December 25, 1832, Earltown, Nova Scotia, Canada.
December 12, 1910, at Studley,
his home on Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Murray attended the Free College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was ordained a Presbyterian minister. He edited the Presbyterian Witness for over 50 years, and wrote a number of hymns, some of which appeared anonymously in that periodical.