullman, Jefferson or Tuscaloosa Co. AL?

Martha Ann McMurry Thompson

Leonard Elbert McMurry

John & Lucy McMurry Croft

Leacy & Hugh Stephenson

Beaty Sisters of Alabama

Martha Ann McMurry

Nancy McMurry Gamble

John & Lucy McMurry Croft

Mattie & Will Carmichael

McMurry's Homesteading in TX or OK

Charley & Frances Frey

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In 1894, in the year that James Mcmurry was born, on March 12th, for the first time, Coca-Cola was sold in individual bottles as a drink for consumer consumption. Previously, it was sold as a syrup for upset stomachs - over the counter.

In 1924, at the age of 30 years old, James was alive when J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.

In 1947, at the age of 53 years old, James was alive when in June, the Marshall Plan was proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II. It passed the conservative Republican Congress in March of 1948. After World War I, the economic devastation of Germany caused by burdensome reparations payments led to the rise of Hitler. The Allies didn't want this to happen again and the Marshall Plan was devised to make sure that those conditions didn't arise again.

In 1965, he was 71 years old when from August 11 to 16, riots broke out in Watts, a Black section of Los Angeles. An allegedly drunk African-American driver was stopped by LA police and, after a fight, police brutality was alleged - and the riots began. 34 people died in the rioting and over $40 million in property damage occurred. The National Guard was called in to help the LA police quell rioting.

In 1971, in the year of James Mcmurry's passing, in March, Congress passed the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which lowered the voting age to 18 (from 21). It was a response to the criticism that men could fight at 18, but not vote for the policies and politicians who sent them to war. The states quickly ratified the Amendment and it was signed into law on July 1st by President Richard Nixon.