mary of Melbourne, go to http://www..compuology.com/cpl/cpl_bio.htm and go to shasta county and then go to nothern california biographies and hit index and you will find a biography on John murray that you can order. good luck Abigail p.s. in 1891 john Muray and a J. murray was in the nothern California city directories as being in San Francisco, have you looked o the California census for him????/ or the federal census?/