Charles Burleigh Murray

Background

Murray, Charles Burleigh was born on June 10, 1837 in Brandon, Vermont, United States. Son of Orson S. and Catherine Maria (Higgins) Murray.

Education

Academic education.

Career

2d, Anna Cora Thomas, 1884. Farmer along special lines, 1857-1862. Cincinnati commission merchant, 1862-1872.

Established the Cincinnati Commercial Review (weekly), March 1872.

Purchased Cincinnati Price Current, August 1872, consolidating the two publications, sold the Price Current at close of 1912. Leading statistician of the pork-packing industry of the United States, 1872-1912, and prominent authority on grain interests, crop information, et cetera

Superintendent, statistician and executive secretary, Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, 1891-May 1911. Author and compiler: Life Notes of Charles Burleigh Murray.

Home: Cincinnati, Ohio.

Achievements

• Charles Burleigh Murray has been listed as a noteworthy journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Sarah M. Powell, 1865 (died 1878).

Father:

Orson South. Murray

Mother:

Catherine Maria (Higgins) Murray

Spouse:

Sarah M. Powell