John Wilson Murray

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John Wilson Murray (25 June 1840 - 12 June 1906) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and came to North America as a young boy. He joined the United States Navy on 5 June 1857 and became a crew member of the USS Michigan. This ship operated out of Erie, PA, and carried out patrols on the Great Lakes as well as supervising the prison camp for Confederate officers at Johnson's Island on Lake Erie.