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Birth	:	14 Aug 1849 Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	1921 Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Beaver Crossing Cemetery, Beaver Crossing, Seward County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.7820670, -97.2820720
Plot	:	Lot 208, Plot 2
Description	:	This gentleman is well known throughout the vicinity of Goehner as one of Seward county's old settlers and well-to-do farmers. He has a three hundred and twenty acre farm, all of which is improved and tillable and furnished with such home comforts as make life enjoyable. Mr. Muir was born August 14, 1849, in Bartholomew county, Indiana, a son of James and Mary Muir, and his maternal grandparents bore the names of John and Mary Moffit. Our subject's father came from Scotland to America at the age of twenty-one years, first settled in New Jersey, where he was united... Read More	This gentleman is well known throughout the vicinity of Goehner as one of Seward county's old settlers and well-to-do farmers. He has a three hundred and twenty acre farm, all of which is improved and tillable and furnished with such home comforts as make life enjoyable. Mr. Muir was born August 14, 1849, in Bartholomew county, Indiana, a son of James and Mary Muir, and his maternal grandparents bore the names of John and Mary Moffit. Our subject's father came from Scotland to America at the age of twenty-one years, first settled in New Jersey, where he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Moffit, and soon after his marriage, he moved to Bartholomew county, Indiana, where the subject of our sketch was born. Here he spent the remaining years of his life, and died at the age of sixty-five years. Andrew lived with his parents and helped them about the farm until he reached the age of twenty-one years, and then spent three years with his mother after his father's death. At the age of twenty-four he was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Garrison, and within a week thereafter he moved to Nebraska and settled on a tract of railroad land, the south half, south-east quarter of section 27, township K, Seward county, and is still making that his home. By his first marriage, our subject has one son, James, who is now twenty-four years of age, and is making his home in Minnesota. Two years after their marriage, Mrs. Muir died, leaving her husband and infant son. About a year later our subject remarried, his second wife being Miss Maggie Gibson, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Gibson, of Muskingum county, Ohio. This lady was visiting her sister, Mrs. Jennie Shuck, in Seward county, when she met Mr. Muir, and they were married September 24, 1876. Our subject then returned with his wife to his homestead, and they have since made that their home. To this congenial union have been born two children, upon whom they have seen fit to bestow the following names: Lizzie M. and Addison L. Miss Lizzie was married October 11, 1896, to Mr. Howard Knurr, son of John Knurr, and they are living on a farm six miles west of our subject's home. They have one child whom, they have named Clide. Addison is now seventeen years of age, and is still living on the old home place with his father. Mr. Muir's farm, which comprises three hundred and twenty acres of good farming land, although a raw, unbroken stretch of prairie when he first settled upon it, is now well improved, being furnished with buildings, shade and fruit trees, and such things as make home pleasant and attractive. Politically, our subject has been a life-long Republican and his first presidental (sic) ballot was cast for Abraham Lincoln. Religiously, both he and his wife were reared in the Presbyterian faith, but are not now members of any denomination. They are both, however, in sympathy with the cause of the church and appreciate its value to civilization and the cause of education, and contribute to its support as their circumstances will allow. SOURCE: "Memorial and Biographical Record .... Butler, Polk, Seward, York and Fillmore Counties", Geo. A. Ogle & Co, Chicago, 1899 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/mbrcd/pages/mbrd0571.htm Contributor: janicet (47361005)

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Where is Andrew Muir's memorial?
Andrew Muir's memorial is located at: Beaver Crossing Cemetery, Beaver Crossing, Seward County, USA.
When did Andrew Muir death?
Andrew Muir death on 1921 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.7820670
Longitude: -97.2820720

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Margaret “Maggie” Gibson Muir

(1853 - 1930)

Siblings

Robert Dale Muir

(1845 - 1924)

Children

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Muir Knerr

(1876 - 1974)

Addison Muir

(1881 - 1942)

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