Jeremiah MURRY

                   The birth date in her father's family records in illegible. It was changed at least once. The original may have been 1778, or 1776. It was changed to 1777. Thomas Harris's copy says 1776, John Harris Stewart ( a most careful genealogist) has 1777 and this is used.
Appearance: medium height and weight.
Religion: Presbyterian, at her death belonged to the First Church, Allegheny.
Lived at Doyle's Mill with her family before her marriage.
Saw George Washingtin at Shippensburg in 1794 when he was on his way to the western part of PA to suppress the Whiskey Insurrection. This must have been Oct. 11, 1794, when General Washington dined at the Branch Hotel in a place which was then owned by Capt. William Rippey, an uncle of the man she afterwards married. Died at her nephew's (John Harris Stewart) home.
Buried besides her husband. Her tombstone had "Our mother - Satiah Murry- Died Sep. 2, 1857, in the 80th year of her age. This mortal must put on immortality."
She outlived all of her brothers and sisters, the last whom died 21 years before. She outlived all of her children, most of who died of consumption.
Named after her aunt Sutia (Stuart) Harris.
Portraits of her were owned by the children of the late Mrs. Mary Linn Shaiffer,of Alhambra, CA. Her family bible was in the hands of Seth F. Stewart, of Redlands, CA.