| Administrative History | Nicholas Murray (1802-1861) was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of America. He was born in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. In 1818, he emigrated to the United States, becoming an apprentice printer with Harper Brothers. Later in life, he was ordained a minister, and became Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly of America. Murray wrote extensively of his travels and on archaeology, which was an abiding interest. An occasional pseudonym was KIRWAN. He died in Elizabethtown in 1861. |